Sources and method
Every figure on this site is traceable to a named document with a retrieval date. This page lists them, and — just as importantly — lists what is missing and what this site will not answer.
Updated for 2026/27Pay circular effective 1 April 2026 - 31 March 2027
Where the figures come from
Every number on this site comes from one of the documents below. Nothing is taken from another calculator, a summary, or a news report.
| What it covers | Publisher and document |
|---|---|
| Agenda for Change pay bands, pay points and hourly rates; high cost area supplements | NHS Employers / NHS Staff Council — "Pay scales for 2026/27" |
| Unsocial hours (Section 2), standard hours (Section 10), annual leave (Section 13), maternity and parental leave and pay (Section 15) | NHS Staff Council — NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook |
| NHS Pension Scheme member contribution tiers, for this year and the two before it | NHS Business Services Authority — "Cost of being in the Scheme" |
| Statutory Maternity Pay rates and duration | GOV.UK — Maternity pay and leave: Pay |
| Income tax, personal allowance, National Insurance and student loan thresholds used in the take-home figures | GOV.UK — rates and thresholds for the current tax year |
What this site does not answer
How the figures are kept current
The Agenda for Change scale changes on 1 April each year and the pension contribution ranges are reviewed on the same date. The figures on this site are held in one data file with the source recorded against each one; no figure is typed into a sentence anywhere on the site, so an update changes the tables and the prose around them at the same time rather than leaving one behind. The scale currently shown is effective 1 April 2026 - 31 March 2027.