Required Salary Calculator

Know what you want to take home? Work backwards to the gross salary you'd need, after Income Tax and National Insurance.

Target take-home Per

More options — tax code, pension, student loan, Scottish, tax year

Tax code Pension (%) Pension type Pension basis Student loan Postgraduate loan Scottish taxpayer Tax year

How to use it

Enter your target. Type the take-home you want, per month or per year.
Add your tax code. Use 1257L unless your coding notice says otherwise.
See the gross needed. PayGlance searches for the gross salary that lands on your target.

How does the reverse calculation work?

Take-home rises predictably with gross pay, so PayGlance searches for the exact gross salary that produces your target net.

Why is the gross so much higher than my target?

The gap is Income Tax and National Insurance — and it widens as you cross each tax band.