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Previously on "Out for 2 years...what's happened to rates?!"
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I also started out in COBOL and know there are COBOL shops around, I just don't see roles advertised.
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Originally posted by fullyautomatix View PostNot in COBOL !! Maybe Java or C#. Many of those chaps may not even have heard of COBOL.
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Originally posted by knight007 View Postbe prepared to accept a lower rate. We've had a lot more contractors come in from India. I've found that these guys are willing for accept reduced rates to get their foot in the door. As a result they influence the overall market rate.
Not in COBOL !! Maybe Java or C#. Many of those chaps may not even have heard of COBOL.
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Headline rates
Don't think headline rates have moved much in the 12 years I have been contracting. I have done ok in the last 6 years, but mainly from having a lot of experience and a fair chunk of luck. Still seeing PM jobs advertised at £350 and BA jobs at £250 though. Still, you get what you pay for IMO.
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be prepared to accept a lower rate. We've had a lot more contractors come in from India. I've found that these guys are willing for accept reduced rates to get their foot in the door. As a result they influence the overall market rate.
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostLook at jobserve et al and DYOR?
Try itjobswatch for your skills?
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Look at jobserve et al and DYOR?
Try itjobswatch for your skills?
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Mine have gone up over 25% in the last 2 years in London. That did include a move from Investment Banking to non-Investment Banking though
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But congratulations for still being able to earn money out of MF COBOL, I stopped teaching it in 1999 and coding in it in 1997!
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Originally posted by cojak View PostIf they offer the same rate as 3 years ago then bite their hand off.
Many contractors have had to accept a 10% cut per year for the last 2 years...
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If they offer the same rate as 3 years ago then bite their hand off.
Many contractors have had to accept a 10% cut per year for the last 2 years...
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Out for 2 years...what's happened to rates?!
Hi
I was a contractor for nearly 20 years up until the end of 2010. At that point, I was working in South Wales, at a rate of £40/h. I took a year out, then went permie for 12 months elsewhere, until I saw the light, and left last month!
Anyway - I received an email today from the client I was working for in 2010, and they've asked me to return...however - I'm completely out of touch with what's happened to rates in the interim, so could do with a bit of guidance so that I know a) where to pitch my rate, and b) that the agency aren't giving me a load of bull!
Bear in mind - it's an ageing, Jurassic period skillset, being MF Cobol...................
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