Benefits in being a contractor include - You’re the boss. You have the freedom to take on assignments or reject them, You can earn more money than permanent employees. Even with breaks between work, sickness and unpaid holidays, contractors can often earn much more that their “employed” counterparts.
An Information Technology (IT) contractor is a trained professional who chooses to perform important IT functions for a client as an independent contractor. The IT contractor usually operates under the auspices of a working agreement with the customer, and is available for a specified period of time in exchange for the completion of specific tasks within that period of time.