Decorator day rate calculator, Portsmouth 2026, after tax
Typical: £194 a day. Work out yours below.
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A painter and decorator in Portsmouth typically charges £194 a day.
To take home £35,500 a year after real costs you need £256 a day.
Both are labour only, from the rate model and the calculator's default assumptions.
Change the inputs and your own number takes over. Quote that one.
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According to the Office for National Statistics, local pay differs enough by area to move a day rate.
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings
Data from HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index sets the second local input, per the October 2026 review.
Reviewed on .
These figures use the same sums as the free calculator. The two always agree.
Where these figures come from
Rate estimates blend the national median decorator day rate from five UK directories.
Those five are Checkatrade, HaMuch, MyBuilder, CostEstimator, MyJobQuote.
To that we add official ONS regional earnings and local house price data.
Sources: ONS ASHE 2025, UK House Price Index April 2026.
Rates reviewed October 2026.
Where does Portsmouth sit among the 31 modelled towns?
Each dot is one modelled town, stacked where towns share a rate.
Portsmouth is number 13 of 31, with 12 above it and 17 below.
The shaded band is the local range decorators here quote inside.
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What is decorating work like in Portsmouth?
Owner occupation is the most prevalent tenure in Portsmouth at 52 percent of stock.
The Council assessment records a 17 percent increase in private renting between 2011 and 2021.
Flats account for 26 percent and semi detached homes 17 percent.
Why do tradespeople undercharge?
Pricing off the going rate.
Pricing off what everyone else charges feels safe.
But the going rate says what customers are used to paying, not what your business needs.
The calculator on this page starts from the take home you want and adds your real costs.
The number it gives is the one to quote.
The whole working is in the sum behind the day rate.
What do decorators in Portsmouth ask about rates?
What do decorators charge in Portsmouth in a day?
Rate Sorted places a typical Portsmouth day at £194, with £256 needed under its starting assumptions.
The first is the market.
The second is what your costs ask for.
What homes will a decorator work on in Portsmouth?
Flats account for 26 percent and semi detached homes 17 percent.
Owner occupation is the most prevalent tenure in Portsmouth at 52 percent of stock.
Flats bring access and parking time with them, and that belongs in the days you quote.
Is landlord work growing in Portsmouth?
The Council assessment records a 17 percent increase in private renting between 2011 and 2021.
Rental jobs run to the landlord’s timetable, so the finish date is part of the price.
What do decorators charge in other towns?
The homepage lists decorator day rates by town, all 31 of them.