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United Kingdom Salary & Tax Calculator

Free UK salary tax calculator — Income Tax, National Insurance, and a 5% pension estimate for 2025–2026 and 2026–2027.

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United Kingdom Salary & Tax Calculator

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United Kingdom Salary & Tax Calculator workspace

1

Salary details

United Kingdom · official published tax years only

GBP
2

Your summary

Results appear after you calculate

Select a tax year, enter your monthly salary, and click Calculate.

What it does

Free UK salary tax calculator — Income Tax, National Insurance, and a 5% pension estimate...

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Free UK salary tax calculator — Income Tax, National Insurance, and a 5%...

Time

~1 min to complete

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Overview

About this tool

A clear look at what this tool is for and why people use it.

United Kingdom Salary & Tax Calculator

Free UK salary tax calculator — Income Tax, National Insurance, and a 5% pension estimate for 2025–2026 and 2026–2027.

Estimate UK take-home pay from monthly salary using England, Northern Ireland, and Wales income tax bands, Class 1 employee National Insurance, and a simple 5% workplace pension estimate. Scottish bands are not used in this version.

Why use it

Benefits

Everything you need for a fast, confident answer — nothing you don’t.

Official published tax-year slabs only

Official published tax-year slabs only

Simple monthly salary → tax & take-home es

Simple monthly salary → tax & take-home estimate

Country-specific breakdown

Country-specific breakdown

Free

no signup required

Walkthrough

How to use

Simple steps from empty form to a result you can use.

  1. 1

    Select a tax year with published official slabs.

  2. 2

    Enter your monthly gross salary.

  3. 3

    Click Calculate to see monthly and yearly results.

  4. 4

    Open View Breakdown for country-specific details.

Worked samples

Examples

Real-world scenarios so you can match the math to your situation.

Example 1

£3,500 / month (2026–2027)

000 / year
income tax near £5

Under the hood

How it works

Follow the path from input to output — transparent and easy to scan.

Select 2025–2026 or 2026–2027,

Select 2025–2026 or 2026–2027, enter monthly gross salary, and calculate.

Income tax uses rUK

Income tax uses rUK bands after personal allowance (with taper above £100,000). NI uses Class 1 employee rates. Pension assumes 5% employee contribution.

Math reference

Formula

Copy the formula or inspect each variable below.

Formula

Beautiful math, ready to reuse

taxable = annual − personal allowance; IT = 20/40/45% bands; NI = 8% then 2%; pension ≈ 5%

Variables

taxable = Taxable annual = Annual personal = Personal allowance = Allowance IT = It bands = Bands NI = Ni then = Then pension = Pension
This formula is applied from the values you enter. Copy it for notes or spreadsheets when you need the same math offline.

Pro tips

Tips

Small habits that make this tool even more useful day to day.

Get accurate results

Double-check units and inputs before you rely on United Kingdom Salary & Tax Calculator output for anything important.

Work faster

Use the examples below as a starting point, then tweak values to match your scenario.

On any device

This tool is mobile-friendly — bookmark the page so you can reopen it in one tap.

Watch out

Common mistakes

Avoid these slip-ups so your result is ready the first time.

Leaving required fields blank

Enter every value the workspace asks for before calculating — empty fields usually block a result.

Using invalid numbers

Avoid negative values or percentages outside a valid range unless the tool explicitly allows them.

Mixing up units

Keep units consistent (currency, length, weight, time) so the formula returns a meaningful answer.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Straight answers to the questions people ask most.

No. Bands are for England, Northern Ireland, and Wales. Scotland uses different rates.
A simple 5% employee contribution estimate for auto-enrolment style schemes. Your workplace rate may differ.
No. Educational estimates only — verify with HMRC or a qualified advisor.
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Last updated

Sep 23, 2026

Version

1.0

Category

Tax & Salary

Author

AdvanzoTools

Reading time

~1 min