01 Management time
Formula: (Hiring manager hours per week x hourly rate + HR hours per week x hourly rate) x weeks overrun.
Source: nufuture benchmark data. Hourly rate uses annual salary / 46 working weeks / 5 days / 8 hours.
Financial interpretation thresholds: A Difference below £20,000 is treated as lower exposure, £20,000 to £74,999 as a meaningful cost gap, and £75,000 or more as high exposure. These are nufuture benchmark data, not statutory thresholds.
02 Team capacity cost
Formula: (Average salary / 46 / 5) x extra days per week x weeks open x people covering.
Source: nufuture benchmark data based on typical gap-cover patterns in Life Sciences IT teams.
03 Contractor cover
Formula: Day rate x 5 days x weeks engaged. Inside IR35 adds employer's National Insurance at 15% on earnings above the £5,000 secondary threshold.
Source: nufuture benchmark data for the UK contractor market for mid/senior Life Sciences IT roles.
04 Consultancy cover
Formula: Day rate x 5 days x weeks engaged. Consultancy team cost also multiplies by number of consultants.
Source: nufuture benchmark data for the Life Sciences IT consultancy market. Applied where consultancy spend is filling a permanent capability gap.
05 Service Provider cover
Formula: Monthly retainer x months. Per-seat cost x seats x months. Day rate x days per week x weeks. Select every pricing model that applies. The costs are added together.
Source: nufuture benchmark data for the Life Sciences IT service provider market. IR35 is not applied to a genuine managed service arrangement.
06 Onboarding cost
Formula: (Annual salary x 1.25) / 12 x months to productivity x productivity gap.
Source: nufuture benchmark data. This diagnostic uses an editable 3 to 12 month planning range for mid/senior roles in regulated environments. Onboarding remains part of total estimated exposure.
07 Failed hire / rework
Formula: Failed hire uses 150% of base salary, prorated by weeks in role. Settlement and previous agency spend are user-entered costs added directly.
Source: nufuture benchmark data for mid/senior replacement cost. Settlement and previous agency spend are user-defined costs from a search or appointment that did not solve the hiring problem.
08 Delivery impact
Formula: User-entered commercial, compliance or delivery cost caused by delay.
Source: User-defined. This should be tied to a programme, validation milestone, audit window or launch deadline.
09 Well-run permanent search
Formula: 25% of annual base salary + 15 hours hiring manager time + 5 hours HR time.
Source: nufuture fee model and benchmark data for internal hiring time, used to compare the current exposure with the cost of running the search properly.
