Self-employed plumber earnings drop over the easter break
Posted: Friday, May 27th, 2022
The cost of hiring a self-employed plumber dropped last month as “well-paid subbies took a well-earned break” during the Easter holidays, according to payroll company Hudson Contract. Hudson Contract said average weekly earnings for plumbing subcontractors fell by 9.8% to £1,028 in April. Despite the fall, the earnings were 11.1% ahead of the same month in 2021. Ian Anfield, Managing Director of Hudson Contract, told HVP that: “As expected, earnings for April were affected across all trades as freelancers took their families away for a long-awaited holiday with the lifting of COVID-19 travel restrictions across many European short-haul destinations and plenty of good package deals on offer. "The well-publicised queues at Manchester airport and tailbacks outside Dover will have been full of self-employed tradespeople heading off for some early season sunshine. Well-paid plumbers took a well-earned break after doing so much to keep the wider economy going over the last two years.” Weekly earnings for plumbing subcontractors reached a post-pandemic high of £1,139 in March, and have averaged at £1,059 this year.
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