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What is the take-home pay for an employed delivery driver in the UK?

An employed UK delivery driver typically earns around £27,500 a year. On £27,500 in 2026/27, take-home pay after £2,986 Income Tax and £1,194.40 National Insurance is £23,319.60 a year, or about £1,943.30 a month.

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Employed delivery drivers, working directly for a courier company, supermarket or logistics firm rather than as a self-employed gig-economy driver, typically earn between £24,000 and £30,000 a year depending on the employer, route type and any overtime or unsocial hours payments. On a representative salary of £27,500 for 2026/27, the tax-free Personal Allowance covers the first £12,570, and the remaining £14,930 is taxed at the 20% basic rate, giving £2,986 Income Tax. National Insurance is 8% of the same £14,930, giving £1,194.40. Total deductions of £4,180.40 leave take-home pay of £23,319.60 a year, around £1,943.30 a month, before any pension contribution. This differs significantly from self-employed gig-economy delivery riders and drivers working for platforms, who are instead taxed through Self Assessment on their profits after deducting vehicle costs, fuel and other allowable expenses, and who pay Class 4 National Insurance on profits rather than Class 1 employee National Insurance. Employed drivers benefit from automatic PAYE deduction, statutory sick pay and holiday entitlement, and auto-enrolment into a workplace pension, none of which typically apply to self-employed drivers unless they opt into a personal pension separately.