What is a fair hourly-rate for a php/web developer???
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What is a fair hourly-rate for a php/web developer???
I currently work at a school as a technician (music & performing arts).
I haver been doing some bits of html and php programming for them and they are asking me to develop html/php full-time as i know a lot more about it than anyone else on campus and they dont want to hire someone in from outside.
At the moment im fairly in-experienced (I learn as i go along). But still more experienced than the IT staff here (in html/php/java).
Im just wondering what is a fair hourly-rate for a php/html (and the odd bit of Javascript too) programmer?
How do other programmers charge? by the hour?, or by the project/contract?
I haver been doing some bits of html and php programming for them and they are asking me to develop html/php full-time as i know a lot more about it than anyone else on campus and they dont want to hire someone in from outside.
At the moment im fairly in-experienced (I learn as i go along). But still more experienced than the IT staff here (in html/php/java).
Im just wondering what is a fair hourly-rate for a php/html (and the odd bit of Javascript too) programmer?
How do other programmers charge? by the hour?, or by the project/contract?
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my rate varies from 50-120 ($US) (4 hr minimum) for hourly depending on the demands of the client, and the urgency/short notice. The more urgent and short notice it is the higher it'll go beyond the "normal" range to force the client to back off at some level. During hourly, once I finish that single task for the client plus a certain amount of time (varies by urgency) passes, I tell them "our agreement has ended, if you need me again, it'll be another 4 hr charge."
Contracts are a whole 'nother ball game. I basically work until their budget is spent. Sometimes that's 40 hrs a day (yes, that's right,) sometimes less than a few hrs a day. Length of these contracts vary wildly. Under contracts, I will only do what I've been contracted to do, if they want more, they'll have to pay more. If they want less, too bad, they don't get their money back, nor do they get a lower bid.
Contracts are a whole 'nother ball game. I basically work until their budget is spent. Sometimes that's 40 hrs a day (yes, that's right,) sometimes less than a few hrs a day. Length of these contracts vary wildly. Under contracts, I will only do what I've been contracted to do, if they want more, they'll have to pay more. If they want less, too bad, they don't get their money back, nor do they get a lower bid.
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Damn it!
Here in Romania the hour rate for a PHP developer is something between 1-2 USD and if you a great skilled you may ask for 3 USD/hour.
So now is explained why every people from Eastern Europe (like me) is travelling to West
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Lucky me i'm working for a 7 USD/hour but i'm doing many other extra things (not only PHP and MySQL) like design or migrating the script to other platforms (like ASP .Net with MSSQL etc).
Here in Romania the hour rate for a PHP developer is something between 1-2 USD and if you a great skilled you may ask for 3 USD/hour.
So now is explained why every people from Eastern Europe (like me) is travelling to West
Lucky me i'm working for a 7 USD/hour but i'm doing many other extra things (not only PHP and MySQL) like design or migrating the script to other platforms (like ASP .Net with MSSQL etc).
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£15!? you've got to be joking right?patrikG wrote:It depends very much on what services you offer. For the UK the going rate for standard PHP/MySQL starts around £15 (gets higher if it's a high profile job, other skills required etc.). If you throw in Linux, Apache Admin, Oracle, ASP etc. you can fetch anything between £20-£30 more or less.
I currently work on for a company doing a whole web ring and all of its associated sites for a government funded charitable organisation, and my fixed salary per month is circa £350 for which i do around 15 hours a week (from home)
now if im freelancing it, its a whole other ball game as i have been known to charge £100 an hour, but usually £35-£50 is my usual price.
just my $0.02
If you look at the php-jobs on jobserve.com you'll find that the largest share of those requiring only php, mysql, html, javascript hardly go for more than £15. If you have a solid and established client-base, of course you can charge more - but if you start your first PHP freelancing job, don't be under any illusions that you'd be earning an hourly rate greater than £20, if you're lucky.malcolmboston wrote:£15!? you've got to be joking right?
That's right...patrikG wrote:If you look at the php-jobs on jobserve.com you'll find that the largest share of those requiring only php, mysql, html, javascript hardly go for more than £15. If you have a solid and established client-base, of course you can charge more - but if you start your first PHP freelancing job, don't be under any illusions that you'd be earning an hourly rate greater than £20, if you're lucky.malcolmboston wrote:£15!? you've got to be joking right?
If this is your first few jobs, then you would want to charge a little amount because the reward of teaching yourself how to handle clients, keeping a schedule, getting the program done in time, and providing more to your customer is a much greater reward then the money received.
