I.T Company, Project Hourly Rate?

[kuruptz]

Hi Guys,

I'd appreciate if you could help me out, Im looking to know how much the company you work for or know of charge hourly for I.T projects i.e. Installing Windows Server + Firewall + Switch configuration etc in a small business, just any sort of project/implementation.

Just looking for a rough hourly rate to know if my companies prices are competitive, Please specify if prices are ex gst or inc gst.

Thanks in advance.

[[AFX]Northy]

$115.50 inc ($105ex GST)

[Smoke87]

Please, anyone running a business knows this answer already or how to obtain the answer. This is a university task question.

[NSanity]

Dimension Data charge $880 per 4 hour block - that covers checkpoint firewall, cisco routers and various other high-end networking config, setup etc.

We Charge $1200-1800 per day (although we aren't exactly IT providers. Our consultancy is somewhat specialised around Enterprise BI/Datawarehousing projects).

[yoda123]

$110.00 inc GST per hour

[Bangers]

I charge out at $240 ex. GST specializing in medium to large Business consulting for Solaris/Oracle/Storage projects.

I suspect Windows/Firewall stuff to be much less.

[kuruptz]

Originally Posted by Smoke87

Please, anyone running a business knows this answer already or how to obtain the answer. This is a university task question.

I am not running a business I am a trainee in the business and was asked this question.

Thanks for the replies so far.

We charge $168 ex gst minimum 3 hours we support Checkpoint firewalls, 2003/2008 Servers, small business networks, HP Data protector etc but we were thinking it was too cheap.

[Smoke87]

Originally Posted by kuruptz

I am not running a business I am a trainee in the business and was asked this question.

My apologies

[below5]

Originally Posted by kuruptz

I am not running a business I am a trainee in the business and was asked this question.

Thanks for the replies so far.

We charge $168 ex gst minimum 3 hours we support Checkpoint firewalls, 2003/2008 Servers, small business networks, HP Data protector etc but we were thinking it was too cheap.

That sounds good per hour.

[Luke212]

Originally Posted by kuruptz

I am not running a business I am a trainee in the business and was asked this question.

Thanks for the replies so far.

We charge $168 ex gst minimum 3 hours we support Checkpoint firewalls, 2003/2008 Servers, small business networks, HP Data protector etc but we were thinking it was too cheap.

You should always charge enough so that 10-20% clients complain about the price.

This is a free tip. I pay a fortune for tips like this

[kuruptz]

Originally Posted by Luke212

You should always charge enough so that 10-20% clients complain about the price.

This is a free tip. I pay a fortune for tips like this

How does that work?

Cant tell if your serious

I suppose if no one complains then your too cheap right.

[Beanz]

I really need to up my price - $85 p/h (ex)

[vvsingh]

$150 per hour (ex)

[kuruptz]

Originally Posted by Beanz

I really need to up my price - $85 p/h (ex)

Definately.

Depending on what you do, where not discussing fixing computers more advanced stuff: firewalls, servers, monitoring, backup etc.

I charge $70 an hour just to fix a computer for home users and they dont complain, im also young which makes it harder to charge high rates (im 20)

[Crusher]

Originally Posted by kuruptz

I am not running a business I am a trainee in the business and was asked this question.

Thanks for the replies so far.

We charge $168 ex gst minimum 3 hours we support Checkpoint firewalls, 2003/2008 Servers, small business networks, HP Data protector etc but we were thinking it was too cheap.

so you basically charge $500 to show up.

I have 3 pricing tiers, $90 ex for small business, $120 ex for medium-large remote, $150 ex for medium-large onsite. All plus travel.

Prices will go up at end of year