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CNC machining cost
Most UK machine shops quote from a drawing: of 30 CNC machining services read on 28 October 2026, 3 print a figure on their own page. One UK shop publishes a fixed hourly rate from £21.98, and two UK sellers price a one-off reference part at £135.09 and £252. Tell us what you need and Joseph Ellul will reply directly.
Source: CNC Machining Rate Index: every row, with its source
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CNC Machining Rate Index
3 published prices from 2 providers' own pages, £21.98 to £252.
Hourly rate (from)1 price
- parallelprecision.co.uk £21.98
In contrast, Parallel Precision uses fixed hourly rates starting at £21.98/hr.
Reference part, 1 off2 prices
- parallelprecision.co.uk £135.09
Average Price £137.62 £45.38 £15.72 £12.91 Parallel Precision £135.09 £37.48 £11.09…
- get-it-made.co.uk £252
Material Finish Quantity Unit Price Lead timeDays Cost SavingFrom 1x 1 Aluminium As…
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CNC Machining Rate Index
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Every provider below was read on its own page through our fetch box, and the row says what that page published on the day we read it. 3 of 30 publish a figure; the rest are listed too, because how many will not quote a number is the most useful thing about this market. Nothing here is a quote for your job: it is what other people advertise.
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 3 of the 30 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 27 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 3 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 3 figures, never sentences; 216 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): per seller its own stated hourly rate by process (3-axis milling, turning, 4/5-axis) or its per-part price for a reference part, currency and VAT kept; per process the UK median and range from UK sellers only, the share of UK shops that publish versus quote, the online platform per-part price for the reference part, and the gap between UK and overseas platforms
| Provider | Published figure | Read | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parallel Precision: how much does CNC machining cost | £21.98 | 2026-10-28 | Parallel Precision: how much does CNC machining cost |
| Parallel Precision: how much does CNC machining cost | £135.09 | 2026-10-28 | Parallel Precision: how much does CNC machining cost |
| Get It Made: CNC machining cost | £252.00 6 | 2026-10-28 | Get It Made: CNC machining cost |
| Premium Parts: CNC cost per hour | $40 | 2026-10-28 | Premium Parts: CNC cost per hour |
| Rotec Aerospace: CNC machining costs | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | Rotec Aerospace: CNC machining costs |
| Fractory: CNC machining | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | Fractory: CNC machining |
| Machining-4U (UK marketplace) | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | Machining-4U (UK marketplace) (its own page, listed on this site's dataset page) |
| Parkway Kew: machining charges | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | Parkway Kew: machining charges |
| Protolabs UK CNC machining | publishes no price | 2026-10-12 | Protolabs UK CNC machining |
| Protolabs Network (Hubs) UK | publishes no price | 2026-10-12 | Protolabs Network (Hubs) UK |
| Geomiq CNC machining service | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | Geomiq CNC machining service |
| Quickparts UK | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | Quickparts UK |
| JLCCNC | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | JLCCNC (its own page, listed on this site's dataset page) |
| PCBWay CNC machining | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | PCBWay CNC machining |
| Weerg | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | Weerg (its own page, listed on this site's dataset page) |
| RapidDirect: CNC machining cost | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | RapidDirect: CNC machining cost |
- The median published figure is £135.09 across 3 readings, with the middle half between £21.98 and £252. (CNC Machining Rate Index: every row, with its source)
- 3 of 30 providers read publish a price at all; 27 publish none. (CNC Machining Rate Index: every row, with its source)
- The cheapest published figure is £21.98, by Parallel Precision: how much does CNC machining cost. (Parallel Precision: how much does CNC machining cost)
- The dearest published figure is £252, by Get It Made: CNC machining cost. (Get It Made: CNC machining cost)
Cite this page
“CNC Machining Rate Index”, CNC machining cost, https://cncmachiningcost.co.uk/ (updated 2026-10-28). Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 3 of the 30 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 27 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 3 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 3 figures, never sentences; 216 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): per seller its own stated hourly rate by process (3-axis milling, turning, 4/5-axis) or its per-part price for a reference part, currency and VAT kept; per process the UK median and range from UK sellers only, the share of UK shops that publish versus quote, the online platform per-part price for the reference part, and the gap between UK and overseas platforms
The process
- Tell us what you need and how to reach you. About a minute, no account.
- Joseph Ellul reads it personally. It is not passed to a supplier, a panel or a marketing list.
- You get a reply, or a free call if you ask for one. Ask questions, carry on, or do nothing.
This is a free information site run by Joseph Ellul. When you send an enquiry, Joseph Ellul reads it and replies to you directly; it is not passed to any firm, and you pay nothing to ask. The site carries no advertising, no sponsored placement and no affiliate links, and no firm in a table has paid to be there or can pay to be removed. Every figure is read from the named firm's or authority's own public page on the date shown and is what that page advertises, not a quote for your job. Nothing here is legal or technical advice; prices move, so check the source before you rely on a row.
The questions we get
What do UK subcontract machinists and online CNC services charge per hour and per part?
Few publish. Of 30 services read on 2026-10-28, one UK shop publishes a fixed hourly rate from £21.98 and two UK sellers price a one-off reference part at £135.09 and £252. A part's price depends on material, setup and quantity, so send a drawing for a quote; the table shows every published figure and who published it. (CNC Machining Rate Index: every row, with its source)
How many providers publish a price at all?
3 of the 30 read, out of 33 named. The others answer with a quote form. They are listed in the table as publishing no price rather than dropped, because the share of a market that will not put a number on its own page is itself a finding. (CNC Machining Rate Index: every row, with its source)
Where do these figures come from, and when were they read?
Each one is a sentence on the provider's own page, read on 2026-10-28 through our own fetch box and stored with the hash of the page's text, so the row can be checked against what was there that day. The row links to the page it came from. (CNC Machining Rate Index: every row, with its source)
Is this a price for my job?
No. Every figure here is what a provider advertises on its own page for its own packages, not a quote for your work, and the spread from £21.98 to £252 is exactly why. Scope is what moves it. Ask for a price and you get one; this page is so you know what you are hearing when you do. (CNC Machining Rate Index: every row, with its source)
Who answers an enquiry from this page?
Joseph Ellul, who runs this site and does this work. There is no lead panel behind the form: the enquiry is read by the company that would do the job, and your details are not passed on or resold to anyone.
Go deeper
Each one cites where its numbers come from.
- Who publishes a price, and who makes you ask
3 of 30 providers read for cnc machining cost publish a figure. These are the ones that do not.
- CNC machining cost per hour in the UK: published rates
What UK and online CNC machining services publish as an hourly rate and as a price per part, each figure from the seller's own page, read 28 October 2026.
- CNC machine hourly rate: how a shop works it out
How a machine shop builds its hourly rate from the machine's cost, the hours it runs, labour and overhead, with the UK pay figure from ONS to start from.
Sources
This site's own dataset, every figure quoted from its source and dated:
- The CNC Machining Rate Index carries 3 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 21.98 to 252 GBP, read 28 October 2026.
- Parallel Precision: how much does CNC machining cost
- Get It Made: CNC machining cost
- Rotec Aerospace: CNC machining costs
- Fractory: CNC machining
- Machining-4U (UK marketplace) (its own page, listed on this site's dataset page)
- Parkway Kew: machining charges
- Protolabs UK CNC machining
- Protolabs Network (Hubs) UK