I am based in the UK and until a couple of years ago worked as a contract developer for years and enjoyed very healthy rates! Even 5 years ago the “going rate” for a SharePoint developer was £400 – £500 day. Has that changed nowadays, what rates are on offer where you are ? SharePoint Admins were usually about 50 – 100 lower, has that gap closed ?
There’s now way more people on the market – SharePoint is massive, so what’s that done to rates ? Is it still a gravy train ? Has Outsourcing / Off-shoring changed things ?
Well documented Wendy… that’s been my experience as well… there is also the issue with “let Joe work on the server with SharePoint in the corner since he’s got nothing to do presently and we want to see what it can do”. While things like Excel and other applications may work in that scenario, even though I would argue against that approach for anything, it certainly won’t work for SharePoint and business buy in as well as a documented successful strategy from the outset is mandatory.
