Quote Electrical Jobs with More Accuracy and Less Admin
Electrical jobs range from a consumer unit swap to a full commercial rewire — and each one has its own cost profile. PricedQuote gives you the structure to cost every job properly, present it clearly to customers, and send a professional quote in minutes rather than hours.
Electrical Quoting Challenges
Electrical quoting sits in a difficult middle ground — too much detail overwhelms customers, too little loses their confidence. Getting the balance right, while costing accurately, is where most electricians struggle.
Materials Costs Are Hard to Estimate Quickly
Cable quantities, containment systems, consumer units, accessories, and certification materials vary enormously by job size and specification. Without a structured way to log them, material costs get guessed — and guesses erode margin.
Customers Don't Understand Electrical Terminology
A quote full of technical terms — DB, MCB, RCD, RCBO, EV charger cable spec — confuses customers and prompts questions that delay decisions. Clients need clarity on what work is being done, not a wiring schedule.
Certification Costs Get Forgotten
Minor Works Certificates, Electrical Installation Certificates, Part P notification fees, and EICR costs are real costs that take real time — and they routinely get left out of quotes, effectively being absorbed as unpaid work.
Every Similar Job Quoted From Scratch
Domestic rewires, EV charger installations, consumer unit upgrades — these are the same job type repeatedly, with minor variations. Without templates, every quote takes 45–60 minutes to build, quote after quote, week after week.
Quotes Are Sent As Plain Emails or Text
A text message with a single figure or a rough email quote doesn't build confidence. Customers compare you to competitors who send proper PDFs with breakdowns, credentials, and terms — and pick based on who looks more professional.
No Margin Built In — Just Labour + Materials
Many electricians price at cost — add up time and materials, add a small buffer, and call it a quote. Without an explicit margin layer, there's no profit cushion for variations, rework, or time overruns.
Itemised Costs Without Client Confusion
PricedQuote lets you capture every electrical job cost in detail internally — then present it to the customer at exactly the right level of simplicity. Your cost workings stay private; the customer gets a clear, professional quote.
Here are the cost categories that matter most for electrical work — all supported in PricedQuote's Costing Engine:
Labour
Hourly rate per electrician. First fix and second fix hours logged separately. Test and inspect time. Supervision and travel time where applicable.
Materials & Components
Cable quantities by type, consumer units, accessories, containment, fixings. Unit price and quantity — so your materials cost is accurate, not guessed.
Certification & Compliance
EIC, MWC, EICR, Part P notification, scheme membership levy, Building Control fees. Never forget these costs again — log them as standard expense lines per job type.
Travel & Expenses
Mileage to site, parking costs, specialist tool hire, skip or waste disposal for larger jobs. Individual expense lines that feed into your total cost.
Subcontractors
Second electrician, apprentice, or specialist subcontractor rates. Add a margin layer on subcontractor costs to cover your management and responsibility.
Margin & Contingency
Set a minimum profit margin that applies to every quote. Add a contingency percentage for jobs with access uncertainty or unknown conditions behind walls.
Recommended Electrical Quote Setup
The fastest way to get quoting properly as an electrician is to configure PricedQuote once for your standard job types, then clone and adapt for each new enquiry.
Create job-type playbooks
Build a separate playbook for each common job type — full rewire, consumer unit upgrade, EV charger install, solar installation, EICR. Each has its own phase structure and cost categories pre-set.
Build your materials library
Add your standard cable types, consumer units, accessories, and common materials with your current trade prices. Pull them into quotes without re-entering costs every time.
Set your certification costs as standard lines
Add EIC, MWC, Part P, and EICR costs as standard expense lines in the relevant playbooks. They'll appear automatically on every quote for those job types — never forgotten again.
Quote, export PDF, send, and follow up
Enter the job-specific details, adjust quantities and hours, set your margin, and generate the PDF. Send it while you're still on site — or back at the van. Track the response in your pipeline.
Send Professional Client Documents Faster
What the customer receives from a PricedQuote-generated electrical proposal — clear, professional, and completely different from a rough email.