[hit-squad]

What do you guys charge as a base hourly rate on the whole for jobs including web design, print, logo design, illustration, flash, multimedia etc?

[pedge]

Anything between £35 to £60 depending on the client (thats for design & artwork - don't do coding)...

[stylin328]

40 USD although I should be charging around 60-65 an hour. I keep it lower bc some smaller clients will get scared.

[pedge]

Originally Posted by stylin328

40 USD although I should be charging around 60-65 an hour. I keep it lower bc some smaller clients will get scared.

Exactamondo - you can't charge £60 per hour to a small business, they'd go elsewhere so I use £35 per hour. Conversely, if I charged £35 per hour to a large company I'd be too cheap (oddly) and lose out, so I go in at £50-60 per hour...

[s.jitu]

Originally Posted by hit-squad

What do you guys charge as a base hourly rate on the whole for jobs including web design, print, logo design, illustration, flash, multimedia etc?

Generally I prefer anything between 15 to 25 USD.
But it can be varied depend on the type of work….

[s.jitu]

Generally I prefer anything between 15 to 25 USD.
But it can be varied depend on the type of work….

[cocknose]

Originally Posted by s.jitu

Generally I prefer anything between 15 to 25 USD.
But it can be varied depend on the type of work….

Fuck me thats like 10 pounds an hours!!!! you must be shite...

[sub]

...or based in India.
In which case that's an extortional rate.

[funkyprem]

£35 for me for general maintenance and small tasks. projects priced seperately.

[datahound]

Allowing for 30% unchargable time take required salary and divide by no of chargeable hours.

(250 work days - 30%) * 7 hr days = 1225 hrs per year.

Salary/1225 = hourly rate?

[Narate]

I seem to only work for gifts recently, over the last month I've been paid with an Xbox 360 and a bag full of well exspencive jeans.

[d*d]

Originally Posted by Narate

I seem to only work for gifts recently, over the last month I've been paid with an Xbox 360 and a bag full of well exspencive jeans.

Bartering instead of payment, I like it

[emil]

10-20 Euros/h. But I'm shit.

[datahound]

Originally Posted by Narate

I seem to only work for gifts recently, over the last month I've been paid with an Xbox 360 and a bag full of well exspencive jeans.

I hope you declared that on your tax return?

[pedge]

Best way to work out your hourly rate is as follows:

Monthly overheads - thats rent, rates, finance (if you have it), utility bills etc and wages
x
12 (Months)
+
Hardware/software purchase/upgrade allowance
÷
50 (weeks) - you want 2 weeks off, if more then reduce this amount
÷
5 (days)
÷
Number of workable hours in a day (i.e. 5 or (if you're lazy) 3 etc)
=
Hourly rate - add a tenner and a % markup (say 10% or 30%) for profit & bargaining.

So, depending on your overheads, it may work out as this:

£1500.00 (Overheads) + £1500.00 (wages) = £3,000.00
x
12 (months) = £36,000
+
£2,000 (upgrades etc) = £38,000
÷
50 (weeks) = £760.00 per week
÷
5 (days) = £152.00 per day
÷
5 (hours) = £30.40 per hour
+
£10 (profit) = £40.40 per hour
+
30% (profit/bargaining) = £52.52 per hour

That means you should, in reality, charge at least £52.52 per hour - if your overheads are lower/you want a smaller wage (yeah, right) then you could charge lower.

The bargaining % is just that - it lets you drop your rate if you really want to get the job but you must remember that you should really charge no *less than* £40.40 if you're going to make money. Thats what you're in business for - not just to make things look pretty but to make money. Go lower than £40.40 and you start working for nothing.

Quite often larger business will still be put off by higher hourly rates, "£50 per hour? I can get someone else to do it for £30!" - fine, tell them your rate is £30, but at least *double* the time it will take to make up for it.

That way, they're happier that they've got a good deal and you can still feed your family/drink/drug habit.

Hope someone here finds this helpful...

[Nick|est1988]

I have no qualifications (I am studying Architecture at the moment) so I don't really charge per hour. I usually just knock up a small fee for the project as a whole.

Anyone got any views on wether that is a good idea or not?

[kvandekrol]

I started charging $15/hour when I was 15, and then when I was 16 I took a job making a web site for a friend of my dad who was starting up his own home-based business. he gave me $2500 for about 25-30 hours of work. it was nuts.

since then I've done a healthy mix of hourly and project pay, depending on the situation and what will end up as the best deal. if I can get a simple site done in five hours then I do it by the job and charge a flat rate, but if it'll take me awhile then I do it hourly.

[transparent_opacity]

Originally Posted by pedge

Hope someone here finds this helpful...

Common sense, but I've never looked at it that way. Copy + pasted, I'm sure it will be useful someday

I'm personally a believer in the £50-60/hour rate. Take a look at what your local car dealership charges for labour. I relate that to web design in that they are skilled (ahem) at a technical job, which involves in-depth knowledge and specialist equipment. A client could source the tools themselves and do it at home, but they'd never do as good a job. Design overheads are lower and the hourly rate reflects that.

[pgo]

$30/hr or more, depending on the client. Always charge flat rates, though.

[Paddy]

I'm still young and inexperienced, so I charge about £15 - £25 an hour for design work. I tend to set the hourly rate based on the project though.