Be prepared to put substantial effort into the interview process. You are looking at approximately 40 hours of your time. Once you are in, you sign one contrac

Be prepared to put substantial effort into the interview process. You are looking at approximately 40 hours of your time. Once you are in, you sign one contract and create a very detailed personal profile (another time sink) and that's all the admin done for any role. This seems to be one of the benefits - you don't need to interview and agree contracts, etc. for each new role. They match candidates to roles based on skill overlap - typical recruiter style. If you don't have substantial experience in a particular technology that is deemed important for a client then you won't get that role - which seems fair, but if you have lots of experience, but none in funky web technologies, which is where many of their roles are, then it could be an issue. You can choose your rate and commitment level (e.g. 10 hours a week), but that potentially limits the roles available to you. I've been told that average rates are around $80,000 for the UK region. It makes little sense to me that there are regional rate differences as it's all remote working, but I think it relates to keeping the working day in sync with clients. All the people I've spoken to in Toptal seem friendly and competent and the interview process is relatively polished.