{ "dataset": "The Day Rate Report, UK trade day rates", "edition": "September 2026", "period": "Sourced June to September 2026", "updated": "2026-09-30", "spread_checked": "30 September 2026", "licence": "CC BY 4.0", "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "attribution": "The Day Rate Report, September 2026, https://thedayrate.co.uk/", "url": "https://thedayrate.co.uk/", "method": "Each national benchmark is published beside the day rate spread UK trade price guides publish for that trade, named and dated on the trade page; where no comparable published rate exists the benchmark is labelled modelled and no range is shown.", "sources": [ "ONS earnings data (ASHE April 2025)", "UK House Price Index (April 2026)", "National trade cost guides" ], "units": "GBP per working day, labour only, before materials and VAT", "columns": { "trade": "The trade as it is named on its own report page.", "trade_slug": "The registry slug, which is also the trade page and CSV 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