How Much Do Kitchen Fitters Charge?

In short: Published 2026 UK guides put a kitchen fitter's day rate at £200 to £350, and the labour to fit a standard kitchen at roughly £1,700 to £4,600. The spread is mostly about scope: a fitter-only price covers the units, worktops and doors, while plumbing, electrics, plastering and tiling are often priced separately. Rated People puts a full-service installation that coordinates every trade at £7,000 to £9,500.

01 How much do kitchen fitters charge?

Kitchen fitters charge around £200 to £350 a day in 2026, and roughly £1,700 to £4,600 to fit a standard kitchen, according to the cost guides published by MyJobQuote and Rated People. The lower figures are for fitting the units, worktops and doors only; the higher ones include more of the work around them.

That difference in scope is the single most important thing to understand before comparing quotes. MyJobQuote notes that a labour-only price does not usually include the units or appliances, or specialist work such as new electrics.

02 What is the average cost to fit a kitchen?

The average cost to fit a standard kitchen is around £1,700 to £3,000 for labour only, according to MyJobQuote's October 2026 guide, which says this is up to about 30% of the total cost of a new kitchen. Rated People gives £2,200 to £4,600 for a basic fit, and up to £7,000 to £9,500 for a full-service installation that coordinates all of the trades.

Which? puts labour at about 20 to 30% of the final spend on a new kitchen, and Rated People at 30 to 40%. The rest is the units, worktops and appliances, which is why fitting should always be quoted separately from supply — otherwise you cannot tell what the labour actually costs.

03 Do kitchen fitters charge per unit?

Some kitchen fitters charge per unit, and MyJobQuote puts that at between £100 and £150 per unit in 2026. Per-unit pricing suits a simple fit in a room where the services are already in the right place. It becomes misleading as soon as the job involves moving the sink, adding a cooker circuit, levelling a floor or scribing worktops to walls that are out of true, because none of that is counted in units.

04 What does a kitchen fitter do?

A kitchen fitter assembles and installs the units, worktops, doors and appliances, and leaves a kitchen that is level, square and working. On a typical job that means:

• Stripping out the old kitchen, if agreed.
• Setting and levelling the base units, and hanging the wall units.
• Cutting, jointing and fitting laminate or timber worktops, and cutting the sink and hob apertures.
• Fitting end panels, plinths, cornice and filler panels, scribed to the walls.
• Fitting integrated appliances behind matching doors.
• Hanging and adjusting doors and drawers, and fitting the handles.

What a fitter-only price usually leaves out is the plumbing, electrics, gas, plastering and tiling. Rated People's 2026 breakdown lists those trades separately: electricians at £250 to £400 a day, plumbers at £180 to £375, plasterers at £150 to £250 and tilers at £150 to £300. Anyone paid to do gas work must by law be Gas Safe registered.

05 Why do kitchen fitting quotes vary so much?

Kitchen fitting quotes vary because each one includes a different amount of the job. One fitter quotes for the units alone and expects you to find an electrician and a plasterer; another includes strip-out, waste, plumbing, electrics, plastering, tiling and making good. Before comparing totals, line the quotes up against the same list: strip-out and disposal, plumbing, electrical work and certification, gas, plastering, flooring, worktops, tiling, and who checks the supplier's plan against the room.

06 How do we price kitchen fitting?

Barbers Bathrooms & Kitchens does not publish kitchen fitting prices. We survey the room, check the supplier's plan against it if you have bought the kitchen elsewhere, and give a fixed written quote with the fitting shown separately from any supply — including the plumbing, electrics, plastering and tiling, all done by our own team.

If you have already chosen your kitchen, our kitchen fitting only service is for exactly that. Homeowners looking for kitchen fitters in Worksop, four miles from our base, can see the work we do there.