Know Your Consultant Utilization Rate

See every consultant's utilization, billability and revenue each month — ready before you ask for them.

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Utilization per consultant for the year as a bar chart, next to revenue per month, under the year's billable hours, revenue and average utilization.

Utilization You Learn About Too Late

01

The rate is a guess

You know roughly who is busy, but not which consultants ran below 70% last quarter.

02

Vacation distorts the number

Dividing billable hours by a flat month punishes every consultant who took vacation.

03

No line to compare against

Without prior-year figures, a 68% month looks acceptable until you see last year was 79%.

04

The data sits out of reach

Every number exists in your time entries, but getting it out means someone crunches a spreadsheet.

Numbers You Can Act On

Three things happen quietly in the background so your numbers are simply there each morning.

  1. Billable hours, counted daily

    Every tracked hour lands in the day's total automatically. The monthly figures per consultant and for the whole company build on that.

  2. Workable hours, corrected

    Each consultant's available hours account for an 8-hour day, weekends, their local holidays and approved vacation — so time off never distorts the rate.

  3. The measures partners ask for

    Utilization and billable percentage, overtime, available hours, untracked days, average hourly rate, and how many consultants sit below 70% or above 100%.

  4. Compared with last year

    Prior-year and previous-month figures sit next to the current one, so a soft month is obvious at a glance.

Numbers You Can Trust

Every figure respects who is allowed to see it.

Owners see the full picture

Revenue and rate figures are visible to owners only — consultants never see them.

Your data stays yours

Every figure is computed for your organisation alone, on every request.

Twelve time ranges

This month, last quarter, the last 12 months or a custom range — for both daily and monthly views.

Utilization is measured against the days people could actually work: approved leave and each location's public holidays are taken out first. Leave is handled by Days Off Management, and last week's billable hours per client arrive by email every Monday, see Days Off Management , Weekly Billability Report and Scope Creep Prevention

Common Questions.

How is the consultant utilization rate calculated?

Billable hours divided by available hours. Available hours account for an 8-hour day, weekends, local holidays and approved vacation.

Does vacation lower a consultant's utilization rate?

No. Approved vacation is deducted from available hours before the rate is computed, so time off does not distort the number.

Can I compare this month against last year?

Yes. Prior-year and previous-month figures sit next to the current one, so both are visible at a glance.

Do consultants see revenue and rates?

No. Revenue and rate figures are for owners only.

How do I find consultants who miss our utilization targets?

Two figures count them per month: consultants below 70% and above 100%. Untracked days shows who has not logged time at all.

Do I need a utilization calculator spreadsheet?

No. The figures are refreshed for you and you assemble your view from a catalogue of ready-made widgets.

Free tools

Billable Hours Calculator

Work out a consultant's utilization rate, billable revenue and the value of unbilled hours in a few seconds. Free, no sign-up.

Open the Billable Hours Calculator

Utilization Rate Calculator

See billable and total utilization from available hours, and how many hours and euros separate a consultant from your target. Free, no sign-up.

Open the Utilization Rate Calculator

Put a Number on Your Utilization

Track time as usual and the first monthly figures arrive on the next refresh. Free for 30 days.