Utilization Rates and Month-end Engineer Count

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Monthly data on utilization rates and month-end engineer count are provided below in Excel format to facilitate use in spreadsheet software.
FY2018(Reporting Period 56) FY2027(Reporting Period 65)[Excel]

FY2027 (Reporting Period 65)

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	Feb	Mar	Apr	Q1	May	Jun	Jul	Q2	H1 average
Utilization rate(%)	99.0	98.5	97.2	98.3	97.7	96.9
Utilization rate (incl. trainees) (%)	95.9	95.4	83.8	91.4	83.4	85.8
Month-end engineer count	1,310	1,303	1,438	1,350	1,435	1,435
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Q3	Q3 average	Nov	Dec	Jan	Q4	H2 average	Full-year average
Utilization rate (%)
Utilization rate (incl. trainees) (%)
Month-end engineer count

Utilization rate(%)= The number of dispatched staff / The number of staff signed up for dispatching but not yet dispatched
* New employees and others who joined the Company mid-year are not included in the utilization rate until after they are dispatched to their assignments.

FY2026 (Reporting Period 64)

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	Feb	Mar	Apr	Q1	May	Jun	Jul	Q2	H1 average
Utilization rate (%)	99.0	98.9	97.6	98.5	98.2	97.1	96.6	97.3	97.9
Utilization rate (incl. trainees) (%)	96.8	97.1	84.4	92.5	84.3	88.0	90.2	87.5	89.9
Month-end engineer count	1,244	1,226	1,359	1,276	1,351	1,349	1,345	1,348	1,312
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Q3	Q3 average	Nov	Dec	Jan	Q4	H2 average	Full-year average
Utilization rate (%)	97.5	98.1	97.8	97.8	97.9	98.7	99.2	98.1	98.6	98.2	98.1
Utilization rate (incl. trainees) (%)	91.6	92.8	93.0	92.5	90.8	94.1	95.4	94.5	94.7	93.6	91.7
Month-end engineer count	1,339	1,335	1,325	1,333	1,319	1,322	1,317	1,315	1,318	1,326	1,319

Utilization rate(%)= The number of dispatched staff / The number of staff signed up for dispatching but not yet dispatched
* New employees and others who joined the Company mid-year are not included in the utilization rate until after they are dispatched to their assignments.

FY2025 (Reporting Period63)

	Feb	Mar	Apr	Q1	May	Jun	Jul	Q2	H1 average
Utilization rate (%)	99.3	99.3	97.6	98.7	98.7	97.4	97.3	97.8	98.2
Utilization rate (incl. trainees) (%)	96.8	97.0	82.1	91.5	82.9	86.4	90.3	86.5	88.9
Month-end engineer count	1,186	1,182	1,336	1,235	1,334	1,333	1,316	1,328	1,281
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Q3	Q3 average	Nov	Dec	Jan	Q4	H2 average	Full-year average
Utilization rate (%)	98.5	99.2	97.5	98.4	98.3	99.0	99.2	98.7	99.0	98.7	98.5
Utilization rate (incl. trainees) (%)	93.1	94.8	93.9	93.9	90.6	95.7	97.1	96.4	96.4	95.1	92.0
Month-end engineer count	1,301	1,299	1,277	1,292	1,285	1,270	1,267	1,251	1,263	1,278	1,279

Utilization rate(%)= The number of dispatched staff / The number of staff signed up for dispatching but not yet dispatched
* New graduates and others who joined the company in midyear are not counted until after they are deployed.

FY2024 (Reporting Period62)

	Feb	Mar	Apr	Q1	May	Jun	Jul	Q2	H1 average
Utilization rate (%)	98.7	98.7	97.9	98.4	98.4	97.4	97.5	97.8	98.1
Utilization rate (incl. trainees) (%)	96.9	97.0	85.3	92.8	86.0	89.2	91.4	88.8	90.8
Month-end engineer count	1,145	1,137	1,249	1,177	1,253	1,249	1,237	1,246	1,212
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Q3	Q3 average	Nov	Dec	Jan	Q4	H2 average	Full-year average
Utilization rate (%)	98.1	98.7	97.7	98.2	98.1	99.1	99.1	98.8	99.0	98.6	98.3
Utilization rate (incl. trainees) (%)	92.8	95.4	95.5	94.6	92.0	97.0	97.3	96.0	96.8	95.7	93.2
Month-end engineer count	1,226	1,216	1,207	1,216	1,213	1,198	1,194	1,192	1,195	1,206	1,209

Utilization rate(%)= The number of dispatched staff / The number of staff signed up for dispatching but not yet dispatchedM
* New graduates and others who joined the company in midyear are not counted until after they are deployed.

FY2023 (Reporting Period61)

	Feb	Mar	Apr	Q1	May	Jun	Jul	Q2	H1 average
Utilization rate (%)	99.1	99.3	96.5	98.3	96.4	97.3	97.2	97.0	97.6
Utilization rate (incl. trainees)(%)	96.1	97.0	82.3	91.3	86.4	91.9	91.4	89.9	90.6
Month-end engineer count	1,065	1,059	1,216	1,113	1,206	1,199	1,192	1,199	1,156
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Q3	Q3 average	Nov	Dec	Jan	Q4	H2 average	Full-year average
Utilization rate (%)	98.3	99.1	98.1	98.5	97.9	99.3	98.8	97.5	98.5	98.5	98.1
Utilization rate (incl. trainees)(%)	93.3	95.5	94.3	94.4	91.9	95.2	95.5	95.4	95.3	94.9	92.7
Month-end engineer count	1,186	1,185	1,182	1,184	1,166	1,178	1,171	1,157	1,169	1,177	1,166

Utilization rate(%)= The number of dispatched staff / The number of staff signed up for dispatching but not yet dispatched
* New graduates and others who joined the company in midyear are not counted until after they are deployed.

FY2022 (Reporting Period60)

	Feb	Mar	Apr	Q1	May	Jun	Jul	Q2	H1 average
Utilization rate (%)	97.4	97.7	93.2	96.1	95.3	94.7	95.7	95.2	95.6
Utilization rate (incl. trainees)(%)	91.8	93.0	76.1	86.3	80.2	82.8	86.1	83.0	84.6
Month-end engineer count	967	962	1,152	1,027	1,145	1,125	1,109	1,126	1,077
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Q3	Q3 average	Nov	Dec	Jan	Q4	H2 average	Full-year average
Utilization rate (%)	96.4	97.2	96.0	96.5	95.9	98.3	98.9	98.0	98.4	97.5	96.6
Utilization rate (incl. trainees)(%)	88.6	90.6	90.7	90.0	86.4	93.5	95.0	94.4	94.3	92.1	88.3
Month-end engineer count	1,105	1,100	1,084	1,096	1,083	1,085	1,081	1,073	1,080	1,088	1,082

Utilization rate(%)= The number of dispatched staff / The number of staff signed up for dispatching but not yet dispatched
* New graduates and others who joined the company in midyear are not counted until after they are deployed.

FY2021 (Reporting Period59)

	Feb	Mar	Apr	Q1	May	Jun	Jul	Q2	H1 average
Utilization rate (%)	98.4	98.7	96.3	97.8	97.4	97.0	93.1	95.8	96.8
Month-end engineer count	897	897	1,055	950	1,052	1,043	1,034	1,043	996
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Q3	Q3 average	Nov	Dec	Jan	Q4	H2 average	Full-year average
Utilization rate (%)	94.0	93.1	91.7	92.9	95.5	94.5	96.0	95.2	95.2	94.1	95.4
Month-end engineer count	1,027	1,024	1,018	1,023	1,005	1,013	984	971	989	1,006	1,001

Utilization rate(%)= The number of dispatched staff / The number of staff signed up for dispatching but not yet dispatched
* New graduates and others who joined the company in midyear are not counted until after they are deployed.

FY2020 (Reporting Period58)

	Feb	Mar	Apr	Q1	May	Jun	Jul	Q2	H1 average
Utilization rate (%)	98.2	98.0	97.0	97.7	97.6	95.6	96.6	96.6	97.1
Month-end engineer count	787	778	931	832	927	932	926	928	880
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Q3	Q3 average	Nov	Dec	Jan	Q4	H2 average	Full-year average
Utilization rate (%)	98.2	98.1	97.5	97.9	97.4	97.4	98.6	96.6	97.5	97.7	97.4
Month-end engineer count	927	927	922	925	895	914	908	901	908	917	898

Utilization rate(%)= The number of dispatched staff / The number of staff signed up for dispatching but not yet dispatched
* New graduates and others who joined the company in midyear are not counted until after they are deployed.

FY2019 (Reporting Period57)

	Feb	Mar	Apr	Q1	May	Jun	Jul	Q2	H1 average
Utilization rate (%)	99.2	99.2	96.6	98.3	96.2	96.6	95.8	96.2	97.2
Month-end engineer count	716	713	828	752	821	820	814	818	785
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Q3	Q3 average	Nov	Dec	Jan	Q4	H2 average	Full-year average
Utilization rate (%)	98.4	98.2	96.6	97.7	97.4	98.6	98.6	97.0	98.1	97.9	97.6
Month-end engineer count	811	806	798	805	792	797	793	785	792	798	792

Utilization rate(%)= The number of dispatched staff / The number of staff signed up for dispatching but not yet dispatched
* New graduates and others who joined the company in midyear are not counted until after they are deployed.

FY2018 (Reporting Period56)

	Feb	Mar	Apr	Q1	May	Jun	Jul	Q2	H1 average
Utilization rate (%)	98.6	98.1	96.2	97.7	95.7	97.6	97.1	96.8	97.2
Month-end engineer count	652	649	755	685	752	750	741	748	717
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Q3	Q3 average	Nov	Dec	Jan	Q4	H2 average	Full-year average
Utilization rate (%)	97.8	98.5	98.3	98.2	97.6	98.7	99.4	98.1	98.7	98.5	97.9
Month-end engineer count	733	728	727	729	721	723	724	716	721	725	721

Utilization rate(%)= The number of dispatched staff / The number of staff signed up for dispatching but not yet dispatched
* New graduates and others who joined the company in midyear are not counted until after they are deployed.

FY2017 (Reporting Period55)

	Feb	Mar	Apr	Q1	May	Jun	Jul	Q2	H1 average
Utilization rate (%)	99.1	99.5	95.9	98.2	95.4	96.9	96.4	96.2	97.2
Month-end engineer count	600	598	693	630	691	683	675	683	657
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Q3	Q3 average	Nov	Dec	Jan	Q4	H2 average	Full-year average
Utilization rate (%)	97.0	97.2	96.0	96.7	97.0	98.4	98.4	96.9	97.9	97.3	97.2
Month-end engineer count	670	669	664	668	660	657	660	654	657	662	660

Utilization rate(%)= The number of dispatched staff / The number of staff signed up for dispatching but not yet dispatched
* New graduates and others who joined the company in midyear are not counted until after they are deployed.

FY2016 (Reporting Period54)

	Feb	Mar	Apr	Q1	May	Jun	Jul	Q2	H1 average
Utilization rate (%)	99.1	98.8	96.5	98.1	96.1	98.0	97.8	97.3	97.7
Month-end engineer count	564	561	624	583	625	627	622	625	604
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Q3	Q3 average	Nov	Dec	Jan	Q4	H2 average	Full-year average
Utilization rate (%)	97.4	98.8	97.4	97.9	97.8	98.8	98.9	97.9	98.5	98.2	98.0
Month-end engineer count	620	614	613	616	608	612	609	601	607	612	608

Utilization rate(%)= The number of dispatched staff / The number of staff signed up for dispatching but not yet dispatched
* New graduates and others who joined the company in midyear are not counted until after they are deployed.

FY2015 (Reporting Period53)

	Feb	Mar	Apr	Q1	May	Jun	Jul	Q2	H1 average
Utilization rate (%)	97.8	97.8	94.3	96.6	95.7	96.8	96.5	96.3	96.5
Month-end engineer count	543	538	618	566	612	609	599	607	587
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Q3	Q3 average	Nov	Dec	Jan	Q4	H2 average	Full-year average
Utilization rate (%)	97.8	97.7	97.2	97.6	96.9	98.7	99.4	97.5	98.5	98.0	97.3
Month-end engineer count	597	592	587	592	588	583	580	569	577	585	586

Utilization rate(%)= The number of dispatched staff / The number of staff signed up for dispatching but not yet dispatched
* New graduates and others who joined the company in midyear are not counted until after they are deployed.

FY2014 (Reporting Period52)

	Feb	Mar	Apr	Q1	May	Jun	Jul	Q2	H1 average
Utilization rate (%)	97.3	97.3	89.6	94.7	89.8	91.2	90.8	90.6	92.6
Month-end engineer count	555	550	594	566	587	580	571	579	573
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Q3	Q3 average	Nov	Dec	Jan	Q4	H2 average	Full-year average
Utilization rate (%)	93.2	94.6	94.7	94.2	93.1	96.1	97.8	96.5	96.8	95.5	94.1
Month-end engineer count	568	565	560	564	570	550	550	543	548	556	564

Utilization rate(%)= The number of dispatched staff / The number of staff signed up for dispatching but not yet dispatched
* New graduates and others who joined the company in midyear are not counted until after they are deployed.

FY2013 (Reporting Period51)

	Feb	Mar	Apr	Q1	May	Jun	Jul	Q2	H1 average
Utilization rate (%)	98.5	98.3	95.3	97.4	96.8	98.7	97.9	97.8	97.6
Month-end engineer count	500	494	645	546	640	636	619	632	589
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Q3	Q3 average	Nov	Dec	Jan	Q4	H2 average	Full-year average
Utilization rate (%)	97.5	97.8	97.3	97.6	97.6	98.7	97.6	95.8	97.4	97.5	97.5
Month-end engineer count	610	606	601	606	595	587	579	564	577	591	590

Utilization rate(%)= The number of dispatched staff / The number of staff signed up for dispatching but not yet dispatched
* New graduates and others who joined the company in midyear are not counted until after they are deployed.

FY2012 (Reporting Period50)

	Feb	Mar	Apr	Q1	May	Jun	Jul	Q2	H1 average
Utilization rate (%)	96.6	92.9	92.0	93.8	94.2	96.4	95.7	95.4	94.6
Month-end engineer count	590	584	569	581	562	551	543	552	567
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Q3	Q3 average	Nov	Dec	Jan	Q4	H2 average	Full-year average
Utilization rate (%)	96.9	96.2	94.1	95.7	95.0	96.2	97.5	95.8	96.5	96.1	95.4
Month-end engineer count	538	534	519	530	554	514	511	506	510	520	543

Utilization rate(%)= The number of dispatched staff / The number of staff signed up for dispatching but not yet dispatched
* New graduates and others who joined the company in midyear are not counted until after they are deployed.

FY2011 (Reporting Period49)

	Feb	Mar	Apr	Q1	May	Jun	Jul	Q2	H1 average
Utilization rate (%)	78.1	85.6	96.0	86.2	94.7	96.6	95.9	95.7	90.7
Month-end engineer count	626	591	702	640	572	562	550	561	601
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Q3	Nov	Dec	Jan	Q4	H2 average	Full-year average
Utilization rate (%)	97.2	97.5	96.3	97.0	97.0	98.0	95.8	96.8	96.9	93.6
Month-end engineer count	541	541	535	539	527	524	582	544	542	571

Utilization rate(%)= The number of dispatched staff / The number of staff signed up for dispatching but not yet dispatched
* New graduates and others who joined the company in midyear are not counted until after they are deployed.

FY2010 (Reporting Period48)

	Feb	Mar	Apr	Q1	May	Jun	Jul	Q2	H1 average
Utilization rate (%)	92.3	87.7	67.5	82.9	69.6	72.2	70.8	70.9	77.3
Month-end engineer count	737	719	799	752	765	751	733	750	751
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Q3	Nov	Dec	Jan	Q4	H2 average	Full-year average
Utilization rate (%)	71.8	76.2	75.0	74.3	77.5	80.8	80.2	79.5	76.8	77.0
Month-end engineer count	717	701	682	700	665	660	642	656	678	714

Utilization rate(%)= The number of dispatched staff / The number of staff signed up for dispatching but not yet dispatched
* New graduates and others who joined the company in midyear are not counted until after they are deployed.

FY2009 (Reporting Period47)

	Feb	Mar	Apr	Q1	May	Jun	Jul	Q2	H1 average
Utilization rate (%)	97.8	98.6	96.1	97.5	95.3	97.5	97.3	96.7	97.1
Month-end engineer count	667	666	830	721	820	811	803	811	766
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Q3	Nov	Dec	Jan	Q4	H2 average	Full-year average
Utilization rate (%)	97.1	95.7	96.6	96.4	97.7	98.2	95.3	97.1	96.8	96.9
Month-end engineer count	793	780	766	780	759	750	746	752	766	766

Utilization rate(%)= The number of dispatched staff / The number of staff signed up for dispatching but not yet dispatched
* New graduates and others who joined the company in midyear are not counted until after they are deployed.

FY2008 (Reporting Period46)

	Feb	Mar	Apr	Q1	May	Jun	Jul	Q2	H1 average
Utilization rate (%)	98.2	98.6	96.6	97.8	95.8	95.8	96.5	96.0	96.9
Month-end engineer count	579	573	717	623	710	706	693	703	663
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Q3	Nov	Dec	Jan	Q4	H2 average	Full-year average
Utilization rate (%)	97.0	97.8	97.9	97.6	98.0	98.4	98.6	98.4	98.0	97.4
Month-end engineer count	684	684	686	685	680	675	675	677	681	672

Utilization rate(%)= The number of dispatched staff / The number of staff signed up for dispatching but not yet dispatched
* New graduates and others who joined the company in midyear are not counted until after they are deployed.