# CNC Machining Rate Index

> 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.

CNC machining cost · https://cncmachiningcost.co.uk/datasets/cnc-machining-rate-index/ · computed 2026-10-28

**Range of the published figures:** 21.98 to 252 GBP (range 21.98 to 252 GBP; 3 published figures; 3 of 30 sources read publish one).

3 of the 30 named sources read in full publish a figure; 27 publish none, read 28 October 2026.

## By process

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| process hourly rate (from) | 21.98 GBP | 21.98 to 21.98 GBP | 1 |
| process hourly rate (from) | 40 USD | 40 to 40 USD | 1 |
| process reference part, 1-off | 193.55 GBP | 135.09 to 252 GBP | 2 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Get It Made: CNC machining cost](https://get-it-made.co.uk/resources/how-much-does-cnc-machining-cost) | 252 GBP | reference part, 1-off | 2026-10-28 |
| [Parallel Precision: how much does CNC machining cost](https://www.parallelprecision.co.uk/blog/how_much_does_cnc_machining_cost) | 135.09 GBP | reference part, 1-off | 2026-10-28 |
| [Premium Parts: CNC cost per hour](https://www.premiumparts.com/blog/how-much-does-cnc-machining-cost-per-hour) | 40 USD | hourly rate (from) | 2026-10-28 |
| [Parallel Precision: how much does CNC machining cost](https://www.parallelprecision.co.uk/blog/how_much_does_cnc_machining_cost) | 21.98 GBP | hourly rate (from) | 2026-10-28 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (4)

- [Get It Made: CNC machining cost](https://get-it-made.co.uk/resources/how-much-does-cnc-machining-cost), read 2026-10-28: "Material Finish Quantity Unit Price Lead timeDays Cost SavingFrom 1x 1 Aluminium As machined 1 £252.00 6 -"
- [Parallel Precision: how much does CNC machining cost](https://www.parallelprecision.co.uk/blog/how_much_does_cnc_machining_cost), read 2026-10-28: "Average Price £137.62 £45.38 £15.72 £12.91 Parallel Precision £135.09 £37.48 £11.09 £8.08"
- [Premium Parts: CNC cost per hour](https://www.premiumparts.com/blog/how-much-does-cnc-machining-cost-per-hour), read 2026-10-28: "At Premium Parts, our hourly rates start at $40/hour and scale depending on your part complexity, material, and machine time."
- [Parallel Precision: how much does CNC machining cost](https://www.parallelprecision.co.uk/blog/how_much_does_cnc_machining_cost), read 2026-10-28: "In contrast, Parallel Precision uses fixed hourly rates starting at £21.98/hr."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [Rotec Aerospace: CNC machining costs](https://www.rotec-ltd.com/cnc-machining-costs), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Fractory: CNC machining](https://fractory.com/cnc-machining/), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Machining-4U (UK marketplace)](https://www.machining-4u.co.uk/), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Parkway Kew: machining charges](https://parkwaykew.com/feeds/blog/machining-charges), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Protolabs UK CNC machining](https://www.protolabs.com/en-gb/services/cnc-machining/locations/uk/), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Protolabs Network (Hubs) UK](https://www.hubs.com/cnc-machining/united-kingdom/), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Geomiq CNC machining service](https://geomiq.com/cnc-machining-service/), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Quickparts UK](https://quickparts.com/gb/best-online-cnc-machining-services-uk), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [JLCCNC](https://jlccnc.com/), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- [PCBWay CNC machining](https://www.pcbway.com/rapid-prototyping/CNC-machining/), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Weerg](https://www.weerg.com/), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- [RapidDirect: CNC machining cost](https://www.rapiddirect.com/blog/cnc-machining-cost/), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Daxin CNC: cost per hour](https://daxincnc.com/resources/cnc-machining-cost-per-hour/), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Dahe Precision: cost per hour 2026](https://daheprecision.com/cnc-machining-cost-per-hour/), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Prolean: CNC machining cost guide](https://proleantech.com/cnc-machining-cost-guide/), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- [RK Engineering (Atherstone)](https://rkengineering.madeinthemidlands.com/), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Penta Precision (Cupar, Scotland)](https://www.pentaprecision.co.uk/), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [cncmachining.co.uk](https://www.cncmachining.co.uk/), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Haas VF-2SSYT-UK](https://www.haascnc.com/machines/vertical-mills/vf-series/models/small/vf-2ssyt-uk.html), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [ADS member: UK Precision Ltd](https://adsgroup.org.uk/members/uk-precision-ltd-2), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [FreeIndex: machining](https://www.freeindex.co.uk/categories/industry/manufacturing/machining/), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [QuoteBuddy: machining price list 2026](https://quotebuddy.therness.com/en/blog/listino-prezzi-lavorazioni-meccaniche), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- [GoCAD: machine hour rate calculator](https://gocad.de/en/maschinenstundensatz-berechnen), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- [How to calculate CNC machining cost per hour (press article)](https://business.sherbrookerecord.com/sherbrookerecord/article/abnewswire-2025-9-23-how-to-calculate-cnc-machining-cost-per-hour), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- [MIE Solutions: hourly rate calculation](https://mie-solutions.com/how-to-manufacturing-hourly-rate-calculation/), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- [All3DP: nine online CNC services compared](https://all3dp.com/2/best-cnc-online-services/), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Machineseeker UK: used vertical machining centres](https://www.machineseeker.co.uk/mss/vertical+machining+center), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused

## Methodology

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

## Sources

- [Parallel Precision: how much does CNC machining cost](https://www.parallelprecision.co.uk/blog/how_much_does_cnc_machining_cost) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Get It Made: CNC machining cost](https://get-it-made.co.uk/resources/how-much-does-cnc-machining-cost) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Rotec Aerospace: CNC machining costs](https://www.rotec-ltd.com/cnc-machining-costs) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Fractory: CNC machining](https://fractory.com/cnc-machining/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Machining-4U (UK marketplace)](https://www.machining-4u.co.uk/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Parkway Kew: machining charges](https://parkwaykew.com/feeds/blog/machining-charges) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Protolabs UK CNC machining](https://www.protolabs.com/en-gb/services/cnc-machining/locations/uk/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Protolabs Network (Hubs) UK](https://www.hubs.com/cnc-machining/united-kingdom/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Geomiq CNC machining service](https://geomiq.com/cnc-machining-service/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Quickparts UK](https://quickparts.com/gb/best-online-cnc-machining-services-uk) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [JLCCNC](https://jlccnc.com/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [PCBWay CNC machining](https://www.pcbway.com/rapid-prototyping/CNC-machining/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Weerg](https://www.weerg.com/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [RapidDirect: CNC machining cost](https://www.rapiddirect.com/blog/cnc-machining-cost/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Premium Parts: CNC cost per hour](https://www.premiumparts.com/blog/how-much-does-cnc-machining-cost-per-hour) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Daxin CNC: cost per hour](https://daxincnc.com/resources/cnc-machining-cost-per-hour/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Dahe Precision: cost per hour 2026](https://daheprecision.com/cnc-machining-cost-per-hour/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Prolean: CNC machining cost guide](https://proleantech.com/cnc-machining-cost-guide/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [RK Engineering (Atherstone)](https://rkengineering.madeinthemidlands.com/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Penta Precision (Cupar, Scotland)](https://www.pentaprecision.co.uk/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [cncmachining.co.uk](https://www.cncmachining.co.uk/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Haas VF-2SSYT-UK](https://www.haascnc.com/machines/vertical-mills/vf-series/models/small/vf-2ssyt-uk.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ADS member: UK Precision Ltd](https://adsgroup.org.uk/members/uk-precision-ltd-2) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [FreeIndex: machining](https://www.freeindex.co.uk/categories/industry/manufacturing/machining/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [QuoteBuddy: machining price list 2026](https://quotebuddy.therness.com/en/blog/listino-prezzi-lavorazioni-meccaniche) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GoCAD: machine hour rate calculator](https://gocad.de/en/maschinenstundensatz-berechnen) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [How to calculate CNC machining cost per hour (press article)](https://business.sherbrookerecord.com/sherbrookerecord/article/abnewswire-2025-9-23-how-to-calculate-cnc-machining-cost-per-hour) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [MIE Solutions: hourly rate calculation](https://mie-solutions.com/how-to-manufacturing-hourly-rate-calculation/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [All3DP: nine online CNC services compared](https://all3dp.com/2/best-cnc-online-services/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Machineseeker UK: used vertical machining centres](https://www.machineseeker.co.uk/mss/vertical+machining+center) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [MyCNCUK forum: CNC cost per hour](https://www.mycncuk.com/threads/10771-CNC-Cost-per-hour) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Equipt: Haas VF-2 listings](https://www.equipt.com/models/haas-vf-2) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [adsgroup.org.uk](https://www.adsgroup.org.uk/member-capabilities/manufacturing-organisations/manufacturing-processes/machining/broaching) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

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- 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.
- 3 of the 30 named sources read in full publish a figure; 27 publish none, read 28 October 2026.
- CNC Machining Rate Index, process hourly rate (from): median 21.98 GBP across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.
- CNC Machining Rate Index, process hourly rate (from): median 40 USD across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.
- CNC Machining Rate Index, process reference part, 1-off: median 193.55 GBP across 2 sources, read 28 October 2026.

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