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 ?
Mark
In my experience rates are still in that range if you work via an agency. I have a few direct clients I work for and the rates vary from £600-1250. The higher rate is as a specialised SharePoint PM consultant in London.
Locally in the Midlands more like £600-750.
I think you will already know this but for the benefit of others; there are a lot of people jumping onto the SharePoint gravy train and demand is still strong especially for people with a strong track record.
The increase in agency contracts has been fairly strong for the last year. I see many posts being advertised for a long time which indicates the client is struggling to get the right people.
Many companies struggle in recruiting good SharePoint people because they lack the understanding to be able to select appropriately.
Telephone interviews are an easy and, in my opinion, a very poor way to select. Personally I do not do telephone interviews. I want face-to-face meetings.
Read this: 2013 .NET Salary Survey
http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/Salary-Surveys/Salary-Survey.aspx?Page=1
Here in the UK i think there is a shift from the gravy train so to speak to business as usual consultants, sure you still get the inflated prices but it really depends what the companies is looking for, house keeping or full on solutions
One thing that has changed though – a lot of ASP.Net developers have moved across. But I think there’s still a shortage as SharePoint is now everywhere.
vlad catrinescu said:
Here in Canada its everywhere from 750$ to 1250$ depending on seniority for a consultant! So I guess it’s pretty much the same.
I don’t think big companies trust off-shoring that much anymore. There was a big boom, however the low quality provided binged them back to local consultants. I also noticed clients start requesting the consultant be on place, and not working remotely.
Remote working is a good discussion on its own…I have seen projects fail badly from remote teams, but it depends on many many factors. (spec, culture, timezones, cost, quality of devs on-site)…
