From hourly to fixed price: a guide
Guide for consultants
For consultants who want an audience of independents ready to stop billing by the hour.
Benchmark report
What do independent consultants charge?
How to use this benchmark report
Share it when a client asks why your rate is what it is. Both sides start from a fair range.
What is inside
Day rates by experienceUnder 5 years
What moves a rate up or downSpecialism. A narrow field with few experts commands more than general advice.
Rates by fieldStrategy
Fixed fees compared with day ratesDay rate
How to check your own rateExperience and field in the tables.
Before you set or accept a rateField and experience: Matched to the range.
Three title ideas for your own version
What do independent consultants charge?
The consulting rates benchmark
Is your day rate fair?
Where to promote it
Your websitea LinkedIn posta reply to a client who asks why your rate is what it is
What goes in a consulting rates benchmark?
Ranges by experience and field, what moves a rate, fixed fees compared with day rates and how to check your own.
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