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> For Central London, a developer should be asking for £300-£600/pd depending on seniority and what they're doing.

That seems pretty low to me. Here in the Netherlands contract developers get about the same, between £400-£600/pd (actually between 70~90 euro/hour) but cost of living is way lower than in central London.

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Interesting, is that via an agency or via your own clients? I'm a Tech Lead and would like to start contracting at some point.

Where do you go for your contact leads in NL? I know the London market well but find it hard to find any decent Euro contracts.

Most contracts are at large enterprise size companies, like isp's, banking, government. Those companies don't do direct business with contractors but post their contracts through brokers, here some large ones:

https://qualogyportal.secure.force.com http://www.it-staffing.nl/ https://www.headfirst.nl https://www.freelance.nl/

I'd like to know this too.

And me

I'm in the Midlands and have no trouble finding work around the mid-high end of that range. Perhaps the streets of London aren't paved with gold after all. ;)

There's less supply in the Netherlands. I get a lot of offers here in London for contracts in the Netherlands.

tell me more...

Not much more to say. Companies in the Netherlands are advertising roles and contracts here in London. I have friends working in agencies in the Netherlands and they have a hard time sourcing developers locally.

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