[throawaylondon3]

Senior front end developer. 4 years experience. Now a contractor on my first project at £350/day in a big company. Expecting this to rise to 400/450 for the next gig. A few months ago I was full time at a startup on £52K.

[wannabecontract]

48k, London startup, frontend, 2.5 yrs exp. Took a paycut from 52.5k (@ 1.5 yrs exp) for this role.

Off topic - As someone in your exact previous position and looking to make the same move to contracting do you have any advice, did you find it easy to land that first contract?

[throawaylondon3]

I did find it quite easy. I just followed up with a recruiter, went to interview and got the job. You usually have to start fairly quickly so have some holiday banked up so you can leave permanent work sooner.

The work, culture, etc is similar to any other permanent job I've had. As long as you keep up to date and are good you'll be fine. Other companies may differ wildly I'm sure