I would probably say 35-45 bucks an hour, unless the market has improved 
in last few months. When I was looking for a opening last year, I 
remember people going even as low as $25/hour. I had to basically get 
out of contracting and find full time job for the benefits and for my 
schooling; people did not want to be flexible with contracting.

Sundar

Mike wrote:

>Has the sound of a "distro war" thread, but in this economy, I
>would just round it off and guess at 50 bucks an hour.
>
>
>On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 02:30:10PM -0700, Vaiod wrote:
> What is the going rate for general IT consultation work.  Duties would
> include the very basics and could include major work such as
> installing/configuring new hardware/software systems.  Just a general
> reasonable hourly rate is kind of what I am looking for.
> 
> Thanks
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