I'd noticed in the past few weeks that the volume of unsolicited e-mails in my inbox from contractor recruitment agencies had doubled. Checking my junk e-mails folder reveals a similar increase from previous, now junked, senders. So this afternoon's Computer Weekly story about reduced contractor vacancies doesn't surprise me, other than that it's only 11% down.
It does have a good link to an IT Professionals Survival Guide that is both amusing and accurate - I particularly like the video it links to.