The business is concept and product development with a very specialized focus. It will also involve app development for iOS and Android.
Normally in Sweden we charge about 100-150 CHF per hour for our work.
If anyone can give me an indication that would be great!
How long is this work supposed to last for?
Step one is 10 weeks 50 percent. That adds up to 20 full days of work.
Step two will probably be longer if step one is a success.
My guess would be bill what you would in Sweden. Then if you need to be in Switzerland to do the work add travel and expenses. Boom. Done.
The work will be mainly from Sweden in the beginning so not much travel involved.
Still would be interesting to hear if 100-150 CHF per hour is a resonable fee for consultant work or if it usually higher or lower in Switzerland!
The project is pretty specialized and its a big company so I guess that it should lean more towards the 150 as you say!
Have a great weekend!
Large companies often will put a consultant into a specific bracket which sets upper and lower bounds on how much they'll pay for the perceived level of skill. One way around these restrictions typically enforced by purchasing departments, which don't take into account the fact that a good consultant may be many times more value for money than an average consultant, is to agree with the department you actually work for to work fewer hours for the standard daily rate (thereby increasing your hourly rate to something reasonable).
Where I work we have 7 skill levels for IT contractors. The lowest level (help desk etc .) the rates are from CHF 65.00 to 80.00, at the top level (Solution Architect/Requirements engineer) we pay CHF 120.00 to CHF 145.00 These numbers are without VAT.
For very specialized work and the occasional rock star we will pay more.
Ok! So the rates between 150-400 are per hour and per person, depending on experience? So you suggest giving a daily price that for our team and then specify each persons rate and involvment?
That's how it typically works. I am managing a team of consultants and am incredibly lazy - so I cannot be arsed to do it. Here is my personal approach that usually works with most clients: make some table, say junior guy 130, medium level guy 170, top architect 220. And then come up with a blended rate that you suggest to use for the entire project to keep things simple: in the example something like 150 an hour for every hour of everyone involved as you will use more junior hours than architect...
It is a fairly big company (for its business) with around 200+ employees.
Consultants will make thousands a day, while contractors, particularly in IT, will get anywhere from CHF 120.- to CHF 150.- an hour. If it is very specialized then the rates go up.
Typical daily rates for IT contractors at an un-named bank (CS) is between CHF 800.- and 1000.- The other banks (and insurance) will pay a bit more.
I currently work in souring in a multinational company and deal with IT contractors every day, so have a pretty good grasp of what the rates are. My colleague deals with the consultants (McKinsey, KPMG, E&Y etc.) , and their rates are eye watering.
But this is a relatively simple coding job.
However for "concept and product development with a very specialized focus" it's difficult to say. Such specialized knowledge-based consultancy can command very high rates.
TBH, when you do the maths on holidays and social/pension contributions, those freelancers are better off getting a permanent job at those rates, even if it does "usually promises to have 40h/week" , TBH.
For example: if a project manager in Basel would earn CHF 150'000 per year in full employment, the day rate for performing that role should be CHF 1'500, with a a pro rata hourly rate.
For shorter assignments, the rate is higher, and for longer, it is lower.
This 1/100 ratio takes account of the consultant's responsibility for: paying their own social insurances, pension contributions and other; non-work time for personal development and promotion; and risk.