Labourer hourly rate UK
Typical day rate: our modelled starting figure, reviewed October 2026.
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One £140 day, three hourly rates
It depends which hours of the day you count as paid.
What directories print for a labourer an hour
2 named directories, read 3 October 2026. Theirs are customer prices; ours divides a day rate.
| CheckatradePage dated April 2026 | £14 to £35 |
| CostEstimatorPage dated 2 September 2026 | £17 |
Together they run from £14 to £35 an hour. Our £23.33 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 labourer.
Divide by eight and you lose £35.00 a day
Paid for six hours at the eight hour rate of £17.50: £105.00, not £140.
£7,000 a year short
Over 200 paid days.
Check your own paid hoursHalf a day is not half the cost
The day's running costs, £36.25, 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 | £29.00 |
| Guildford | £27.50 |
| Oxford | £26.67 |
| Cambridge | £26.33 |
| Brighton | £25.50 |
| Bath | £24.67 |
| Reading | £24.50 |
| Bristol | £24.00 |
| Milton Keynes | £24.00 |
| Cheltenham | £23.67 |
| Edinburgh | £23.50 |
| York | £22.83 |
| Exeter | £22.67 |
| Portsmouth | £22.67 |
| Northampton | £22.33 |
| Southampton | £22.33 |
| Cardiff | £22.00 |
| Manchester | £22.00 |
| Norwich | £22.00 |
| Birmingham | £21.67 |
| Leeds | £21.50 |
| Coventry | £21.17 |
| Glasgow | £21.17 |
| Leicester | £21.17 |
| Sheffield | £21.00 |
| Derby | £20.50 |
| Liverpool | £20.50 |
| Newcastle | £20.17 |
| Nottingham | £20.17 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £19.67 |
| Sunderland | £18.67 |
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. £140 over six is £23.33.
What is the labourer hourly rate in London?
£29.00 an hour, from a modelled £174 day over six paid hours.
Where is the labourer hourly rate lowest?
Sunderland, at £18.67 an hour from a modelled £112 day.
What do UK directories say a labourer charges an hour?
2 named directories print figures from £14 to £35 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: our modelled starting figure, reviewed October 2026. UK price guides disagree on this trade, so check this figure against your own quotes.
Town rates are modelled from them. Costs are the calculator's sample figures.