FREE WORKBOOK
Utilisation and Time Log
Twelve months of hours in five columns, so your day rate rests on the utilisation you actually achieve rather than the one you assume.
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Who this workbook is for
Anyone setting a rate for the first time
A rate is what you need divided by the hours you can actually bill. Guess the second number and the first one is wrong by however far you guessed. This gives you the figure to put into the Day Rate Calculator.
Anyone with a quiet month they have not priced in
The demo year runs at 66.6 per cent, but August is 53.2 per cent and three months fall under 60. A rate built on your best month does not survive your worst one.
Anyone who has never measured it
Most freelancers guess their utilisation and guess high. Thirty-eight hours a week with 25.3 of them billable is a normal year, not a bad one. The other 12.7 are how the next job arrives.
