rates in Brussels ?

[2uk]

An Agent is advertising 260 GBP/day for a 6 month role in Brussels. Is this rate ok for Belgium ?

[The Lone Gunman]

An Agent is advertising 260 GBP/day for a 6 month role in Brussels. Is this rate ok for Belgium ?

About right, doing what?

[2uk]

About right, doing what?

Hey Lone , you got quouted in one of the articles at the home page.

Its Windows Security/ PKI etc. It got advertised at jobserve and I applied/got contacted.

I am targeting at least 320 GBP / day for UK. but this position is in Brussels and I thought 260 May be acceptable as the costs might be lower.

One question. If you got a contract outside the UK do you rather use your exisisting UK ltd or not ( or it totaly depends and the accountant needs to be consulted ) ?

[The Lone Gunman]

Hey Lone , you got quouted in one of the articles at the home page.

Its Windows Security/ PKI etc. It got advertised at jobserve and I applied/got contacted.

I am targeting at least 320 GBP / day for UK. but this position is in Brussels and I thought 260 May be acceptable as the costs might be lower.

One question. If you got a contract outside the UK do you rather use your exisisting UK ltd or not ( or it totaly depends and the accountant needs to be consulted ) ?

I do not know the rate for what you do, but Brussels is not the cheapest place to live. Better than London prices mind. The presence of the EU keeps costs up unless you are willing to live in the slums.
You can use your UK limited, but if you become tax resident then the Ltd. becomes a burdon you don't need.
Seek a decent management company and accountant (I can give you contacts for mine if you PM me).

Others may have different/better answers. A number of members of this board are in Brussels.

[Rantor]

I do not know the rate for what you do, but Brussels is not the cheapest place to live. Better than London prices mind. The presence of the EU keeps costs up unless you are willing to live in the slums.
You can use your UK limited, but if you become tax resident then the Ltd. becomes a burdon you don't need.
Seek a decent management company and accountant (I can give you contacts for mine if you PM me).

Others may have different/better answers. A number of members of this board are in Brussels.

Rates in Brussels seem to be a lot higher than in France and indeed the Netherlands.

260 sterling is roughly 390 euros which seems a bit on the low side. I have done a lot of work for a eBanking sware house here with lots of PKI security stuff and the rate for Siebel work was over 700. I know loadrunner testers here getting similar.

Brussels is cheaper than London or Paris for sure but it ain't that cheap.

If you are here for over six months, I would second LG's advice re. mgmt companies.

[ChimpMaster]

Depends on what you do, but a colleague of mine got called about a contract in Brussels paying 400 Euros / day. He told the agent he wanted 800, the agent said OK!

[tim123]

An Agent is advertising 260 GBP/day for a 6 month role in Brussels. Is this rate ok for Belgium ?

45 Euro an hour. Not for my skill set it isn't, and I would seem to be at the low end in the UK.

tim

[ratewhore]

Hey Lone , you got quouted in one of the articles at the home page.

Its Windows Security/ PKI etc. It got advertised at jobserve and I applied/got contacted.

I am targeting at least 320 GBP / day for UK. but this position is in Brussels and I thought 260 May be acceptable as the costs might be lower.

One question. If you got a contract outside the UK do you rather use your exisisting UK ltd or not ( or it totaly depends and the accountant needs to be consulted ) ?

You're setting your rates low for a PKI role, unless it's Windows Certificate Services, which isn't PKI, at least not in my book...

[darmstadt]

I've just asked for €80 per hour as I don't do daily rates and they poo'ed themselves.

[2uk]

Thanks Guys, I will try to increase the rate if they contact me again.