[quote=SK in CV]The guys that are doing the installs for the big ERP systems (not GP, which is now MS Dynamics), like Oracle and SAP systems pretty typically bill in the $175-$225 range. The EPM guys that do Hyperion and SAP’s EPM solution tend to be a bit higher. Solution architects tend to be a bit more. The tech guys related to those installations are $250 at the very low end, up to $400. The $400/hr for the non-tech work is typically for the very esoteric stuff. (like SSM and PCM work) I may have exaggerated a bit, in that for one, there aren’t too many of those guys out there, and second, there isn’t that much work for them. (Literally, there may not be more than a dozen guys in the US that know SAP’s SSM module inside and out.) But that is the standard rate for some firms.

These guys get paid more than $50/hr. Some of them a lot more. I’ve got a contractor I pay $165/hr because he has skills that very few had, and he won’t become an employee. His 1099 was over $300K. he’s being cut loose because of that, but the employees that have acquired his skills have W-2’s >$200K, and they bill at $250+. On the lower side of margin %, but still a high margin $ for the industry.[/quote]
OK, that makes a lot more sense. When you know something that only a tiny portion of the population know, then you can charge that rate. Especially when your job is not steady, since not everyone need that service all the time. I thought you were talking about your average IT guys. At the $400 level you’re talking about, it’s almost like being hired on as a CTO.