Freelance Rails Programmer Rates

[Avishai Weiss]

Hi,

Does anyone know what the going rate (hourly/daily) for a Ruby/Rails developer is these days, for a part-time freelance project?

Cheers,

Avishai

[David Paluy]

$100 - $150 per hour

[Lior Kesos]

I've seen (and provide) rates between 70 to 130$ for devs and even higher for off site consulting

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[Gady]

These rate are certainly achievable but they are high.

The rates in the Israeli market are closer to 250 nis per hour

[Elad Meidar]

subjective. obviously.

I think that better and easy to work with developers with a history of deliveries are probably higher than what Gady suggested. 

With that being said, if you are new in the market, calculate your price on the basis of your expenses, it doesn’t matter what the market status is if you are looking to get your foot in the door.

—
Elad Meidar,
http://shinobidevs.com
@eladmeidar

[Reuven M. Lerner]

Hi, everyone.

Brennan Dunn distinguishes between "staff augmentation" and "expert
consulting," and says that freelancers should charge differently for
these services. Similarly, companies should expect to pay differently
for them.

By "staff augmentation," he is referring to a situation in which a
consultant is acting as a member of the development staff -- perhaps a
more experienced member, but a member nonetheless. You're basically
giving them a temporary addition to their staff, allowing them to do a
job that you wouldn't otherwise be able to take on.

By "expert consulting," he's referring to a service that other people
cannot easily provide. You're bringing your experience and knowledge to
a company, to solve a problem that you're (almost) uniquely qualified to
handle.

As a general rule, freelance rates for staff augmentation are lower than
those for expert consulting.

When an expert consultant meets a problem that is costing a company a
lot of money, then the rates can go up significantly. Brennan, for
example, charges $20K/week for his work -- and companies are happy to
pay it, because they know that what they pay him is nothing compared to
what they make as a result.

Reuven