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whats the going rate for a planner

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rosie finnegan
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can anyone give me a ball park figure of what the going rate is for a a planner with 5 years experience in oil and gas ?
many thanks
r

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Scott McCarthy-Pu...
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Going rate in Aberdeen for an experienced planner in the Oil and Gas is between £40-£50 p/h Ltd Company....I’ve heard of day rates up to £550 also...
Gwen Blair
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As a general rule, if you are working inside the EU and Norway you can opt to pay either the local taxes or UK tax.
Depends on the depth and breadth of your experience working with Contractors or Operators.

You can get an all inclusive day rate or day rate, plus tax free living accomodation allowance, tax free flights home, per diem, mob phone bill, paid plus expenses if travelling on business.

I would say anything from 25K -125K GBP p.a. working on a 230 days per annum.

Of course hard ship postings would mean the upper bracket would be exceeded.

All depends on how much you value your skills and who is looking for Planners at the time.

Clive Randall
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Is that per day Charlie?????
Charleston-Joseph...
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Bra and rf,

Dont settle for less than 5,000.00 US net.

cheers,

Charlie
Brad Lord
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no you would still need to pay tax and national insurance. I dont know if you can open up a ltd company and run it as a one man band as most contractors have to do now, not sure what the agreement is between the uk and the netherlands, when i worked in the netherlands I could not use my ltd company and had to pay dutch taxes it may well have changed now but you would have to look into it

rosie finnegan
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so that is freelance , in the pocket ?
Brad Lord
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rf

that is a ltd company daily rate and does not include the agency markup,

regards

bra
rosie finnegan
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Thanks guys
is this figure before taxes ?
does the agent \ agency need to get a cut from this ?
I’m active in the nederlands and the agency’s make it soo difficult to make decent money and many companies use these agencies.
thanks again
r
Brad Lord
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RF

The uk are currently looking for good p3 oil and gas planners, the rates are dep on experience, about £350 pr day,


regards

brad
Shahzad Munawar
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Better to see job advertisement with respect toyour experience. It will give you fair idea about the current planning rates.