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A UK Umbraco developer for US businesses.

Senior Umbraco help at UK rates, with the time difference working for you instead of against you.

Why US businesses hire a UK Umbraco freelancer.

Umbraco talent is thin on the ground in the US, and the developers who do exist tend to sit inside agencies with agency overheads. Hiring from the UK gets you a senior specialist at a UK day rate, with the Atlantic working as your second shift: I am at my desk five hours ahead of the East Coast, so the bug you report at the end of your day is often fixed before your next morning coffee.

I am Simon Steed, an Umbraco MVP 2026 with more than 200 Umbraco sites behind me and a Silver Partnership held through my own company. I work with businesses and agencies both directly and white label, my working setup is built for US hours, and everything on my pricing page applies to US clients exactly as written.

And if what you actually need is agency scale, a team, managed hosting and continuity beyond one person, my company covers that too: see Umbraco development for US companies on the Simon Antony site.

GMT to EST

How the time difference works in your favour.

01
Report it tonight, it ships overnight

Your 5pm EST is my 10pm, and my working day starts while yours is still asleep. Work you hand over at the end of your day is in progress hours before your team logs back in.

02
Real overlap for real conversations

This is not a hand-it-over-and-hope arrangement. Your morning is my afternoon, which gives us hours of shared working time every day for calls, reviews and pairing when you want it.

03
UK rates, US-friendly working

My day rate is £500, roughly $630, for a senior developer with 33 years in software. Compare that with US agency rates for the same seniority and the maths does its own selling.

Working hours

Live overlap with every US timezone.

Eastern (New York, Atlanta, Miami) About 4 hours of live overlap: your 9am to 1pm is my 2pm to 6pm
Central (Chicago, Austin, Dallas) About 3 hours: your 9am to midday is my 3pm to 6pm
Mountain (Denver, Phoenix) About 2 hours: your 9am to 11am is my 4pm to 6pm
Pacific (Seattle, San Francisco, LA) Your 8am to 10am is my 4pm to 6pm, and overnight handoffs do the rest
Every state Fully remote, same £500 a day (about $630) wherever you are
References

References that travel.

British Red Cross Training Scottish NHS iHub Umbraco MVP 2026 Umbraco Silver Partner 200+ Umbraco sites White label for agencies

Questions US clients ask.

The practical questions that come up when a US business or agency hires a UK Umbraco freelancer, answered straight.

I work UK hours with real overlap into the US morning: about 4 hours with Eastern, 3 with Central, and scheduled calls for Mountain and Pacific. The rest of the time the Atlantic works as your second shift; work you hand over at the end of your day is in progress before you are back at your desk.

Roughly $630 at typical exchange rates. The rate is flat across every US state and every engagement type, invoiced in pounds sterling by Simplepage Ltd, an Isle of Man company (number 139122C). Simon Antony is a brand of Simplepage and has been trading since 2008.

Yes. My public sector work for the Scottish NHS and British Red Cross Training was built to WCAG standards, the same standards Section 508 references. Accessibility is part of the build, not a bolt-on at the end.

Yes. Contracts are with Simplepage Ltd, a company registered in the Isle of Man (number 139122C); Simon Antony is a brand of Simplepage, trading since 2008. Contracts are issued and signed digitally through Onboardo (onboardo.im), contract software we built ourselves, so onboarding takes minutes rather than days. One thing I keep simple: the contract covers confidentiality, so I do not sign separate NDAs.

All of them. The work is fully remote, the rate is identical wherever you are, and the only practical difference between New York and San Francisco is how many live overlap hours we get for calls.

Yes, the same way I do for UK agencies: I am your Umbraco department, everything ships under your brand, and your clients deal with you. About 40% of the work I do arrives this way.

Email me tonight. See what is fixed by morning.

Two lines about your site and what hurts is enough. I reply within one working day, UK time, which usually means before your day starts.

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