The latest salary survey for IT contract positions from Premier Group’s IT recruitment business, Verkcom, indicates that there has been no significant change in contract rates overall year-on-year.
According to the company, developers’ daily rates however have shown signs of increase as demand is high, and skills availability for languages such as Java, .NET and C++ remain in short supply.
| Senior Appointments | Low € Day | Mid € Day | High € Day |
| CTO | 500 – 600 | 500 – 700 | 700 – 900 |
| Software Development Manager | 400 – 500 | 500 – 600 | 600 – 800 |
| Project Manager | 300 – 400 | 400 – 600 | 600 – 800 |
| Infrastructure / Support Manager | 300 – 400 | 400 – 500 | 500 – 600 |
| Business Analyst | 200 – 300 | 300 – 400 | 400 – 500 |
| Systems Analyst | 200 – 300 | 300 – 400 | 400 – 500 |
| IT Auditor | 250 – 400 | 400 – 500 | 500 – 700 |
| ERP/CRM | Low € Day | Mid € Day | High € Day |
| SAP Functional Consultant | 300 – 400 | 400 – 500 | 500 – 600 |
| SAP ABAP Programmer | 300 – 400 | 400 – 500 | 500 – 600 |
| Oracle Financials Business Analyst | 300 – 400 | 400 – 500 | 500 – 600 |
| Oracle Financials Technical Consultant | 300 – 400 | 400 – 500 | 500 – 600 |
| ERP (other) Consultant | 300 – 400 | 400 – 500 | 500 – 600 |
| Navision Consultant | 300 – 400 | 400 – 500 | 500 – 600 |
| CRM Consultant | 300 – 400 | 400 – 500 | 500 – 600 |
| QA/Testing/Localisation/Technical Writing | Low € Day | Mid € Day | High € Day |
| Localisation | 100 – 150 | 150 – 200 | 200 – 300 |
| Technical Writer | 200 – 250 | 250 – 350 | 350 – 450 |
| QA Engineer | 150 – 200 | 200 – 300 | 400 – 500 |
| Test/QA Team Leader | 200 – 300 | 300 – 400 | 400 – 500 |
| Test/QA Manager | 300 – 400 | 400 – 500 | 500 – 600 |
| PC Support & Desktop Management | Low € Day | Mid € Day | High € Day |
| Helpdesk/Desktop Support | 130 – 170 | 170 – 250 | 250 – 300 |
| System Administrator | 200 – 300 | 300 – 400 | 400 – 500 |
| UNIX Administrator | 250 – 350 | 350 – 500 | 500 – 600 |
| Network Specialist | 200 – 250 | 250 – 400 | 400 – 600 |
| Security Specialist | 250 – 350 | 350 – 500 | 500 – 700 |
| VMware Specialist | 250 – 350 | 300 – 450 | 450 – 600 |
| DBA | 250 – 350 | 300 – 500 | 500 – 600 |
