💼 Freelance Rate Calculator

What this tool helps with

Minimum hourly and daily freelance rate

What you can enter

• Target annual income (£): 40000
• Billable hours per week: 25
• Weeks off per year: 6

Why this page is useful

What should you charge as a freelancer? Calculate your minimum rate. This page loads fast, gives a direct answer, and then expands with useful context instead of burying the result under filler.

How the Freelance Rate Calculator works

The freelance rate calculator takes Target annual income (£), Billable hours per week and Weeks off per year and returns Minimum hourly and daily freelance rate. The calculation runs entirely in your browser — nothing is sent to a server, no sign-up, no tracking beyond standard analytics, and no waiting for results.

Under the hood the tool uses the same transparent formula people would apply by hand, just faster and without the arithmetic mistakes. If you want to sanity-check the output, the "Frequently Asked Questions" section below walks through the reasoning and edge cases.

When this is worth using

Most people land on a business tools page like this when they want a quick, honest answer without a sales pitch. Typical moments include planning ahead, settling a debate, double-checking an assumption, or figuring out whether a rough idea actually holds up once you put numbers on it.

If you're going to repeat this calculation with different values, bookmark the page — it's designed to load instantly and give a clean result every time.

Getting a more accurate result

• Use realistic inputs. Round numbers are fine for a first pass, but your actual figures will give a meaningfully better answer.
• Try a few variants. Adjust one value at a time to see which inputs move the result the most — that's usually where it's worth focusing your attention in real life.
• Cross-check with the related tools below. They cover adjacent questions and will flag anything that looks off.