What is your hourly rate as a self employed electrician?

[suffolkspark]

£30 to £40 is a 33⅓% increase. VAT threshold is also over a rolling 12 months, not just tax years. Just saying.

Oh yea our outgoings are really low so I'll just take a month off if I get near and sit in the garden

 

[123]

Oh yea our outgoings are really low so I'll just take a month off if I get near and sit in the garden

Just make sure it's July/August rather than Jan/Feb

 

[Markyd]

£50 per hour or £350 for a full day 8hrs

 

[Dustydazzler]

So judging by this survey , it looks like the average per hourly rate is somewhere in the £40-50 ball park.
Which is about £350 per day , which I would hazard a guess is probably bang on the national average what a decent self deployed sparks should be charging.

 

[JBW175]

Just had someone try knock me down on my price for the first hour, as they said the job would only take me 10 minutes…

 

[Dustydazzler]

Just had someone try knock me down on my price for the first hour, as they said the job would only take me 10 minutes…

Tell them to do it themselves as you have more important things to do with your time

 

[JBW175]

Tell them to do it themselves as you have more important things to do with your time

I wouldn’t budge on the price. Told him I’m running a business, not a charity.

 

[littlespark]

Just had someone try knock me down on my price for the first hour, as they said the job would only take me 10 minutes…

Interesting.

Someone phoned me last night, RCD had tripped. Fridge and boiler off.
I said I couldn’t come out on a Sunday evening… had had a drink with my dinner, but I’d come Monday morning after putting off my planned job.

When I got there, it was obvious to see it was their rather large light fitting that had caused the problem… Brass thing with loads of arms, and a lamp holder on the ends…

Took it down, made the cables safe as they said they would buy a new fitting, and they could do without a ceiling light. RCD reset fine.

The customer himself last night thought one of the arms looked a bit crooked, so tried to turn it himself….. which cut through the inner insulation of the flex which was showing at the top of the fitting…. Wish I’d taken a photo now.


Which brings me to a dilemma.
Do I charge my usual 35 an hour, which covers my travelling there and back, or up it to 50…. As it was putting off another job this morning?
I will be asked back to put up the new fitting, no doubt.

 

[JBW175]

Interesting.

Someone phoned me last night, RCD had tripped. Fridge and boiler off.
I said I couldn’t come out on a Sunday evening… had had a drink with my dinner, but I’d come Monday morning after putting off my planned job.

When I got there, it was obvious to see it was their rather large light fitting that had caused the problem… Brass thing with loads of arms, and a lamp holder on the ends…

Took it down, made the cables safe as they said they would buy a new fitting, and they could do without a ceiling light. RCD reset fine.

The customer himself last night thought one of the arms looked a bit crooked, so tried to turn it himself….. which cut through the inner insulation of the flex which was showing at the top of the fitting…. Wish I’d taken a photo now.


Which brings me to a dilemma.
Do I charge my usual 35 an hour, which covers my travelling there and back, or up it to 50…. As it was putting off another job this morning?
I will be asked back to put up the new fitting, no doubt.

I suppose it all depends on what you’re happy with, and can charge up there?

Like you said, you’ll likely get return business from him and he’ll no doubt recommend you to others.

 

[Risteard]

So judging by this survey , it looks like the average per hourly rate is somewhere in the £40-50 ball park.
Which is about £350 per day , which I would hazard a guess is probably bang on the national average what a decent self deployed sparks should be charging.

It would be interesting to see what the averages are more locally, but I suspect this wouldn't be easy to find out.