Free Electrician Quote Template (UK) — With a Worked Example
Electrical work lives and dies on trust. A homeowner cannot judge whether your wiring is safe, so they judge you on how professional and thorough your quote looks. A clear, itemised quote that shows certification and compliance costs reassures them that you do the job properly — and wins you the work.
This guide gives you an electrician quote template for the UK, a worked example for a consumer-unit upgrade, and notes on the certification line items that set a professional electrician's quote apart.
What an electrical quote must include
Alongside the usual quote essentials — your details, the customer and job address, a quote number and date, validity and payment terms — an electrician's quote should make compliance visible.
Your registration: if you are registered with a competent-person scheme (such as NICEIC, NAPIT or ELECSA), state it. It signals that your work will be certified and notified correctly.
A clear scope: exactly what you will install, test and certify, and what is excluded (for example, making good plasterwork or decorating after chasing walls).
Itemised labour and materials, plus the certification and testing line items that domestic electrical work requires.
Certification and compliance line items
This is where a professional electrician's quote stands out from a cheap one. Notifiable electrical work in dwellings in England and Wales falls under Part P of the Building Regulations, and proper certification is part of doing the job correctly.
Consider line items for: issuing an Electrical Installation Certificate (EIC) or Minor Electrical Installation Works Certificate where appropriate; building-control notification through your competent-person scheme; and, where the customer needs it, an Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) for the existing installation.
Listing these explicitly does two things: it justifies your price against a cheaper quote that quietly omits compliance, and it educates the customer on why the safe option costs a little more.
A worked example: consumer unit upgrade
Here is a worked example for a common job — replacing an old fuse board with a modern consumer unit. Adjust to your own rates.
Job: Supply and install 18th Edition consumer unit with RCBOs, including testing, certification and building-control notification.
Line 1 — Labour: Remove old board, install and wire new consumer unit, test and commission. 1 day @ £280.00 = £280.00.
Line 2 — Materials: 18th Edition consumer unit with RCBOs (supply). 1 @ £180.00 = £180.00.
Line 3 — Materials: Tails, earthing/bonding upgrades and sundries. 1 lot @ £70.00 = £70.00.
Line 4 — Certification: Electrical Installation Certificate and building-control notification. 1 @ £60.00 = £60.00.
Subtotal: £590.00. VAT (20%, if registered): £118.00. Total: £708.00.
The certification line makes the value of doing it properly explicit — something a bargain quote that skips notification cannot show.
How to price electrical work
Build the price from its parts. Price labour by the hour or day at a rate that covers your van, tools, insurance, scheme membership and admin time — not just time on the tools.
Add materials at cost plus a markup of around 10–20%. Add the certification and notification costs as their own lines. Include any extras such as parking or waste disposal.
For larger projects like rewires, break the quote into clear stages (first fix, second fix, testing and certification) so the customer can see the structure of the work and you can align stage payments to it.
A note on VAT
If you are VAT registered, show VAT separately on the quote — net, VAT and gross. Most domestic electrical work is standard-rated at 20%, though certain energy-saving installations have had time-limited reduced or zero rates, so check the current HMRC position for jobs like solar or battery storage.
If you subcontract for other VAT- and CIS-registered construction businesses, remember the domestic reverse charge may apply, in which case you do not charge the VAT yourself. When in doubt, confirm with your accountant.
Frequently asked questions
What should an electrician's quote include?
Your business and registration details, the customer and job address, a quote number and date, a clear scope of work, itemised labour and materials, certification and notification line items (such as an EIC and building-control notification), the total with VAT shown separately if registered, validity period and payment terms.
Should an electrician's quote show certification costs?
Yes. Listing certification, testing and building-control notification as explicit line items justifies your price against cheaper quotes that omit compliance, and reassures the customer that notifiable work under Part P will be certified correctly.
Do electricians charge VAT in the UK?
Only if VAT registered. Registration is required once taxable turnover exceeds £90,000 in a rolling 12-month period (as of April 2024). Most domestic electrical work is standard-rated at 20%, but some energy-saving installations have had reduced or zero rates — check current HMRC guidance.
How much should I charge to install a consumer unit?
It varies by region and complexity, but build the price up from a day's labour at your rate, the cost of the consumer unit and sundries plus a markup, and a certification/notification line. The worked example in this guide shows the structure; set the figures to your own rates and market.