The UK Office Rental Report 2026 from FreeOfficeFinder compared average monthly desk prices in private serviced offices across Britain.
Cambridge came out as the most expensive location at £588 per desk a month, compared with £483 across London as a whole. Even Shoreditch (£581) and Canary Wharf (£568) have lower average prices, although central London remains more expensive at £634.
At the other end of the ranking, Basingstoke averages just £190 per desk, highlighting the substantial differences in office costs between locations.
Nearly £24,000 a year separates the most and least expensive locations
For a business needing five desks, average prices would mean annual costs of approximately £35,280 in Cambridge compared with £11,400 in Basingstoke.
That's an illustrative difference of £23,880 a year for the same number of desks.
Big price differences within and around London
Central London averages £634 per desk a month, compared with £332 across the study's outer London and nearby towns group. For five desks, that represents an illustrative annual difference of £18,120.
Outside London, Reading averages £336 per desk a month, compared with £190 in Basingstoke.
The full UK office desk price ranking
The 19 selected towns and cities ranked by average monthly cost per desk in a private serviced office:
- Cambridge: £588
- London (as a whole): £483
- Bristol: £372
- Oxford: £362
- Birmingham: £347
- Brighton: £344
- Leeds: £343
- Reading: £336
- St Albans: £328
- Manchester: £326
- Milton Keynes: £308
- Edinburgh: £268
- Aberdeen: £267
- Liverpool: £262
- Glasgow: £251
- Slough: £218
- Newcastle: £209
- Cardiff: £199
- Basingstoke: £190
Nick Riesel, Managing Director of FreeOfficeFinder, said: “Where you base your business, and even which part of the city, can make a difference of hundreds of pounds a month. It pays to compare before you sign.”
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