01 — Foundation
Base & Caps
London Living Wage is the floor. The premium is added on top. Caps constrain the total premium.
London Living Wage
Hourly base rate before premium
£
Upper Cap
Maximum total premium
£
Lower Cap
Minimum total premium
£
02 — Day of Week
Day
Higher values on busier nights. Thursday through Saturday typically command higher premiums.
Mon
£
Tue
£
Wed
£
Thu
£
Fri
£
Sat
£
Sun
£
03 — Calendar Modifiers
Bank Holiday, Payday & Major Holiday
Applied automatically based on the shift date. Bank Holiday Weekend covers Fri/Sat/Sun preceding a Monday bank holiday. Payday Weekend covers the weekend containing the final Friday of the month.
Bank Holiday Weekend
Auto-detected Fri–Sun
£
Payday Weekend
Weekend of the last Friday
£
Major Holiday
Christmas, NYE, Easter
£
04 — Busyness
Shifts Already Posted Today
If the platform is already busy with shifts that day, demand for freelancers is higher and we need to incentivise harder.
Fewer than 3
Quiet day, ample supply
£
3 to 6
Moderate competition
£
6 or more
High competition for crew
£
05 — Role
Role Type
More specialised roles command higher premiums.
Barback
£
Bartender
£
Cocktail Bartender
£
06 — Month
Month of Year
Seasonal demand. December and November typically see higher activity; January is usually quiet.
Jan
£
Feb
£
Mar
£
Apr
£
May
£
Jun
£
Jul
£
Aug
£
Sep
£
Oct
£
Nov
£
Dec
£
07 — Notice
Time Between Submission & Shift Start
Shorter notice means more urgency. T minus 2 hours is the tightest, T minus 12 hours the loosest. Anything over 12 hours gets no notice premium.
T−12h
£
T−11h
£
T−10h
£
T−9h
£
T−8h
£
T−7h
£
T−6h
£
T−5h
£
T−4h
£
T−3h
£
T−2h
£
Notice is rounded up to the nearest hour. A shift 5.5 hours away uses the T−6h value. Shifts under 2 hours away use the T−2h value. Shifts 12+ hours away receive no notice premium.
08 — Borough
London Borough
A location lever covering the 33 London boroughs. Pricing follows the venue’s borough, looked up from its postcode district.
Barking and Dagenham
£
Barnet
£
Bexley
£
Brent
£
Bromley
£
Camden
£
City of London
£
Croydon
£
Ealing
£
Enfield
£
Greenwich
£
Hackney
£
Hammersmith and Fulham
£
Haringey
£
Harrow
£
Havering
£
Hillingdon
£
Hounslow
£
Islington
£
Kensington and Chelsea
£
Kingston upon Thames
£
Lambeth
£
Lewisham
£
Merton
£
Newham
£
Redbridge
£
Richmond upon Thames
£
Southwark
£
Sutton
£
Tower Hamlets
£
Waltham Forest
£
Wandsworth
£
Westminster
£
09 — Quality Penalty
Negative Ratings
Premiums applied when the venue or manager has poor ratings, compensating freelancers for taking on a known difficult shift.
Negative Venue Rating
£
Negative Manager Rating
£
Test Shift
Simulator
Auto-detected from date
Bank holiday weekend, payday weekend, major holiday, day of week, month and notice are all calculated from the dates you enter above. Change the submission or shift start time to see how the price moves.
Premium Breakdown
Sum (raw)
£0.00
Premium
£0.00
Per Hour
Value to Freelancer
£0.00/hr
Cost to Venue
£0.00/hr
Total Shift (6 hours)
Freelancer Earns
£0.00
Venue Pays
£0.00
Hospo Margin
£0.00