Pricing for a job need help

[Brian Taylor]

250.00 a day is a bit on the high side...average hourly rate for self employed is about 15:00 per hour

 

[HappyHippyDad]

250.00 a day is a bit on the high side...average hourly rate for self employed is about 15:00 per hour

Crikey Brian.
That's more than just a little on the low side.
We had a poll last year on the average hourly rate we charge and it came out to £46 p/hour.

 

[Brian Taylor]

Crikey Brian.
That's more than just a little on the low side.
We had a poll last year on the average hourly rate we charge and it came out to £46 p/hour.

 

[Brian Taylor]

Well I have had this discussion many times with many electricians quoting hourly rates of 20...30 or even 40 pounds an hour....I once upped my rates to 25 on the advice of someone who claimed to be charging that amount. I lost so many customers that I had to bring my rates back Dow pretty qui ckly to pay the bills. I don't know of anyone in my area that would get away with a 20 per hour rate ....but good luck

 

[goasis]

250.00 a day is a bit on the high side...average hourly rate for self employed is about 15:00 per hour

Where are you Brian?
£15 per hour is crazy low money! Unskilled workers are getting that!!

 

[Brian Taylor]

Where are you Brian?
£15 per hour is crazy low money! Unskilled workers are getting that!!

Well sorry to say that's what we get in this neck of the woods....lots of self employed in this vicinity all chasing the work .

 

[LukeD]

Well sorry to say that's what we get in this neck of the woods....lots of self employed in this vicinity all chasing the work .

Domestic cleaners in nice parts of london earn more. let them race to the bottom. I pay a labourer £150 a day just to turn up with no tools etc .

 

[Brian Taylor]

Domestic cleaners in nice parts of london earn more. let them race to the bottom. I pay a labourer £150 a day just to turn up with no tools etc .

Well unfortunately I don't live in a very nice part of London....I operate in the poorer North Kent area where cleaners and Labourers are paid minimum wage..I'm glad don't live in London.i couldn't afford it .

 

[Dustydazzler]

I know firms near me offering £200 per day for sparky mates and they get no interest

 

[Brian Taylor]

I know firms near me offering £200 per day for sparky mates and they get no interest

Well again I guess it must be down to where you live....if you advertised in this area you'd have to fight them off.