Business / ACTUALLY USEFUL
Freelance day & hourly rate
Build a rate around take-home goals, overheads and realistic billable days.
YOUR NUMBERSResults update as you type
Required day rate£317.29
Required hourly rate£45.33
Billable days187days/year
Annual revenue target£59,333.33
Tax / NI reserve£13,333.33
Method & assumptions
Revenue = target take-home ÷ (1 − effective tax reserve) + deductible overheads. Divide by billable days and hours. Tax reserve is your planning assumption, not a personal tax computation. Excludes VAT, pension and unlisted costs; count bank holidays in your holiday allowance.