Price your evening shift
Admin isn't free just because nobody invoices you for it. Put a number on it — then compare it against the real alternatives.
Quotes, invoices, chasing, certs, inbox, scheduling — all of it. UK tradespeople average ~5.3 hrs/week (NOW Report 2026).
Your charge-out rate, or ~£19/hr on the employed median (ONS ASHE 2025 — electricians £39,187/yr).
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Admin hours per year
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At your hourly value
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Equivalent part-time bookkeeper (employed)
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The wage data behind the comparison
- Part-time bookkeeper / payroll clerk, median: £15,070/yr gross (≈£1,256/mo before employer NI & pension — ~£1,450–1,550/mo loaded) — ONS ASHE 2025, SOC 4122. 94,000 people hold these jobs part-time in the UK (272,000 across all employment patterns).
- Part-time general admin, median: £12,789/yr — SOC 4159, 328,000 part-time jobs.
- Electrician median full-time pay: £39,187/yr — SOC 5241. Plumber/HVAC installer: £36,563 — SOC 5315.
- Tradesperson admin burden: 277 hrs/yr average — NOW Report 2026, independent fieldwork.
Honest note: a managed service is not the same thing as an employee — the comparison shows cost shape, not equivalence. We sell a supervised outcome, not a person.
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