What to charge for IT contracting with Security Clearance

[Vdubster187]

50 quid a day. You're on a winner.

Really?

[EternalOptimist]

Quick overview of skills:

Cabling
Patch panel installations
Fibreoptics
Encyrption
Server/Client builds
Router/switch configuration
Virtualisation

nice skills. not my area though, so I cant help.

good luck though

[Vdubster187]

nice skills. not my area though, so I cant help.

good luck though

Thanks Pal,

I appreciate it, all the best to you also

[Zippy]

So a pimp rings you up and asks how much you want. You say £200 per day. Do they fall about laughing?

[Cliphead]

Really?

Support monkey stuff, a bit better than minimum wage. Cos it's IT it has to pay megabucks? SC doesn't add sh!t to a rate.

[doodab]

For example for a days work IT contracting, I quote £100 including any travel expenses.

Would you say this was too little?

Yes, you need to work out the day rate by multiplying the hourly rate by say 7.5 or 8. Don't just use the hourly figure.

[Vdubster187]

Yes, you need to work out the day rate by multiplying the hourly rate by say 7.5 or 8. Don't just use the hourly figure.

Finally some sense, thanks you. in your opinion what would be a reasonable hourly rate or perhaps you are aware of the average rate?

[Vdubster187]

Support monkey stuff, a bit better than minimum wage. Cos it's IT it has to pay megabucks? SC doesn't add sh!t to a rate.

I'm getting the impression you are not SC cleared?

[Vdubster187]

So a pimp rings you up and asks how much you want. You say £200 per day. Do they fall about laughing?

Nice one!

[mudskipper]

Finally some sense, thanks you. in your opinion what would be a reasonable hourly rate or perhaps you are aware of the average rate?

The rule of thumb is hourly rate = permie annual salary / 1000 - so 28K a year would give you £28 an hour or £200-250 a day.