Self-Employed Day Rate Calculator UK + Job Pricing Template

Work out your day rate as a self-employed builder, plumber, electrician or decorator, then price each job with materials, markup and VAT. Excel and Google Sheets.

Stop guessing your day rate. Start from what you want to earn, add your real running costs and the days you can actually bill, and see the least you should charge. Then price every job properly.

WHAT'S INSIDE

• Day Rate: your true day rate and hourly rate from your target income, yearly running costs (van, fuel, insurance, tools, phone and more), holidays, bank holidays and the share of days you can bill

• Job Pricer: materials with markup, your labour at your day rate, helper costs, extras, contingency and optional VAT. Shows your profit and margin on the job

• Markup vs Margin: convert one to the other so you never under-price by mixing them up, plus a quick reference table

• All figures are before income tax and National Insurance

HOW IT WORKS

• Instant digital download. Nothing is posted.

• Opens in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets (upload to Drive, then open with Google Sheets) and LibreOffice.

• Start on the "Start Here" tab. Cream cells are for your details; everything else works itself out.

PLEASE NOTE

• Personal licence: use it in your own business. Please don't resell or share the file.

• A business tool, not tax, legal or accounting advice.

• Digital downloads can't be returned, but if something doesn't work, message us and we'll put it right.