Agency-free UK contract intelligence

The direct contracts are out there. We watch for them.

ContractingEasy monitors employers' own job boards across the major ATS platforms — around the clock — and surfaces contract roles you can take direct with the end client. No agencies. No margin in the middle.

No CV required. No card for the trial. 3 days free, then £29.99/mo if you subscribe. Cancel any time. A legitimate, tax-deductible business expense for your limited company.

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Sources monitored

Employers' own job boards — UK enterprises, scale-ups, consultancies and public-sector bodies that hire contractors directly — plus the contract job boards.

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Applicant tracking systems

Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, SmartRecruiters and Workable — monitored at source, where direct roles appear first.

Live contract roles

In the database right now, rechecked every hour. Permanent roles are dropped, and job-board listings are requested from direct employers rather than recruitment agencies.

Why go agency-free

Same role. More of the rate. Better terms.

When there's no agency in the chain, everything about the engagement gets simpler — and most of it gets better for you.

Income

Keep the agency margin

Agencies commonly take 15–25% of the client's budget. Contract direct and that margin is yours to negotiate into your rate.

IR35

Strengthen your outside-IR35 position

A direct client relationship, negotiated on your own terms, supports the working practices and contractual reality of genuine self-employment.

Terms

Negotiate flexibility yourself

Remote, hybrid, part-time and fixed-price arrangements are far easier to agree client-to-contractor — agencies have little incentive to deliver them.

Portfolio

Build a direct client base

Every direct engagement is a relationship you own: repeat work, referrals and a portfolio of clients that de-risks your pipeline.

How it works

We do the hunting. You do the winning.

Finding direct roles used to mean checking hundreds of career pages by hand. ContractingEasy turns that into a five-minute morning read.

SCAN

Continuous monitoring

Our crawlers sweep company sites, ATS platforms and job boards throughout the day, every day.

FILTER

Agencies left out

Roles come from employers' own job boards, and where we use a job board we ask it for direct-employer postings only. Permanent roles are dropped; contract, interim and fixed-term work passes.

DIGEST

Daily email, every working day

The newest direct roles land in your inbox each morning, matched to your skills and rate filters.

SEARCH

24/7 database access

Search hundreds of live opportunities by skill, sector, rate, location and working pattern — whenever you need your next gig.

Inside the database

The newest roles in the database

Live records, pulled straight from the database subscribers search — the rate column shows a figure only where the advert stated one.

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From the community

Contractors who went direct

"I always knew some companies hired contractors directly — finding them was the needle-in-a-haystack part. ContractingEasy took that whole effort away."

— Security contractor, London

"Started a new outside-IR35 contract last month, found through the daily digest. The subscription paid for itself before my first invoice."

— DevOps contractor, remote
Pricing

Less than a pound a day

Try it free for 3 days — no card, no subscription — then decide. One direct contract at a stronger rate repays years of subscription. Cancel any time — no notice period, no questions.

Monthly

£29.99
per month · 3 days free first · cancel any time
  • 3-day free trial, no card needed
  • Daily digest of new direct roles
  • Full searchable database, 24/7
  • Skill, rate & location filters
  • No CV required to join
Subscribe monthly
SAVE 30%

Annual

£251
per year · 3 days free first · equivalent to £20.92/month
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  • 30% saving on the monthly price
  • Direct debit available
  • Tax-deductible company expense
Subscribe annually

Start with a 3-day free trial — full access from the moment you join. No card, no subscription and nothing to cancel: the trial simply ends, and you subscribe only if you want to carry on.

Questions

Frequently asked

How does the 3-day free trial work?

Create your account and choose "Start 3-day free trial" — you get the complete database and every filter straight away, exactly as a paying subscriber does. No card and no subscription are required, so there is nothing to cancel and you will never be charged by accident. After 3 days the trial simply ends, and you subscribe only if you want to carry on. One trial per account.

What counts as a "direct" role?

A contract advertised by the organisation you'd actually work for — on their own careers site, their ATS, or posted by them under their own name on a job board. Most listings come straight from employers' own job boards; where we use a job board we ask it for postings by direct employers rather than by recruitment agencies. Fixed-term, interim and day-rate contracts all count as direct work and are included. A day rate is shown only where the advert itself states one.

Which ATS platforms do you monitor?

We monitor roles published through Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, SmartRecruiters and Workable — the applicant tracking systems UK employers most commonly publish contract work on.

Does contracting direct guarantee I'm outside IR35?

No — IR35 status depends on working practices and contract terms, not just the absence of an agency. But a direct relationship gives you far more control over both, and many subscribers use it specifically to strengthen their outside-IR35 position. Always take your own professional advice.

Do I need to upload a CV?

No. ContractingEasy is a monitoring and intelligence service, not a recruiter. You apply to clients directly, on your own terms, with whatever materials you choose.

Can I really cancel any time?

Yes. Monthly subscriptions can be cancelled at any point and simply run to the end of the paid period. The subscription is also a legitimate business expense for your limited company.

Ready when you are

Your next contract could go direct.

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