Daily rates in consulting

Foreword

Consulting firms bill for days of work and display daily rates that allow the time spent to be valued. More generally, there are three generally used billing methods:

 

  • Fixed price : consultants have a specific mission to carry out and are paid for it, regardless of the time actually needed to carry it out. The quote offered to the client will be an estimate of the number of days spent multiplied by the daily rates of each consultant. Below we will look at the rates corresponding to this type of mission.
  • In management , that is to say the time actually spent. Consultants are generally seconded to the company and their mission evolves. This mode is for example used for computer maintenance
  • The result : all or part of the mission is remunerated according to the results, which may include savings made following a plan, a share of the turnover linked to the launch of a new product, etc.

 

 

 

Please note, reading these rates must take into account several factors to properly decipher the information:

  • These rates are charged for days worked for clients, but consultants only charge for 50-80% of their time. Prospecting and writing proposals, for example, are not paid. Certain working days are also not billed to the client, as a commercial gesture. This is for example the case when a small additional subject to be cleared has been identified, or for certain “mass” tasks carried out by trainees.
  • These are nominal rates, often reduced by reductions agreed on the volume or following an ad hoc agreement. It is indeed common to grant reductions to be able to create an account: consultants thus charge less for the first mission to be able to set foot on the client's premises, with the budget of amortizing the investment by reselling other missions to the client. continuation of the first (for example on an implementation phase after a feasibility study). Reductions are also granted to regular customers and the largest buyers also put in place framework contracts to negotiate rates.
  • Rates sometimes include expense reports (travel, purchased external studies, etc.), which are not always re-invoiced to clients.

 

Daily office rates

 

We can distinguish four types of consulting firms:

 

  • Strategy : they advise the management of large companies on their strategic subjects such as the purchase of other companies, the launch of new products and services or the organization of the company. The best known are BCG and McKinsey.
  • Management : their spectrum of intervention is quite broad, and ranges from operational strategy to the implementation of information systems, including activity management or management assistance. CSC or Eurogroup are among them, for example.
  • Expert consulting firms : they specialize in a field, such as the supply chain, human resources or the digital world, or in a sector, such as finance or aeronautics. Smaller than management consulting firms, their consultants are generally more senior and charge a little more. MLA Conseil and Fabernovel are among them, for example.
  • Information systems consulting firms : they develop and deploy IT solutions for clients, either from scratch or by relying on third-party software (SAP, Oracle, etc.). Capgemini Consulting and Accenture (which are also present in the types of consulting above) are surely the best known.
  • Rate by type of advice (€)

 

Office Junior Senior Partner
Strategy 1500 2500 3000
Management 1000 1300 1600
Expertise 900 1200 1500
Information system 600 900 1200

 

Note : these rates are very generic averages to give an idea and the rates can vary by one to two depending on the firm, seniority, type of mission requested, etc.

 

Daily rates for technical developers (€)

 

Kind Overall average rate
Java 453
C++ 433
JavaScript 446
VS# 454
Visual Basic 443
JQuery 425
Ajax 387
.NET 463
Cobol 354
Python 470

 

Note: the prices indicated are Parisian prices, there may be a slight discount of 5 to 10% for the province.

 

Some average rates (€)

 

Office Overall average rate
Solucom (Wavestone) 713

 

 

Some consulting firm rates (€)

 

Office Junior Senior Partner
A-Vision 1000 1200 1500
A22 Logistics 1000 1150 1300
Acceliis NC 700 NC
Adameo 650 1000 1500
Advanxia 800 1200 1500
AJI Europe 700 1000 1300
Archilog 870 1260 1510
ATEOL Supply Chain Solutions 750 1200 1500
Barthel & Schunck Consulting 750 1000 1500
Bartle Business Consulting 740 980 1600
Beautiful Factories 1100 1450 1900
Roux Cabinet NC NC 1400
CFGI-Logicity 1000 1500 2500
Citwell Consultant 900 1400 1800
CLD-COunseil 900 1200 1600
Corporate Linx 875 1450 1700
Crystal Consultants 800 950 1000
Elite Organization NC 1200 1500
Exalion-Consultants NC NC 1000
Exeis Conseil 700 1000 1500
JBG Consultants 800 1100 1400
JLL 1000 1200 1500
KYU Associates 1200 1600 1900
LMC Logistics Management Consulting 900 1200 1500
LOJE Associates NC NC 1500
Meotec 500 700 1100
       
Murano Council 850 1450 1800
Mutualog 500 800 1250
Newloop Partners NC 1500 2000
Perform Log NC 850 1000
Proconseil 1000 1500 2400
Segeco Consulting 900 1200 1650
SIA Partners 800 1200 2000
Suppleo Conseil 600 750 850
NPT 800 1400 2000
Traker 850 1050 1250
XP Consulting NC NC 2000

 

Note: the prices in the table below have all been found via official and authorized sources, there is no disclosure of confidential information on the part of Stafiz.

 

Freelancer daily rates


Freelancers generally offer lower rates than firms. They in fact have a smaller network and can only respond to a limited number of calls for tenders, because they do not always have all the skills or simply do not have the material capacity to carry out missions with a workload requiring several consultants. Prices are therefore driven down by the supply for these missions to which freelancers have access.

The prices indicated below are those generally quoted on the market and may vary, in particular depending on the experience of the freelancer.

 

Rate per freelance domain (€)

 

Domain Daily price
Strategy and management
Transition manager 1000    
Organization consultant 700    
HRIS Project Manager/HRIS Functional Consultant 450    
HR trainer consultant 500    
Senior Banking and Finance Consultant 1300    
Electronic banking project manager 500    
Marketing
Senior Marketing Consultant 900    
Press officer / communications consultant 500    
Community Manager 200    
Marketing project manager 400    
Senior marketing and communications consultant 900    
Technique and expertise
Painting process engineering 500    
Junior purchasing consultant 500    
Web developer 450    
Training
Communication training 700    
Office automation training 400    
Project management training 600    

 

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