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Ask HN: London based contractors, what's your day rate?

12 points by davidshariff ↗ HN
Would be interested to see the different daily rates for software developers based on industry and language used within the city.

Eg: Finance, Java, £500.

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lewisflude
Design, front-end, Ruby development. As of 30/04/14 it's £400.
mattwritescode
I haven't done much work recently but when I did Python / Django:

For digital agencies :£360 Bank: £600

heldrida
Frontend Angularjs, Backend PHP £300
mrgreen
If you get £300/day what's left after tax and recruitment agency fee?
gadders
Recruitment agency fee would be paid by the client and wouldn't come out of the day rate.

This will give you a rough idea of take home pay after tax for any particular day rate: http://www.sjdaccountancy.com/contractor_calculator/index.ht...

mrgreen
Thanks dude, I'm thinking to switch from permanent to contractor (front-end), any advise?
gadders
Get a good CV Get a good agent Get a Linked profile Get a good accountant, preferably one that uses FreeAgent
mrgreen
Thanks, and in terms of timing? Which is the best period of the year for doing the jump? In your experience which are the most flat or busiest months?
gadders
In my experience, I would avoid December and August. But tbh, if you are set on contracting you can interview any time. If you get a role, you can create limited company very quickly. The only piece that takes time is getting a VAT reference.

Also, JobServe is a good website to check to find agencies in your technology and industry sector.

gadders
I would just do a search on www.jobserve.com to get a rough idea.