FWIW, I think that most hourly rates I've seen for on-shore coding over the last decade or so have tended to stay within the $50-150 range, if you exclude people who offer themselves below that range due to inexperience or a desire to work their way into a particular field, like a $15-30/hour student who wants to learn on the job for example and may have limited PHP experience in general, and none with the frameworks in question.
I think the right person or the right rate for the job in question depends a lot on the job requirements - you'll get a lot more bang for the buck by hiring an advanced guy for an advanced job, but for a simpler job, a $150/hr guy might not be able to truly do it 3x faster (or 3x better) than a $50/hour guy, even though there may be no question that on an advanced job the difference may be even bigger than that. Most jobs have a "sweet spot" I think where the person is neither overkill nor overwhelmed. I'm very interested in seeing what others have to say about this, to see how realistic my perceptions are. Thanks, Mac On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Jonathan Grotegut <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello UPHPU, > > Since this is not an official job position at this point I figured the > general list would be best for this, my appologies if this is an incorrect > assumption on my part. > > My primary question with this email is what is the going rate(s) for > freelance PHP programmers in the area? > > Secondly, I have been asked by a co-worker about working on a site with > ELGG > and Zend frameworks. Unfortunately, I have not used either, nor do I have > the experience needed for something as complex as he is wanting to do. > > Right now he is using off shore coders to build his website but has run > into > multiple issues in doing so. He is looking into bringing the work local. > Right now he is just price shopping to see if the cost works into his > budget. > > He is looking for someone with experience in the above frameworks for some > freelance work, he is estimating about 20 hours a week. Mostly the work > would be to finish up and put the final polish on several modules on his > site as well as coding some modules from the ground up. > > Again this is just to get a feel for the local market at this point, > however, if you have experience with ELGG and / or Zend frameworks and are > interested in approx 20 hours of freelance work a week please send me your > information so I can pass it on to him. I would need your name and best > method of contact as well as your "asking rate" > > Thank you, > Jonathan Grotegut > > _______________________________________________ > > UPHPU mailing list > [email protected] > http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu > IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net > -- Mac Newbold [email protected] 801-694-6334 <http://www.codegreene.com> _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
