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Downlight/Spotlight Installation Cost UK (2026)

UK national average£40 - £80per spotlight · typical duration 20-40 minutes per light

Downlight/Spotlight Installation in the UK typically costs £40-£80per spotlight in 2026. London and the Home Counties sit at the top of the range; Wales, Northern Ireland and the North East are usually cheapest. Click any city below for a full local breakdown.

What's usually included

Supply of fire-rated LED downlight
Cable run from lighting circuit
Testing and Minor Works Certificate

What affects the price

Fire-rated vs standard downlights
Number of lights in one installation
Ceiling access and insulation disturbance
Dimmer switch compatibility

Downlight/Spotlight Installation prices by UK location

South East

Brighton£50 - £95 Southampton£45 - £85 Portsmouth£40 - £85 Reading£45 - £90 Slough£45 - £90 Oxford£50 - £100 Isle of Wight£40 - £85 High Wycombe£45 - £90 Maidstone£45 - £85 Crawley£45 - £90 Worthing£40 - £85 Basingstoke£45 - £90 Gillingham£40 - £80 Woking£50 - £95 Eastbourne£40 - £80 Hastings£40 - £75 Hove£50 - £95 Dartford£45 - £90 Bracknell£45 - £90 Gosport£40 - £80 Chatham£40 - £80 Guildford£50 - £100 Ashford£40 - £85 Aylesbury£45 - £90 Maidenhead£50 - £95 Redhill£45 - £95 Farnborough£45 - £90 Bognor Regis£40 - £80 Sittingbourne£40 - £80 Margate£35 - £75 Tunbridge Wells£45 - £95 Canterbury£40 - £85 Banbury£40 - £85 Eastleigh£40 - £85 Horsham£45 - £90 Andover£40 - £85 Folkestone£40 - £80 Wokingham£50 - £95 Havant£40 - £80 Winchester£50 - £95 Newbury£45 - £90 Fareham£40 - £85 Ramsgate£35 - £70 Camberley£45 - £90 Aldershot£45 - £90 Windsor£50 - £100 Epsom£50 - £100 Burgess Hill£45 - £90 Dover£40 - £80 Haywards Heath£45 - £90 Sevenoaks£50 - £100 Chichester£45 - £90

West Midlands

Birmingham£40 - £80 Coventry£40 - £80 Sandwell£40 - £75 Dudley£40 - £75 Walsall£40 - £75 Wolverhampton£40 - £75 Stoke-on-Trent£35 - £70 Solihull£40 - £85 Telford£35 - £75 Worcester£40 - £80 Redditch£40 - £75 Nuneaton£40 - £75 Shrewsbury£40 - £75 Stafford£35 - £75 Hereford£40 - £75 Kidderminster£35 - £75 Leamington Spa£45 - £85 Warwick£40 - £85 Stratford-upon-Avon£45 - £85

East Midlands

Leicester£40 - £80 Nottingham£40 - £80 Derby£40 - £75 Northampton£40 - £80 Mansfield£35 - £70 Lincoln£35 - £70 Chesterfield£35 - £70 Corby£35 - £70 Kettering£40 - £75 Loughborough£40 - £75 Boston£35 - £70

Yorkshire

Leeds£40 - £80 Sheffield£40 - £75 Bradford£35 - £70 Wakefield£35 - £75 Doncaster£35 - £70 Hull£35 - £65 Rotherham£35 - £70 Barnsley£35 - £70 Huddersfield£35 - £75 York£40 - £85 Halifax£35 - £70 Grimsby£35 - £65 Scunthorpe£35 - £65 Harrogate£45 - £90 Scarborough£35 - £70

North East

Newcastle upon Tyne£40 - £75 Sunderland£35 - £70 Gateshead£35 - £70 Stockton-on-Tees£35 - £70 Middlesbrough£35 - £70 Darlington£35 - £70 Hartlepool£35 - £65 South Shields£35 - £70 Durham£35 - £75 North Shields£35 - £70 Redcar£35 - £65

Wales

Cardiff£35 - £70 Swansea£35 - £70 Newport£35 - £70 Wrexham£35 - £65 Bridgend£35 - £65 Merthyr Tydfil£30 - £65 Pontypridd£35 - £65 Llandudno£35 - £70 Bangor£35 - £65 Aberystwyth£35 - £70

Scotland

Glasgow£35 - £70 Edinburgh£45 - £90 Aberdeen£40 - £75 Dundee£35 - £70 Paisley£35 - £70 East Kilbride£35 - £70 Inverness£35 - £75 Livingston£40 - £75 Dunfermline£35 - £70 Hamilton£35 - £70 Kirkcaldy£35 - £70 Perth£35 - £75 Ayr£35 - £70 Stirling£40 - £75 Falkirk£35 - £70

Northern Ireland

Belfast£35 - £70 Derry£30 - £60 Newtownabbey£35 - £70 Craigavon£30 - £60 Bangor (NI)£35 - £70 Lisburn£35 - £70 Ballymena£30 - £60 Newry£30 - £65