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2026/27 UK rules · checked against gov.uk

Holiday entitlement calculator

Work out your statutory annual leave in days and hours, whether you're full-time, part-time, starting or leaving mid-year, or on irregular hours.

✓ UK rules for 2026/27 · last checked 5 October 2026 · how we calculate

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Your statutory holiday

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Quick answer

UK workers are entitled to 5.6 weeks of paid holiday a year, capped at 28 days. Multiply 5.6 by the days you work: 3 days a week gives 16.8 days and 4 days gives 22.4 days. Irregular-hours workers build up 12.07% of the hours they work.

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Statutory holiday in the UK

Almost every worker in the UK is entitled to 5.6 weeks of paid holiday a year. For someone working 5 days a week that's 28 days, which is also the maximum: working 6 days a week still gives 28 days of statutory leave. Your contract can give you more, but never less.

Part-time holiday entitlement

Multiply 5.6 by the days you work each week:

Days a weekStatutory holiday
15.6 days
211.2 days
2.514 days
316.8 days
422.4 days
4.525.2 days
528 days
628 days

When your days are different lengths

If you work, say, two long days and one short one, holiday in days can be unfair. Working it out in hours is fairer: 5.6 × your weekly hours. For 22.5 hours a week that's 126 hours.

Starting or leaving part way through the year

You get a proportion of the year's entitlement. If you work 5 days a week, your leave year starts on 1 January and you start on 1 September, gov.uk counts 4 months (September to December): 4 ÷ 12 × 28 = 9.33, rounded up to 9.5 days. Someone on 3 days a week who leaves on 30 June has worked 181 of 365 days: 181 ÷ 365 × 16.8 = 8.4 days. This calculator uses the same rules and rounding as gov.uk's own tool.

Irregular hours and part-year workers

For leave years starting on or after 1 April 2024, people with irregular hours (such as zero-hours contracts) and part-year workers build up holiday at 12.07% of the hours they work in each pay period. That figure is 5.6 weeks divided by the 46.4 weeks a year left after holiday. Employers can also pay "rolled-up" holiday pay of 12.07% on top of each payslip for these workers only, shown as a separate line.

Holiday pay

For regular-hours workers, the first 4 weeks of leave must be paid at your normal pay, which includes regular overtime and commission, and the extra 1.6 weeks at basic pay. Irregular-hours and part-year workers get all their leave at normal pay. The holiday pay estimate in the calculator uses your weekly pay ÷ days a week × holiday days, so it is a basic-pay estimate.

Sources: gov.uk holiday entitlement · gov.uk holiday entitlement calculator · gov.uk holiday pay reforms from 2024 · gov.uk part-time workers' holidays

Questions people ask

How many days holiday do I get if I work 3 days a week?

16.8 days a year: 5.6 weeks × 3 days. Your employer can include bank holidays in this if your contract says so.

Are bank holidays included in statutory holiday?

They can be. Employers don't have to give bank holidays as extra paid leave; they can count them as part of the 5.6 weeks. Your contract says which applies.

I work part-time and don't work Mondays. Do I lose bank holidays?

Part-timers should get holiday in proportion to their hours, including any bank holiday allowance. Many employers convert everything to hours so that people who don't work Mondays aren't short-changed.

How is holiday worked out for zero-hours or irregular-hours workers?

For leave years starting on or after 1 April 2024, holiday builds up at 12.07% of the hours you work in each pay period, rounded to the nearest hour. 120 hours worked gives 14 hours of holiday.

What if I start or leave part way through the year?

You get a share of the year's entitlement. gov.uk works out starters by counting the months left in the leave year (including the month you start) and rounds up to the nearest half day. For leavers it uses the days worked out of 365.

Can my employer make me take holiday over Christmas?

Yes, employers can tell you when to take some of your holiday, such as a Christmas shutdown, as long as they give enough notice: at least twice as many days' notice as the length of the leave.

Can I carry holiday over to next year?

If you get 28 days, up to 8 days can be carried over if your employer agrees. More can be carried over in some cases, such as when sickness or family leave stopped you taking it.

Is there a maximum statutory holiday?

Yes: 28 days a year. Someone working 6 days a week still gets 28 days of statutory holiday, though many employers give more by contract.

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