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Re: Ask HN: Current freelancer and consulting rates survey

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Post by dustineichler »

salarypoll wrote: post #11

Mobile Developer San Francisco $175/hr

While that is cool. You have to realize he's not getting this rate all the time or at least that many projects that can be billed out as such. Pivotal labs can though. I'd know about it, having done similar work in SF. It's unusual. Typically rates are pretty normalized and much lower, however I'm surprised rates are actually consistent across the US despite the cost of living. Makes me feel like I'm working a lot harder for less, which is probably true. That's SF!

Re: Ask HN: Current freelancer and consulting rates survey

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Post by aangjie »

driverdan wrote: post #19

I do LAMP, front-end (JS, HTML5/CSS3), server admin, performance optimization, project planning / product dev, security consulting, SEO, and whatever else a client will pay me to do. Typical rate is $75/h. I also do project quotes that work out to be more or less. Through BidOnMyDay I've been working for less but meeting some great people (shameless plug): http://bidonmyday.com I'm US based. Currently a nomad living…

Love the funkiness of your idea/site....do wonder what's the average bid...though...:-)

Re: Ask HN: Current freelancer and consulting rates survey

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Post by uid »

patio11 wrote: post #14
jasonkester wrote: post #6

This would probably work better as a poll or an offsite, anonymous survey. I don't think you'll get very accurate results from limiting yourself to the small fraction of developers who: - don't mind disclosing their salary in public - don't have any co-workers, employers, or clients who read this site - have a single fixed rate that they charge everybody - don't plan to change their rate in the future - make enough t…

What Jason said. The "wants to help you" me really, really wants to quote numbers because I think people pervasively underprice their services. The "wants to not be awkward socially" me really doesn't want folks to immediately do "50 * $WEEKLY_RATE = $WOWZA" and assume that I'm loaded, partially because it would be wrong and partially because it might change how people interacted with me in a way I wouldn't enjoy. Th…

The other way of approaching this may be to pivot it towards a general discussion on the state of the market in different sectors, regions, etc.

For eg. I know that atm iOS developers based in San Francisco or the valley can charge out around $1500 per day.

I also know that on-site web development work in Australia (Sydney) can fetch $150+

These are both from friends of mine who are experienced developers and who can work and complete a project on their own.

I also learnt today that the discount on working remotely can be large in some instances. (30%)

Interesting takeaways to get from other HN members would be what areas are hot at the moment (for eg. javascript web app dev), where the market is hot, how clients are being found, etc.

I am getting back into the market after a few years of fulltime employment and taking time off, so I am trying to get as much information as possible in order to get back up to speed.

Re: Ask HN: Current freelancer and consulting rates survey

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Post by driverdan »

aangjie wrote: post #25
driverdan wrote: post #19

I do LAMP, front-end (JS, HTML5/CSS3), server admin, performance optimization, project planning / product dev, security consulting, SEO, and whatever else a client will pay me to do. Typical rate is $75/h. I also do project quotes that work out to be more or less. Through BidOnMyDay I've been working for less but meeting some great people (shameless plug): http://bidonmyday.com I'm US based. Currently a nomad living…

Love the funkiness of your idea/site....do wonder what's the average bid...though...:-)

I may add a stats / balance sheet page w/ full transparency when I have the time. It's low on my list though, too many other things to add first.

Re: Ask HN: Current freelancer and consulting rates survey

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Post by kokey »

uid wrote: post #26
patio11 wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What Jason said. The "wants to help you" me really, really wants to quote numbers because I think people pervasively underprice their services. The "wants to not be awkward socially" me really doesn't want folks to immediately do "50 * $WEEKLY_RATE = $WOWZA" and assume that I'm loaded, partially because it would be wrong and partially because it might change how people interacted with me in a way I wouldn't enjoy. Th…

The other way of approaching this may be to pivot it towards a general discussion on the state of the market in different sectors, regions, etc. For eg. I know that atm iOS developers based in San Francisco or the valley can charge out around $1500 per day. I also know that on-site web development work in Australia (Sydney) can fetch $150+ These are both from friends of mine who are experienced developers and who can…

Here in London, the demand for Linux engineers with several years of experience is quite high. This means there are a lot of contract jobs available, usually 6 months in duration, and the rates are around £300-£500 per day ($470-$790 US)

What makes things worse for employers are that changes to UK immigration laws implemented last year, make it even harder to employ people from outside the EU. There is now an annual cap of 20,000 work permits, except if it's an inter office transfer.

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