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I spent 8yrs working as a contractor in London for rates between £600 - £950pd. Architecture roles - which to some companies meant spending time coding (yay) a
by cutthegrass2 4y ago
I spent 8yrs working as a contractor in London for rates between £600 - £950pd.
Architecture roles - which to some companies meant spending time coding (yay) and to other companies spending time on non-coding activities; aligning teams, strategy, planning, managing stakeholders, slide decks etc...
- greenpeas 4y agosorry, I'm not familiar with the terminology: in £600 - £950pd, "pd" means per day? For what duration are these contracts usually agreed upon?
- Mandatum 4y agoUsually all start with 6 months and options to extend. Market is the same in Asia Pacific. I’ve yet to work with a client who couldn’t find something for me to do after, they all want to renew unless they’re axing heads across the board. In which case they get me to work remotely and bill directly to the project, whilst funnelling communications through the project manager or tech lead. That way regular employees don’t see me, and they still get the work done.
- cutthegrass2 4y agoyep, exactly my experience too. Never had an initial 6 month contract turn out to be "just" 6 months. Shortest duration during my stints was 18 months (2 renewals).