The salary is not the full cost
These figures are intentionally conservative. They exclude recruitment, onboarding, management time, hardware, software, holiday, sickness, and knowledge loss when someone leaves.
- £28,860
37.5-hour London Living Wage salary
Base pay at £14.80 per hour
- £33,118
Minimum employer cost
Adds employer National Insurance and minimum pension
- £35,388
40-hour week equivalent
Before recruitment, management, equipment, and churn
Official inputs used for the calculation
The totals are calculated from published rates as of April 3, 2026.
Living Wage Foundation
London Living Wage at £14.80 per hour.
View sourceHMRC
Employer National Insurance rate of 15% with a £5,000 threshold for 2026/27.
View sourceThe Pensions Regulator
Minimum employer auto-enrolment pension contribution of 3%.
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Assumption noteThe main benchmark uses a 37.5-hour week across 52 weeks, then applies employer National Insurance and the minimum pension contribution. The 40-hour figure is shown separately for teams that use a longer standard week.