Hourly to Salary Converter
Convert an hourly rate into an annual salary, or an annual salary into an hourly rate — with real take-home pay worked out both ways, and holiday pay handled correctly.
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How to use this calculator
Pick a direction, enter your rate or salary and your hours, then check the holiday pay setting.
Choose a direction
Converting an hourly rate to a yearly figure is the most common use, but you can switch to work out the hourly rate behind an advertised salary instead.
Enter your hours
Most full-time UK jobs are 37.5 or 40 hours a week — check your contract if you’re not sure, since this changes the conversion directly.
Check the holiday pay setting
If you’re only paid for hours actually worked (casual or zero-hours contracts), say so — the calculator adds the correct statutory uplift for holiday pay rather than ignoring it.
Why it matters
Why “hourly × hours × 52” isn’t always right
For a normal salaried job, that simple formula works: annual salary ÷ (hours a week × 52) gives the hourly rate, because salaried staff are paid the same amount every week, including weeks they take as paid holiday. Holiday pay is already baked into the weekly figure.
It’s different for casual, zero-hours or irregular-hours workers, who are typically paid only for the hours they actually work — holiday pay is calculated and paid separately, on top. The standard method, set out by ACAS, uses a 12.07% uplift: this comes from the 5.6 weeks of statutory paid holiday every UK worker is entitled to, spread across the 46.4 weeks actually worked in a year (5.6 ÷ 46.4 = 12.07%). This calculator applies that uplift automatically when you say your rate doesn’t include holiday pay.
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Same settings as above, a little either side of what you entered. Your own figure is highlighted.
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Questions
Common questions
How do I convert an hourly rate to an annual salary?
Multiply the hourly rate by the hours you work a week, then multiply by 52. A £15 hourly rate at 37.5 hours a week comes to £29,250 a year, assuming that rate already includes paid holiday, which is standard for salaried roles.
What is the 12.07% holiday pay uplift?
It’s the standard method, recommended by ACAS, for working out holiday pay for people paid only for hours actually worked. UK workers are entitled to 5.6 weeks of paid leave a year; dividing that by the 46.4 weeks left over (5.6 ÷ 46.4) gives 12.07%, the amount to add on top of pay for hours worked to cover holiday pay fairly.
How many hours a week counts as full-time in the UK?
There’s no single legal definition, but 37.5 or 40 hours a week is most common. The legal maximum average is 48 hours a week under the Working Time Regulations, unless you’ve opted out. Check your own contract for the figure that applies to you.
Does this include tax and National Insurance?
Yes — alongside the gross salary or hourly rate conversion, the calculator works out Income Tax and National Insurance on the 2026/27 rates, so you can see real take-home pay as well as the gross figure.
Is my hourly rate before or after tax?
Hourly rates quoted by employers are almost always gross, before tax and National Insurance are deducted — the same as an annual salary. This calculator treats the rate you enter as gross and shows the take-home figure separately.
Where these figures come from. Income tax, National Insurance and student loan rates are taken from gov.uk for the 2026/27 tax year. The 12.07% holiday pay uplift is the standard ACAS-recommended method for calculating holiday pay from hours worked. All figures were checked on 23 September 2026.
Income Tax rates and Personal Allowances · ACAS holiday entitlement and pay guidance
How we calculate · Editorial policy. This is general information, not tax or employment advice.