Plasterer hourly rate UK
Typical day rate: the median of five UK directories, reviewed October 2026.
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One £230 day, three hourly rates
It depends which hours of the day you count as paid.
What directories print for a plasterer an hour
4 named directories, read 3 October 2026. Theirs are customer prices; ours divides a day rate.
| CheckatradePage dated April 2026 | £37.50 |
| HaMuchPage dated 2026 | £15 to £50, average £25 |
| MyJobQuotePage dated 2 September 2026 | £25 to £40 |
| CostEstimatorPage dated 2 September 2026 | £22 |
Together they run from £15 to £50 an hour. Our £38.33 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 plasterer.
Divide by eight and you lose £57.50 a day
Paid for six hours at the eight hour rate of £28.75: £172.50, not £230.
£11,500 a year short
Over 200 paid days.
Check your own paid hoursHalf a day is not half the cost
The day's running costs, £41.51, 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 | £47.67 |
| Guildford | £45.17 |
| Oxford | £43.83 |
| Cambridge | £43.33 |
| Brighton | £42.00 |
| Bath | £40.67 |
| Reading | £40.33 |
| Bristol | £39.33 |
| Milton Keynes | £39.33 |
| Cheltenham | £38.83 |
| Edinburgh | £38.67 |
| Exeter | £37.33 |
| York | £37.33 |
| Portsmouth | £37.17 |
| Northampton | £36.83 |
| Southampton | £36.67 |
| Cardiff | £36.17 |
| Norwich | £36.17 |
| Manchester | £36.00 |
| Birmingham | £35.50 |
| Leeds | £35.33 |
| Coventry | £34.83 |
| Leicester | £34.83 |
| Glasgow | £34.67 |
| Sheffield | £34.50 |
| Derby | £33.67 |
| Liverpool | £33.50 |
| Newcastle | £33.33 |
| Nottingham | £33.33 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £32.17 |
| Sunderland | £30.67 |
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. £230 over six is £38.33.
What is the plasterer hourly rate in London?
£47.67 an hour, from a modelled £286 day over six paid hours.
Where is the plasterer hourly rate lowest?
Sunderland, at £30.67 an hour from a modelled £184 day.
What do UK directories say a plasterer charges an hour?
4 named directories print figures from £15 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.