Shifts / online
Writing and editing work primarily for online publications, paid by the day or the hour. (The 'extras' column is irrelevant for subbing shifts. For writing, it would refer to additional print use.)
|
Tell us what you've been paid for Shifts / online |
Freelance Fees Guide |
| Publication/Programme - details & terms |
Group |
Year |
¤ |
Basic fee |
Extras
|
| Daily Telegraph internet sports subbing shift |
_Holl |
2002 |
 |
120 |
|
|
|
| Electronic Telegraph features subbing shift |
_Holl |
2003 |
 |
100 |
|
|
XX
|
| Electronic Telegraph training shift |
_Holl |
2003 |
 |
25 |
|
|
XXXX
|
| Electronic Telegraph subbing day |
_Holl |
1997 |
 |
120 |
- |
|
X
|
| Financial Times subbing day |
_Pearson |
1999 |
 |
105 |
- |
|
X
|
| FT.com subbing day |
_Pearson |
2001 |
 |
130 |
|
|
|
| FT.com day |
_Pearson |
1998 |
 |
105 |
- |
|
X
|
| Independent day subbing website |
_INM |
2006 |
 |
120 |
|
|
X
|
| Mail on Sunday writing day |
_Assoc |
1998 |
 |
150 |
- |
|
|
| New Energy Finance reporting day |
|
2007 |
 |
160 |
|
GR |
|
| This is Travel subbing day |
_Assoc |
2007 |
 |
120 |
|
|
XX
|
| Times Online reporting day |
_NI |
2007 |
 |
130 |
|
GR |
X
|
| Top Gear website Subbing, per day |
_BBC |
1998 |
 |
105 |
- |
|
|
| Visit London subbing day 7hrs taxed at source |
|
2007 |
 |
130 |
|
|
|
| Adfero news feed 2 x 200 word pieces per hour |
|
2008 |
 |
7 |
|
|
XX
|
| Advertising agency Flash designer per hour (from gisajob.com) |
|
2006 |
 |
26 |
|
|
|
| BBC web producer day |
_BBC |
2008 |
 |
250 |
|
|
|
| BBC Audiobooks per day - website update |
_BBC |
2007 |
 |
250 |
|
|
|
| BBC Ceefax BBC London subbing shift, per hour, taxi for nights |
_BBC |
2002 |
 |
12 |
|
|
X
|
| BBC Ceefax TV Centre subbing shift, per hour, taxi for nights |
_BBC |
2002 |
 |
14 |
|
|
X
|
| BBC Ceefax subbing per hour - no change since 1997 |
_BBC |
2002 |
 |
14 |
|
|
|
| BBC Ceefax subbing per hour |
_BBC |
2002 |
 |
14 |
|
|
|
| BBC Ceefax subbing @ TV centre, per hour |
_BBC |
2002 |
 |
14 |
|
|
X
|
| BBC Ceefax subbing @ BBC London, per hour |
_BBC |
2002 |
 |
12 |
|
|
X
|
| BBC Ceefax subbing day |
_BBC |
1998 |
 |
126 |
- |
|
|
| BBC News Online online and Ceefax reporting/editing shift |
_BBC |
2006 |
 |
130 |
|
|
|
| BBC News Online 10 hour reporting shift |
_BBC |
2003 |
 |
140 |
|
HA |
|
| BBC News Online writing and editing news web pages, 8-hour shift |
_BBC |
2002 |
 |
125 |
|
|
|
| BBC online reporting shift |
_BBC |
2007 |
 |
151 |
|
|
|
| BBC online reporting shift (overnight) |
_BBC |
2007 |
 |
205 |
|
|
|
| BBC website subbing day |
_BBC |
2007 |
 |
140 |
|
|
|
| BBC website editing day |
_BBC |
1998 |
 |
105 |
- |
|
X
|
| British Educational Communications and Technology Agency www.becta.org.uk subbing, per hour |
_HMG |
2005 |
 |
28.10 |
|
|
|
| Business-to-Business Publisher junior HTML editor - with HTML, CSS, Photoshop - per hour (from contractoruk.com) |
|
2006 |
 |
15 |
|
|
|
| Ceefax subbing / writing per hour |
_BBC |
2003 |
 |
14 |
|
|
X
|
| Channel 4 writing programme support booklets + web material, per day |
_C4 |
2002 |
 |
155 |
|
|
|
| Channel 4 News website subbing shift |
_ITN |
2005 |
 |
140 |
|
|
|
| Channel 4 News online news shift (8-9 hrs) |
_C4 |
2007 |
 |
145 |
|
|
|
| Channel 4 news online Writing/reporting shift |
_C4 |
2006 |
 |
155 |
|
|
|
| Channel 4 website per day writing/research |
_C4 |
2000 |
 |
140 |
- |
|
|
| Channel 4 websites writing, per day |
_C4 |
2005 |
 |
155 |
|
|
|
| Channel 4 websites subbing, per day |
_C4 |
2005 |
 |
190 |
|
|
|
| Channel 4 websites web design, per day |
_C4 |
2005 |
 |
250 |
|
|
|
| condenet.com subbing and editing, $25-$50 per hour equals for 7-hour day up to |
_CondN |
2001 |
 |
242 |
|
|
|
| Corporate websites web design, per day (7 hours) |
_C4 |
2005 |
 |
350 |
|
GR |
|
| ENN.ie Electric News Network reporting shift |
|
2005 |
 |
100 |
|
|
X
|
| Generic web-design work 2004 going rate (according to contractoruk.com) - per hour |
|
2006 |
 |
26 |
|
GR |
|
| Government website web developer with Java, Perl, ASP, XML/HTML, CSS, SQL, Dreamweaver, Photoshop and Biztalk - per hour (from contractoruk.com) |
_HMG |
2006 |
 |
34 |
|
|
|
| Government website web content editor - with security clearance and Frontpage/WebEditPro - per hour (from contractoruk.com) |
_HMG |
2006 |
 |
17 |
|
|
|
| Guardian Unlimited subbing day - note newspaper pays £160.40 |
_GMG |
2007 |
 |
145 |
|
|
X
|
| Help the Aged per day |
|
2005 |
 |
120 |
|
|
|
| Icons Project day researching and writing features for website |
|
2006 |
 |
100 |
|
GR |
XXXX
|
| icons.com (Zone worldwide - contract publishing arm) production editor day |
|
2002 |
 |
120 |
|
|
XX
|
| iVillage.co.uk day subbing website |
|
2006 |
 |
150 |
|
|
|
| Learning and Skills Council website per day FBS |
_HMG |
2004 |
 |
250 |
|
|
|
| Lexis Subbing per hour |
_RE |
2000 |
 |
20 |
|
|
|
| LGC Net reporting day |
_EMAP |
1998 |
 |
115 |
- |
|
|
| Manufacturer research + scripting website, per hour |
|
2004 |
 |
75 |
|
|
|
| Mediaguardian.co.uk day subbing Media Guardian website |
_GMG |
2007 |
 |
138.18 |
|
GR |
|
| Modis IT agency web design with C#.NET Pro plus XML/XSL, HTML, XHTML, CSS 2.0, J2EE, Java - W Yorks - per hour (from contractoruk.com) |
|
2006 |
 |
35 |
|
|
|
| News International Online day |
_NI |
1996 |
 |
120 |
- |
|
XX
|
| NewScientist.com web subbing, using bespoke software and HTML coding |
_RBI |
2006 |
 |
167 |
|
|
|
| Non-profit websites web design, per day (7.5 hours) |
_C4 |
2005 |
 |
300 |
|
GR |
|
| One World Online subbing/design day |
|
1998 |
 |
150 |
- |
|
X
|
| Online retailer business analyst per hour (from contractoruk.com) |
|
2006 |
 |
425 |
|
|
|
| PA Sport (Football Live) sports information processor - 4 hour shift |
_PA |
2006 |
 |
24 |
|
GR |
XXXX
|
| PA Teletext subbing day |
_PA |
1995 |
 |
89.56 |
- |
|
X
|
| PA teletext subbing day |
_PA |
1994 |
 |
89.56 |
- |
|
X
|
| PA Teletext subbing day |
_PA |
1994 |
 |
89 |
- |
|
X
|
| PMR Technologies IT agency web design with ASP, SQL Server, MS.net, XML VBScript, HTML, CSS and SQL Server 2000 - Middlesex - per day (from contractoruk.com) |
|
2006 |
 |
350 |
|
|
|
| Recruit Media agency feature research and writing for major online sites, per day |
|
2004 |
 |
120 |
|
|
XX
|
| Reuters Alertnet writing day, and editing on content management system |
_Reuter |
2007 |
 |
145 |
|
|
X
|
| RTE online/teletext shift |
_RTE |
2006 |
 |
140.08 |
|
GR |
|
| Telecoms company designer/architect for mobile data services per day (from contractoruk.com) |
|
2006 |
 |
409 |
|
|
|
| Teletext 4 hours over Jubilee - day rate |
_Assoc |
2002 |
 |
100 |
|
|
|
| Teletext subbing 8hrs |
_Assoc |
2002 |
 |
110 |
|
|
|
| Teletext subbing day |
_Assoc |
1997 |
 |
200 |
- |
|
|
| Teletext subbing day |
_Assoc |
1996 |
 |
125 |
- |
|
|
| Thames Reach Bondway (homeless charity) Web content editor - per hour (from contractoruk.com) |
|
2006 |
 |
15 |
|
|
|
| Virgin OnLine Writing Web pages on writing Web pages, day |
_Virgin |
1997 |
 |
225 |
- |
|
|
| whatsontv.co.uk writing day |
_IPC |
2008 |
 |
120 |
|
|
XX
|
| World Entertainment News Network subbing and writing |
|
2008 |
 |
60 |
|
|
XXXX
|
|
The above are the rates for Shifts / online notified by members up to 03 May 2008.
|
| |
Key to the rates, by column:
|
| 1 Publication/Programme, any details of work and licence |
| 2 Owner at the time the rate was reported, where known | Group
|
| 3 The year in which the rate was reported | Year
|
4 Currency: either or  | ¤
|
| 5 Amount paid for basic licence - e.g. first use in print: | | Basic fee
|
| 6 Paid for extra licences - web use, database resale... (no data pre Jun 2000) | | ... | Extras
|
| 7 "Going Rate" according to experienced NUJ members - do try to better it: | | ... | ... | GR
|
| or Minimum rate set out in NUJ House Agreement (more will be made soon): | | ... | ... | HA
|
| 8 Underpaid, in the fallible opinion of the Freelance editor: |  | 50 | 0 | | X
|
| or Just sometimes we're pleasantly surprised: |  | 1500 | 300 | | O
|
| |
|
|
 |
|
|