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It’s an average rate for business analysts - we don’t know what you do.Originally posted by Lance View Postso you don't know.
That's a pretty subjective guess you've made.
Never having been on a day rate that low I'd say it's the far left of the bell curve. That's pretty subjective too.
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It's not much of a bell curve with a sample of one though - even assuming you are telling the truth about the size of your rate (which you might be).Originally posted by Lance View Postso you don't know.
That's a pretty subjective guess you've made.
Never having been on a day rate that low I'd say it's the far left of the bell curve. That's pretty subjective too.
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so you don't know.Originally posted by GJABS View PostI would say around £400/day. Do a blank search on jobserve and the mean seems to be around that. Of course it varies a lot, and I am sure many of the higher-paying gigs don't get filled on there, instead hiring someone with a known track record through contacts etc.
That's a pretty subjective guess you've made.
Never having been on a day rate that low I'd say it's the far left of the bell curve. That's pretty subjective too.
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That seems reasonable... But for public and private or just public?Originally posted by GJABS View PostI would say around £400/day. Do a blank search on jobserve and the mean seems to be around that. Of course it varies a lot, and I am sure many of the higher-paying gigs don't get filled on there, instead hiring someone with a known track record through contacts etc.
Another question, how much in average an agency would charge on top of that average figure of 400?
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I would say around £400/day. Do a blank search on jobserve and the mean seems to be around that. Of course it varies a lot, and I am sure many of the higher-paying gigs don't get filled on there, instead hiring someone with a known track record through contacts etc.Originally posted by Lance View PostWhat’s the ‘average’?
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No, I’ve never worked for them. I have done fairly well by coming in after them and fixing their messes. No, there’s someone else on here, if only their user ID was a hint at their company name...Originally posted by Mordac View PostAny other crimes you fancy fessing up to?
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Exactly my question... Then I can tell you if I'm below or above average...Originally posted by Lance View PostWhat’s the ‘average’?
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What’s the ‘average’?Originally posted by GJABS View PostIt is interesting, isn't it, that the only people on here who mention what their rate is, are those who say they're on much greater than the average. You never hear from those who say they're on much less than the average.
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It is interesting, isn't it, that the only people on here who mention what their rate is, are those who say they're on much greater than the average. You never hear from those who say they're on much less than the average.
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Cost of Employment + working expenses for the role in question + Management overheads + 40% markup is the starting point. It's not a rate card as such, although they will have standard costs available to the bid preparation teams, if only because many clients want a breakdownOriginally posted by WTFH View PostIf only there was someone who had worked at E&Y, Deloitte and PWC as a manager/senior manager who might know the answer to that.
However the bid and the manpower costs are not done as a list of individual items; its rather more complicated than that. So the stated detail and the actual bid price may be at some variance, buried in the documentation.
And if there are Partners on site, they get paid a whole other way so will effectively set their own income.
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