Hi,
I'm a web developer and I think I am underpaid, it would be interesting to hear other developers views on my situation, do you think I'm paid enough?
I'm 23 and based in West Midlands, got an FdSc and been at my post for two years. I earn £7.50 per hour working 4 days a week
I am the only employee developing / maintaining / running a large scale eCommerce site. My roles are to plan future developments, develop / code the site, develop database, update designs & imagery, liaise with SEOs, and content management and day to day running of the site.
The technologies I use to develop the site are some of the very latest:
ASP.NET MVC 3 (.NET 4)
WCF Services
JavaScript / jQuery / AJAX
HTML 5 / CSS 3
TSQL
All this for a salary of 11k (+no bonuses)? I see junior web dev roles out there for 15k + bonus & other benefits...
So am I underpaid?
What might you expect to be paid in my position? Should I leave?
Thanks for reading / answering
Answers & Comments
Verified answer
Yes, you are being underpaid - however you're probably getting some great experience. Your definition of large scale eCommerce site is probably over inflated as most big web shops have large teams building and supporting their sites.
I'm not sure why you're working 4 days a week at 23, but you have much higher earning potential if you know your technologies and look for the right job.
As a side note, if you're using HTML 5 & CSS 3 - you should also have solid CSS 2 and standard HTML as most companies don't have the luxury of targeting non-IE browsers only.
Anyway, focus on getting the right job that allows you to learn off of other more experienced developers and the money will follow.
Good luck!
What are you thinking? look elsewhere