[NUJ.LFB] NUJ Rate for the Job:
Shifts / online

Updated: 03 May 2008

These rates have been reported by members of the National Union of Journalists and others, and printed in the Freelance, newsletter of London Freelance Branch. They are sorted by publisher/publication, then by date (most recent first). TIP: Use the "Find in page" command under your browser's "Edit" menu to be sure of finding all occurrences of a publication/publisher. AND do note the year in which the rate was reported! See also the Freelance Fees Guide, which gives general recommendations. And read the disclaimer and the key to exactly what the entries mean.

^ 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 GBP 120
Electronic Telegraph features subbing shift _Holl 2003 GBP 100 XX
Electronic Telegraph training shift _Holl 2003 GBP 25 XXXX
Electronic Telegraph subbing day _Holl 1997 GBP 120 - X
Financial Times subbing day _Pearson 1999 GBP 105 - X
FT.com subbing day _Pearson 2001 GBP 130
FT.com day _Pearson 1998 GBP 105 - X
Independent day subbing website _INM 2006 GBP 120 X
Mail on Sunday writing day _Assoc 1998 GBP 150 -
New Energy Finance reporting day 2007 GBP 160 GR
This is Travel subbing day _Assoc 2007 GBP 120 XX
Times Online reporting day _NI 2007 GBP 130 GR X
Top Gear website Subbing, per day _BBC 1998 GBP 105 -
Visit London subbing day 7hrs taxed at source 2007 GBP 130
Adfero news feed 2 x 200 word pieces per hour 2008 GBP 7 XX
Advertising agency Flash designer per hour (from gisajob.com) 2006 GBP 26
BBC web producer day _BBC 2008 GBP 250
BBC Audiobooks per day - website update _BBC 2007 GBP 250
BBC Ceefax BBC London subbing shift, per hour, taxi for nights _BBC 2002 GBP 12 X
BBC Ceefax TV Centre subbing shift, per hour, taxi for nights _BBC 2002 GBP 14 X
BBC Ceefax subbing per hour - no change since 1997 _BBC 2002 GBP 14
BBC Ceefax subbing per hour _BBC 2002 GBP 14
BBC Ceefax subbing @ TV centre, per hour _BBC 2002 GBP 14 X
BBC Ceefax subbing @ BBC London, per hour _BBC 2002 GBP 12 X
BBC Ceefax subbing day _BBC 1998 GBP 126 -
BBC News Online online and Ceefax reporting/editing shift _BBC 2006 GBP 130
BBC News Online 10 hour reporting shift _BBC 2003 GBP 140 HA
BBC News Online writing and editing news web pages, 8-hour shift _BBC 2002 GBP 125
BBC online reporting shift _BBC 2007 GBP 151
BBC online reporting shift (overnight) _BBC 2007 GBP 205
BBC website subbing day _BBC 2007 GBP 140
BBC website editing day _BBC 1998 GBP 105 - X
British Educational Communications and Technology Agency www.becta.org.uk subbing, per hour _HMG 2005 GBP 28.10
Business-to-Business Publisher junior HTML editor - with HTML, CSS, Photoshop - per hour (from contractoruk.com) 2006 GBP 15
Ceefax subbing / writing per hour _BBC 2003 GBP 14 X
Channel 4 writing programme support booklets + web material, per day _C4 2002 GBP 155
Channel 4 News website subbing shift _ITN 2005 GBP 140
Channel 4 News online news shift (8-9 hrs) _C4 2007 GBP 145
Channel 4 news online Writing/reporting shift _C4 2006 GBP 155
Channel 4 website per day writing/research _C4 2000 GBP 140 -
Channel 4 websites writing, per day _C4 2005 GBP 155
Channel 4 websites subbing, per day _C4 2005 GBP 190
Channel 4 websites web design, per day _C4 2005 GBP 250
condenet.com subbing and editing, $25-$50 per hour equals for 7-hour day up to _CondN 2001 GBP 242
Corporate websites web design, per day (7 hours) _C4 2005 GBP 350 GR
ENN.ie Electric News Network reporting shift 2005 EUR 100 X
Generic web-design work 2004 going rate (according to contractoruk.com) - per hour 2006 GBP 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 GBP 34
Government website web content editor - with security clearance and Frontpage/WebEditPro - per hour (from contractoruk.com) _HMG 2006 GBP 17
Guardian Unlimited subbing day - note newspaper pays £160.40 _GMG 2007 GBP 145 X
Help the Aged per day 2005 GBP 120
Icons Project day researching and writing features for website 2006 GBP 100 GR XXXX
icons.com (Zone worldwide - contract publishing arm) production editor day 2002 GBP 120 XX
iVillage.co.uk day subbing website 2006 GBP 150
Learning and Skills Council website per day FBS _HMG 2004 GBP 250
Lexis Subbing per hour _RE 2000 GBP 20
LGC Net reporting day _EMAP 1998 GBP 115 -
Manufacturer research + scripting website, per hour 2004 GBP 75
Mediaguardian.co.uk day subbing Media Guardian website _GMG 2007 GBP 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 GBP 35
News International Online day _NI 1996 GBP 120 - XX
NewScientist.com web subbing, using bespoke software and HTML coding _RBI 2006 GBP 167
Non-profit websites web design, per day (7.5 hours) _C4 2005 GBP 300 GR
One World Online subbing/design day 1998 GBP 150 - X
Online retailer business analyst per hour (from contractoruk.com) 2006 GBP 425
PA Sport (Football Live) sports information processor - 4 hour shift _PA 2006 GBP 24 GR XXXX
PA Teletext subbing day _PA 1995 GBP 89.56 - X
PA teletext subbing day _PA 1994 GBP 89.56 - X
PA Teletext subbing day _PA 1994 GBP 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 GBP 350
Recruit Media agency feature research and writing for major online sites, per day 2004 GBP 120 XX
Reuters Alertnet writing day, and editing on content management system _Reuter 2007 GBP 145 X
RTE online/teletext shift _RTE 2006 EUR 140.08 GR
Telecoms company designer/architect for mobile data services per day (from contractoruk.com) 2006 GBP 409
Teletext 4 hours over Jubilee - day rate _Assoc 2002 GBP 100
Teletext subbing 8hrs _Assoc 2002 GBP 110
Teletext subbing day _Assoc 1997 GBP 200 -
Teletext subbing day _Assoc 1996 GBP 125 -
Thames Reach Bondway (homeless charity) Web content editor - per hour (from contractoruk.com) 2006 GBP 15
Virgin OnLine Writing Web pages on writing Web pages, day _Virgin 1997 GBP 225 -
whatsontv.co.uk writing day _IPC 2008 GBP 120 XX
World Entertainment News Network subbing and writing 2008 GBP 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 knownGroup
3 The year in which the rate was reportedYear
4 Currency: either GBP or EUR¤
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:GBP500X
or Just sometimes we're pleasantly surprised:EUR1500300O
 

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Words, per 1000 News Local Mag online Book PR Other writing, paid per 1000 words
Words, other News Local Mag online Book PR Other writing, paid per page, per item, etc
Photography News Local Mag online Book PR Other pix whether paid by the piece or the day
Broadcasting News Local Other including podcasting all sorts of radio & TV work
Shifts News Local Mag online Book PR Other work paid by the day; e.g. sub-editing
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