Dayrate?

[craig1000]

Wondering what most people consider a fair day rate? I know it is area dependent but am a bit unsure myself what to set it at. We are Bristol based!

 

[Guitarist]

200-250

 

[Top-Spark]

IMO mate you will be lucky to get that £200-£250 per day in bristol,unless your some sort of specialist in the commercial / industrial sector!! Maybe £160 - £200/220?!

 

[stuartcourt]

in Poole Dorset you will get between 13 and 15 as subbie and 25 to 30 if your own job although I always give a price as £200 sounds better than £25 an hour for some reason.

 

[craig1000]

Cheers lads, I am thinking in about the right area so that's good to know, had in my head around the £180.00 mark. ;-)

 

[Dave 85]

I charge £225 or £250 depending on client

 

[markc123]

I know thats a guide...but as stated in a thread yesterday £15p/h for a sparks is basically prostitution.

 

[Octopus]

Amazing that you are discussing this on a public forum, which is riddled with joe public members.

 

[Dunrockin]

I know thats a guide...but as stated in a thread yesterday £15p/h for a sparks is basically prostitution.

I completely agree. This is just a guide based on random figures. I'm sorry I hadn't made that clear

 

[Guitarist]

If you're working out of the back of a yellow 3-wheeler you may survive on 20k, but not as a professional business in the real world.

 

[SYKRAPS]

Dunrockin example or not your reasoning is frustrating and your figures should be substituted with letters as in algebra IMO

 

[craig1000]

Dunrockin example or not your reasoning is frustrating and your figures should be substituted with letters as in algebra IMO

;-) lol

 

[Dunrockin]

Dunrockin example or not your reasoning is frustrating and your figures should be substituted with letters as in algebra IMO

sorry for the offence. Purely unintentional. I have removed the post

 

[craig1000]

Hey fella, i saw no offense in what ya had put, understood the point ya were trying to get across, also understood the points of others lol ;-) No nee to have removed on my account, better to have a debated thread than one with no debate at all!

 

[Guitarist]

sorry for the offence. Purely unintentional. I have removed the post

I think it was more to do with the fact that the general public may actually believe that those figures were workable, and say to themselves "My electrician must be ripping me off".
Not offensive mate, just a bit misleading