How much, and how it works.
Senior help at a fraction of a full agency. Pick what suits the job, with no long contracts.
Pick whatever suits the job
No lock-in on any of them, and a clear quote agreed before anything starts.
For one-off problems and short pieces of work. £450 per day for anything substantial.
- No contract, pay per job
- Two hour minimum call-out
- The same senior person every time
- Weekend and evening work by arrangement
A defined piece of work at a price agreed in full before it starts. See the guide prices below.
- Fixed quote after a free scoping call
- No hourly creep once agreed
- Documented and handed over on completion
- Staged payments on larger projects
A Head of IT without the salary. Senior leadership a few days a month, on your side of the table.
- Someone to sanity-check decisions and quotes
- Roadmap, budget and supplier reviews
- Support for your existing IT person or team
- Rolling monthly, cancel anytime
- Compare: a permanent IT director is £115,000+
The price you see is the price you pay. I am not VAT registered, so there is no 20% to add on top. Against a VAT-registered provider quoting the same headline figure, that is a fifth off your actual bill.
What things typically cost
Most IT consultants make you book a call before they will talk numbers. Here are honest ranges instead. Tap any row to read what that service actually involves.
Start here free, no obligation
Ongoing rolling monthly, cancel anytime
By the hour or day for smaller pieces of work
Fixed-fee projects quoted in full before work starts
- Ranges reflect real variation in size and complexity. You get a fixed quote after a free scoping call, and it does not move afterwards.
- Migrations and cutovers are often best done out of hours. Weekend and evening work is charged at £550 per day, and usually saves more in avoided disruption than it costs.
- On-site work within roughly 30 miles of Skelmersdale is included. Further afield, travel is agreed up front rather than added later.
- Larger projects can be split into stages, so you can stop after any stage if you want to.
- The first 30-minute conversation is always free, whether or not anything comes of it.
How this compares
Senior time, no overheads
Consultancies typically bill £600 to £900 a day and often put a junior on the work. You get someone who has run IT at Head of IT level, at a fraction of that, with no VAT on top.
No lock-in, no padding
Managed providers want a three-year contract and a per-user fee whether you need them that month or not. I would rather fix the thing properly and leave you needing me less.
Strategic input without a salary
A permanent IT manager costs £45,000 or more with pension and holiday. An advisory retainer gives you senior judgement on the decisions that matter, for a fraction of it.
Tell me the job, I'll give you a number.
No drawn-out sales process. Describe what you need and I will come back with a straight quote.