Honestly, no different from how I got permanent jobs; I sent CVs to recruiters and talked to them on the phone. Since then I've been obsessive about building up

Honestly, no different from how I got permanent jobs; I sent CVs to recruiters and talked to them on the phone. Since then I've been obsessive about building up my contacts book to make sure I can get proactively in front of them as and when I want to, but renewals have come in enough that it's not been needed (though probably available from August - if you're looking for an MS stack guy with heavy SQL in the UK Midlands from then, mail me on greg.webb@alpinered.co.uk). Honestly - the grass isn't as much greener as you might think. It's more hassle, less security and holidays suddenly become horrendously expensive. But if you fancy the lifestyle and think it's for you, give it a try. It doesn't have to be any harder than permanent employment to get into our stay in (if you use umbrella companies and are good enough), it does have its benefits and if it doesn't work out, go looking for permanent work again, enough people switch between them that you'll be fine.