What each trade charges before you even start planning a job. Midlands baseline shown, with the full regional breakdown on each trade's page.
£320 /day, Midlands
Most plumbers price by the day for kitchen and bathroom work rather than by the hour, with a higher rate if pipework is being moved rather than swapped like-for-like.
£300 /day, Midlands
Electrical work in a kitchen or bathroom is almost always notifiable under Part P, so the day rate is usually followed by a separate certification fee — never skip it, it is what makes the work mortgage- and insurance-safe.
£280 /day, Midlands
Small tiling jobs are usually priced per square metre; a full bathroom or kitchen splashback re-tile is often quoted as a day rate instead once prep and grouting are factored in.
£260 /day, Midlands
Plasterers price by the day. A single-room skim coat is a common one-day job; patch repairs and filling are usually much cheaper and sometimes worth doing yourself.
£200 /day, Midlands
A decorator typically covers one average room a day, including two coats and basic prep — the single most common DIY job in this whole calculator, since painting has no notifiable-work restrictions.
£280 /day, Midlands
Kitchen fitters price by the day per unit-equivalent, which is why layout and unit count matter more than room size. Quartz worktop is templated and fitted by a specialist and priced separately, per linear metre.