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Until recently I spent about 20 years contacting in IT in the UK (City / Central London) and I always budgeted about a month from starting to look for a new contract to my first day on the job, so 5 weeks shouldn’t be a problem for most companies.

I’ve been told that the current contracting market (IT, London, Jan 2026) is much harder than in the past, so you might even appreciate 5 weeks salary while you search…

If you really want to exit earlier, just talk to your current line manager once you’ve been offered a contract and tell them the role isn’t for you and you’re giving your notice of resignation (send a copy to HR for the record), then tell them you want to leave earlier than 5 weeks if they’ll agree to it. Chances are that because you’ve only been there a couple of months they might just let you go as soon as you want - you’re not really a critical part of the machine just yet.

Until recently I spent about 20 years contacting in IT in the UK (City / Central London) and I always budgeted about a month from starting to look for a new contract to my first day on the job, so 5 weeks shouldn’t be a problem for most companies.

I’ve been told that the current contracting market (IT, London, Jan 2026) is much harder than in the past, so you might even appreciate 5 weeks salary while you search…

If you really want to exit earlier, just talk to your current line manager and tell them the role isn’t for you and you’re giving your notice of resignation (send a copy to HR for the record), then tell them you want to leave earlier than 5 weeks if they’ll agree to it. Chances are that because you’ve only been there a couple of months they might just let you go as soon as you want - you’re not really a critical part of the machine just yet.

Until recently I spent about 20 years contacting in IT in the UK (City / Central London) and I always budgeted about a month from starting to look for a new contract to my first day on the job, so 5 weeks shouldn’t be a problem for most companies.

I’ve been told that the current contracting market (IT, London, Jan 2026) is much harder than in the past, so you might even appreciate 5 weeks salary while you search…

If you really want to exit earlier, just talk to your current line manager once you’ve been offered a contract and tell them the role isn’t for you and you’re giving your notice of resignation (send a copy to HR for the record), then tell them you want to leave earlier than 5 weeks if they’ll agree to it. Chances are that because you’ve only been there a couple of months they might just let you go as soon as you want - you’re not really a critical part of the machine just yet.

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mclayton
mclayton
  • 1.8k
  • 11
  • 11

Until recently I spent about 20 years contacting in IT in the UK (City / Central London) and I always budgeted about a month from starting to look for a new contract to my first day on the job, so 5 weeks shouldn’t be a problem for most companies.

I’ve been told that the current contracting market (IT, London, Jan 2026) is much harder than in the past, so you might even appreciate 5 weeks salary while you search…

If you really want to exit earlier, just talk to your current line manager and tell them the role isn’t for you and you’re giving your notice of resignation (send a copy to HR for the record), then tell them you want to leave earlier than 5 weeks if they’ll agree to it. Chances are that because you’ve only been there a couple of months they might just let you go as soon as you want - you’re not really a critical part of the machine just yet.