Competing With Internal

I’m currently designing some financial reports
for a security company.
I’m replacing another
very competent contract employee.

Why was his contract not renewed?

Because the internal I.T. department
wanted to do the task.
One employee told me
as he was setting up my log in’s
that there was big money in
learning that skill.

When an internal person
wants an external person’s job,
it is very likely he’ll get it.
The external person may have the skills
but
the internal person has the connections.

Will I fare better?
Perhaps
because I’m working for the finance department.
As far as I know
no one there wants my job.