Carpenter hourly rate UK
Typical day rate: the median of five UK directories, reviewed October 2026.
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One £240 day, three hourly rates
It depends which hours of the day you count as paid.
What directories print for a carpenter an hour
4 named directories, read 3 October 2026. Theirs are customer prices; ours divides a day rate.
| CheckatradePage dated April 2026 | £30 to £45 |
| HaMuchPage dated 2026 | Average £27, from £20 in Belfast to £36 in London |
| MyJobQuotePage undated | £20 to £50 |
| CostEstimatorPage dated 2 September 2026 | £24 |
Together they run from £20 to £50 an hour. Our £40.00 at six paid hours sits inside that.
Emergency and out of hours
None of them prints an emergency or out of hours rate for a carpenter.
Divide by eight and you lose £60.00 a day
Paid for six hours at the eight hour rate of £30.00: £180.00, not £240.
£12,000 a year short
Over 200 paid days.
Check your own paid hoursHalf a day is not half the cost
The day's running costs, £39.23, land whether you work two hours or six.
What a two hour callout leaves you
Hourly rate by town
Each bar is a town's modelled day rate over six paid hours. Dashed line: the typical rate.
All 31 towns
| Town | Per paid hour |
|---|---|
| London | £49.83 |
| Guildford | £47.00 |
| Oxford | £45.83 |
| Cambridge | £45.17 |
| Brighton | £43.83 |
| Bath | £42.33 |
| Reading | £42.17 |
| Bristol | £41.17 |
| Milton Keynes | £41.17 |
| Cheltenham | £40.50 |
| Edinburgh | £40.33 |
| York | £39.00 |
| Exeter | £38.83 |
| Portsmouth | £38.67 |
| Northampton | £38.33 |
| Southampton | £38.17 |
| Cardiff | £37.83 |
| Norwich | £37.83 |
| Manchester | £37.67 |
| Birmingham | £37.17 |
| Leeds | £37.00 |
| Coventry | £36.33 |
| Leicester | £36.33 |
| Glasgow | £36.17 |
| Sheffield | £36.00 |
| Derby | £35.17 |
| Liverpool | £35.00 |
| Newcastle | £34.67 |
| Nottingham | £34.67 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £33.50 |
| Sunderland | £32.00 |
Your hourly rate, from your own day
Your day rate, your paid hours, your costs.
Work out your own hourly rateHow to work out your own hourly rate
How do I work out my hourly rate?
Divide your day rate by the hours you are actually paid for. £240 over six is £40.00.
What is the carpenter hourly rate in London?
£49.83 an hour, from a modelled £299 day over six paid hours.
Where is the carpenter hourly rate lowest?
Sunderland, at £32.00 an hour from a modelled £192 day.
What do UK directories say a carpenter charges an hour?
4 named directories print figures from £20 to £50 an hour, read 3 October 2026. Theirs are customer prices; ours divides a day rate.
Should I quote customers by the hour?
Work the hour out for your own costing. Give the customer a price for the job.
Why six paid hours?
Travel, loading and the merchant run take the rest. The calculator lets you change it.
Typical day rate: the median of five UK directories, reviewed October 2026.
Town rates are modelled from them. Costs are the calculator's sample figures.