I don't flipping believe it! I was a shoe-in for a PHP contract paying £240 per day, which is pretty derisory in itself.
But today the agent rang to say the client had taken someone else, from another agency, who had accepted a daily rate of £80! FFS - That's almost the minimum wage!
Even the agent was gobsmacked, and in fairness warned the client in so many words that the monkey they had taken on was probably barely toilet trained let alone qualified to tap out PHP.
But it goes to show how the market is becoming. She said rates in PHP were sinking across the board, and most I have seen in recent days are offering at most £220 per day. Luckily I also have perl and .Net, but there are hardly any perl contracts around at the moment.
I'm currently feeling as gloomy as the pooch in my avatar.
But today the agent rang to say the client had taken someone else, from another agency, who had accepted a daily rate of £80! FFS - That's almost the minimum wage!
Even the agent was gobsmacked, and in fairness warned the client in so many words that the monkey they had taken on was probably barely toilet trained let alone qualified to tap out PHP.
But it goes to show how the market is becoming. She said rates in PHP were sinking across the board, and most I have seen in recent days are offering at most £220 per day. Luckily I also have perl and .Net, but there are hardly any perl contracts around at the moment.
I'm currently feeling as gloomy as the pooch in my avatar.
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