Does anyone get more than £250 a day for .NET dev?

[cykophysh39]

Keep you heads up guys!

All the cheapness coming from India and the like is going to be feeding us next year. As we all know things are cheap for a reason, and quality has a price.

From what I have seen, the quality just isn't there. The quality coders from India are upping thier price, as they aren't stupid.

[HeadOfTesting]

Keep you heads up guys!

All the cheapness coming from India and the like is going to be feeding us next year. As we all know things are cheap for a reason, and quality has a price.

As in all walks of life you get what you pay for.

[Amiga500]

I tend do a round robin with previous clients.

As they know me and they know what I'm capable of, they pay a *reasonable* rate.

They know you post on CUK all day?

[oliverson]

yes - 450 and it still isn't enough. I'm looking for much more. The signs are there that rates and opportunities are on the up in the City.

[pzz76077]

The problem you have is that there are 1,000's that will work for 250 or less. Until these people dissapear, then the market rate is 250pd, so it is an uphill struggle to get any more.

PZZ

[Weltchy]

I'm hitting £325 a day on the south coast. I was orginally on a day rate, but then got them to change to hourly and sometimes bill for ten or more hours a day, which up's the day rate up past £400

[weemster]

I'm hitting £325 a day on the south coast. I was orginally on a day rate, but then got them to change to hourly and sometimes bill for ten or more hours a day, which up's the day rate up past £400

We must be related

[cykophysh39]

The issue is the in flux of the permtractors. To someone that was in a permie job for 35k , 250 per day is a whole lot more money. When offered day rates of this they see pound signs rolling and they think life couldn't be better. They think they are rolling in it, when all of a sudden the 3 month hiatus hits, and they are forced to sit on the bench a while then they learn the valuable lesson why us experienced guys ask in the upper 300's and more.

It's a case of natural selection, the ones who learn the lesson move on, while the ones that don't go back to a perm job.

A lot of doom and gloom regarding the job market has added to this issue, it's always been there however it is more pronounced and is being manipulated by the more unscrupulous agents.

[AlfredJPruffock]

The issue is the in flux of the permtractors. To someone that was in a permie job for 35k , 250 per day is a whole lot more money. When offered day rates of this they see pound signs rolling and they think life couldn't be better. They think they are rolling in it, when all of a sudden the 3 month hiatus hits, and they are forced to sit on the bench a while then they learn the valuable lesson why us experienced guys ask in the upper 300's and more.

It's a case of natural selection, the ones who learn the lesson move on, while the ones that don't go back to a perm job.

A lot of doom and gloom regarding the job market has added to this issue, it's always been there however it is more pronounced and is being manipulated by the more unscrupulous agents.

True - altough you could add that Unscrupulous Agents are only likely to manipulate inexperienced contractors thereby leaving the experienced contractors to enjoy a higher rate for the posts that really require that in-depth knowledge suitable for only those who have gained many years of IT and cleintco experience.