Day rate calculator 2026/27

Turn a day rate into a yearly salary and take-home pay, counting the days you work each week and the weeks you are paid for.

Day rate

Days a week

Weeks paid a year

Same as a yearly salary

£80,500230 days

Taxed as employment pay, through PAYE.

Where do you live?

EnglandWalesNorthern IrelandScotland

Your day rate, after tax

£248.90

a day after income tax and National Insurance, from £350.00 billed

A month£4,770.66

A year£57,247.96

Gross a year£80,500

Of your £350.00 a day71.1% kept

Kept £248.90Tax £85.36NI £15.74

Your next £100 of pay: you keep £58. 42% goes in tax and National Insurance at this level of pay.

A week you do not work is £1,750 you are not paid. This prices 46 paid weeks of the 52 in a year, so 6 weeks of holiday, gaps between contracts and sick days are already out of the figures above.

Day rates

Day rates after tax, 230 days a year

Day rate	Gross a year	Take-home a day	A month	A year
£250.00	£57,500	£190.90	£3,659.00	£43,908.04
£300.00	£69,000	£219.90	£4,214.83	£50,578.00
£350.00	£80,500	£248.90	£4,770.66	£57,247.96
£400.00	£92,000	£277.90	£5,326.50	£63,918.04
£500.00	£115,000	£322.86	£6,188.16	£74,257.96
£600.00	£138,000	£369.25	£7,077.25	£84,927.00

Days on, days off

What the calendar is worth at £350.00 a day

A full week£1,750before tax, for 5 days billed

Every extra week worked£1,015.08reaches you, after income tax and National Insurance

Rules v2026.10 · checked against GOV.UK on 18 September 2026Two independent checks on every rate · 83 hand-verified cases, all passing, beside 19,925 generated · How we calculate · Changelog

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Questions

Common questions

How do I turn a day rate into a salary?

Multiply the rate by the days you work in a week and the weeks you work in a year. £350.00 a day, 5 days a week for 46 weeks is 230 days and £80,500 before tax, which leaves £57,247.96 after income tax and National Insurance.

How many weeks should I count?

Count the weeks you expect to be paid for. A year has 52 weeks, and the weeks you take off, or spend between contracts, are not paid at a day rate. At £350.00 a day for 5 days a week, 46 paid weeks leaves 6 unpaid, which is £10,500 of gross pay.

Does this cover working through a limited company?

No. This prices a day rate paid as employment income through PAYE, with income tax and National Insurance taken by the payer. Working through your own company or an umbrella changes what is taxed and when, and we do not publish a figure for it until the method has been checked against the legislation twice.

SourcesIncome Tax rates and Personal Allowances — GOV.UK Rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027 — GOV.UK