Summary
- The median advertised charge for an electrician’s first hour or an hourly rate is £90 in Marketit’s October 2026 research.
- The figure comes from 14 firms that publish prices, not from quotes collected from customers.
*Marketit research | October 2026*
The median advertised charge for an electrician’s first hour or an hourly rate is £90 in Marketit’s October 2026 research. The figure comes from 14 firms that publish prices, not from quotes collected from customers.
The research covers electrician websites in ten UK cities. It includes prices for electrical safety reports (EICRs), consumer unit replacements, EV chargers and full rewires. The figures below are useful reference points, but they do not represent what every electrician charges.
Electrician prices at a glance
| Electrical job | Median price | Advertised range | Firms |
|---|---|---|---|
| First hour / hourly charge, weekday | £90 | £70–£120 | 14 |
| EICR for a typical home | £195 | £99–£300 | 11 |
| Consumer unit replacement | £615 | £300–£816 | 10 |
| Home EV charger installation | £672.50 | £300–£936 | 10 |
| Full rewire: smallest property quoted | £3,500 | £2,350–£5,400 | 8 |
Prices are taken from business websites. Where a site explicitly quoted a price excluding VAT, 20% was added for comparison; prices with no stated VAT basis were kept as published. Where a business listed a range, the lower figure was recorded. As a result, these are not all like-for-like final customer bills.
How much does an electrician charge per hour?
Fourteen electrical firms advertised a first-hour or hourly price for weekday daytime work. The median was £90, with prices ranging from £70 to £120. Three were starting prices. Some of these figures cover the first hour, which may include costs that would not apply to each additional hour.
A separate compilation of UK cost guides by Whito gives £45–£65 for a running hourly rate and £60–£120 for a call-out. The Marketit figure is therefore better read as a published first-hour or hourly charge, not a national hourly wage or an estimate of total labour costs. Three firms in the sample also listed a separate call-out fee, between £85 and £120.
How much does an EICR cost?
An electrical installation condition report (EICR) checks the condition of a property’s electrical installation. Eleven firms advertised a price for a typical home, with a median of £195 and a range of £99–£300. Five of the 11 used a “from” price.
Property size matters. The Fantastic Services 2026 guide quoted £120–£170 for a studio or one-bedroom flat and £180–£280 for a three-bedroom house outside London and the South East. The advertised £195 median falls within the latter range, but the homes described by individual firms were not identical.
How much does it cost to replace a fuse box?
Ten firms advertised a price to replace a consumer unit, sometimes called a fuse box. The median was £615, with prices from £300 to £816. Seven of the ten figures were starting prices, which makes the median more useful as an advertised entry point than as a typical final bill.
Whito’s compilation of 2026 guides put a typical consumer unit replacement at £780–£1,000. That comparison should be treated carefully: the Marketit figures are largely minimum advertised prices, while a typical job may include additional work.
How much does it cost to install a home EV charger?
Ten electrical businesses advertised EV charger installation prices. The median was £672.50, and the published range was £300–£936. Eight of the ten were “from” prices. The research could not establish whether each figure included the charger itself, so these should not be read as comparable prices for a complete supply-and-fit package.
For context, Whito’s 2026 guide compilation placed a fitted 7kW charger at £800–£1,200. Different inclusions and the high share of starting prices limit direct comparisons.
How much does a full house rewire cost?
Eight firms advertised a full rewire figure. Taking the smallest property quoted by each firm, the median was £3,500, with prices from £2,350 to £5,400. Seven of the eight prices were starting figures. These are not prices for a standard-sized house: the underlying property sizes differ, so the result should not be used as an estimate for a particular home.
Why published electrician prices can be hard to compare
Only 33 of the 120 electrician websites in the wider study displayed any price (27.5%). Of those, 21 used a starting price and 14 gave a fixed figure for a defined job. A business could use more than one format. The five benchmarks above use comparable figures from smaller groups of eight to 14 firms.
A price on a website may be for a first visit, a basic job or a specific property. Before agreeing to work, check whether the quote includes VAT, materials, testing and certificates, travel and call-out fees. Ask whether additional work will be priced separately. Across all five trades in the study, 70 of 117 price-publishing firms did not state whether VAT applied; the study did not check their VAT registration.
How the research was carried out
Marketit reviewed 600 trade business websites across ten UK cities in October 2026, including 120 electrical firms selected from Google Maps results. Up to 21 pages were checked per site using an AI-assisted process and written assessment rules. Of the 120 electrician websites, 33 showed any price and 28 supplied figures used in this guide. The sample was not random; many prices were starting points, and firms that choose to publish prices may differ from those that do not. These are advertised figures, not paid invoices.
Source: Marketit, UK Tradesperson Price Transparency Report 2026. Comparisons to other price guides are reported as described in the original study. The research was designed and funded by Marketit.