Jobserve Access VBA Position

**thunderlizard** · 19 June 2007, 10:30

Bournemouth is JP Morgan support services. They've called it an Access role, but if you read the blurb it's the

"extremely strong SQL Server 2000"

and the knowledge of risk management that they know they'll have to pay for.

**pickle** · 19 June 2007, 10:32

Originally posted by TheRightStuff

Does this advert look a bit suspect to you:

http://www.jobserve.com/W1128EDA4692645B7.job

doesn't make sense to me. Large Bank, Bournemouth, Access, 450/500. Rate sounds high anyway even if it was a city job.

What do you guys think is a good rate for an Access/VBA Developer in the City?

At least one of the big IBs has IT in Bournmouth that I know to. The rate looks about right. I suspect that as the ad specifically says Bourmouth, this suggests to me its real. If it was a trawl it would just say London. Or city.

**DaveB** · 19 June 2007, 10:33

Reading between the lines it looks like they want someone to help develop an in house risk management app. For that £450-£500 day in a finance house is about right.

**EternalOptimist** · 19 June 2007, 11:00

MSACCESS is one of the most underrated products around, it has a much higher reputation in the US and Oz than it does here in the UK. I am currently on 330 a day in London and in ten years the range has been from 30 to 60 gbp an hour. In the city you can get the rate you quoted easily - getting in is difficult though.
Of course to get the big bucks you have to be more SQL/ORACLE dba than ACCESS developer and you have to be able to make the bastard fly.

I recently built a drag and drop interface and Im so fkin made up with it that I might write a book about it

**Bright Spark** · 19 June 2007, 13:04

The rate seems about reasonable, the lack of description about the role
seems like the agent doesn't have a job spec at the moment and is probably
trying to find out what contractors are on the market, if they can work in the area, and how flexible they are on rates.

**TheRightStuff** · 19 June 2007, 13:17

Originally posted by EternalOptimist

MSACCESS is one of the most underrated products around, it has a much higher reputation in the US and Oz than it does here in the UK. I am currently on 330 a day in London and in ten years the range has been from 30 to 60 gbp an hour. In the city you can get the rate you quoted easily - getting in is difficult though.
Of course to get the big bucks you have to be more SQL/ORACLE dba than ACCESS developer and you have to be able to make the bastard fly.

I recently built a drag and drop interface and Im so fkin made up with it that I might write a book about it

in that case I should be happy with my 350 then.

**EternalOptimist** · 19 June 2007, 13:24

Originally posted by TheRightStuff

in that case I should be happy with my 350 then.

you might outrank me in the dosh stakes my friend, but let me see you build a drag and drop interface

**TheRightStuff** · 19 June 2007, 13:37

Originally posted by EternalOptimist

you might outrank me in the dosh stakes my friend, but let me see you build a drag and drop interface

not trying to compete on the rate front and I'm not a geek.

Jobserve Access VBA Position