The amount charged for hiring a skip can vary greatly depending on where you are in the country. A survey by our sister business skipandbin.com shows the following average skip hire prices before VAT across the UK.
| Location | 4 yard skip | 6 yard skip | 8 yard skip | 12 yard skip |
| Birmingham | £115 | * | £175 | £205 |
| Bristol | £125 | £160 | £185 | £240 |
| Edinburgh | * | * | £160 | £* |
| Essex | £145 | £190 | £210 | £275 |
| Exeter | £135 | £180 | £225 | * |
| Glasgow | £100 | * | £140 | £180 |
| Leeds | £115 | * | £150 | £205 |
| Liverpool | £80 | * | £135 | * |
| London | * | £210 | £235 | £300 |
| Luton | £165 | £210 | £225 | £295 |
| Manchester | £100 | * | £145 | £195 |
| Newcastle | £85 | * | £145 | £165 |
| Nottingham | £105 | £135 | £155 | £205 |
| Southampton | £130 | £175 | £220 | £280 |
Cheapest skip hire was Liverpool where you can expect to pay £135 + VAT for an 8 yard builders skip but the same sized skip in London will set you back an extra £100 at £235 + VAT. It may seem obvious that London skip hire prices should be higher to cover the extra costs of labour and congestion charges, but £100 seems an awful lot of extra! Equally there are several other regions where the average price of an 8 yard skip is over £200 including Essex, Exeter, Luton and Southampton.
Prices exclude VAT. Full details of the survey are available here.
