UK Freelance Rates
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- vespa0
I worked for £22 per hour when i started out and it was brilliant!
but it's funny cos i thought £175 per half day (i only work half days when freelancing now cos they are nights if you know what i mean) was ok and then i said that to someone at work and he said he thought that was more of an hourly rate and i felt all ripped off so then the next time the guy i was freelancing for called i turned it down cos i just didn't have time and then he called back after a few weeks trying to find other designers and said he'd tried all these other designers and they weren't very good and he could pay me double, so then i did some work for him for £700 per day (£350 for 4 hours) but it's just too boring compared to making music so the next time he called i had to say i honestly can't do it, haven't got time and HE said well this client i've got is a millionaire so just name your price, but i had to turn it down or risk my sanity.
honestly sometime freelance rates are just so random. i asked another friend of mine if £700 per day was dishonest and he said not at all £800 per day was what he charged so i really have no idea what is right.
sometimes you wonder if people just say they charge more as a one-upmanship thing! they probably do one job for £1000 per day and the rest of the time they work for mcdonalds rates!