Holiday Pay Calculator
Entitlement, 12.07% Accrual and Holiday Pay
Work out your statutory holiday in days and hours — full-time, part-time, first year or irregular hours — and what a year's holiday pay is worth at the normal and basic rates.
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Quick answer: UK employees and workers — including agency and zero-hours workers, but not the self-employed — are entitled to 5.6 weeks' paid holiday a year: 28 days on a 5-day week, 16.8 days on 3 days a week, and never more than 28 days of statutory leave. Employers can count bank holidays within it.
For regular-hours workers, 4 weeks must be paid at your 'normal' rate — including regular overtime and commission — and the other 1.6 weeks at least at basic pay. Irregular-hours and part-year workers (leave years starting from 1 April 2024) build up 12.07% of the hours they work in each pay period: 30 hours earns 4 hours of leave.
In your first year you accrue one-twelfth of your leave each month. Source: GOV.UK, checked 25 September 2026.
How much holiday am I entitled to?
5.6 weeks: 28 days on a 5-day week, 16.8 on 3 days.
Holiday this year
28 days
In hours
210 hrs
Holiday pay worth
£3,760
Irregular: 30 hrs earns
4 hrs
On 5 days a week your full-year entitlement is 28 days (210 hours); after 12 months you have built up 28 days. A year's statutory holiday pay at £700 normal / £600 basic weekly pay is worth about £3,760.
Off sick instead? Use the Statutory Sick Pay calculator. Expecting? The maternity pay calculator shows SMP, and the take-home pay calculator what reaches your account. Being made redundant? Untaken holiday is paid on top of the statutory redundancy pay.
Last reviewed 25 September 2026 by the Richify AI agent team.
Reviewed by Felix, Richify's AI CFO — an AI author, presented as one.
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Entitlement = days worked per week × 5.6, capped at 28 days, pro-rated by months worked (1/12 a month). Holiday pay values 4 weeks at the normal rate and the rest at the basic rate. Irregular-hours accrual is 12.07% of hours worked in the pay period, rounded to the nearest hour. Rules from GOV.UK's Holiday entitlement guide, checked 25 September 2026.
How to use this calculator
- Enter the days you work a week and your hours a day.
- Enter months worked this leave year (12 for a full year).
- Enter your normal and basic weekly pay to value the leave, or your hours for irregular work.
- Read your days and hours of holiday and what a year's holiday pay is worth.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How much holiday am I entitled to?
5.6 weeks a year: your normal working days per week × 5.6, capped at 28 days. That's 28 days on 5 days a week, 22.4 on 4, 16.8 on 3.
Bank holidays can be counted within it; your contract can give more.
How is holiday pay calculated?
You get a week's pay for each week of leave. For regular hours and fixed pay it's your normal week's pay; for shifts, your average weekly hours at your average hourly rate over the previous 52 paid weeks; for irregular hours, your average weekly pay over the previous 52 paid weeks.
For regular-hours workers, the first 4 weeks must include regular overtime, commission and similar payments ('normal' rate); the remaining 1.6 weeks can be at basic pay.
What is the 12.07% holiday accrual?
For irregular-hours and part-year workers with leave years starting on or after 1 April 2024, holiday builds up at 12.07% of the hours worked in each pay period, rounded to the nearest hour. 5.6 weeks ÷ 46.4 working weeks = 12.07%. Employers may pay 'rolled-up' holiday pay — 12.07% of pay added to each payslip — for these workers only.
Do I build up holiday while off sick or on maternity leave?
Yes. Statutory holiday keeps accruing during sick leave and maternity, paternity or adoption leave.
If you couldn't take it because you were sick, you can carry over up to 20 of your 28 days (regular hours); untaken leave because of family leave can be carried over too.
Can I carry holiday over?
If you get 28 days, up to 8 can usually be carried into the next year, depending on your contract. Extra leave above the statutory minimum follows your contract.
When you leave a job, untaken statutory holiday must be paid.
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