Day-rate calculator
Work out a day rate from your costs, target income and realistic billable days.
The starting figures are examples. Replace them with your own. Nothing you enter leaves this page.
What you want to pay yourself, before tax.
Software, equipment, insurance, memberships and other running costs.
A rough percentage — check with an accountant for your own situation.
Holiday, illness and gaps between work.
Days you can actually bill a client, not just days you work.
Hours of billable work in a typical day.
Your rate
Day rate
£239
Hourly rate
£40
- Revenue needed per year
- £44,000
- Billable days per year
- 184
Revenue = (income + costs) ÷ (1 − tax rate). Day rate = revenue ÷ billable days.
A starting point for your own decisions, not financial or tax advice.
Related guide: How to set a day rate you can live on