I'm curious what various services people provide in tech and what their consulting rate is...<p>Can you share?<p>It would be interesting to see the highest paying fields.
I’ve shifted to bidding fixed rate on projects around a defined scope. It’s a lot more work upfront to define a clear statement of work, but it has allowed me to stay above USD$200/hr without customers batting an eye - whereas my rate was consistently a sticking point in negotiations.<p>My consulting mostly focuses around IT/digital strategy and the work product usually involves connecting together incumbent systems, and sometimes implementing new systems while ensuring they’re deeply interconnected with the rest of an organisation, aligning them closely with biz process, etc. My customer is always a business unit lead so the budget tends to be more aligned with top-line outcomes.
I do occasional consulting in cryptography and security design, and anything related to FreeBSD/EC2.<p>$300/hour with discounts for open source, startups based in Canada, longer engagements, and anything which particularly piques my interest.
It was about 30k/week.<p>The tech side was almost irrelevant. In the end it was about helping the client document good requirements.<p>Which you could only do after getting a good understanding of their business ops/process, and identifying the gaps and the impact to resources.<p>Then you put down really good requirements (which is hard), and only then use that to engineer a solution that appropriately addressed the risk (balancing cost/disruption vs. mitigated impact).<p>That said, often the solution is tech agnostic. I was just as happy punting final implementation to either internal teams or doing it myself (which often involved sub contracting to a specialist).<p>That may sound like a lot, but it often involved travel, tools, specialized coms gear, etc.<p>You also have to factor in insurance, taxes, and a myriad of other expenses related to running your own business.<p>The sweet spot for me was 45k/week, but that normally involves subcontractor payments as well.
Lawyer (corporate/VC/M&A) for $495 per hour, with discounts offered if they have me on retainer.<p>Python/Django/React.js developer for $295 per hour.<p>I offer both of these together at a blended rate to folks who need both a lawyer and a software developer.
Develop complete products of healthy complexity. Very wide range - enterprise backends, complex multimedia front ends, device control, firmware etc. etc. Located in Toronto, Canada. $100/hr or better say around $200K/year give or take as each contract is rather long term engagement. Typical would be 6-12 month first version with restricting functionality. Year for maturing. Another year support, transition to maintenance team. All in all the average duration is about 3 years.<p>Every once in a while do hit and run jobs. In this case the highest effective rate was $20K in 3 pure days of work. Some went to a person who got me the gig.
I did backend development (typescript, graphql, prisma) and devops (kubernetes, terraform, gcp, aws) for two years. I started at 40$/h then finished at 75$/h (100$/h for short contracts).<p>I honestly got burned out by context switching (which I needed to do to fill my week). And it was somewhat easy to find contracts at 75$/h (I consider I am senior level) so I would consider either charging more or billing more hours (both of which I was not good at).<p>Based in Canada.
I did a couple of Ruby trainings in last 6 months for $8000/day (2 total, so it was a bit more than $30k). I wrote a book (free, 400 page) about Ruby. I do it with my partner, I'm happy to pay 20% for all unrelated stuff (organizing, filling in gaps, communicating with people, etc).
Dev Manager or Tech Lead - $150/hr for longer (3+ week) engagements, $225/hr for shorter ones. Focus is generally optimizing delivery + quality, which can take the form of anything from requirements gathering processes to testing pipelines or rebuilding trust. Fully remote in Maine.
Specialize in distributed systems, big data, etc.<p>My short term rate is $300/hr, $200/hr for longer term commitments and $500/hr + all expenses for on-site. Pre-pandemic on-site w/training was the most successful of all of these despite being the most expensive.<p>I did it full time for a while, these days I only do it on the side and only for projects that are worth it.
I’ve done developer relations at AWS and two unicorns, consulting rate is basically negative 10k/hour because I now meet founders for angel investing and that’s my avg check size :)<p>less facetiously i do wonder if i should do the proverbial patio11 move and Charge More (tm) but kinda dont want it to conflict with the day job.
Tax and technology attorney ("tax technologist") with a splash of data science.<p>I consult on tax matters and more specifically anything involving tax and technology (former software engineer).<p>Rate ranges from $250/hr to $500/hr depending on the level of sophistication.
Working with Microsoft products Dynamics 365 for Sales + Power Apps + PowerBI. Started at 0 knowledge and 0 customers 7 years ago. Have few customers, am fully booked months ahead, quality over money, that's how I do it atm. Currently going at 90EUR/h (103USD/h). Each time I get a new major client my rate goes up 10EUR/h. That's not even a pricing strategy or anything, just how I do it, like a bonus to myself for being a cool dude.
Cloud security reviews and audits, either by account/resource numbers which has a minimum of $500 for a single account with a reasonable number of resources or by the hour ($500) for which I have a 4 hour minimum. The small biz stuff is a breeze to audit and create reports on so I keep the lower rate available.
I also do insider threat specific IR work which is typically done on retainer and starts at $10k but averages the $15-20k mark per incident. That work is rare but time sensitive. Hours spent can be as little as 5-6 for initial triage but I usually spend about 12 in a single stretch on average with a few hours of debrief for the client. That work is exhaustive and exhausting but is rarely boring.
I'm a Site Reliability engineer. I help startups figure out how to deploy to the cloud. My rate is $250, though I'm wondering if I should raise it again due to inflation.
Would you guys share<p>- are you consulting on the side or full time?<p>- a template proposal / sow or a link to a good starter?<p>- can you do this remotely? I’m far far away in terms of time zone and want to get in on remote consulting is it an option?<p>At some point I’m gonna have to ask these questions with my real user account and a link to my resume as I am needing extra dosh now more than my prior comments on here would suggest
Native app freelancing. Mostly MVPs and helping small businesses get their software off the ground.<p>Midwest USA<p>Price varies but usually around $150/hr
Solutions architect focusing on cloud architecture, design and security. €350 per hour.<p>Current technology mostly in demand (or what comes my way through networking) is AWS, GCP, Python/Django
Drupal/Laravel/React freelancer in Minneapolis. $125/hr or $100/hr if through a design agency. Although I get the feeling I should raise my rates again.
DevSecOps and AWS consulting, solution design and engineering. Normally around AUD $200/hr (~USD$150) but can be more for fixed rate / outcome-based projects.
Systems / Solutions engineering, specializing in fintech. 180-360 USD / hr depending on how specialized the work is. Lower sometimes if I feel like it.
$200/hr long term contract if it's new tech<p>$300/hr if it's something I've done before or the billable hours are low<p>Senior SE Full Stack in SF Bay Area