Average Rent in the UK
Average rent in the UK (Q2 2025) is £748 pcm. If you exclude inner London it's £665 pcm.
Average rents are updated every quarter - last updated July 2025
Average rents by region
| Region | Average monthly room rent | Annual change |
| East Anglia | £672 | 1.6% |
| East Midlands | £566 | 0.6% |
| North East | £551 | 0.6% |
| North West | £605 | -0.6% |
| Northern Ireland | £563 | 0.8% |
| Scotland | £691 | -0.9% |
| South East | £744 | 1.2% |
| South West | £668 | 2.0% |
| Wales | £592 | 2.1% |
| West Midlands | £582 | 0.4% |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | £565 | 0.6% |
| London | £980 | -0.4% |
| UK | £748 | 0.9% |
| UK (excl London) | £665 | 1.1% |
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Methodology
SpareRoom’s Quarterly Rental Index data compares data from Q2 2025 with Q2 2024, based on 375,000+ UK room ads (inclusive of bills) across both periods. Postcodes with a sample size of less than 25 were excluded. City sample size is 200+ room ads. London data covers E, EC, N, NW, SE, SW, W & WC postcodes.
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