You can contact one of the big recruiting agencies like Robert Half and they will negotiate contracts for you. They will also take some unknown percentage above

You can contact one of the big recruiting agencies like Robert Half and they will negotiate contracts for you. They will also take some unknown percentage above whatever hourly rate you negotiate with them. However, if a client likes you they can hire out outside of the recruiter (usually by paying off the recruiter for the option.) I've gotten hired for a few jobs like this and then I had a network of clients in my niche who got me more work by word of mouth, without any recruiter involvment. Other jobs I've gotten by simply being prepared for pure luck to happen, like the time when my landscaper said that his full-time employer needed an app. I already had my LLC setup, I had contract document templates ready to be filled in and signed. I had business cards. A single page static website to describe my capabilities. After taking some notes and spending a weekend building it - I walked into their office with a rough prototype of what I heard that they needed and after a second meeting I locked them in for a year contract at $90/hour. (The recruiters were giving me $50/$60 per hour and probably collecting $90-$150! (they don't really tell you).)