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Handyman Costs by City

Every UK city ranked by average handyman cost, highest to lowest. Figures based on national rates adjusted for regional pricing.

Where does your city rank?

#CityAvg. Costvs Avg
1Central London£58 – £200+45%
2Westminster£58 – £198+44%
3Kensington£57 – £197+42%
4Chelsea£57 – £195+41%
5Islington£56 – £193+39%
6Camden£56 – £191+39%
7Hackney£55 – £190+38%
8Hammersmith£55 – £189+37%
9Wandsworth£54 – £187+36%
10Richmond upon Thames£54 – £187+36%
11Fulham£54 – £187+36%
12Southwark£54 – £186+35%
13Lambeth£54 – £186+35%
14Wimbledon£54 – £186+35%
15Brixton£54 – £184+33%
16Stratford£54 – £184+33%
17Greenwich£53 – £183+32%
18Ealing£53 – £183+32%
19Kingston upon Thames£53 – £183+32%
20Walthamstow£53 – £183+32%
21Lewisham£53 – £181+31%
22Barnet£53 – £181+31%
23Enfield£52 – £180+30%
24Hounslow£52 – £180+30%
25Harrow£52 – £180+30%
26Bromley£52 – £179+29%
27Croydon£52 – £179+29%
28Bexley£52 – £179+29%
29Henley-on-Thames£51 – £176+28%
30St Albans£51 – £175+27%
31Sevenoaks£50 – £173+26%
32Guildford£50 – £172+25%
33Oxford£50 – £171+23%
34Woking£50 – £171+23%
35Winchester£49 – £169+22%
36Brighton£49 – £168+21%
37Tunbridge Wells£49 – £168+21%
38Watford£49 – £168+21%
39Hove£48 – £165+20%
40Reading£48 – £165+20%
41Chichester£47 – £163+18%
42Horsham£47 – £163+18%
43Slough£47 – £163+18%
44Newbury£47 – £163+18%
45High Wycombe£47 – £161+17%
46Maidstone£46 – £160+16%
47Basingstoke£46 – £160+16%
48Canterbury£46 – £158+14%
49Crawley£46 – £158+14%
50Bath£46 – £158+14%
51Cambridge£46 – £158+14%
52Milton Keynes£46 – £157+13%
53Worthing£46 – £157+13%
54Aylesbury£46 – £157+13%
55Chelmsford£46 – £157+13%
56Hertford£46 – £157+13%
57Southampton£45 – £154+11%
58Bristol£45 – £154+11%
59Stevenage£45 – £154+11%
60Harlow£45 – £154+11%
61Saffron Walden£45 – £154+11%
62Portsmouth£44 – £151+10%
63Eastbourne£44 – £153+10%
64Hastings£44 – £151+10%
65Margate£44 – £151+10%
66Folkestone£44 – £151+10%
67Bournemouth£44 – £151+10%
68Poole£44 – £151+10%
69Cheltenham£44 – £151+10%
70Southend-on-Sea£44 – £151+10%
71Luton£44 – £151+10%
72Basildon£44 – £151+10%
73Salisbury£43 – £149+8%
74Cirencester£43 – £149+8%
75Exeter£42 – £146+5%
76Dorchester£42 – £146+5%
77Stroud£42 – £146+5%
78Colchester£42 – £146+5%
79Bedford£42 – £146+5%
80Braintree£42 – £146+5%
81Gloucester£42 – £143+4%
82Swindon£42 – £143+4%
83Frome£42 – £143+4%
84Bury St Edmunds£42 – £143+4%
85Solihull£42 – £145+4%
86Warwick£42 – £143+4%
87Leamington Spa£42 – £143+4%
88Edinburgh£42 – £145+4%
89Taunton£41 – £140+2%
90Torquay£41 – £140+2%
91Weston-super-Mare£41 – £140+2%
92Falmouth£41 – £140+2%
93Norwich£41 – £140+2%
94Birmingham£41 – £140+2%
95Sutton Coldfield£41 – £140+2%
96Plymouth£40 – £138Avg
97Truro£40 – £138Avg
98Penzance£40 – £138Avg
99Yeovil£40 – £138Avg
100Barnstaple£40 – £138Avg
101Ipswich£40 – £138Avg
102Peterborough£40 – £138Avg
103Great Yarmouth£40 – £138Avg
104Kings Lynn£40 – £138Avg
105Northampton£40 – £138Avg
106Coventry£39 – £135-2%
107Worcester£39 – £135-2%
108Lichfield£39 – £135-2%
109Market Harborough£39 – £135-2%
110Glasgow£39 – £135-2%
111Aberdeen£39 – £135-2%
112Musselburgh£39 – £135-2%
113Shrewsbury£38 – £132-5%
114Nottingham£38 – £132-5%
115Leicester£38 – £131-5%
116Manchester£38 – £131-5%
117Chester£38 – £131-5%
118Altrincham£38 – £131-5%
119Wilmslow£38 – £131-5%
120York£38 – £131-5%
121Harrogate£38 – £131-5%
122St Andrews£38 – £132-5%
123Cardiff£38 – £131-5%
124Wolverhampton£38 – £129-6%
125Hereford£38 – £129-6%
126Stafford£38 – £129-6%
127Derby£38 – £129-6%
128Loughborough£38 – £129-6%
129Kettering£38 – £129-6%
130Wellingborough£38 – £129-6%
131Knutsford£38 – £129-6%
132Leeds£38 – £129-6%
133Ilkley£38 – £129-6%
134Inverness£38 – £129-6%
135Stirling£38 – £129-6%
136Walsall£37 – £128-7%
137Salford£37 – £128-7%
138Dudley£37 – £126-8%
139Telford£37 – £126-8%
140Kidderminster£37 – £126-8%
141Lincoln£37 – £126-8%
142Corby£37 – £126-8%
143Warrington£37 – £126-8%
144Stockport£37 – £126-8%
145Macclesfield£37 – £126-8%
146Newcastle upon Tyne£37 – £126-8%
147Sheffield£37 – £126-8%
148Dundee£37 – £126-8%
149Perth£37 – £126-8%
150Paisley£37 – £126-8%
151Livingston£37 – £126-8%
152East Kilbride£37 – £126-8%
153Dunfermline£37 – £126-8%
154Penarth£37 – £126-8%
155Stoke-on-Trent£36 – £124-10%
156Chesterfield£36 – £124-10%
157Grantham£36 – £124-10%
158Liverpool£36 – £124-10%
159Skipton£36 – £124-10%
160Ripon£36 – £124-10%
161Falkirk£36 – £124-10%
162Fort William£36 – £124-10%
163Oban£36 – £124-10%
164Kirkcaldy£36 – £124-10%
165Hamilton£36 – £124-10%
166Newport£36 – £124-10%
167Belfast£36 – £124-10%
168Mansfield£35 – £121-13%
169Bolton£35 – £121-13%
170Crewe£35 – £121-13%
171Bury£35 – £121-13%
172Kendal£35 – £121-13%
173Durham£35 – £121-13%
174Gateshead£35 – £121-13%
175Hexham£35 – £121-13%
176Whitley Bay£35 – £121-13%
177Huddersfield£35 – £121-13%
178Wakefield£35 – £121-13%
179Beverley£35 – £121-13%
180Ayr£35 – £121-13%
181Kilmarnock£35 – £121-13%
182Greenock£35 – £121-13%
183Elgin£35 – £121-13%
184Motherwell£35 – £121-13%
185Peterhead£35 – £121-13%
186Swansea£35 – £121-13%
187Barry£35 – £121-13%
188Lisburn£35 – £121-13%
189Holywood£35 – £121-13%
190Preston£34 – £118-15%
191Wigan£34 – £118-15%
192Lancaster£34 – £118-15%
193Rochdale£34 – £118-15%
194Oldham£34 – £118-15%
195Sunderland£34 – £118-15%
196Morpeth£34 – £118-15%
197South Shields£34 – £118-15%
198Bradford£34 – £118-15%
199Doncaster£34 – £118-15%
200Rotherham£34 – £118-15%
201Halifax£34 – £118-15%
202Dumfries£34 – £118-15%
203Wrexham£34 – £118-15%
204Bridgend£34 – £118-15%
205Caerphilly£34 – £118-15%
206Bangor£34 – £118-15%
207Newtownabbey£34 – £118-15%
208Blackpool£34 – £116-16%
209Carlisle£34 – £116-16%
210Middlesbrough£34 – £116-16%
211Darlington£34 – £116-16%
212Stockton-on-Tees£34 – £116-16%
213Berwick-upon-Tweed£34 – £116-16%
214Hull£34 – £116-16%
215Scarborough£34 – £116-16%
216Barnsley£34 – £116-16%
217Llandudno£34 – £116-16%
218Pontypridd£34 – £116-16%
219Cwmbran£34 – £116-16%
220Carrickfergus£34 – £116-16%
221Burnley£33 – £113-18%
222Redcar£33 – £113-18%
223Grimsby£33 – £113-18%
224Scunthorpe£33 – £113-18%
225Aberystwyth£33 – £113-18%
226Bangor£33 – £113-18%
227Neath£33 – £113-18%
228Colwyn Bay£33 – £113-18%
229Brecon£33 – £113-18%
230Tenby£33 – £113-18%
231Derry£33 – £113-18%
232Newry£33 – £113-18%
233Hartlepool£32 – £110-20%
234Carmarthen£32 – £110-20%
235Haverfordwest£32 – £110-20%
236Rhyl£32 – £110-20%
237Ballymena£32 – £110-20%
238Coleraine£32 – £110-20%
239Craigavon£32 – £110-20%
240Antrim£32 – £110-20%
241Larne£32 – £110-20%
242Merthyr Tydfil£31 – £108-23%
243Omagh£31 – £108-23%
244Enniskillen£31 – £108-23%
245Downpatrick£31 – £108-23%
246Cookstown£31 – £108-23%
247Dungannon£31 – £108-23%
248Armagh£31 – £108-23%
249Strabane£30 – £105-25%

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is handyman work most expensive in the UK?
Central London is the most expensive UK city for handyman work, at 45% above the national average.
Where is handyman work cheapest in the UK?
Strabane is the cheapest UK city for handyman work, at 25% below the national average.
How much does handyman work cost on average across the UK?
The average cost of handyman work across 200+ UK cities ranges from £30 to £200, depending on location and job type.

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