SolidPro
Engineering Capacity Intelligence v2.3
Engineering Vacancy Impact Calculator

See what your open engineering positions are costing your team.

Answer 6 quick questions to see your staffing gap, the engineering capacity still uncovered, the estimated vacancy impact, how long permanent hiring may take, and whether temporary engineering support makes sense.

  • 6 quick questions
  • Calculated in your browser
  • Assumptions shown clearly
01 · Which engineering role is open?
02 · On average, how many days have these positions been open?

If several positions opened at different times, enter the average.

03 · How many positions are open?
04 · How many engineers should this team have when fully staffed?

Total planned positions including these vacancies.

05 · Approx. annual employment cost for one engineer

Salary + employer-paid benefits and charges. Exclude fixed office overhead if it does not disappear while the position is vacant. An estimate is fine.

06 · What is most affected by these open positions?
AWhat value should we use for the missing capacity?This is the single biggest driver of the money figures - so you choose it, not us.

The most defensible basis. Missing capacity is valued at what the position costs you - with no claim about the value it would have produced.

BWhere your recruitment stands todayWe do not assume hiring restarts from zero today. Tell us where you are.
From today, when do you expect an offer to be accepted?
How long does this role normally take you to fill? (days) - optional

Your own history is a far better comparison than any published average.

Improve the estimate - optional

These values start with SolidPro working assumptions. Replace any number you know. Your changes are kept even if you change the role or what is affected.

Working days / year
Productive engineering hours / day
Notice period after offer (days)
Ramp-up time after joining (days)
Productivity during ramp (%)
Missing work covered through overtime (%)
Missing work covered by senior engineers (%) must not overlap with overtime; together max 85%
Senior engineer cost vs this role
Extra overtime pay (%)
Manager hours / week per open position
Manager cost vs engineer cost
Engineer-days per typical work package
Work items completed per engineer-day
Recruitment cost / hire (% of annual cost)
Onboarding cost / hire (% of annual cost)
Earliest temporary engineer start (days)
Temporary engineer day rate - optional

Fixed SolidPro screening rules, stated openly: rework cost is applied to 30% of residual capacity value · rework likelihood rises with staffing strain and vacancy age · risk bands are scored from staffing gap, vacancy age and the priority you selected · urgency thresholds are ours. These are screening rules, not measurements, and they are not editable - they are disclosed so you can discount them.