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Interesting. How is the market in London for frontend devs, specifically ones working in the React stack (plus some GraphQL)? I was in London last year and got
by sbacic 6y ago
Interesting. How is the market in London for frontend devs, specifically ones working in the React stack (plus some GraphQL)?
I was in London last year and got the impression that it's a pretty lackluster market - high cost of living, average earning potential. I did some back of the napkin math and realized it only made sense if I worked remotely and occasionally visited London (once a month, twice a month maybe?).
What do you think is the going rate in London for short-term (up to 3 months max, preferable 1-1.5 month contracts) freelancers that don't live there but can occasionally visit for meetings and such?
- Joe8Bit 6y agoPretty saturated as well, lots of FE folks looking for contracts at the moment. Day rates of £400-1000 a day for FE devs were common before COVID, now I’d expect ~20% less than that but YMMV. Remote and visiting occasional is getting a lot more common for contractors these days, so you could detonate it work.
- sefrost 6y ago£4-600 sure, but £1000 day rates? Who's getting that?
- Joe8Bit 6y ago£1,000+ is pretty standard for Lead/Principal level engineers, in my experience, especially in financial services where it's often even higher than that.
- wdb 6y agoI find remote roles hard to find in London; especially don't appreciate you working from abroad and coming one week a month to London