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

**DimPrawn** · 25 June 2009, 10:33

£350/day in the wilds of Wiltshire.

Down quite a bit from what I used to get mind.

All .NET codes, plenty quickness, much cheapness

**voodooflux** · 25 June 2009, 10:33

Yes.

**Shimano105** · 25 June 2009, 10:46

Wasya secret then?

Last p1mp I told to fook off was offering much bountiful remunerationness of £120 per day.

**Durbs** · 25 June 2009, 10:51

I was getting 300/day for .NET oop north until a few weeks back when they offshored me.

Now looking at the market, i need to pay them for the privilege of working, provide my own PC and let 20 offshorers live in my loft to even be in with a chance of landing a contract

**CMS_Netter** · 25 June 2009, 10:56

Lowest was £280 when I was getting desperate. Back on decent rate now.
I think the trick is to have niche skill and/or industry to try and maximise your rate and differentiate yourself from normal .Net coder - ie CMS, Ecommerce, MVC, WCF etc

**xchaotic** · 25 June 2009, 10:56

Simple: you have to differentiate yourself by having a niche skill in addtion to 'generic' OO programming.
If you're just a .net coder you're trading a commodity that's currently low, because there's plenty of supply.
Today, I used a .net app written by a guy in India whom I supervise.
He did it in one day (stayed late - not my idea) and the app does what it's supposed to.
(the code sucks, but in this case it's not a problem)
What would be the advantage of paying even £120 for it if I can get for much less?
You might not agree, but most business decision maker will try to keep cost as low as they can.

**DimPrawn** · 25 June 2009, 10:57

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.

If a client doesn't know you from Adam and they have 1000's of applicants, the rate is going to be silly.

So, go through your contact list and drum up work.

**Shimano105** · 25 June 2009, 11:02

@xchaotic:
This was the case 3 months ago as well when I was getting £300 a day.

But you are right, there's sod all that I can do about it. Just wondered if anyone else was making it pay.

I guess the test for all of us who are currently earning is what we can get on the next contract.

**jim2406** · 25 June 2009, 11:03

Yes last 3 contracts in midlands have all paid that or more.

None of them are through agencies though - all people that know me.

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