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| Thread ID: 102391 | 2009-08-18 00:31:00 | Entry Level IT Consultant Hourly rate | aidanmaz (7180) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 802075 | 2009-08-18 00:31:00 | I have been employed as an IT consultant for a Pawnbrokers, and am in negoiations for a new contract. I was previously being paid 15/hr for the following: Prepare and install new PCs Preapre and install AD Domains/VPNs/Email Computer Maintence / Server Backup Up Reformatting of recycled PCs and other general IT duties. (ie printers etc) I belive i am being well underpaid for a 20year old, with my MCP/MCSA A+/Net+ quals. I thought at least 25/hr as a minimum, am I right in thinking this? What is the average rate per hour for an entry level IT Consultant? |
aidanmaz (7180) | ||
| 802076 | 2009-08-18 00:54:00 | There's no hard and fast rule about wage rates, but I think $15/hr is about right for starting out in that role; I have a mate that does break/fix, as well as some intermediate sysadmin work (unsupervised, but trusted not to get out of his depth!); he's just gone up to around $18/hr, so for Auckland I'd say $20 would be about right . Rates have dropped back slightly due to the recession unfortunately . . . |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 802077 | 2009-08-18 00:55:00 | It *really* depends, but to be honest $40-50K would be what I'd assume for doing that type of work. The AD Domains / VPN / Email is worth a bit more, but yeah ... |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 802078 | 2009-08-18 01:06:00 | $20/hr is all I was getting at my last job and had been on that for about 4-5 years with no sign of any increase. Hence the reason I left and started my own business :thumbs: Now I get paid nothing :horrified |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 802079 | 2009-08-18 01:12:00 | It just seems 15-20 an hour is extremely low for what i am doing, and the amount of hours i put in to restructure the whole IT infrastructure | aidanmaz (7180) | ||
| 802080 | 2009-08-18 01:16:00 | It just seems 15-20 an hour is extremely low for what i am doing, and the amount of hours i put in to restructure the whole IT infrastructure Yeah it's often the way if you over-perform in a role - you're working at a much higher level than is expected, but it doesn't get recognized, and you don't get rewarded for it. Unfortunately it happened a lot in ICT; probably because the people assigning wage rates to a job don't understand/value what involved. |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 802081 | 2009-08-18 01:49:00 | $20/hr is all I was getting at my last job and had been on that for about 4-5 years with no sign of any increase. Hence the reason I left and started my own business :thumbs: Now I get paid nothing :horrified I KNOW what you are saying CY :thumbs: I also run my own business - If I got paid $20 / hour for every hour I was working Id be quite rich. I work from drawings - so only take what I need. BUT theres one hell of a lot more to it than simply calculating $/hour in what you actually get. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 802082 | 2009-08-18 02:14:00 | It just seems 15-20 an hour is extremely low for what i am doing, and the amount of hours i put in to restructure the whole IT infrastructure IT grads entering a large, reputable consulting firm in Auckland or Wellington would expect a salary of around $40-45k as a starting rate. These are people who have completed an IT degree, and gotten a good grade. People who are exceptional (i.e. top 5 students from a university) can expect a starting rate of up to $50k. For the sort of work you're doing, $15-20 isn't too bad - you are more of a "technician" than a "consultant". |
somebody (208) | ||
| 802083 | 2009-08-18 02:21:00 | In my experience (contracting for ten years) the going rate is whatever you can negotiate at the time . That said I always have a number in mind that I won't even get out of bed for (which has continued to rise over the years)!!!! However, I have also found that if you're a permanent employee, often then only way to get paid "market rates" is to leave and find another job - not easy at the moment . Like nofam says the people assigning wage rates to a job don't understand/value what involved - and they will often try to get away with as small an annual increase as they can anyway . That's just good business sense - a short term view, of course - if employers piss off their employees by paying pathetic rates, the employees will leave anyway . Which means whoever they replace the employee with they will be paying higher rates to anyway - and they have lost that all-important business knowledge gained by the original employee . . . |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 802084 | 2009-08-18 02:49:00 | aidanmaz - you don't say how long you've been working there, i.e. how long was your previous contract? A set period or was it basically "to restructure the whole IT infrastructure"? If you've done that, does your employer still need you enough to afford a raise? Or have you been on $15 for at least a year? As others have said, it seems low for the job, but sometimes it's a question of how much you're worth to a particular employer - not as a general principle. |
Laura (43) | ||
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