State of the frontend/nodejs market

[ladymuck]

Or are 50% of people worse than average?!

Depends if it's a bell curve or just a bell end.

[SussexSeagull]

The problem is most people are just average - I mean I know all contractors on here need a good dose of humility and claim they are worth 1k a day because they are amazing but in reality thats not true.

Finding a USP which is really a USP and cannot be mimicked by someone else is frankly impossible....

Most of the time people have been in roles because they were available companies had cash and remote working never worked - This has in my opinion now changed to the detriment of contractors ..

I take your point but the ability to turn up each day, do the job with a minimum of guidance then go home later isn't quite as common as you think.

[cojak]

Fecking hate doing those roles.

Yep, but it is a role.

[lecyclist]

If your skill is in an area where your counterpart working for the vendor charges €2K a day, there is always an arbitrage contracting opportunity somewhere, with space for your rate, an agent, and even an intermediary.

If it's in a generic area with rate suppression, and little opportunity for differentiation, I don't need to state the obvious.

On the state of the market thread a few weeks ago, someone shared a link to current rates bemoaning the depth of roles (correct) and the average rate outside London (also correct - the regional rates were all falling ).

However, across all categories, all the 10th percentile roles showed rate inflation. Don't take my word for it -- check it out. Boom time. Quality (or the perception of quality) sells.

[GhostofTarbera]

If your skill is in an area where your counterpart working for the vendor charges €2K a day, there is always an arbitrage contracting opportunity somewhere, with space for your rate, an agent, and even an intermediary.

If it's in a generic area with rate suppression, and little opportunity for differentiation, I don't need to state the obvious.

On the state of the market thread a few weeks ago, someone shared a link to current rates bemoaning the depth of roles (correct) and the average rate outside London (also correct - the regional rates were all falling ).

However, across all categories, all the 10th percentile roles showed rate inflation. Don't take my word for it -- check it out. Boom time. Quality (or the perception of quality) sells.

Problem is, most in here are Johnny average generic skills, but still got £750 a day for last 20 years




Sent from my iPhone using Contractor UK Forum

[SussexSeagull]

Problem is, most in here are Johnny average generic skills, but still got £750 a day for last 20 years




Sent from my iPhone using Contractor UK Forum

Absolute nonsense. If someone was average they wouldn't be getting paid more than 95% of the population.

[Paralytic]

Absolute nonsense. If someone was average they wouldn't be getting paid more than 95% of the population.

You really need to take everything GoT says with a large dose of salt. He likes the odd wind-up.

[eek]

Absolute nonsense. If someone was average they wouldn't be getting paid more than 95% of the population.

Just because your current skillset pays more than the amount 95% of the population earn - it's perfectly possible to be average (or worse) in that skillset.

[Lance]

Just because your current skillset pays more than the amount 95% of the population earn - it's perfectly possible to be average (or worse) in that skillset.

Possible? Highly likely from what I’ve seen of contractors over the years.
Availability wins over productivity in too many cases.

[SussexSeagull]

Just because your current skillset pays more than the amount 95% of the population earn - it's perfectly possible to be average (or worse) in that skillset.

Yes but your skillset makes you above average.