Conservation officer salary in the UK, by who actually pays it.
A field reference, not a careers prospectus. Each plate below is a real coordinate naming the habitat that employer cluster works in, with the 2026 advertised pay band beneath. Numbers anchor inline to ONS ASHE 2025, Icon 2024 and CJS 2024.
Take-home reckoner · 2026/27 tax year
The lookup is the band. The decision is the take-home. Pick an employer band, region, pension contribution and student-loan plan to see net monthly pay after tax, employee NI, auto-enrol pension and student-loan repayment. Math is shown in full on how take-home is calculated.
Monthly net pay by employer band
Reckoner applies HMRC 2026/27 thresholds, NI Class 1 (8 percent main / 2 percent upper), Scottish income tax 2026/27 if Scotland is selected, 5 percent auto-enrol pension on qualifying earnings (£6,240 to £50,270), and student loan thresholds for Plan 1/2/4/5 and Postgrad. See how take-home is calculated.