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Originally posted by colinrobinson View PostWhats with sql DBA/BI rates being advertised at £325 daily.
Agencies trying to increase margins or clients trying it on ?
I'm in midlands where rates are lower but ...Comment
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Originally posted by colinrobinson View Postif its genuine client pressure to reduce rates theres not a lot we can do.
if its agencies increasing their margins its time for us contractors to get motivated and re-establish the freelancer direct client market that was prevalent in my day.
We (unwittingly) allowed agencies to get a foothold in our market in return for an easy life (no direct advertising for work, and guaranteed Payment on schedule).
we can sort the first with a decent freelancer web site. and we can sort the second with Modern On-Line payment methods which would limit the credit risk.
It would even help with the scurge of IR35 (there would be no intermediary for hmrc to wine about)Comment
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Isn't it the same for most tech pay, permie and contract ?
For Unix/Linux, most perm roles seem to be offering about what they were in year 2000, less if you correct for inflation.
Contracts are about what they were offering in 2006. Again, less in real terms.
It is just the market. Apart from development, which is paid okay, we are still recovering from the credit crunch. Employers obviously want to keep pay low but the market will correct.Comment
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No there is no conspiracy because there is no agent monopoly.
If all agents are offering low rates then one agent can simple step into the market and mop up by offering a slightly higher rate, because obviously the contractors will go through him. An agent on a 5% margin with 100 contractors earns a darn site more than an agent with one contractor on 20%.
If the rates are low across the board, it's because the clients are offering low rates and the reason ?
Easy...offshoring
DB management is easy to offshore.Last edited by BlasterBates; 17 December 2014, 17:11.I'm alright JackComment
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Originally posted by SimonMac View PostDying skill, you need to be thinking "Whats next"
Whats the next thing to start up-skilling in?Comment
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Big Data? Cloud sysadmin stuff?Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostIf the rates are low across the board, it's because the clients are offering low rates and the reason ?
Easy...offshoring
DB management is easy to offshore.Comment
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Funny that management never seem to think that management could be offshored too...
Let's face it, robots will replace the manual labour and AI will manage the IT. Then all we'd need is a defence network called skynet. Oh, wait a minute...Don't believe it, until you see it!Comment
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