Just a quick question… is $75/hr W2 6 month “contract” for a Sr. Java Engineer (15 years exp.) under, over or average?
A year ago I had asked for $70/hr and my recruiter said $65/hr was about as far as the market will bear right now…I had to pull some strings in the company (I had worked there earlier for a few years and they wanted me) to get the rate I had asked for but not without a lot of negotiation drama.
In 2007 I was making $70/hr as a contractor and it upsets me that in 2012 I am making the same while salaries have increased at the 3% rate (at least in the company I work at) and cost of living has VERY sharply increased.
