The UK rate has dropped significantly. You are really looking at something like £35-£40 per hour (as opposed to £60-£70 ph in the past couple of years. $500ph is v. reasonable.
At the end of the day these angencies never put a rate since they want to get as good a person as cheap as possible! jez > -----Original Message----- > From: Niclas Hedhman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 28 January 2003 05:13 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Cocoon Job opps in Frankfurt, Germany > > > On Tuesday 28 January 2003 09:20, Jeremy Aston wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I keep seeing ads for contractors based in Frankfurt on a UK based job > > site... > > > > > http://www.it.jobserve.com/jobserve/searchresults.asp?jobType=*&d= 5&order=R >a nk&page=1&q=cocoon They almost all list "Rate: Market". What is that roughly? Just curious what it pays to be "employed" nowadays in this kind of field... Anyone willing to reveal? Me? I live in the "low cost" country so I charge only(?) around $500 per day, as consultant. Niclas > I have tried to get in there as a UK based person (and Cocooon book > co-author) but the company are 100% set on having an on site person and no > remote workers/software houses/cooperatives. I can't move to Germany so am > out of the picture - bah! These people have advertised reguarly over the > past 4-6 months so the work must be ongoing. > > If anyone does get in there and find they can put in a word for remote > workers (I will go to a couple of times a month for a couple of days) then > I'm here! > > rgds > > Jeremy --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>