How Much Does a Boiler Service Cost in the UK? (2026 City-by-City Guide)

The cost of hiring a boiler service in the UK varies considerably depending on your location. Boiler Services in the UK should hold Gas Safe registered (mandatory) certification (verified at Gas Safe Register). This guide lists 2026 boiler service prices for all 200 UK cities in our database — click any city for a full local pricing guide.

Regional price tip: London boiler service costs typically run 40–50% above the national average. Cities in the North East and Northern Ireland are often 15–25% below average. Use the region jump-links below to find your area quickly.

📄 Boiler Service — National Price Overview (2026)

UK Range (typical jobs): £60 – £200
Typical Duration: 1–2 hours
Certification Required: Gas Safe registered (mandatory)
Cities Covered: 200 UK cities

The UK national average is used as the baseline. London typically costs 40–50% above the national average; Northern Ireland and parts of the North East are 15–25% below. Prices within each region can also vary by suburb and whether your job requires emergency call-out rates.

What a Boiler Service Job Typically Involves

A standard boiler service quote usually covers:

Labour for a full annual service by a Gas Safe registered engineer
Visual inspection of the boiler, flue, pipework, and gas-tight seals for corrosion or leaks
Gas pressure and combustion analysis using a flue gas analyser, with adjustment to manufacturer settings
Cleaning of key components (burner, heat exchanger, condensate trap) and checking of safety devices
Written service record and Gas Safe gas safety certificate (CP12) where requested

A boiler service must by law be carried out by a Gas Safe registered engineer – it is illegal for anyone not on the Gas Safe Register to work on a gas appliance, and tampering with a sealed combustion chamber risks carbon monoxide poisoning. Safe homeowner maintenance is limited to checking and topping up system pressure, bleeding radiators, and testing your carbon monoxide alarm. Never attempt to open the boiler casing or adjust the gas valve yourself.

Greater London

City / Town	Typical Hourly Rate (2026)
London	£70 – £115 per hour	Full guide →

South East England

City / Town	Typical Hourly Rate (2026)
Aldershot	£50 – £85 per hour	Full guide →
Aylesbury	£55 – £90 per hour	Full guide →
Basingstoke	£55 – £90 per hour	Full guide →
Bognor Regis	£50 – £80 per hour	Full guide →
Brighton	£60 – £95 per hour	Full guide →
Canterbury	£55 – £85 per hour	Full guide →
Chichester	£55 – £85 per hour	Full guide →
Crawley	£55 – £90 per hour	Full guide →
Dover	£50 – £80 per hour	Full guide →
Eastbourne	£50 – £85 per hour	Full guide →
Epsom	£60 – £95 per hour	Full guide →
Farnham	£55 – £90 per hour	Full guide →
Folkestone	£50 – £80 per hour	Full guide →
Guildford	£60 – £95 per hour	Full guide →
Hastings	£50 – £80 per hour	Full guide →
High Wycombe	£55 – £90 per hour	Full guide →
Horsham	£55 – £90 per hour	Full guide →
Lewes	£55 – £85 per hour	Full guide →
Maidstone	£55 – £90 per hour	Full guide →
Margate	£50 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Medway	£50 – £85 per hour	Full guide →
Milton Keynes	£50 – £85 per hour	Full guide →
Oxford	£60 – £95 per hour	Full guide →
Portsmouth	£55 – £85 per hour	Full guide →
Ramsgate	£50 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Reading	£55 – £90 per hour	Full guide →
Redhill	£55 – £90 per hour	Full guide →
Reigate	£55 – £90 per hour	Full guide →
Royal Tunbridge Wells	£55 – £90 per hour	Full guide →
Slough	£60 – £95 per hour	Full guide →
Southampton	£55 – £85 per hour	Full guide →
Tonbridge	£55 – £85 per hour	Full guide →
Winchester	£55 – £90 per hour	Full guide →
Windsor	£60 – £100 per hour	Full guide →
Woking	£60 – £95 per hour	Full guide →
Worthing	£50 – £85 per hour	Full guide →

South West England

City / Town	Typical Hourly Rate (2026)
Bath	£60 – £95 per hour	Full guide →
Bournemouth	£50 – £85 per hour	Full guide →
Bristol	£55 – £90 per hour	Full guide →
Cheltenham	£50 – £85 per hour	Full guide →
Cirencester	£50 – £80 per hour	Full guide →
Dorchester	£50 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Exeter	£50 – £80 per hour	Full guide →
Gloucester	£50 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Paignton	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Plymouth	£45 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Poole	£50 – £85 per hour	Full guide →
Salisbury	£55 – £85 per hour	Full guide →
Stroud	£50 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Swindon	£50 – £80 per hour	Full guide →
Taunton	£45 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Torquay	£45 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Truro	£45 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Weston-super-Mare	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Weymouth	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Yeovil	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →

East of England

City / Town	Typical Hourly Rate (2026)
Basildon	£50 – £85 per hour	Full guide →
Bedford	£50 – £80 per hour	Full guide →
Bury St Edmunds	£50 – £80 per hour	Full guide →
Cambridge	£60 – £100 per hour	Full guide →
Chelmsford	£55 – £90 per hour	Full guide →
Colchester	£50 – £80 per hour	Full guide →
Ely	£50 – £85 per hour	Full guide →
Great Yarmouth	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Harlow	£55 – £85 per hour	Full guide →
Hemel Hempstead	£55 – £90 per hour	Full guide →
Huntingdon	£50 – £80 per hour	Full guide →
Ipswich	£50 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
King's Lynn	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Lowestoft	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Luton	£55 – £90 per hour	Full guide →
Norwich	£50 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Peterborough	£50 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Southend-on-Sea	£50 – £85 per hour	Full guide →
St Albans	£60 – £95 per hour	Full guide →
Stevenage	£55 – £90 per hour	Full guide →
Watford	£55 – £90 per hour	Full guide →

East Midlands

City / Town	Typical Hourly Rate (2026)
Buxton	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Chesterfield	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Corby	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Derby	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Grantham	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Kettering	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Leicester	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Lincoln	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Loughborough	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Mansfield	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Northampton	£50 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Nottingham	£45 – £75 per hour	Full guide →

West Midlands

City / Town	Typical Hourly Rate (2026)
Birmingham	£45 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Burton upon Trent	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Coventry	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Dudley	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Hereford	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Kidderminster	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Lichfield	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Nuneaton	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Redditch	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Royal Leamington Spa	£50 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Rugby	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Shrewsbury	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Solihull	£50 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Stafford	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Stoke-on-Trent	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Stratford-upon-Avon	£50 – £80 per hour	Full guide →
Tamworth	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Telford	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Walsall	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Wolverhampton	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Worcester	£45 – £75 per hour	Full guide →

Yorkshire and the Humber

City / Town	Typical Hourly Rate (2026)
Barnsley	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Beverley	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Bradford	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Dewsbury	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Doncaster	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Grimsby	£40 – £65 per hour	Full guide →
Harrogate	£50 – £80 per hour	Full guide →
Huddersfield	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Hull	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Keighley	£40 – £65 per hour	Full guide →
Leeds	£45 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Rotherham	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Scarborough	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Scunthorpe	£40 – £65 per hour	Full guide →
Sheffield	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Wakefield	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
York	£50 – £75 per hour	Full guide →

North West England

City / Town	Typical Hourly Rate (2026)
Altrincham	£50 – £80 per hour	Full guide →
Birkenhead	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Blackburn	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Blackpool	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Bolton	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Burnley	£40 – £65 per hour	Full guide →
Carlisle	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Chester	£50 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Crewe	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Lancaster	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Liverpool	£45 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Macclesfield	£45 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Manchester	£50 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Oldham	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Preston	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Rochdale	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Runcorn	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Salford	£45 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Southport	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
St Helens	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Stockport	£45 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Warrington	£45 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Wigan	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →

North East England

City / Town	Typical Hourly Rate (2026)
Bishop Auckland	£40 – £65 per hour	Full guide →
Darlington	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Durham	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Gateshead	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Hartlepool	£40 – £65 per hour	Full guide →
Middlesbrough	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Newcastle upon Tyne	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
South Shields	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Stockton-on-Tees	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Sunderland	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →

Scotland

City / Town	Typical Hourly Rate (2026)
Aberdeen	£50 – £80 per hour	Full guide →
Ayr	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Coatbridge	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Dundee	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Dunfermline	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
East Kilbride	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Edinburgh	£50 – £85 per hour	Full guide →
Falkirk	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Glasgow	£50 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Greenock	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Hamilton	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Inverness	£45 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Kilmarnock	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Kirkcaldy	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Livingston	£45 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Motherwell	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Paisley	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Perth	£45 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
St Andrews	£50 – £80 per hour	Full guide →
Stirling	£50 – £75 per hour	Full guide →

Wales

City / Town	Typical Hourly Rate (2026)
Barry	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Bridgend	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Caerphilly	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Cardiff	£45 – £75 per hour	Full guide →
Llanelli	£40 – £65 per hour	Full guide →
Merthyr Tydfil	£40 – £65 per hour	Full guide →
Newport	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Penarth	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Pontypridd	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Swansea	£45 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Wrexham	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →

Northern Ireland

City / Town	Typical Hourly Rate (2026)
Armagh	£40 – £60 per hour	Full guide →
Bangor	£40 – £65 per hour	Full guide →
Belfast	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Derry	£40 – £65 per hour	Full guide →
Enniskillen	£40 – £60 per hour	Full guide →
Lisburn	£40 – £70 per hour	Full guide →
Newry	£40 – £65 per hour	Full guide →
Newtownabbey	£40 – £65 per hour	Full guide →

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a boiler service cost in the UK?

UK boiler service costs vary significantly by location. Typical job prices run £60 – £200. London tends to run 40–50% above the national average; cities in the North East and Northern Ireland are often 15–25% below. Click any city in the table above for a full local pricing breakdown.

What is the average hourly rate for a boiler service in the UK?

Hourly rates for boiler services depend on your location and the time of call-out. Standard daytime rates (Mon–Fri 8am–6pm) are the lowest; evening, weekend and emergency call-outs typically attract a 30–60% surcharge. Most boiler services also charge a minimum call-out fee equivalent to 30–60 minutes of work.

Do I need a certified boiler service?

Yes — Boiler Service work legally requires Gas Safe registered (mandatory) certification in the UK. Verify credentials at Gas Safe Register before hiring.

How many quotes should I get for boiler service work?

Always obtain at least three written, itemised quotes before committing to any boiler service job. This lets you compare on price, qualifications and professionalism rather than defaulting to the lowest figure, which may indicate corner-cutting.

What should a boiler service quote include?

A proper boiler service quote should state: the full scope of work, itemised labour and materials, whether VAT is included, expected start and completion dates, call-out or minimum visit fees, and any workmanship guarantee offered.

Are boiler service prices higher in London?

Yes — London boiler service rates are typically 40–50% above the UK national average, driven by higher demand, travel costs and cost of living. The South East also runs 10–20% above average. Use the regional tables above to find your city's rates.

How can I check if a boiler service is properly qualified?

Use the official Gas Safe Register checker to verify registration in seconds. Ask the tradesperson to produce qualification certificates, public liability insurance documents, and any relevant accreditation before work begins. A trustworthy professional will have these documents readily available.

Should I pay a deposit to a boiler service?

A deposit of 10–20% is normal practice for larger boiler service jobs. Never pay more than 25% upfront, and always pay by card or bank transfer rather than cash so you have a clear payment record. Avoid any tradesperson who demands full payment before starting.

What are the red flags when hiring a boiler service?

Warning signs include: demands for a large cash deposit before any work starts, inability to produce insurance or qualification proof, refusal to provide a written quote, significantly undercutting all other estimates, and pressuring you to decide immediately. A reputable boiler service will never rush you.

How do I find a reliable boiler service near me?

Use vetted platforms such as Checkatrade, Rated People or TrustMark to find reviewed boiler services in your area. Personal recommendations from neighbours or friends remain the most reliable method. Always verify public liability insurance of at least £1 million before agreeing to any work.

Price disclaimer: Prices above are 2026 estimates based on regional trade cost-index data. Actual quotes will vary by contractor experience, job complexity, materials, and market conditions. Always request at least three written quotes before committing to any work. ServicePriceHub.uk is an independent price reference guide and is not affiliated with any tradesperson or trade body.

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