Should I charge different rates for consulting and web development (same client)

[Ariosa]

Hi everyone,

I've been working with a client and currently making our collaboration more formal with a new contract. I'll be providing consulting (architecture etc.) services and possibly some web development hours as well. Should I have 2 different rates for these two services or do you...

[siphr]

Hello,

I would occasionally get contacted by an agency (this time it was Parallel Consulting) who is adamant that I disclose my past rates. I find it quite sneaky. I think the only reason they want to know this so that they can negotiate a rate down. They is either the client or an agency...

[WTFH]

Is 2,000CHF a reasonable daily rate for Zurich?

[Bheleu]

Just had somebody try and tempted me to work near Lake Geneva

They have been a bit vague about rates, I have worked in Brussels and Holland before

Can anybody tell me what sort of rate I should be looking for ratewise , the job is mainly Oracle

Are there...

[Beloco]

Hi everyone,

I'm coming from abroad and living now in Edinburgh. At the same time being a contractor is new to me (previously permanent).

I have a business background as project manager / product owner / product manager in various industries (real agile for more than two...

[Phillwin]

Hi - I'm not contracting atm but I still get a lot of recruiters contacting me with PM roles and I've noticed in the last 6 months that rates have dropped consistently below £400/day. Is everyone finding this? Is this acceptable? Is it a case that people are selling themselves short? This is not a...

[dicky1980]

Hi,

I'm currently in a contract with a company to provide services to a client of theirs. This client has awarded the next contract to a new company. Both the end client and the new company want me to stay on and work as a contractor for this new company.

I've signed a...

[acontractor]

Hi,

I am going to have my 1st interview as contractor tomorrow. (I was perm for last 6 years). I told my daily rates to the agency and she has forwarded same figure to the company. They (agency) also told me avoid negotiating rates directly with the client! I am concerned that if I don't...

[Oscar]

Here in Luxembourg and in Belgium I hear people say that the market is picking up.

Is it? Of course here its the the seasonable top, so people might mistake it for a general trend,
or it might be the sum of a general and a seasonable trend making it noticeable.

[hgllgh]

Been looking for an asp.net webdev contract on jobserve for a few weeks now and the rates for about half of the contracts posted are diabolical ... below £300/£250 a day.

Anyone taking or know of someone who has taken one of these lower paid contracts? Maybe there are too many asp.net...