How Much Does a Pest Control Cost in the UK? (2026 City-by-City Guide)
The cost of hiring a pest control in the UK varies considerably depending on your location. Pest Controls in the UK should hold BPCA (British Pest Control Association) or RSPH Level 2 recommended certification (verified at British Pest Control Association). This guide lists 2026 pest control prices for all 200 UK cities in our database — click any city for a full local pricing guide.
Regional price tip: London pest control 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.
📄 Pest Control — National Price Overview (2026)
- UK Range (typical jobs)
- £30 – £600
- Typical Duration
- 1–3 hours
- Certification Required
- BPCA (British Pest Control Association) or RSPH Level 2 recommended
- 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 Pest Control Job Typically Involves
A standard pest control quote usually covers:
- Labour for the treatment visit including inspection, identification of pest species, and treatment
- Application of appropriate pesticide, rodenticide, or biological treatment within the agreed scope
- A follow-up visit for colony-based treatments (wasps, ants, cockroaches) where standard protocol requires it
- Identification of likely entry routes and written or verbal recommendations for proofing
Minor surface insect problems (ants, common flies, silverfish) can often be managed with proprietary retail products. However, rodent infestations, wasp nests, bed bugs, and cockroaches are best dealt with by a professional — incorrect treatment methods can scatter a rodent colony, cause wasps to become aggressive, or leave surviving bed bug eggs that re-infest within weeks. Always seal entry points after treatment to prevent re-infestation, as this is what most call-backs are caused by.
Greater London
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| London | £60 – £115 per hour | Full guide → |
South East England
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Aldershot | £40 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Aylesbury | £45 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Basingstoke | £45 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bognor Regis | £40 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Brighton | £45 – £95 per hour | Full guide → |
| Canterbury | £45 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Chichester | £45 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Crawley | £45 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dover | £40 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Eastbourne | £40 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Epsom | £45 – £95 per hour | Full guide → |
| Farnham | £45 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Folkestone | £40 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Guildford | £45 – £95 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hastings | £40 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| High Wycombe | £45 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Horsham | £45 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lewes | £45 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Maidstone | £45 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Margate | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Medway | £40 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Milton Keynes | £40 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Oxford | £50 – £95 per hour | Full guide → |
| Portsmouth | £40 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Ramsgate | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Reading | £45 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Redhill | £45 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Reigate | £45 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Royal Tunbridge Wells | £45 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Slough | £50 – £95 per hour | Full guide → |
| Southampton | £45 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Tonbridge | £45 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Winchester | £45 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Windsor | £50 – £100 per hour | Full guide → |
| Woking | £45 – £95 per hour | Full guide → |
| Worthing | £40 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
South West England
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Bath | £45 – £95 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bournemouth | £40 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bristol | £45 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Cheltenham | £40 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Cirencester | £40 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dorchester | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Exeter | £40 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Gloucester | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Paignton | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Plymouth | £35 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Poole | £40 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Salisbury | £45 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stroud | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Swindon | £40 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Taunton | £35 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Torquay | £35 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Truro | £35 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Weston-super-Mare | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Weymouth | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Yeovil | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
East of England
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Basildon | £40 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bedford | £40 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bury St Edmunds | £40 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Cambridge | £50 – £100 per hour | Full guide → |
| Chelmsford | £45 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Colchester | £40 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Ely | £40 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Great Yarmouth | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Harlow | £45 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hemel Hempstead | £45 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Huntingdon | £40 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Ipswich | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| King's Lynn | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lowestoft | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Luton | £45 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Norwich | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Peterborough | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Southend-on-Sea | £40 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| St Albans | £50 – £95 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stevenage | £45 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Watford | £45 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
East Midlands
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Buxton | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Chesterfield | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Corby | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Derby | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Grantham | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Kettering | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Leicester | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lincoln | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Loughborough | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Mansfield | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Northampton | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Nottingham | £35 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
West Midlands
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | £35 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Burton upon Trent | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Coventry | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dudley | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hereford | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Kidderminster | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lichfield | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Nuneaton | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Redditch | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Royal Leamington Spa | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Rugby | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Shrewsbury | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Solihull | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stafford | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stratford-upon-Avon | £40 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Tamworth | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Telford | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Walsall | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Wolverhampton | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Worcester | £35 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
Yorkshire and the Humber
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Barnsley | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Beverley | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bradford | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dewsbury | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Doncaster | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Grimsby | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Harrogate | £40 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Huddersfield | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hull | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Keighley | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Leeds | £35 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Rotherham | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Scarborough | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Scunthorpe | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Sheffield | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Wakefield | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| York | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
North West England
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Altrincham | £40 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Birkenhead | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Blackburn | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Blackpool | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bolton | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Burnley | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Carlisle | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Chester | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Crewe | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lancaster | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Liverpool | £35 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Macclesfield | £35 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Manchester | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Oldham | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Preston | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Rochdale | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Runcorn | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Salford | £35 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Southport | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| St Helens | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stockport | £35 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Warrington | £35 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Wigan | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
North East England
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Bishop Auckland | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Darlington | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Durham | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Gateshead | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hartlepool | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Middlesbrough | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| South Shields | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stockton-on-Tees | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Sunderland | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
Scotland
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | £40 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Ayr | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Coatbridge | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dundee | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dunfermline | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| East Kilbride | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Edinburgh | £40 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Falkirk | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Glasgow | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Greenock | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hamilton | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Inverness | £35 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Kilmarnock | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Kirkcaldy | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Livingston | £35 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Motherwell | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Paisley | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Perth | £35 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| St Andrews | £40 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stirling | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
Wales
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Barry | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bridgend | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Caerphilly | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Cardiff | £35 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Llanelli | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Merthyr Tydfil | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Newport | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Penarth | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Pontypridd | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Swansea | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Wrexham | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
Northern Ireland
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Armagh | £30 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bangor | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Belfast | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Derry | £30 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Enniskillen | £30 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lisburn | £35 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Newry | £30 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Newtownabbey | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
Frequently Asked Questions
UK pest control costs vary significantly by location. Typical job prices run £30 – £600. 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.
Hourly rates for pest controls 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 pest controls also charge a minimum call-out fee equivalent to 30–60 minutes of work.
Yes — Pest Control work legally requires BPCA (British Pest Control Association) or RSPH Level 2 recommended certification in the UK. Verify credentials at British Pest Control Association before hiring.
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.
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