UK Salary Calculator 2026/27

A UK take home salary calculator (take home pay calculator) estimates how much of your gross pay you keep each month after PAYE Income Tax, employee Class 1 National Insurance, optional student loan repayments, and any employee pension percentage you enter. It is a planning tool, not a substitute for your employer payroll or HMRC.

Figures follow the UK tax year 2026/27. Choose Rest of UK (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) or Scotland: Scottish taxpayers get Scotland's six income tax bands (19% to 48%), and an S-prefixed tax code such as S1257L applies them automatically. Employee National Insurance is the same UK-wide.

We apply PAYE-style income tax using the standard personal allowance (with taper above £100,000 where relevant), then basic, higher and additional rates on taxable income after your pension percentage is deducted from the gross slice you are modelling. Your exact coding notice, marriage allowance, or other adjustments can change what HMRC collects.

Employee Class 1 NI uses the 2026/27 primary threshold and upper earnings limit: 8% on earnings in the middle band and 2% above the upper limit, on the gross slice used for this calculator. Categories other than the common employee category, or employer NI, are not shown here.

You choose Plan 1, 2, 4 (Scotland), 5, postgraduate, or none. Where a plan applies, we calculate the annual repayment as a percentage of income above that plan's threshold, consistent with standard PAYE repayment rules. Your actual deductions can differ if you have multiple jobs or a prior-year balance.

Your pension percentage is applied to the gross amount after bonus and RSU exclusions. It reduces taxable income for income tax. Use Salary Sacrifice when your pension is taken before NI as well; otherwise NI is calculated on gross before pension (typical net pay / relief at source).

They subtract annual amounts from your headline gross so tax, NI and student loan in this tool run on the remaining salary slice only. They do not separately calculate tax on bonus or equity; use them when you want take-home on base pay while carving out lump sums you handle elsewhere.

Often they will be close for straightforward employment, but payslips reflect your tax code, week-1 or month-1 basis, benefits in kind, overtime, payroll timing, and employer-specific pension rules. Use In-Hand.in as a guide and rely on your P60, P45, or HMRC personal tax account for authoritative amounts.

Yes if you are taxed through PAYE like an employee. That includes many contractors paid on payroll where IR35 means the fee payer deducts Income Tax and employee Class 1 NI (often described as IR35 inside or deemed employment)—for the same gross, take-home works the same as for staff.

This calculator is not for sole traders, taking money as company dividends, or IR35 outside / other structures where you are not on standard employee PAYE. Use HMRC or a qualified adviser for those cases.

No. In-Hand.in is an independent calculator for education and planning. Rates and rules are implemented carefully for 2026/27 but are not guaranteed complete for every individual. Always confirm with HMRC or a qualified tax professional before making decisions.