<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>The higher end is going to be for people connected with a large services firm. The lower end is going to be offshore, up to school kids cutting their teeth.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>It's us freelancers, who usually work alone, that have a hard time setting rates. Recruiters and other Drupallers tell me that my rates are fair, but hiring companies are balking at them. I know if I go much lower, I can't pay my rent. I just need to hook up with some services firm with regular work.</span></div><div> </div><div><font color="#ff007f" size="4" face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"><i><strong>Nancy</strong></i></font></div> <div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.</font></div><div><br><blockquote
style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> John Saward <john@also.com.au><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> A list for Drupal consultants and Drupal service/hosting providers <consulting@drupal.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, August 23, 2011 7:56 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [consulting] Consultant Community<br></font><br>Professionally I've been doing Drupal for about 6 years. Never not had work in my in-tray in that time.<br><br>Up till now when clients check out expected rates with me I often say rates vary a lot, in the range $30 to $200 per hour.<br><br>I
situate myself somewhere around the mid-range, usually.<br><br>Now I can have the pleasure of broadening the range I convey, to: "$2 to $300 per hour".<br><br>On a rough calculation that might mean I need to increase my rates a bit to stay in the middle. :)<br><br>But.. holding off for now.....<br><br>We know one thing for sure from this discussion: "There is no indication of price fixing amongst Drupal developers" :)<br><br>John<br><br>On 23/08/2011, at 11:08 PM, Fred Jones wrote:<br><br>> I'm not here for 10 years, not even 5 really--I'm been hanging out for<br>> 3 or 4 maybe, so I don't know the history as others do, but aside from<br>> the exponential growth of the overall community, the developers<br>> community has also grown in numbers and in diversity. It was revealed<br>> at a Drupalcon last year (or two years ago) that there are dev shops<br>> charging up to $300 an hour. Now it has been revealed that there are<br>> also
resources offering their services for $2 an hour.<br><br>Studio Also @ www.also.com.au | <a ymailto="mailto:john@also.com.au" href="mailto:john@also.com.au">john@also.com.au</a> | 03 5968 1541<br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>consulting mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:consulting@drupal.org" href="mailto:consulting@drupal.org">consulting@drupal.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/consulting" target="_blank">http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/consulting</a><br><br><br></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>