Which is weird as in London low paid compared to SV. The Normal rule of thumb is 2.5 to 3x a FTE (full time employee) cost. eg for me I would want to target £6

Which is weird as in London low paid compared to SV. The Normal rule of thumb is 2.5 to 3x a FTE (full time employee) cost. eg for me I would want to target £600 to £750 per day (possibly more if I was commuting to London) depending on whether its inside IR35 or not. This figure is low as I deliberately worked locally - If the agency that pitched me the Grade 6 / 7 role in the civil service came off my day rate a contractor would be 1200 to 1400, a 7 is a full Colonel and 6 is between that and a Brigadier I suspect the long term aim is to force the UK into the US model of a large part of the professional workforce being lower paid consultants.