UK Hourly Rate Calculator
Convert an hourly wage to annual, monthly and weekly salary — or work backwards from a salary to your hourly rate. Unlike a plain converter, this shows your after-tax hourly rate too: what each hour is really worth once 2026/27 income tax, National Insurance, student loan and pension come out.
After-Tax Hourly Rate
£14.76take-home per hour worked
Gross Hourly Rate
£18.00before deductions
Annual Salary
£35,100gross per year
Annual Take-Home
£28,792after all deductions
| Item | Annual | Monthly | Weekly | Hourly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | £35,100 | £2,925 | £675 | £18.00 |
| Income tax | £4,506 | £376 | £87 | £2.31 |
| National Insurance | £1,802 | £150 | £35 | £0.92 |
| Take-home pay | £28,792 | £2,399 | £554 | £14.76 |
Hourly figures divide annual amounts by your paid hours (1,950 hours = 37.5 hours × 52 weeks). Monthly and weekly figures are payroll-averaged (annual ÷ 12 and ÷ 52).
How to work out an hourly rate from a salary
Salary to hourly is two steps: work out your yearly hours (hours per week × paid weeks per year), then divide your salary by that number. Most UK employees are paid for 52 weeks — holiday is paid — so a 37.5-hour week means 1,950 paid hours a year.
Going the other way, an hourly wage annualises as rate × hours × weeks: £20.00 an hour at 37.5 hours a week is £39,000 a year. The part most converters skip is what happens next: PAYE deductions don't scale evenly with your rate, because the Personal Allowance and NI threshold are flat. That's why the calculator above prices each hour twice — gross, and after income tax, NI, student loan and pension.
Hourly rate to annual salary and take-home (2026/27)
Full-time at 37.5 hours a week, 52 paid weeks, England/Wales/NI, no student loan or pension. Note how the after-tax hourly rate falls further behind the gross rate as the wage rises — more of each extra hour is taxed at the marginal rate.
| Hourly rate | Annual salary | Annual take-home | Monthly take-home | After-tax hourly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £12.71National Living Wage (21+) | £24,785 | £21,364 | £1,780 | £10.96 |
| £15.00 | £29,250 | £24,580 | £2,048 | £12.60 |
| £20.00 | £39,000 | £31,600 | £2,633 | £16.20 |
| £25.00 | £48,750 | £38,620 | £3,218 | £19.80 |
| £30.00 | £58,500 | £44,487 | £3,707 | £22.81 |
Figures are engine-computed for 2026/27. The National Living Wage row uses the rate effective from 2026-04-01 (gov.uk).
Overtime and multiple rates
If you work regular overtime or shifts at different rates (say, time-and-a-half after 40 hours, or an enhanced weekend rate), the cleanest approach is to convert your pattern into a single blended figure: add up a typical week's gross pay across all rates, divide by total hours for a blended hourly rate, then run that through the calculator. Overtime itself is taxed through PAYE like any other pay — there is no separate overtime tax rate.
Two different jobs are a different problem — each has its own tax code and your Personal Allowance usually attaches to one of them. Use the Two Jobs Tax Calculator for that instead.
Check your rate against the minimum wage
The legal floor for workers aged 21 and over is the National Living Wage — £12.71 an hour from 2026-04-01, which is £24,785 a year full-time at 37.5 hours a week. If your salary divided by your actual hours lands near or below that, your employer may be underpaying you — unpaid overtime quietly drags a legal salary under the line.
The Minimum Wage Calculator has every age band's rate (21+, 18-20, under-18 and apprentice) plus an underpayment check and the steps to take if you're being paid below your band.
Part-time hours? Think pro-rata
Job adverts often quote a full-time equivalent (FTE) salary even for part-time roles. Your hourly rate is the same as a full-timer's — you just work fewer hours. To see what a "£40,000 FTE, 3 days a week" offer actually pays after tax, use the Pro-Rata Salary Calculator, which compares your part-time take-home side by side with the full-time figure. And if you only need to flip a gross salary between annual, monthly, weekly and hourly without the deductions detail, the Salary Converter is the quicker tool.
Frequently asked questions
How do I work out my hourly rate from my salary?
Divide your annual salary by your working hours in a year (hours per week × weeks per year). On a standard 37.5-hour week that's 1,950 hours, so a £35,000 salary is £35,000 ÷ 1,950 = £17.95 an hour before tax.
What is my after-tax hourly rate?
Your after-tax (net) hourly rate is your annual take-home pay divided by the hours you actually work. On a £35,000 salary at 37.5 hours a week in 2026/27 (England/Wales/NI, no student loan or pension), take-home is £28,720 a year — £14.73 an hour, versus £17.95 gross.
What salary is £20 an hour?
At 37.5 hours a week for 52 weeks, £20 an hour is £39,000 a year before tax. After 2026/27 income tax and National Insurance (England/Wales/NI), that's about £31,600 a year take-home, or £16.20 an hour.
How many working hours are there in a year?
Multiply your weekly hours by your paid weeks. The most common UK full-time pattern is 37.5 hours × 52 weeks = 1,950 hours a year. A 40-hour week is 2,080 hours. Because most employees get paid holiday, use 52 weeks unless some of your weeks are genuinely unpaid.
Should I use 52 weeks or fewer in the conversion?
Use 52 if you're an employee with paid holiday — you're paid for every week of the year even while on leave. Reduce the weeks only when part of the year is genuinely unpaid: term-time-only contracts, zero-hours work with gaps, or freelancing where you plan unpaid time off.
Does the calculator include student loan and pension deductions?
Yes. Pick your student loan plan (Plan 1, 2, 4, 5 or Postgraduate) and set a workplace pension percentage, and both are deducted alongside income tax and National Insurance — so the net hourly figure reflects everything that actually comes out of your pay.
Is overtime taxed at a higher rate?
No — there is no separate overtime tax rate in the UK. Overtime is added to your normal pay and taxed through PAYE like the rest. It can push some of your income into a higher band, and a big single payslip can be over-taxed in-month and then corrected automatically, but the extra hours themselves are never taxed at a special rate.
What is the minimum hourly rate in the UK for 2026/27?
The National Living Wage for workers aged 21 and over is £12.71 an hour from 2026-04-01. Full-time at 37.5 hours a week, that's £24,785 a year before tax and about £21,364 after tax and NI. Younger workers and apprentices have lower minimum rates — see our Minimum Wage Calculator.
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