UK pay 2025/26
£11.50 an hour is how much a year?
£11.50 an hour on a 37.5-hour week over 52 weeks is £22,425 a year gross — £19,665.60 after tax, or £1,638.80 a month.
England · standard tax code · no student loan or pension
Gross / year
£22,425
Take-home / year
£19,665.60
Take-home / month
£1,638.80
Take-home / week
£378.18
Income Tax
£1,971.00
National Insurance
£788.40
Effective rate
12.3%
Net per hour
£10.08
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£11.50 an hour by contracted hours
| Hours per week | Gross / yr | Take-home / yr | Take-home / mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 hrs/week (part-time) | £9,568 | £9,568.00 | £797.33 |
| 20 hrs/week | £11,960 | £11,960.00 | £996.67 |
| 30 hrs/week | £17,940 | £16,436.40 | £1,369.70 |
| 37.5 hrs/week (full-time) | £22,425 | £19,665.60 | £1,638.80 |
| 40 hrs/week | £23,920 | £20,742.00 | £1,728.50 |
| 45 hrs/week | £26,910 | £22,894.80 | £1,907.90 |
You take home england 30
£19,665.60/ year
£1,638.80 / month · £378.18 / week · £75.64 / day · £10.08 / hour
Income Tax
£1,971.00
National Insurance
£788.40
Pension
£0.00
Effective rate
12.3%
Marginal rate
28%
Is £11.50 an hour a good wage in the UK?
The National Living Wage for over-21s is £12.21 an hour in 2025/26, and the UK median full-time hourly rate is roughly £18. At £11.50 an hour you earn £22,425 a year before tax, which puts every extra hour worth £8.28 in your pocket at your current marginal rate of 28%.
Overtime, holiday and unpaid weeks
If you are paid only for weeks worked (agency, zero-hours or term-time), multiply by the weeks you actually work rather than 52. On 46 paid weeks, £11.50 an hour is £19,838 gross a year.
See the equivalent salary after tax page or browse all UK salaries after tax.
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