You set the rate, starting at £12/hr
DriveGet does not set your price. Every self-employed driver on the marketplace publishes their own hourly rate, starting from a £12/hr floor. That floor exists so the marketplace never becomes a race to the bottom; above it, you price according to your licence category, your vehicle, your local demand and how much of your week you want to fill. Category B drivers commonly sit near the lower end when they are building a rating, then raise their rate once reviews accumulate. Category C1 and C drivers price higher because far fewer drivers hold those entitlements.
You keep 85% of the driver-rate line
On every completed job, 85% of the driver-rate line is yours. The remaining 15% is the platform fee, and it is the only deduction DriveGet takes: there is no signup cost, no monthly subscription, no lead-buying and no hidden markup added on top of your rate behind your back. The customer sees the rate you published. That fee funds escrow and payments, DVLA entitlement and penalty-point checks, ID and right-to-work verification, insurance document validation, live tracking, VAT invoicing, dispute resolution and UK-based support.
Worked example
Suppose you set your rate at £18/hr and work a five-hour job. The driver-rate line is £90. Your share at 85% is £76.50, released to you the day after the job is confirmed complete rather than on 30-day invoice terms. Do four such jobs a week and the gross driver line is £360, of which £306 is yours. Do six and it is £459. Because you set both your rate and your availability, the ceiling is a function of how many hours you choose to sell and how competitively you have priced them against other drivers in your city.
Costs you still carry
As a self-employed driver you remain responsible for your own tax and National Insurance, your hire-and-reward insurance, fuel when you drive your own vehicle, tyres, servicing and any parking or congestion charges. Those costs are deductible against your self-assessment return, and every DriveGet job produces an itemised record you can hand straight to an accountant or import into bookkeeping software. If you do not own a van, you can accept bundle jobs where a listed vehicle from a nearby fleet owner is paired with you, which removes vehicle running costs from your side of the ledger entirely.
Raising your effective hourly rate
The drivers who earn most per hour are rarely the cheapest. They cluster jobs geographically to cut dead mileage, accept recurring business courier routes that fill the same slot every week, keep their acceptance rate and rating high so they surface first in local search, and hold a C1 entitlement that unlocks 7.5t work fewer drivers can bid on. Photo proof of delivery and punctuality are what turn one-off customers into a repeat diary, and a repeat diary is what makes self-employment predictable.
Ready to price your own work? Become a self-employed driver, or if you own vehicles, list your van from £20/hr.
