Holiday Pay & Entitlement Calculator
UK Statutory Holiday Calculator
Estimate your statutory holiday entitlement or holiday
accrual based on your working pattern.
How Our Holiday Pay Calculator Works
Our holiday pay calculator helps you estimate statutory holiday entitlement, accrued leave and holiday pay based on your working pattern.
Enter the details requested by the calculator, such as your working days, hours or pay, and it will estimate the amount of holiday you may be entitled to and the approximate value of that leave.
Holiday entitlement can vary depending on whether you work full-time, part-time, irregular hours or only part of the year. Your contract may also provide more generous holiday rights than the statutory minimum.
Holiday pay is intended to reflect what you would normally earn while taking annual leave. The way it is calculated can depend on your pay pattern, including whether your earnings are fixed or vary because of overtime, commission or other payments.
Please note: WeFixPay provides estimates for guidance only. Your actual holiday entitlement and holiday pay may depend on your contract, working pattern, length of employment and payroll arrangements.
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Holiday Pay Calculator FAQs
How much holiday are UK workers normally entitled to?
Most workers are entitled to paid annual leave, although the exact amount depends on their working pattern and contract.
Does the calculator work for part-time employees?
Yes. Holiday entitlement for part-time workers can be estimated based on their normal working pattern.
Does holiday entitlement build up during the year?
Yes. Holiday usually accrues as you work, which is particularly important when starting or leaving a job part-way through a holiday year.
Are bank holidays automatically extra days off?
Not necessarily. Employers can include bank holidays as part of statutory annual leave, depending on the employment contract.
Why might my actual holiday pay be different?
Variable hours, overtime, commission, contractual benefits and your employer’s payroll method can affect the amount of holiday pay you receive.
UK Holiday Entitlement Explained
Most UK workers are legally entitled to 5.6 weeks of paid holiday each year. For someone working five days a week, this normally equals 28 days of statutory annual leave. Employers can count bank holidays as part of that entitlement.
Part-time workers are also entitled to at least 5.6 weeks of paid leave, but the number of days will depend on how many days they normally work each week. For example, someone working three days a week would normally receive 16.8 days of statutory leave.
For irregular-hours and part-year workers, holiday can accrue based on the hours actually worked. For applicable leave years, statutory holiday entitlement is generally calculated at 12.07% of hours worked during each pay period.
Holiday pay can also vary depending on your working pattern. Workers with regular hours and fixed pay will usually receive their normal pay while on holiday, while shift workers or workers with variable earnings may need their average pay to be calculated using previous paid weeks.
Our holiday pay calculator provides an estimate based on the information you enter. Your employment contract may give you more holiday than the statutory minimum, so it is worth checking your contract or staff handbook as well.
For official guidance, see the UK Government’s holiday entitlement and holiday pay guidance.
Holiday entitlement can also change when you start or leave a job part-way through the holiday year. In these situations, your allowance is usually calculated proportionally based on how much of the holiday year you have worked. Our holiday pay calculator can help you estimate your entitlement using the details you enter.