average wage of a sparks in the current climate

[egginyourface]

has your rates been affected by recession cbw

 

[Bright Sparks]

I often hire in extra contractors between 18-25 per hour, they are self employed and supply own tools and van (but some except a day rate of between 100-150 for larger projects) . Although I have heard of down to 15 and some 'companies' wanting 60+ per hour, due to their 'overheads'. London and home counties area.

 

[Amp David]

its fine, you dont need to if you dont want to.

just trying to get a picture of whats available out there.

i know a couple of sparks who sub for a local electrician. he offered them £800 CASH to rewire like for like a 3 bed room house. they did it in 4 days. so it left them with £400 each!! out of that they had to pay about £60.00 to get there and another £100 on food to keep themselves going.

then theres another sparks i know who reckons he wont get out of bed for less than £250 a day!!

whats going on out there??

He'll be the guy sat at home all week then, moaning theres no work around

 

[mogga]

I saw a couple of jobs on sites recently £8 ph another was £9 ph council job wanting every qualification under the sun n offering what worked out to be £9.50ph 5days from 7 so you dont get double time sundays as every day is treated the same CHANCERS

 

[adamsparx]

£150 per day with 7 days available if i want. This is for testing and supplying my own tester i have had a good run of constant work this year but i know its dire out there, i had an agency call me and and offer me £12 per hour 8 hours a day, WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE ON !

It does make me laugh, sparx have to keep on updating courses (part p 17th edition etc etc) insurances, tools and dangerous work for what i would say is a low wage.

 

[adamsparx]

sorry forgot to mention i have 15 years exp, my own van and tools and a matching CK screwdriver set

 

[mogga]

lol@ matching CK kit fluffin punters are willing to pay more for painter than electrician pillocks

 

[egginyourface]

the response is really interesting. by reading some of these posts i get the impression the work is out there. and people are still ready to spend the money. suppose its down to how many contacts you have

 

[Delboy247]

Who wants to spend money these days unless we have too.
It's not what you know
But who you know.
This game is like swings and roundabouts.

 

[egginyourface]

very well said delboy

 

[egginyourface]

wow 579 views....arent we nosy bunch....

come on!! if you a self employed sparks let us know what you take home when subbing for another sparks

are there any ton a day'ers

 

[Johno]

I would do a ton a day rather than sit at home, and let the bills build up!

 

[Johno]

Especially subbying, with no responsibility!

 

[Marvo]

Doesn't look like the wages are that good in the UK. I always thought you blokes were raking it in but charging out at 200 quid a day for a qualified sparky isn't as high as I would have thought.

I'm self employed and we charge out at around 275 quid a day (ZAR 380/hr) mostly commercial maintenance and repair. We're not the cheapest around but we're also not as expensive as the bigger outfits. We're turning work away on a daily basis at the moment.

 

[Johno]

Smart arse, lol!