Free job search tools for Uganda
Work out your pay in Uganda shillings, build a CV and a letter, check a job offer and practise for the panel. All free, with no account.
Every tool runs only in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere. No signup.
Take-home pay calculator
Type your gross pay and see each deduction and what you take home.
Open toolWhat salary to ask for
Type what you need to take home and you'll get the gross figure to ask for. To take home UGX 1,000,000 in a normal month, ask for UGX 1,370,000.
Open toolCompare two job offers
The bigger salary doesn't always leave more. Type both offers, with allowances and transport, and see what's left of each after PAYE, NSSF and the cost of getting to work.
Open toolOvertime pay calculator
The Employment Act pays overtime at no less than 1.5 times your hourly rate on normal days and 2 times on gazetted public holidays. On UGX 1,000,000 a month, 10 hours on normal days comes to about UGX 72,115.
Open toolCV builder
Fill in the form, watch your CV take shape and press Save as PDF. It's free from start to finish, with no account and no fee to download.
Open toolApplication email and cover letter
Answer a few questions about the post and you'll get a subject line, a short email and a full application letter to copy. Change the words until they sound like you.
Open toolCV and advert word check
Paste your CV and the advert. In seconds you'll see which of the advert's words your CV already uses, and which ones it misses.
Open toolJob scam check
If anyone has asked you for money to get a job, stop now: that's the clearest warning there is. For anything less obvious, answer these questions and see how the offer looks.
Open toolApplication tracker
Add each job as you find it, set a deadline and a date to follow up, and see what's due next. Your list stays in this browser and you can save it as a spreadsheet.
Open toolInterview practice
Pick a type of question, answer out loud against the timer, then see what a good answer covers. It takes ten minutes and it works better than reading a list.
Open toolThe pay tools use URA's PAYE bands from 1 July 2026, NSSF's 5% and 10% and the Employment Act's overtime rates, each linked on its page. They give estimates, not tax or legal advice. Applying for a job in Uganda is free, and nobody should ask you to pay for one.