SeanT

Hi Guys,

Looks like I may be stepping out(pushed) of the permie world soon and was thinking about contracting, how are the IT contractors on here finding the current market,???

My main skills are - 15 years technical experience using Windows nt-2003 administration, building, rebuilding, upgrading, decommissioning, Technical Consultancy, HP server hardware, working within a change control enviroment etc

Thanks guys...

ChefDude

not sure about your area, but mine is really good at the moment. rates are well over 100 per hour.

unfortunately i'm on a 3 month notice period.

Recaro

wow £100 an hour!!

I thought our contractors are over paid, they earn between £30 - 60 an hour. Their on a months notice but have worked for the company for over 5 years. I'm 1 of the few pemies and I earn half they do. Very annnoying when your both doing the same job.

Sub97

Maybe they can write properly though?

ChefDude

when i do a contract search, i specify "c++ c# vb credit derivatives swaps central london"

for the number of swap types i author for (about 15), it's £800-1000 a day.

KiwiGTI

So where is the value based? Is it in the coding ability or in the knowledge of derivatives etc?

ChefDude

credit derivatives and swaps

c++ c# and vb only gets you 5-600 a day (in central london - I never earned more than 500pd outside of london)

GaryK

Yep its definately in an upturn, I came back into the contract market in December last year after a two year exodus and landed a contract beginning of Feb which Im going to still be in next Feb at close to what I was getting in 2000 which was a boom time.

Gary

jpor

iTrader: (1)

People with enterprise UNIX skills are in very high demand at the moment.

druddle

People with Netapp skills and certification, and also Oracle Apps skills are also in high demand.

Dave

stevencotton

Even more so if you can code (properly) as well.

SeanT

cool, but does anyone else have any experience in the Windows, technical consultancy type contracting???

Thanks

darlodge

There is a big article about contract rates in thsi weeks Computer Weekly. It said Contract Jobs are on the decline. Apparently there has been a 12.7% drop in the last quarter.

Darren

KiwiGTI

Every man and his dog has got Windows experience on their CVs.

DrEvil

Yep - I've got some vancancies for AIX and/or Solaris senior admins (perm and contract)...

SJ_Skyline

I can believe that - I work for one of the UK's larger technology consultancy houses. We are in the process of getting rid of our contractors and replacing them with permys. Mind you there are still plenty of contractors around the office at the moment....

hail-hail

The market I am in is pretty good at the moment, for volume of jobs available, however I am having to work for £700 per day at the moment, rates used to be around the £1200 mark. It's all swings and roundabouts, when the next new thing comes along I will be ahead of the game, trained up, ready to bs and charging £1200 per day again

darlodge

Hail, what do you do if you don't mind me asking.

Darren

hail-hail

SAP contractor

ChefDude

lol, i knew it!

i was going to ask, but i thought there's no point asking. it's always been sap for the big money. R3/4 back in the old days wasn't it?

darlodge

I had a feeling it was SAP. Now if only I knew what SAP was

Darren

TopBanana

If you want the best rates, a general support of dev role will never pay as well as something more specialised like ERP etc. I need to specialise I think

hail-hail

I actually work with the SAP Netweaver toolset, based around 7+ years experience with SAP Business Warehouse. SAP BW rates are dropping, but people will still pay for the correct experience. It's all the new stuff like BPS, Enterprice Portal, Knowledge Management etc......tha's where the money will be at

andys

Dont forget MDM, PI and Enterprise SOA

hail-hail

only so much one man can be an expert in

GaryK

Yep I moved from dev into ERP consultancy (sage line 500 not SAP) but SAP has always been the daddy as far as rates go but yes dev rates have remained fairly static. I know a c# guy in london getting about 50 an hour but I think most .net devs are in the 35/40hr bracket.

Gary

TopBanana

I'm on more than that and I work from home most of the time The good thing about being a general dev is there'll always be work out there.