What I'd like to know.....

[oliverson]

£ 200 a day is a lot of money to a lot of people.

It all depends on your outgoings however. For me, I'm scraping by on £ 450 a day. My minimum really is £ 500 but in the current climate this is hard to achieve.

I envy those who can survive on that rate and even more, I envy those with a war chest. I have none. Maybe I need to look at my outgoings!

[beemarman]

£ 200 a day is a lot of money to a lot of people.

It all depends on your outgoings however. For me, I'm scraping by on £ 450 a day. My minimum really is £ 500 but in the current climate this is hard to achieve.

I envy those who can survive on that rate and even more, I envy those with a war chest. I have none. Maybe I need to look at my outgoings!

Damm!! you're scraping by on £450 per day? you must leave in a £1 million house and have a couple of italian supercars to play with?

[Turion]

£200pd equates to about £40k gross pa if the contractor works 200 days/year. To me this seems very low given the extra time, hassle, costs and admin involved. If I could only command £200 as a contractor I'd seriously consider taking any half decent permie job paying £30K pa or more. You'd be way better off in the long run.

[pleomax]

I started off on £200 per day last june, now curretn ends on friday £20/phr.

Looking in my field and jobs are now norm at £10 - £15 per hour.

Permie life her i come i guess?

[gingerjedi]

I started off on £200 per day last june, now curretn ends on friday £20/phr.

Looking in my field and jobs are now norm at £10 - £15 per hour.

Permie life her i come i guess?

No it doesn’t… you’ll now find they won’t touch you as soon as they realise that you’ve been contracting... you dirty money grabbing scumbag!!

I’ve had a couple of interviews that were going really well, I’m guessing they asked me in because I had 3 years MoD experience but as soon as they found out it was a contract role the mood changed dramatically.

I’d take a £30k permy job in the current market but I’m not willing to commit unless I find one on my doorstep.