How common is this as contractor pay outside the US? I'd find it hard to hit the lower end of that (i.e. 440 eur per day) in fully-remote jobs, despite the pandemic making remote jobs more common.
For context, I'm a Python dev, in finance. I used to do Java, which I note still seems to offer higher salaries, but I wouldn't be tempted to return. Maybe the AWS route could work?
That was mostly for full-stack (Node)JS jobs.
Edit: apparently very common for my bubble at least, no idea if this is “normal” In Netherlands, Belgium and Germany..
According to SO surveys Python programmers are better payed than Java programmers: https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#work-salary
IR35 has certainly thrown a spanner in the works, but i'm noticing more and more businesses offering 'IR35 friendly' contracts.
As an aside, I no longer contract, have gone the startup route instead.