No. My day rate is £500, roughly $630, and it is the same for every client in every US state, exactly as it is for UK clients. There is no transatlantic premium and no currency games: you are invoiced in GBP and your bank or card handles the conversion at its normal rate. For most US companies that lands well below the cost of a comparable senior specialist at a domestic agency. The time difference works in your favour too: I overlap with the East Coast for around four hours every day, and work you brief at your close of business is often finished by the time you get to your desk.
Some UK freelancers quietly quote US clients a higher number because the market bears it. I do not. The rate is £500 a day, roughly $630 at typical exchange rates, whether you are in Manchester or Minneapolis. It is the same flat rate for development, consultancy, upgrades and rescue work, and it applies in all fifty states.
A senior Umbraco specialist at a US agency will usually cost a multiple of that figure once agency overhead is included, and genuine Umbraco depth is thinner on the ground in the US than in Europe, where the platform was born. Hiring from the UK gets you someone who has worked on more than 200 Umbraco sites since 2011, without paying for an office in a city you will never visit. The practical detail of how the engagement runs is covered on the Umbraco developer for US clients page.
UK working hours overlap the East Coast morning by about four hours, which is plenty for stand-ups, reviews and pairing. The rest of my day happens while yours has not started. In practice that means work briefed at your close of day is often complete when you open your laptop, a rhythm US clients consistently describe as feeling faster than working with a local contractor.
Invoices are in GBP. Contracts are signed digitally, so there is no paperwork lag. I reply within one working day, usually the same day, regardless of which side of the ocean the message came from. The full price list, including retainers and fixed-price upgrades, is on the pricing page.
Tell me what you're working on and I'll come back within one working day.
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