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Flexible office space in the UK is priced per desk per month. As of September 2026, the median private office costs £400 per desk across the UK, £515 in London and £389 in Manchester. The price is all-in: rent, business rates, service charge, utilities, internet, furniture and cleaning arrive on one monthly bill, so a team of ten should budget roughly ten times the desk rate. Our UK office space price guide breaks the figures down by city and office size.

Plan on about 50 square feet (4.6 square metres) per desk in a flexible office, which is the convention the floorspace figures on Rubberdesk use. Allow 75 to 100 square feet per person if you want your own meeting room, kitchen or room to grow. In practice, flexible offices are chosen by desk count rather than floor area: a team of eight looks for an eight-desk office, and the operator has already planned the layout, furniture and shared space around it.

Flexible office space is any workspace let on a short licence rather than a long lease, from a single coworking desk to a private office or a whole managed floor. You pay one monthly fee per desk, with the building, furniture, internet, bills and reception already in place, and terms usually run from one to twelve months. It suits businesses that want to move quickly, grow or shrink without penalty, and avoid the legal costs, fit-out and dilapidations that come with a conventional lease.

Coworking is a desk in a shared open-plan space, either any free seat (a hot desk) or the same seat every day (a dedicated desk), and is the cheapest option. A serviced office is a private, lockable office inside a shared building, ready to move into, with reception, kitchens and meeting rooms shared with other companies. A managed office is a self-contained floor or suite fitted out to your specification and run by an operator, usually for teams of 20 or more on terms of one to three years.

Almost everything you would otherwise pay separately: rent, business rates, service charge, utilities, fast internet, furniture, cleaning, security, staffed reception and shared kitchens and breakout space. Meeting rooms are normally included up to a monthly allowance and charged by the hour after that. Before signing, check printing, parking, out-of-hours access, IT support and the size of the deposit, which is typically one to two months. Every listing on Rubberdesk shows what is included so offices can be compared like for like.

Serviced offices and coworking are let on a licence agreement rather than a lease, with terms from one month and twelve months the most common. Notice periods are usually one to three months, and the price is fixed for the term, so there are no rent reviews or surprise business-rates bills. Managed offices run for one to three years. A conventional lease is typically five to ten years, with legal fees and fit-out costs on top.

Coworking desks and most serviced offices can be occupied within a few days of agreeing terms, because the space is already furnished and connected; a week or two is typical once the licence and deposit are done. Managed offices take four to twelve weeks while the operator fits the space out. The quickest route is to tell us your team size, budget and preferred areas, and we will shortlist available offices and arrange viewings.

No. Searching, shortlisting, viewings and our help negotiating terms are free to businesses looking for space, and the price you pay is the operator's own. Rubberdesk is paid by the operator when a deal completes. Listing space is also free for operators, who pay a commission only on the business we introduce; the Membership Agreement has the details.

They come from the live listings on Rubberdesk, 8,677 offices across the UK, recalculated every week. Each figure is the median asking price per desk per month for the area, so a handful of very expensive or very cheap offices does not skew it. The figures shown here are as of September 2026. Our quarterly market reports track how prices and supply are moving over time.