London electricians handle everything from a tripping fuse board to a full rewire, an EICR for a rental property or an EV charger on the drive. Work on a consumer unit or a new circuit must be certified under Part P, so ask for the certificate at the end of the job. Call-out rates in London run higher than the rest of the UK, and evenings and weekends cost more again, which is why the pages below give a London range for each job.
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An electrician in London charges £60 to £150 for the first weekday hour, £100 to £200 at night, then £60 to £80 an hour. Jobs run from £150 to £250 for a new socket and £120 to £300 for an EICR to £500 to £900 for a consumer unit and £3,500 to £7,000 to rewire a two-bed flat.
| Job | London low | London typical | London high | UK typical | What moves the price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Call-out, weekday daytime, first hour included | £60 | £100 | £150 | £115 | Covers the first 30 to 60 minutes; most firms set a one-hour minimum; Zones 1 and 2 cost more than the outer boroughs |
| Night emergency, first hour | £100 | £150 | £200 | £90 | Evenings and weekends £77 to £150 for the first hour; then £70 to £120 an hour |
| Hourly rate after the first hour, daytime | £60 | £70 | £80 | £55 | Billed in half hours by some firms; a day rate of £300 to £600 is cheaper for a list of small jobs |
| Extra double socket on a spur, supplied and fitted | £150 | £200 | £250 | £150 | New cabling, back box and making good; a like-for-like socket swap is £80 to £120; several sockets in one visit cost less each |
| Light fitting, like-for-like or new pendant | £80 | £100 | £160 | £70 | £80 to £130 for a like-for-like pendant swap, £100 to £160 for a new pendant or flush fitting; a set of six downlights £450 to £800 |
| EICR, 2-bed flat | £150 | £195 | £225 | £200 | About 2 hours; a 3-bed house £200 to £300; landlords need one at least every 5 years |
| Consumer unit, 1 to 2 bed flat, dual-RCD board | £350 | £600 | £800 | £450 | A full RCBO board for a 2 to 3 bed house is £650 to £1,200; power off for 4 to 6 hours |
| Partial rewire, one or two rooms or a kitchen | £900 | £2,500 | £5,000 | £550 | Priced per room, £800 to £1,500 each; plastering and decorating are not included |
| Full rewire, 2-bed flat | £3,500 | £5,600 | £7,000 | £4,500 | 3 to 5 days; a 3-bed terrace £4,500 to £9,500; empty flats are 10 to 20 per cent cheaper |
| EV charger, 7kW, standard install | £950 | £1,000 | £1,100 | £999 | Cable run up to 10 to 15 metres; £45 to £75 a metre beyond; £450 to £1,200 more if the board must be replaced; renters and flat owners can claim 75 per cent up to £500 |
Electricians in London handle everything from a socket that has stopped working to a full rewire of a Victorian terrace. The common jobs are fault-finding on a tripping circuit, adding sockets and lights, replacing an old fuse board with a consumer unit, landlord electrical safety checks (EICRs), electric shower circuits, EV charger installs and partial or full rewires. Small jobs are charged by the hour and usually fit inside the first hour; anything from a consumer unit upwards is quoted as a fixed price after a look at the installation.
There is no licence to trade as an electrician in England, so the check that matters is registration with a competent person scheme. NICEIC and NAPIT are the two schemes most London firms belong to, and both keep public registers; the cross-scheme register at Registered Competent Person Electrical lets you search by postcode or company name in a minute. Registration matters because of Part P of the Building Regulations: a new circuit, a consumer unit replacement or work in a bathroom is notifiable, and a registered electrician self-certifies it and sends you the certificate. An unregistered one leaves you to pay building control to inspect it. Ask for the registration number before the visit and expect an Electrical Installation Certificate or a Minor Works Certificate when the job is done. Landlords in England must also have the installation inspected at least every five years.
A weekday call-out of £60 to £150 in London normally covers travel and the first 30 to 60 minutes on site, with parts on top, and most firms bill a one-hour minimum. Evenings and weekends run 1.5 to 2 times the day rate and a night emergency starts at £100 to £200 for the first hour. For a fixed-price job over a few hundred pounds, get two or three written quotes that state whether VAT, certification and making good are included; a low consumer unit quote often turns out to leave out the earthing and bonding.
London prices sit 15 to 30 per cent above the rest of the UK. Labour is dearer, firms price in the Congestion Charge, ULEZ and permit parking, and the housing stock is older: solid brick walls, lath-and-plaster ceilings and flats untouched since the 1990s all add hours. Zones 1 and 2 sit at the top of every range and the outer boroughs at the bottom.
For the job you have in mind, read the detailed guides on consumer unit and fuse board upgrades, landlord electrical safety checks, full or partial rewiring, EV charger installation, tripping circuits and fuse board faults, emergency electrical faults and general electrical work, each with its own London price table.
Prices last checked: September 2026. Based on the London and UK figures already published on the individual electrical job pages, which draw on the 2026 price pages of London electrical firms and UK cost guides, plus 2026 socket and light-fitting guides with London figures for the two rows without a job page. PROS AI does not yet have enough completed electrical jobs in London to publish its own averages.
£60 to £80 an hour after the first hour, against £45 to £60 across the rest of the UK. The first hour is dearer: £60 to £150 on a weekday, £77 to £150 in the evening or at the weekend and £100 to £200 at night, because it covers travel and the call-out. A day rate of £300 to £600 is cheaper for a list of small jobs.
£60 to £150 on a weekday, and it normally covers travel and the first 30 to 60 minutes on site, so a socket swap or a tripped breaker is often done inside the fee. Parts are extra, most firms bill a one-hour minimum, and firms in Zones 1 and 2 charge more than those in the outer boroughs. Ask whether the fee is waived if you go ahead with a larger repair.
Ask for the NICEIC or NAPIT registration number and check it on that scheme's register or on the cross-scheme Registered Competent Person Electrical search, which covers every authorised scheme in England and takes about 2 minutes by postcode or company name. Registration lets the electrician self-certify notifiable work under Part P and issue the certificate; without it you pay building control to inspect the work.
£3,500 to £7,000, typically £5,600, against about £4,500 across the UK. It takes three to five days and an empty flat is 10 to 20 per cent cheaper. A one-bed flat is about £4,000, a three-bed terrace £4,500 to £9,500 and a partial rewire of one or two rooms £900 to £2,500. Plastering and decorating are extra.
£120 to £300 for most homes: £150 to £225 for a two-bed flat, £200 to £300 for a three-bed house and £250 to £350 or more for four bedrooms or a licensed HMO. Central London addresses and pre-1990 wiring add £30 to £100 to the quote. Landlords in England must have one at least every five years and give the report to tenants within 28 days.
Written by PROS AI editorial team.
