Does anyone of you happen to know a chart that shows the rates for IT freelancers in the UK?

Something similiar to:



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...ideally even a break-down for different programming languages/skills!

To be honest, the rates vary so much in this country, even according to location! For some jobs I do here in Plymouth I can only charge maximum £25 per hour, but for the same work in London I can ask £65 (or more!) (for Flash work in this example)

Sorry I can't help with a chart, but there is a very good Freelancers forum on http://freelanceswitch.com where people would probably know.

I think he meant hourly rates (pay).

Depends on where you are in the country, what your skills are, and what time of the year it is. And some companies are pushing lower rates because of the talk about the dip in the economy.

I agree with what was said above really. Location matters a lot. I live up North and I can't charge nearly as much here as I can in London.

The type of work affects the rate greatly as well. For my embedded C work on bespoke hardware architectures I can charge well in excess of £100 an hour to most companies because of the lack of skills in the area. Less for normal C programming. *nix consultancy work brings £50 an hour upwards usually and web work about half that. It all depends on the clients requirements as well. Have to take it all one job at a time.

Speaking of which I'd better get some more code written...
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