Having looked at a lot of job opportunities over the last year, I'd also say the salaries seem about 4 or 5k low, for the specified experience and job descriptions.<br><br>One thing to be careful of is taking on a 'senior developer' for something less than £25k, then seeing them leave in 6 months or a year, when they've got the experience to get a job somewhere that is paying what some might consider a more reasonable salary for their experience.<br>
<br>Needing another recruitment cycle and the time taken getting the new one up to speed would probably cost more than paying the first one a few more £k...<br><br>If you do take people on with these salaries, at least make they know they can work towards an increased salary, so they aren't tempted by the higher salaries offered by other companies.<br>
<br>Re Williams; I've only interacted with them as a potential recruit, but I would also say they seemed very competent - I'd definitely at least try them if/when I am looking to recruit developers.<br><br>Cheers,<br>
<br>Chris<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 March 2011 07:39, Stephen Orr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:steve@stephenorr.co.uk">steve@stephenorr.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">