Hmmm interesting. Seven years experience, two of them with an MBB firm and an MBA from (presumably) a top B-school and yet you still think the way to calculate the market price of something is based on the raw materials?Any chance you could describe some of the things that you consider yourself capable of doing? Market price tends to reflect the value of the output. The inputs merely allow you to calculate if the margin is acceptable or not.Alternatively you could just assume a day rate of somewhere between £350 and £2000.You might think I'm having a cheap shot at you here, but I'm not. Reading between the lines you're about to/have lost you job, or are seriously thinking about leaving. Like many intelligent people who apply rigour to their analysis durign working hours, you're in danger of missing in the point when it all gets a bit personal.