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Domestic electrician rates

What do you think the labour rates are for self-employed domestic electricians in the Midlands for:

1. First hour;

2. Subsequent hours;

3. Day rate.

Looking online I thought it was £200-250 a day = £25-32 per hour (then more for the first hour). Now I'm starting to think most charge around £35-45 per hour or up to £70+ and maybe £350 a day? I don't know what sub contractors are on ATM but obviously being self-employed has more costs and work involved.

I've seen a few places say to add 20% profit on top of the day rate but lets just say you're including that in your day rate.

Materials are separate and let's presume you add a mark up on them.

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  • If it’s any help, I pay £30 ph to the two regular self-employed subbies that work for us. That’s (NI) by the way, a fairly far flung corner of the U.K., (at the moment). Very buoyant here as big projects in Dublin have sucked up a lot of the local guys. 
    For what it’s worth, £30 ain’t enough although I can’t persuade my business partner otherwise.

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  • If it’s any help, I pay £30 ph to the two regular self-employed subbies that work for us. That’s (NI) by the way, a fairly far flung corner of the U.K., (at the moment). Very buoyant here as big projects in Dublin have sucked up a lot of the local guys. 
    For what it’s worth, £30 ain’t enough although I can’t persuade my business partner otherwise.

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