Day January 20, 2026

Since June 15, 2022, every new-build home in England with associated parking has been legally required to include an electric vehicle (EV) charging point. Not proposed. Not optional. Mandatory. Part S of the Building Regulations made the UK one of the first countries to legislate EV infrastructure at the point of construction. Nearly four years in, the market has shifted from "Will this happen?" to "How do I make money from it?" 

The headline numbers look brilliant. Median electrician pay jumped from £32,745 in 2019 to an estimated £40,800 in 2025. That's roughly 25% nominal growth over six years. Pack up your tools, we're all rich, right? Not quite. Here's what the salary surveys and press releases won't tell you: most of that growth got eaten by inflation. The 2022-2023 cost-of-living crisis meant electricians were running faster just to stay in the same place. Real purchasing power didn't meaningfully improve until 2024-2025, when wages finally broke past the inflation ceiling.