From my relativel;y amateur experiences, I have mostly played for nout, though used to get small amount of cash in hand for doing a regular night, anything from £15-£30 depending on bar etc and usually some beer thrown in. Did a student end of year party at a university that a mate promoted & organised, and got some contract through the post for that, just filled in a form and got my money paid minus tax. still, most money I ever got from playing records!
But not playing out much at the mo so what do i kinow. I suppose the bigger and more legit the night ,the more likely dj's will get contracts????