Rates in Denmark

[tim123]

Rates both contract and permie in Denmark are high and rising. There is a real shortage of people with a clue. Lots of agencies are springing up to slice a layer of cream off the unwary. There is much more of the agency acting as an introducer for contractors than the English model. Really helps if you can speak a scandinavian language.

The chances of me learning a scandinavian language are somewhat less then none so that's that out.

But you are right about the different model. For the first time in about 20 years I am working alongside software house people who have been sold to clients with almost no previous experience for the job that they are doing [1][2]. I need to find the person who is prepared to work with me in that way so that I can move onto something more interesting instead of the drudge that I'm currently doing day to day, something which is all but impossible in the UK.

[1] Yep, this is common in some sectors, but in embedded work in the UK, it is almost unheard of.
[2] This is possibly because charge-out rates are more competitive here. Unlike the UK where numpty from the software house costs a grand (or more) a day, I'm currently working alongside an experience software house engineer who costs less than I do, god know how they make a profit.

[threaded]

Does anyone know what contract rates in Denmark are like.

I'm pursuing an opportunity and the agent's pulling the old "you won't get as much as you are now" line.

Comparisons with Sweden/Germany/UK will be sufficient.

Ta

Timmy

Rates both contract and permie in Denmark are high and rising. There is a real shortage of people with a clue. Lots of agencies are springing up to slice a layer of cream off the unwary. There is much more of the agency acting as an introducer for contractors than the English model. Really helps if you can speak a scandinavian language.

[tim123]

It depends what sort of work it is. Somewhere between Dkr450 and Dkr550 an hour would be normal. SAP jobs will pay much more than this.

Agencies in DK charge clients around DKr700 to 750 an hour.

Neil

Neil,

Tak,

So you are still around. I was going to mail you but I noticed you've moved.

Around 65 Euro then. About the same as the other countries mentioned and quite a bit more than the agent quoted.

Mark-up looks high. I'm certainly not costing that at the mo.

Anyhow, I contacted a couple of other agents who I know had contacts at the client suspect and neither has got back to me.

Must be phantom jobs used for a CV trawl (as suspected earlier),......

unfortunately.

Back to blighty it is then

tim

[NeilJ]

It depends what sort of work it is. Somewhere between Dkr450 and Dkr550 an hour would be normal. SAP jobs will pay much more than this.

Agencies in DK charge clients around DKr700 to 750 an hour.

Permie jobs in Denmark pay more than Sweden as income taxes are higher and in DK the employer pays no social security for the employee. In Sweden the employer pays about 30.4% social security contributions for employees. so pay can be between 30 and 50% higher in DK compared to SE.

Neil

[holsson]

I have no idea about contracts, but salaries for IT jobs are supposed to be slightly higher than in Sweden.

[freshblue]

May be something to use on here:

http://www.jobstats.co.uk/jobstats.d/Rates.html

[tim123]

HTH

Not really, NO.

[Xena]

Depends whether you're porking the Queen or not.

HTH

Threaded.

[tim123]

Does anyone know what contract rates in Denmark are like.

I'm pursuing an opportunity and the agent's pulling the old "you won't get as much as you are now" line.

Comparisons with Sweden/Germany/UK will be sufficient.

Ta

Timmy