Rates

Cost guide:

Prior to retirement, work and services were sometimes invoiced as required, with payment directed to a nominated charity. Since retirement, even where work is not invoiced but donated, clients are still required to account for it as "Notional Income", so the following rates are a guide to that:

Hiring an event DJ, per diem, per event, expenses extra.
  • Planning, preparation, travel, setup, performance, and takedown are included in the overall cost.
  • The baseline rate of £773 covers a typical DJ performance and associated travel. *
  • Disbursements and other expenses are charged at cost + 5%.
  • Evening, night, holiday and weekend working are subject to uplifted charges as shown.
Baseline: 100% M T W T F Weekends & Holidays
0800-1700 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 150%
1700-2359 150% 150% 150% 150% 200% 200%
0000-0759 400% 400% 400% 400% 400% 400%

Extras:
  • Road mileage at current HMRC published rates.
  • Sea and air travel at cost + 5%.
  • Overnight accommodation & subsistence at cost + 5%.

* Equivalent to the median gross weekly earnings for full-time employees in Scotland 2025, as published by the Office for National Statistics. 

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