[rakamotog]

Margins are much higher. Large scale IT Services pay around 40$-60$/day for skilled specialists. I briefly worked in a specialised consulting role where the charge to company was $2000 per day and my cost to the company was $55/day.

[ska]

This is why it's not hard to bill $1000-1500/day as a freelancer with the right skills. One of those skills has to be sales, though.