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Contracting pays far better in the UK than salary. I remember being offered £1k/day just to travel round the country installing servers. I didn't take it, as I
by adwf 11y ago
Contracting pays far better in the UK than salary. I remember being offered £1k/day just to travel round the country installing servers. I didn't take it, as I work on the data science side of things, but was still very tempted to just chuck it in for that sort of cash...
- BjoernKW 11y agoContracting doesn't seem to be that well-paid throughout. From time to time I get enquiries for contracting work in London (mostly for the financial industry) with a 'maximum budget' of 450 quid / day. Compared to market prices in metropolitan regions in Germany that's on the lower end of the range and by and large those though prosperous are much less affluent than London.
- ukeucontractor 11y agoI started contracting two years and was earning £500/day as a 'senior developer' writing Rails remotely for a company based in London. If I was onsite I would have asked for more. To get higher rates for contracting you need to have the right contacts, by the time it ends up at a recruiter you need to end up paying their cut which can be substantial (10% - 35%, it's not bad for just sending a few emails :D).
- BjoernKW 11y ago> To get higher rates for contracting you need to have the right contacts That's what it comes down to regardless of location. If you're willing to share some of your London / UK contacts, that'd be much appreciated (contact info's in my profile).