The standard professional wage I charge for most work, is £10/Hr, but I am constantly told I’m not being paid enough. In theory, if I worked as a php guy more often, the standard rate is £40/Hr, but a lot of companies respond to that by throttling the number of chargeable hours you can work for them, which I think is quite amusing.
My overheads are currently extremely low, so I get to keep more of my earnings than usual. I currently make £200 pcm, but that only takes me about 4 hours’ a month, so effectively I suppose I’m on £50/Hr. That isn’t easily extendible, unfortunately, due to a shortage of good clients, so I won’t earn more simply by putting in more hours.
When the big investment stuff happens, I really don’t know what wage I can claim. It’s be nice if I could get a lump sum followed by a modest income, as I have a small mountain of personal capital living costs to clamber over before I’m on a home run.