What should I get paid?

[Norie]

What should I get paid for creating/solving Excel/VBA things in the UK?

Wondering because my contract (for data processing) is coming up for review and I've been doing a wee bit more than data processing.

Any input would be great.

Norie

 

[footoo]

Are you able to demonstrate and present what your "wee bit more" has produced in terms of cost savings / time savings / better & reliable information / speedier information / decision making / etc. ?

 

[Norie]

Here's a simple break down:


73,950 posts - over 14 years, not paid for any - seen people use my stuff.

Norie

PS This is not the only forum, I post on - also on EE, got a lot of t-shirts.

 

[footoo]

But how has the party reviewing your contract benefited?

 

[Norie]

Kind of a lot, as have many people on forums like this.

Like yourself.

https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel...-browsing-folder-post5126238.html#post5126238

 

[footoo]

??? I'm not reviewing your contract.

 

[MrIfOnly]

I think what footoo is getting at is that, while your contributions to the online excel community may be (are) impressive, the bottom line is: I ain't paying you more money unless you can prove that you've benefited me (the company you contract with).

Qualify your contributions to the company: the work I've done in Excel for the past year has improved our analysis of our data by providing better visualizations of gains and losses.

Quantify your contributions to the company: one macro that I created has reduced the time it takes for a person to complete task x by 10 minutes.

Feel free to show them some beautiful 3D pie charts while your at it .

Good luck.

CJ

 

[Fazza]

what about,

https://www.indeed.co.uk/Excel-Vba-Developer-jobs-in-London

https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/vba-developer-jobs

 

[Fazza]

PS. Now that I've looked at similar in Australia these sort of companies look to be at the low end of rates. If you are a specialist in your industry I'm thinking you could look for a couple of times those rates. HTH

 

[Fazza]

I wonder, Norie, if you're interested, if there are opportunities in the oil & gas industry near you. Traditionally they pay more

And for sure they would have big operations using lots of data and plenty opportunities to benefit from your great skills.

Reminds me about the bank robber replied when asked why he robbed banks, "Cause that is where the money is"