Best job management software for electricians UK 2026
A spark I know runs a three man firm out of Reading. Decent business, full order book, the lot. For two years he ran the whole thing off a notepad on the dash, a WhatsApp group, and a folder of Word invoices he kept meaning to tidy up. Then he lost a £1,900 job because the customer rang twice and he forgot to call back, and the customer went with someone who picked up.
That's the moment most electricians start looking at job management software. Not because they love apps, but because the admin has started costing real money. The trouble is there are a dozen of them, they all promise the same things, and the pricing is rarely as simple as the homepage makes out. So here's an honest run through the ones worth knowing in 2026.
TL;DR
- The serious options for a UK electrical firm in 2026: Tradify, Powered Now, YourTradebase, Commusoft, Joblogic and TradeStash.
- Tradify and TradeStash suit small firms that want quoting, scheduling and invoicing without enterprise bulk. Commusoft and Joblogic suit bigger firms doing planned maintenance and service contracts.
- Watch the pricing model. Per user apps get expensive fast once you add a couple of lads. A flat team price is usually cheaper for a firm of two to six.
- Most job management apps do not produce NICEIC or NAPIT certificates. You will likely still need a certificate app alongside. Check this before you buy.
- Pick on three things: does it work offline, does the price scale with your team without stinging you, and will you actually use it from the van.
What the software actually needs to do for an electrician
Strip away the marketing and a job management app for a sparks firm needs to do five jobs well. Everything else is a bonus.
- Quote fast. You want to turn a site visit into a sent quote before you have driven home. The firms that quote same day win more work, plain and simple.
- Schedule the team. Who is where, on which job, with what materials. A shared diary that the lads can see on their own phones stops the daily "where am I today" texts.
- Track the job. Photos for the diary, notes, materials used, hours on site. This is what protects you when a customer queries the bill three weeks later.
- Invoice and get paid. Raise the invoice the day the work finishes, chase it if it goes overdue, take card or bank payment without faff.
- Work offline. Half your work is in lofts, plant rooms and new builds with no signal. The app has to keep working with no bars and sync when you are back in range.
Notice what is not on that list: producing your electrical certificates. Hold that thought, it matters later.
The shortlist worth knowing
These are the apps a UK electrician will actually come across in 2026. Prices move, so treat the figures as a guide and check each provider's current pricing before you commit. Most offer a free trial, so use it on a real job before you pay.
Tradify
The default recommendation in a lot of electrician forums, and for good reason. Built for small trade firms, strong on quoting, scheduling and invoicing, clean mobile app. It is priced per user, roughly £30 to £40 per user per month depending on the plan and whether you pay yearly. For a one man band it is fine. For a three or four person firm the per user model adds up quickly. Good integrations with Xero and QuickBooks if you already run those.
Powered Now
UK built, aimed squarely at trades, with decent invoicing and quoting and a focus on getting the paperwork done from your phone. Pricing sits at the lower end, often cheaper than Tradify for a solo or small setup. The interface feels a little dated to some, but it does the core jobs and handles VAT and CIS sensibly for UK firms.
YourTradebase
A solid UK option that has been around a while, strong on the quote to invoice flow and well liked for its quoting in particular. Worth a look if quoting is your main pain. Pricing is per user and lands in a similar bracket to Tradify. Note the name is close to ours, they are a separate company, no relation.
Commusoft
This is a step up into bigger territory. Built for field service firms running planned maintenance, service contracts and larger teams. If you do a lot of commercial or social housing work with recurring inspections, Commusoft has the depth for it, including asset tracking and SLA management. It also costs more, often £50 plus per user per month, and it is more than most small domestic firms need.
Joblogic
Similar bracket to Commusoft. Field service management aimed at maintenance and facilities work, strong on planned preventative maintenance and asset history. Genuinely powerful for the right firm, overkill and pricey for a two man domestic outfit. Worth knowing if you are growing into commercial contracts.
TradeStash
The app I built. Mobile first, made for UK firms running one to six lads, covering clients, jobs, quotes, invoices, materials, photo diaries, task checklists and team chat in one place. The thing that sets it apart for a small firm is the pricing model. Solo is £24.99 a month for a single tradesperson. Growth is £39.99 a month for the whole firm, not per user, so it costs the same whether you have two lads or six. There is a 14 day free trial with full access and no card needed. I will not pretend it has the planned maintenance depth of Commusoft, because it does not. It is built for the everyday domestic and small commercial firm, not the facilities contractor.
Worked example: what it actually costs a three man firm
Pricing pages quote the single user rate, which makes everything look cheap. The real number is what you pay once the whole team is on it. Take a firm of three, the owner and two electricians, all needing an account. Here is the rough annual cost in 2026, using mid plan pricing and assuming you pay yearly.
- Tradify, around £35 per user per month, three users: about £105 a month, roughly £1,260 a year.
- YourTradebase, similar per user pricing, three users: roughly £1,100 to £1,300 a year.
- Commusoft, around £55 per user per month, three users: about £165 a month, roughly £1,980 a year.
- TradeStash Growth, flat £39.99 a month for the whole firm, paid yearly at £399.99: £399.99 a year regardless of whether it is three lads or six.
That is the difference the pricing model makes. On a per user plan, every account you add is another monthly charge, which quietly pushes firms into sharing one login between three people, and then nobody trusts the diary. On a flat plan you add the apprentice, the new spark and the office help without thinking about it, because the bill does not change.
None of this means per user pricing is a con. For a true solo trader, Tradify or Powered Now on a single account can come out cheaper than a flat team plan you do not need. The maths only swings the other way once you have a team. Work out your own number with your real headcount before you decide.
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The certificate problem nobody mentions up front
Here is the catch that catches a lot of electricians out. Most job management apps do not produce your electrical certificates. They handle the quote, the job and the invoice, but when it comes to an EICR, an Electrical Installation Certificate or a Minor Works cert, they leave you to your existing tool.
So in practice a lot of sparks run two pieces of software. The job management app for the business side, and a dedicated certificate app for the compliance side. Common certificate tools are iCertifi, Easycert, and the certification apps your scheme provider offers, whether that is NICEIC, NAPIT or another. Some firms also still use the paper pads, though fewer every year.
This is not a reason to avoid job management software. It is a reason to be clear about what you are buying. Before you sign up to anything, ask the provider one direct question: does this produce compliant certificates for my scheme, or do I keep my cert app. If the answer is keep your cert app, that is fine, just budget for both and do not expect one tool to do everything. An app that is honest about this is more trustworthy than one that implies it does the lot.
What NOT to do
- Don't pick on the homepage feature list. Every app lists the same features. The difference is in how they feel on a real job. Run the free trial on an actual quote and an actual invoice before you pay a penny.
- Don't ignore the pricing model. The headline price is the single user rate. Multiply it by your real headcount and compare that number. A cheap looking per user app can end up dearer than a flat team plan once the lads are added.
- Don't assume it does your certificates. Check before you buy, not after. Finding out on site that your shiny new app cannot issue an EICR is a bad day.
- Don't buy more app than you need. If you do domestic and small commercial work, you do not need enterprise planned maintenance software with asset tracking. You are paying for depth you will never touch. Match the tool to the firm.
- Don't migrate everything in one go. Move your quoting across first, get comfortable, then bring jobs and invoicing over. Trying to switch the whole business in a weekend is how apps end up abandoned by the Tuesday.
So which one
If you are a true solo spark and quoting is your main headache, Tradify or Powered Now on a single account are sound, well proven picks. If you are running a firm of two to six and the per user maths is starting to sting, a flat team plan like TradeStash Growth is worth a proper look, because the price does not climb every time you take someone on. If you are pushing into commercial maintenance with service contracts and recurring inspections, Commusoft or Joblogic have the depth, and the higher price comes with it.
Whichever way you lean, do the same thing first. Pick two, run the free trials side by side on one real job each, and judge them on how fast you can quote and whether the app works in a loft with no signal. That tells you more than any comparison table, this one included.