IT contracting in the USA

[freegeeks]

what are the average daily rates for CCNP qualified network engineers in the USA with 8 years of experience in IT / Telecom?

 

[tw1164]

$5.15/hr, congress is trying to make it $7.25/hr

 

[HardcoreRobot]

no price checks allowed

 

[freegeeks]

there must be someone who has a ballpark figure

 

[Biggerhammer]

It's going to vary quite a bit depending on geography, project, customer, hat size, wind direction... the standard deviation on this would be so high as to render any answer worthless and misleading.

Try Monster. com or some similar site and look at salaries, that'll give you a ballpark.

 

[her209]

You get paid in 12 oz. soda cans of your choice.

 

[RichUK]

In the UK you'll be looking at £40k+. Don't know about the US, though.

 

[tasmanian]

Originally posted by: RichUK
In the UK you'll be looking at £40k+. Don't know about the US, though.

Thats what 60k a year us dollars. Last time i checked the exchange was 1.5 us dollar for every 1 uk dollar.

 

[Captante]

My average job pays $35-$40 per hour these days, but depending on the work required & duration of the project I've accepted from $27 to $60 an hour with higher pay for shorter commitments & depending on the included perks.

 

[smack Down]

Originally posted by: tasmanian

Originally posted by: RichUK
In the UK you'll be looking at £40k+. Don't know about the US, though.

Thats what 60k a year us dollars. Last time i checked the exchange was 1.5 us dollar for every 1 uk dollar.

You need to check more often it is now 2 to 1.

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: tasmanian

Originally posted by: RichUK
In the UK you'll be looking at £40k+. Don't know about the US, though.

Thats what 60k a year us dollars. Last time i checked the exchange was 1.5 us dollar for every 1 uk dollar.

It'd be around $80k

 

[AmphibSailor]

Salary.com is a good place to start. Basic salary info for most zipcodes....

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: freegeeks
what are the average daily rates for CCNP qualified network engineers in the USA with 8 years of experience in IT / Telecom?

CCNP means crap. 8 years is crap too. It's what you have done, what you know that's more important. I have seen help desk people with 5+ years IS/IT experience try for Network Manager spots.

If you can install Call Managers by yourself you would better being hired by a Cisco Partner and making at least 75-90k per year.

Contracting is a huge range, depends on who you are working for. Mom and pop shops of 5 employees probably $15-25 per hour is their speed. Fortune 200 companies probably wouldn't consider just a CCNP without a nice resume of successful launches.

 

[Cal166]

Originally posted by: tw1164
$5.15/hr, congress is trying to make it $7.25/hr

Some States are already at $7.25/hr like NY for one..

 

[SuperFreaky]

my company charges clients (read law firms) $120/hr for similar services...

 

[freegeeks]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: freegeeks
what are the average daily rates for CCNP qualified network engineers in the USA with 8 years of experience in IT / Telecom?

CCNP means crap. 8 years is crap too. It's what you have done, what you know that's more important. I have seen help desk people with 5+ years IS/IT experience try for Network Manager spots.

If you can install Call Managers by yourself you would better being hired by a Cisco Partner and making at least 75-90k per year.

Contracting is a huge range, depends on who you are working for. Mom and pop shops of 5 employees probably $15-25 per hour is their speed. Fortune 200 companies probably wouldn't consider just a CCNP without a nice resume of successful launches.

that was not my question but thanks for your little rant anyway