A Question to Developers

[Heather1270]

Hi,

I need to hear from someone who develops ACCESS databases as a free-lancer. My company has asked me to put together a proposal for an ACCESS db for internal use. Since this is not in the scope of my day-to-day job responsibilities, I will get a bonus for this. I need to know how much independent developers charge per hour for planning, development, population, implementation, and training. The most important aspect of this is that I will not be paid for tech support. That will fall under my job description. So, I need to keep that in mind when putting the proposal together. Also, if anybody has a template that I could use, that would be great!

Thanks in advance for any help that you can provide.

[MAK]

goto sites like Elance.com and see how people are bidding for projects.

[Heather1270]

Thanks. Elance looks great, but I don't want to pay per quarter to be able to see the project specs. Any other sites that are similar?

[baderms]

I charge around $50 an hour with a 2 hour minimum. My business is a side business though. When I was looking for an Access Programmer for my day job I received rates from $40 to $150 per hour. Also, depending on the project, sometimes I charge a flat rate. Hope this helps you out.

Mark

[MAK]

May be you should recommend your management for web based database driven application like below

1. ASP-IIS-Access database (www.asp101.com)
2. ASP-IIS-MSDE database
3. ASP-IIS-SQL Server database
4. ASP.net-IIS-SQL Server (www.asp.net)
5. PHP-apache-MYSQL database
6. PHP-IIS-MYSQL database

etc.......

[Heather1270]

Thanks all!