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by to3m 3985 days ago
Yes.

Look here: http://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/contracts/uk/developer.do

This isn't quite the same sort of work, but it will do as a rough guideline. Look at the average rate outside London: £350.

So, what does this work pay by comparison? £3000/25 days=£120/day. Not enough! The page above suggests £300-400/day is a usual daily rate. So you could use that as a guide. 25 * 300=£7,500; 25 * 350=£8,750; 25 * 400=£10,000.

This isn't the sort of work I normally do, so I'm not hugely familiar with what people tend to charge - but I think £10,000 might even be a bit low. There's possibly people who've done this before laughing at the very idea right now. After all you'll be shipping on 3 platforms with payment/videos/online shop, and in only 5 weeks. If you're going to need to pay somebody else to do anything (artwork, programming), that is going to eat into this sum at quite a rate. Don't forget hardware and software costs too.

Aside from the scope, there is also a good possibility that more people at the client end will want their fingers in this pie once it gets going, and that will delay things further.

(Apologies if none of the above is news to you. I just assume that if you're contemplating doing this for £3,000, then it's something you haven't done before.)