So what is a "good" rate?

[simplicity]

Obviously everyone's perception may be different. But there I always talk of a "good" rate. For me anything £400 and above is a good rate for a PM / PMO role. How about you?

[WTFH]

A "good" rate is one that you are prepared to take and not complain about it for the first few weeks/months.
It depends on the client's requirements, the timescales and location/travel. That's their side. On our side it's about skill level and relevant experience.

[cojak]

So what is a "good" rate?

Separate PM and PMO. A good PM should be (was?) getting £500 as a minimum. Anything else depends on location.

[MrMarkyMark]

Depends on so may factors in my field, BI Reporting Analytics:-

General rates discussed with me recently, across sectors, can be seen as follows:-

Investment Banking - £550-£650.
Insurance - £500-£550
Large Retail - £450-£500
Consultancy - £500-£550 (expenses can often be charged to them on top)
Smaller Firm - £350-£450

My main gripe is in my field companies seem to expect to pay the same for a reporting analysis role as they can do a full blown hands on architecture role.

The architecture role is often at a program level and is far more demanding than some of the other roles I can do.
Hence I tend to steer away from those unless the money is very good, or if it is a greenfield site and I get to set everything up from scratch.

[jamesbrown]

Better than your last rate.

[NotAllThere]

Better than zero.

[ChimpMaster]

For me it was 50% above what my permie salary was, pre-tax.

[Dante]

I work in automation / devops type roles, and for me £450 is decent outside of London. £550 if I have to commute into the big smoke.

[l35kee]

A good rate is what you're happy to work for! Until the green eyed monster arrives.

But it depends on a lot of things, role, location, experience, length of contract etc..

[washed up contractor]

How long is a piece of string!? Too many variables to say one figure. Just squeeze as much as you can out of the agent.