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At the F100 I work for (also as a contractor), it seems like well over half of the IT staff is contractors from places including Accenture. Some guys have been here for over 10, even 15 years, as contractors.

It's easier to furlough contractors than regular employees, for one.

Well, "employers" at some point got the idea to stop hiring in-house tech workers, because they are part of their "core competency". So here we are.

umm some of us just like to work for ourselves

I imagine that the exposure is specific towards large scale 'consulting' gigs

IME, most of them don't want direct hire jobs: they make far more as contractors.

If you work for Accenture you're usually a W2 employee and your pay is similar to what it would be as a direct hire. Maybe a little different but you don't get the benefits employees do, bonuses, better insurance etc.