For both
Contract versus permanent.
Total cost or total income over a period, with the crossover point.
Total cost over 12 months, network deployment engineer, London
Contract £96,900, permanent £88,450£96,900
Contract at £510 a day, 190 billable days
£88,450
Permanent at £72,500 plus 22% on-costs
Crossover, 173 days
100 days260 daysYours, 190
Contract costs less until about 173 billable days a year. Above that, permanent is cheaper.
Midpoints of the indicative ranges. Change the billable days to see the crossover move. Illustrative rate table v0.1, September 2026.
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