Calculation: 2.6 training staff × £45,000 × 39% = £45,630
What this measures: Capacity released from course generation, assignment, evidence capture, reminders and reporting.
Study-backed evidence: Original study-backed calculator evidence: UK Employer Skills Survey and workflow/time-study logic support valuing training administration, checking, chasing and reporting effort from buyer-entered people, time and cost data.
Why these inputs are used:
- 2.6 training staff comes from the calculator starting point of roughly one training/L&D FTE per 250 employees.
- £45,000 is a conservative loaded annual training/L&D role cost placeholder; replace it with payroll or finance data.
- 39% is the package assumption for released training administration capacity, supported by the general evidence that training administration is a material employer cost area.
Supporting sources:UK Employer Skills Survey 2024HSE: training and competence
Validate with buyer data: Training-team headcount, fully loaded cost, recurring assignment/reporting hours and a before-and-after workflow time study.
Boundary: Treat as released capacity unless payroll, contractor or external administration spend is genuinely removed. The study-backed calculator evidence explains the saving mechanism; buyer data validates the value.