Zürich...

[alreadypacked]

Just got back, absolutely loved it, where's the jobs!!

Most of what I see on JS is <1k/day CHF, or 140k pa perm, given CH prices both are not that great, I was with someone there, a Swiss, Züricher, reckons 1k a day is ok, most IT 'consultants' get 2k, I never saw anything like that on JS, I reckon there is a Native Swiss/Ex-pat difference, I have read that, but anyone who's contracted there really know? if I find out I'll feed back.

The jobs that get put on JS are the ones the agents in Zurich can't fill from their database. So I would suggest you try to get in touch with some Zurich agents rather the some London agent trying the Zurich market.

First time out here I would suggest you try to get a sublet, rather than renting an empty apartment, as you need to invest a lot to furnish it.

[Sysman]

WBBS.

The 2K figure is more like a day rate for a few days here, a few days there.

Going back a decade, 200 per hour was the interdepartmental cross charge rate that was used for project costing (cf my agency's rate of ~130).

[BlasterBates]

less than 1K for contracts and 140K perm sounds about right actually. 2K would be very exceptional.

You'd be looking at roughly 10- 12 K CHF take home. You can check out flats on homegate.ch | Immobilien, Wohnung, Wohnungen oder Haus suchen und finden.. Obviously cheaper outside Zürich city centre.

[stek]

Just got back, absolutely loved it, where's the jobs!!

Most of what I see on JS is <1k/day CHF, or 140k pa perm, given CH prices both are not that great, I was with someone there, a Swiss, Züricher, reckons 1k a day is ok, most IT 'consultants' get 2k, I never saw anything like that on JS, I reckon there is a Native Swiss/Ex-pat difference, I have read that, but anyone who's contracted there really know? if I find out I'll feed back.