IT Staff Contracting - Hourly Rate

_Kaiser_

Hi all,

For anyone who may be doing this now, could anyone tell me what the hourly/daily rates are these days (ballpark figure) to contract IT staff to support:

- an IT helpdesk (supporting Windows XP users, printing issues, Office 2007 - the usual things a helpdesk encounters really)
- a Windows 2003 domain (so user account issues, network shares, backups etc)

Cheers!

WIZE

I would say its 9 to 11 euros an hour

Mrs OBumble

BVB wrote: »

I would say its 9 to 11 euros an hour

That's for employees, where the employer is also paying PRSI, providing supervision, etc etc.

For contracting it would still be quite a bit more, but I don't know how much.

CorkFenian

Level 2-3 would be 200-250 a day up to this year...All bets are off now..Some roles would be gone down to 120-140 a day.Simply because they can do it...

Is it all helpdesk related or is there any end user work?

_Kaiser_

CorkFenian wrote: »

Level 2-3 would be 200-250 a day up to this year...All bets are off now..Some roles would be gone down to 120-140 a day.Simply because they can do it...

Is it all helpdesk related or is there any end user work?

Well there would be a requirement for deskside visits if needed (not all issues could be resolved by logging-in remotely). Also a need to setup/install new PC's when needed.

CorkFenian

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Well there would be a requirement for deskside visits if needed (not all issues could be resolved by logging-in remotely). Also a need to setup/install new PC's when needed.

Yeah I realise that with regard to resolution of issues.Just from what you had said it wasnt clear if there was a helpdesk and a deskside team...Have you started it yet??

NullZer0

About 300euro per day depending on the organisation. Assuming a 12 month contract.

Anti

yup, i'd be aiming for 250-300 per day minimum. Who gives a **** if its a recession, it dosen't mean they can pay us like a bunch of monkeys !

CorkFenian

iRock wrote: »

About 300euro per day depending on the organisation. Assuming a 12 month contract.

Would be great to get that..But from role described I wouldnt think so..IMO..Even during good times..I have done similar to better roles myself and not got that high..Went as far as 220...

jkmanc1974

Lol at 300 a day.........nonsense even in the good times?

200 tops off the description given.

Brgds
Johnny

Jumpy

jkmanc1974 wrote: »

Lol at 300 a day.........nonsense even in the good times?

200 tops off the description given.

Brgds
Johnny

Actually no, in the "good times" as you put it, 300 would be at the low end for a direct contractor. You might have got it cheaper if you went through a large outsourcer like IBM, but not by much.

200 is low if the person would be alone, but would be at the high end if they were part of a 1st/2nd tier team.

I suspect you dont have many staff as it appears you are looking to price a Jack of All Trades.

smithweiser

Depends on your skill set but i wouldnt snub anything at the moment still though contracting you wanna be looking for 200 min , but its slim pickins at the moment i have been contracting for 3 years now after nearly 6 years permanent and done about 4 different contracts , some jobs i was getting 300 some 150 , its all depends on the company, at the moment im working for 200 a day but i dont see any other jobs out there so triyng to prolong this one for as long as possible.

NullZer0

jkmanc1974 wrote: »

Lol at 300 a day.........nonsense even in the good times?

200 tops off the description given.

Brgds
Johnny

Really?

There are a few obvious ones in Longford that I didn't take and they are paying 300per day for some of the more "simple roles". FACT