Tools for UK tradespeople
Price the job.
Send the quote.
Get paid.
Free calculators that work out what a job should really cost, day-rate benchmarks for 18 trades across every UK region, and a quote builder that makes a one-person firm look like it has an office.
Day rates · London
Ex VAT| Electrician | £380–£565 |
| Plumber | £405–£650 |
| Carpenter & joiner | £295–£515 |
| Roofer | £295–£540 |
Reviewed July 2026 · all trades & regions
The toolkit
Price it. Quote it. Get paid for it.
01
Price the job
Labour, materials, markup, overheads and margin — what to charge so the job actually pays you.
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02
Set your rate
From the income you want to the rate you need — checked against your trade and region.
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03
Send the quote
A clean, professional PDF quote in five minutes. Deposit terms, VAT, validity — the lot.
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04
Invoice & get paid
Turn the won job into a VAT-ready invoice, then track it and chase late payers with ready-written reminders.
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Plus a free invoice generator and CIS, VAT and markup calculators — see all the tools.
Why bother?
Guessing your price is the most expensive habit in the trade
Price a day £50 under what your numbers need and you hand over £9,000+ a year across 180 billable days — before a single late payer shows up. Insurer research in 2024 found 81% of UK tradespeople chasing late payments, with £6,210 outstanding on average. Pricing right, quoting properly and chasing what you're owed are the fixes you control.
£50/day
underpricing = £9,000+ gone per year at 180 billable days
81%
of UK tradespeople were chasing late payments in 2024 (Direct Line research)
£6,210
average amount outstanding per tradesperson
18×12
trades × UK regions benchmarked, reviewed July 2026
Benchmarks
What trades charge in 2026
| Trade | Typical UK day rate |
|---|---|
| Electrician | £280–£420 |
| Plumber | £300–£480 |
| Builder | £240–£400 |
| Plasterer | £220–£350 |
| Roofer | £220–£400 |
| Handyman | £150–£280 |
Ex VAT. Indicative ranges from public cost guides — 12 regions covered.
Straight answers
Who's behind this?
Tradapt is independently built and run in the UK. No investors, no lead-selling, no data brokering — your quotes live in your browser, not on our servers, and the tools stay free.
The benchmarks are compiled from public UK cost guides and reviewed every quarter. If a number looks wrong for your trade or your patch, tell us — real-world corrections make the data better for everyone.
Tradapt Pro
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- — Every regional benchmark, every trade
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