Comments on: Are you paying competitive hourly rates? http://jboye.com/blogpost/are-you-paying-competitive-hourly-rates/ The international community for web and intranet professionals Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:45:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: » A breakthrough for open source CMS? - J. Boye » Blog http://jboye.com/blogpost/are-you-paying-competitive-hourly-rates/comment-page-1/#comment-2510 » A breakthrough for open source CMS? - J. Boye » Blog Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:28:32 +0000 http://www.jboye.com/?p=3567#comment-2510 [...] or boutique consultancies with less than 10 experienced developers. Very often these had low rates, but weak project management and a poor track record. Today most system integrators and digital [...] [...] or boutique consultancies with less than 10 experienced developers. Very often these had low rates, but weak project management and a poor track record. Today most system integrators and digital [...]

]]> By: Christian Hvid http://jboye.com/blogpost/are-you-paying-competitive-hourly-rates/comment-page-1/#comment-2486 Christian Hvid Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:52:44 +0000 http://www.jboye.com/?p=3567#comment-2486 I know of cases where the long term hourly rate is 1/3 of the rates mentioned above. For the listed vendors and for customers in Denmark. I know of cases where the long term hourly rate is 1/3 of the rates mentioned above. For the listed vendors and for customers in Denmark.

]]> By: Christian Hvid http://jboye.com/blogpost/are-you-paying-competitive-hourly-rates/comment-page-1/#comment-2485 Christian Hvid Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:39:42 +0000 http://www.jboye.com/?p=3567#comment-2485 Surely most companies vary their rates based on staff seniority. And they all vary their rate on the size of the job and the number of hours billed. If we are talking hundreds or thousands of hours on some implementation project - very few are able to charge 300 euros pr hour and certainly not IBM. Surely most companies vary their rates based on staff seniority.

And they all vary their rate on the size of the job and the number of hours billed.

If we are talking hundreds or thousands of hours on some implementation project – very few are able to charge 300 euros pr hour and certainly not IBM.

]]> By: Janus Boye http://jboye.com/blogpost/are-you-paying-competitive-hourly-rates/comment-page-1/#comment-2483 Janus Boye Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:34:12 +0000 http://www.jboye.com/?p=3567#comment-2483 Thank you for the comments. The prices are collected from throughout Europe. I did not have enough data to do something specific for the UK or to include the US. My impression is that due to the strong Euro, prices are generally a bit lower in the UK and a further bit lower in the US. Locally there are also differences, eg. Sweden is cheaper than Denmark due to the weak Swedish kroner. Cheers, Thank you for the comments.

The prices are collected from throughout Europe. I did not have enough data to do something specific for the UK or to include the US.

My impression is that due to the strong Euro, prices are generally a bit lower in the UK and a further bit lower in the US. Locally there are also differences, eg. Sweden is cheaper than Denmark due to the weak Swedish kroner.

Cheers,

]]> By: James Robertson http://jboye.com/blogpost/are-you-paying-competitive-hourly-rates/comment-page-1/#comment-2474 James Robertson Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:20:11 +0000 http://www.jboye.com/?p=3567#comment-2474 In my experience, the hourly rates from CMS vendors and systems implementers are much higher than for straight web development firms. I think the theory is that they have a "captive market", and charge accordingly... (AU$150/hour is not uncommon in my part of the world, which is at least 25-50% higher than typical rates on the open market, as far as I can tell.) Cheers, James In my experience, the hourly rates from CMS vendors and systems implementers are much higher than for straight web development firms. I think the theory is that they have a “captive market”, and charge accordingly…

(AU$150/hour is not uncommon in my part of the world, which is at least 25-50% higher than typical rates on the open market, as far as I can tell.)

Cheers,
James

]]> By: Damian Webber http://jboye.com/blogpost/are-you-paying-competitive-hourly-rates/comment-page-1/#comment-2472 Damian Webber Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:23:36 +0000 http://www.jboye.com/?p=3567#comment-2472 We think that UK hourly rates are excessive. We charge< £85 per hour for Livelink or Alfresco consultancy and we find that the larger SI companies in the UK consistently over estimate development timescales making the overall comparison much wider (Is this a comment or an advert... in honesty, a bit of both!) We think that UK hourly rates are excessive. We charge< £85 per hour for Livelink or Alfresco consultancy and we find that the larger SI companies in the UK consistently over estimate development timescales making the overall comparison much wider (Is this a comment or an advert… in honesty, a bit of both!)

]]> By: Jon Marks http://jboye.com/blogpost/are-you-paying-competitive-hourly-rates/comment-page-1/#comment-2466 Jon Marks Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:00:09 +0000 http://www.jboye.com/?p=3567#comment-2466 Hi Janus, Can I ask which country you did your research in? For example, are these (theoritically) the rates for LBi Denmark? LBi, as an example, certainly has different rates in different countries. Jon (who works for LBi UK) Hi Janus,

Can I ask which country you did your research in? For example, are these (theoritically) the rates for LBi Denmark? LBi, as an example, certainly has different rates in different countries.

Jon (who works for LBi UK)

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