NHS Hourly Rate Calculator 2026/27
See your NHS pay per hour, before and after tax. Enter your annual salary and switch the result to hourly — set your weekly hours under the salary box.
Preset: Band 5, 37.5 hours/week, shown as an hourly rate. Adjust hours under Advanced options.
Per year, before tax. The result updates as you type.
Advanced options
Your take-home pay
per hour£12
£24,354 per year · £2,030 per month
- Gross salary
- £15.71
- Income Tax
- −£1.70
- National Insurance
- −£0.74
- Student Loan
- −£0.00
- Pension
- −£0.79
- Take-home pay
- £12.49
Effective rate
15.5%
Marginal rate
32.0%
Estimate only — not financial or tax advice. Based on standard 2026/27 rates.
Our figures use the standard 2026/27 Income Tax, National Insurance and student loan rates published by HMRC and the devolved administrations. See our methodology for exactly how each deduction is worked out, or check the official sources:
Working out your NHS hourly rate
NHS salaries are annual, but for bank shifts, overtime and comparing jobs it helps to know your hourly rate. The standard NHS working week is 37.5 hours, so your gross hourly rate is your annual salary ÷ (37.5 × 52).
This calculator also shows your take-home per hour — what you actually keep after Income Tax, National Insurance and pension. Set your weekly hours in the "Hours per week" field under Advanced options, then switch the result toggle to Hourly.
Remember that bank and overtime pay is taxed at your marginal rate, so extra shifts are worth less per hour than your basic pay once tax and NI are taken off.