A fractional CTO in Sydney, two days a week
Adapt Health brought in Marshall Tech as its fractional CTO and shipped its own software, mobile app and website. Growing Sydney businesses get that level of technical leadership for a monthly retainer.
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$10,000/month AUD + GST
Each extra day is $1,250 + GST.
How much does a fractional CTO cost in Sydney?
A fractional CTO in Sydney usually costs between $3,000 and $20,000 a month, depending on how many days a week the business needs. Marshall Tech fractional CTO retainers start at two days a week for $10,000 AUD + GST a month, and each extra day is $1,250 + GST, up to $20,000 a month for four days a week. Adapt Health worked with Marshall Tech as its fractional CTO and shipped its software, mobile app and website during the engagement.
Fractional CTO pricing by days a week
| Days a week | Monthly retainer, starting from | Suits |
|---|---|---|
| 2 days | $10,000 | A business making technology decisions every week with a small team |
| 3 days | $15,000 | An active product build or a platform migration |
| 4 days | $20,000 | Embedded leadership for a growing engineering team |
Prices are in AUD and exclude GST. Each extra day is $1,250 + GST.
Custom Software & Mobile App
We needed our own software, mobile app, and a new website to support our next phase of growth. Nick delivered all three, which have been a roaring success.
What a fractional CTO changes
Decisions made before money is spent
Platform and vendor calls are reviewed before you commit, so a rebuild or migration starts on the right footing.
A roadmap the business can fund
Each technical priority is tied to a revenue or cost target and priced before work starts.
Developers who ship faster
Your team gets code reviews and architecture standards from a senior engineer who builds alongside them.
Fractional or full-time CTO
| Fractional CTO | Full-time CTO | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Starting from $10,000 AUD + GST a month | Over $250,000 a year with super and recruitment |
| Time commitment | Two to four days a week | Five days a week |
| Contract | Monthly retainer | Permanent employment |
| Best stage | Around $2 million to $20 million in turnover | Technology decisions fill the week and engineers need a daily leader |
Hiring a fractional CTO in Sydney
A full-time CTO in Sydney typically costs over $250,000 a year once superannuation and recruitment are included. A fractional CTO gives a growing business the same senior judgement for a monthly retainer, and Marshall Tech retainers start at two days a week for $10,000 AUD + GST a month.
A fractional CTO is a senior technology leader who works with a business part-time, usually one to three days a week, and makes the technology decisions a full-time chief technology officer would make. Marshall Tech provides fractional CTO leadership to Sydney businesses. At Adapt Health that meant setting technical direction while its coaching software, mobile app and AI programming assistant went live.
A business should hire a fractional CTO when it needs senior technical decisions every week but has two days of CTO work or less, which is common between $2 million and $20 million in turnover. Hire full time once technology decisions fill the week and the engineering team needs a daily leader. Marshall Tech moves clients to a full-time hire when they reach that point and helps recruit the replacement.
A fractional CIO runs a business's internal technology part-time, covering IT systems, security, vendors and support. A fractional CTO focuses on the technology the business builds and sells, including its product, platform and engineering team. Marshall Tech provides fractional CTO leadership for businesses whose growth depends on software, apps or AI.