A practical field guide to remote IT work across Europe.
An experience-led online guide for developers, cloud and DevOps engineers, testers, and IT support professionals exploring contract and freelance work with European companies.
01 / Contents
Thirteen practical chapters bring the moving parts into one place, with a 30-day action plan to turn reading into a next step.
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See which roles and countries hire remotely, how contract options differ, and where to look: job boards, recruiters, referrals, and the less visible market. Use AI to screen and research roles, with clear cautions about scrapers and bots.
02 / 04
Theory is cheap. This chapter shows what actually happened in my last five contracts: how I found each role, how it was advertised, and how I ended up working remotely.
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Compare permanent, umbrella, and limited-company contracts, then weigh a remote rate discount against on-site pay and renewal prospects.
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Plan your first 90 days, prepare for renewals, and follow a 30-day application plan. The guide also introduces VAT and tax-residency basics.
02 / Our approach
The guide looks back at five remote roles: where each came from, how the contract was set up, what helped, and what I would do differently. It draws out the patterns that repeated across them.
A living online guide
The guide lives on the website rather than as a PDF, and is regularly updated so readers can return to the current version.
03 / Access
Read the free first chapter or review the full-guide offer.
Chapter 1: the European remote IT market.
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04 / Scope
Ternwork offers practical guidance, not a promise of employment. Tax and legal topics are general information, not professional advice.