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Excel Application Development Costs - Need Advice
Hi, I am developing an Excel-based modelling and costing tool for a civil engineering firm and am having some difficultly in setting a price for the work. Strictly speaking I am not a programmer (I'm really a research scientist) but I have a lot of knowledge in this particular area and a good knowledge of Excel/VBA and so have been asked, as an external consultant, to develop a spreadsheet for this company. Problem is I don't really know what the going rate for spreadsheet application development is. I estimate it will take between 4-6 weeks to complete the application and have so far been offered £1,500 (US$2,700) for it. Does this sound reasonable? I think it doesn't sound like a lot considering the amount of money some programers seem to charge. I've been told that £40 an hour for a programmer is not unusual and so this would work out at about £1,500 a week, or in my case 4-6 weeks would be £6000-9000 (£11,000-$16,000). But the company I have been contracted by are adament that £1,500 is the most they are willing to pay. Does anyone have any advice? Should I ask for more? What would you people charge to develop and Excel app. that would take 4-6 weeks to complete? Cheers -Rob -- TheRobsterUK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TheRobsterUK's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...fo&userid=9924 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=376385 |
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Pricing is a difficult issue, balancing the fair value of your
work versus the legitimate budget concerns of your client. US$2,700 for a project that will take 4-6 weeks (I'm assuming full time work) is very low. I would charge somewhere in the neighborhood of US$10,000 for such a project. -- Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft MVP - Excel Pearson Software Consulting, LLC www.cpearson.com "TheRobsterUK" wrote in message ... Hi, I am developing an Excel-based modelling and costing tool for a civil engineering firm and am having some difficultly in setting a price for the work. Strictly speaking I am not a programmer (I'm really a research scientist) but I have a lot of knowledge in this particular area and a good knowledge of Excel/VBA and so have been asked, as an external consultant, to develop a spreadsheet for this company. Problem is I don't really know what the going rate for spreadsheet application development is. I estimate it will take between 4-6 weeks to complete the application and have so far been offered £1,500 (US$2,700) for it. Does this sound reasonable? I think it doesn't sound like a lot considering the amount of money some programers seem to charge. I've been told that £40 an hour for a programmer is not unusual and so this would work out at about £1,500 a week, or in my case 4-6 weeks would be £6000-9000 (£11,000-$16,000). But the company I have been contracted by are adament that £1,500 is the most they are willing to pay. Does anyone have any advice? Should I ask for more? What would you people charge to develop and Excel app. that would take 4-6 weeks to complete? Cheers -Rob -- TheRobsterUK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TheRobsterUK's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...fo&userid=9924 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=376385 |
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Thanks for the reply. Looks like I should hold out for more money. Begginning to wish I'd gone into programming instead of engineering. You lot must be raking it in! ;) -Rob -- TheRobsterUK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TheRobsterUK's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...fo&userid=9924 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=376385 |
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