Office cleaning is the routine cleaning of workplace premises — desks and touchpoints, floors, kitchens and breakout areas, and washrooms — to an agreed specification. Optus Glean UK delivers it nationwide on a fixed monthly fee, using directly-employed, DBS-checked operatives, so every office you run is cleaned to one documented standard under a single contract.
What an office clean covers
A routine office clean keeps the workplace presentable, safe, and hygienic day to day: vacuuming and mopping floors, wiping desks and shared touchpoints, emptying waste and recycling, cleaning and restocking washrooms, and clearing kitchens and breakout areas. The exact tasks, areas, and frequencies are fixed in a written specification up front, so you know precisely what is delivered on each visit.
Office cleaning is the workplace end of our wider commercial cleaning service. It can run alongside daily office cleaning, evening or night cleaning, and a day porter for a continuous daytime presence — whichever pattern suits how your office is used.
How much does office cleaning cost?
Office cleaning in the UK is normally quoted as a fixed monthly fee against the agreed scope, not by the hour. Charge-out reflects the labour cost floor: the statutory National Living Wage is £12.71 an hour from April 2026, and the voluntary Real Living Wage — which many corporate tenders require — is £13.45 (£14.80 in London). Office cleaning is standard-rated for VAT at 20%. As a broad market guide:
How often should an office be cleaned?
Frequency is driven by headcount, footfall, and the type of work. A small, quiet office may need a few visits a week; a busy open-plan floor with a staffed kitchen and client-facing reception usually justifies a daily clean, with washrooms and touchpoints done most often. We set the frequency in the specification and can flex it seasonally — our office cleaning frequency guide and office cleaning checklist explain how to decide.
Fixed monthly pricing and directly-employed teams
We price a fixed monthly fee against a defined scope and collect it by Direct Debit, so the budget is known for the year with no surprise call-out charges. Every operative is PAYE-employed on guaranteed hours and background-checked before assignment (DBS-checked, or Disclosure Scotland / AccessNI in Scotland and Northern Ireland), and each site has a named primary cleaner with a named relief so cover is built in, not improvised.
One contract for offices across the UK
If you run offices in more than one town, you should not have to vet and manage a different local cleaner in each. Optus Glean UK is the national alternative: one contract, one documented standard, one account manager, and one consolidated invoice across every workplace — ideal for corporate office estates and multi-site businesses. See how the numbers stack up in our office cleaning cost guide.
Indicative office cleaning costs (UK, guide only)
| Office type | Typical monthly range | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Small office (low footfall) | £300 – £800 | A few hours, a few visits a week |
| Medium office | £800 – £2,000 | Daily cleaning, washrooms, consumables |
| Large / multi-floor office | £2,000 – £5,000+ | Daily teams, day porter, periodic deep cleans |
| Per clean, by area | ~£1.50 – £4.00 / m² | Common market rate; varies by access and frequency |