> 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.
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:
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. ;)
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.
Presumably because they didn't exist (or weren't production-ready) three years ago:
"After three years running in our production servers (with very good results both in performance and reliability), today we're finally releasing Brubeck as open-source."
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.