# Weekrota

> 2 free work rota worksheets for small UK employers: a rota template that takes the days open, shifts a day, staff on each shift, hours a shift and an hourly rate, and returns the rota hours in the week, the hours per person, the cost of the week and the day, and the gap against contracted hours; and an hourly rate calculator that turns an annual salary and contracted hours into an hourly rate, a loaded rate with employer on-costs, a day rate and the cost of a rota week. Every worked answer is on the page in text.

## What this is for

- A small UK employer with five to eighty people on shifts, writing the week's rota, changing it when someone calls in sick, costing it and keeping it for payroll, and tired of a spreadsheet and a group chat,Not an employer tracking annual leave, attendance or hours worked, not a payroll bureau, not a US business writing a schedule or an Australian one writing a roster, not a hospital rostering doctors, and not a company shopping for a full HR suite

## Tools

- [Work rota template](https://weekrota.com/tools/work-rota-template/): Lay out one week's rota from your own figures: days open, shifts a day, people a shift and hours a shift into the shifts to fill, the rota hours, the average per person, the cost of the week and the gap against contracted hours.
- [How to work out hourly rate](https://weekrota.com/tools/how-to-work-out-hourly-rate/): Turn a salaried person's pay into an hourly rate, a loaded hourly cost with employer on-costs, a day rate, weekly pay and the cost of the rota week you have just given them, from your own figures.

## Guides

- [Work rota planner](https://weekrota.com/work-rota-planner/): what the rota needs, and the free Weekrota tool for it

## Answers

- [rota template](https://weekrota.com/answers/rota-template/)
- [staff rota](https://weekrota.com/answers/staff-rota/)
- [rolling rota](https://weekrota.com/answers/rolling-rota/)
- [how to make a rota](https://weekrota.com/answers/how-to-make-a-rota/)
- [work rota abbreviations](https://weekrota.com/answers/work-rota-abbreviations/)
- [rota system](https://weekrota.com/answers/rota-software/)
- [staff rota app](https://weekrota.com/answers/rota-app/)
- [rota generator](https://weekrota.com/answers/rota-generator/)
- [best employee scheduling software](https://weekrota.com/answers/employee-scheduling-software/)
- [shift planner](https://weekrota.com/answers/shift-planner/)
- [rostering software](https://weekrota.com/answers/rostering-software/)
- [restaurant scheduling software](https://weekrota.com/answers/restaurant-scheduling-software/)
- [shift pattern](https://weekrota.com/answers/shift-pattern/)
- [4 on 4 off shift pattern](https://weekrota.com/answers/4-on-4-off-shift-pattern/)
- [continental shift pattern](https://weekrota.com/answers/continental-shift-pattern/)
- [4 on 2 off shift pattern](https://weekrota.com/answers/4-on-2-off-shift-pattern/)
- [work rotas law](https://weekrota.com/answers/work-rotas-law/)
- [contracted hours](https://weekrota.com/answers/contracted-hours/)
- [how to work out your hourly rate](https://weekrota.com/answers/work-out-your-hourly-rate/)

## Pricing

- Free to use. No account, no card, no sign-up.
- Weekrota Pro is £6.50 per month for your whole team, billed monthly.

## Citation

Cite as: "Weekrota Rota Tools", https://weekrota.com/tools/ (updated 2026-11-03).

## About

- Operated by Weekrota. Contact: hello@weekrota.com
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