Target Operating Model Contracts in England

Target Operating Model (TOM)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Target Operating Model skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Target Operating Model over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 298 384 365
Rank change year-on-year +86 -19 +25
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 247 271 493
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.68% 0.56% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.62% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 191 344
10th Percentile £413 £450 £413
25th Percentile £500 £513 £499
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £775 £697
90th Percentile £732 £850 £788
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £64.97 -
25th Percentile £66.50 £66.04 -
Median hourly rate £68.00 £70.48 £88.22
Median % change year-on-year -3.52% -20.11% -
75th Percentile £69.50 £77.55 -
90th Percentile - £80.21 -
UK median hourly rate £58.00 £70.48 £88.22
% change year-on-year -17.70% -20.11% +404.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Target Operating Model is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,464 43,415 63,929
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.38% 90.10% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,624 30,476 45,458
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £448 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,526 1,738
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.95 £16.20 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +45.58% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

Target Operating Model
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Target Operating Model as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Target Operating Model in England

Target Operating Model
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Target Operating Model in England.

Daily rate trend for Target Operating Model in England

Target Operating Model
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Target Operating Model in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Target Operating Model in England

Target Operating Model
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Target Operating Model in England.

Hourly rate trend for Target Operating Model in England

Target Operating Model
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Target Operating Model within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +130 185 £550 -16.35% 32
North of England +17 25 £575 +4.55% 6
South East +29 17 £588 +0.09% 3
North West +10 14 £575 +4.55% 3
Yorkshire +10 11 £600 +9.09% 1
West Midlands +2 9 £625 +8.70% 7
Midlands +1 9 £625 +8.70% 7
East of England +6 6 £575 -35.39% 1
South West -6 5 £600 +1.27% 6
North East +10 1 £800 +45.45% 2
Target Operating Model
UK

Target Operating Model
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (3.24%) Confluence
2 4 (1.62%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (4.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (3.64%) MS Visio
5 7 (2.83%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.62%) Loan IQ
2 3 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 14 (5.67%) Azure
2 6 (2.43%) SaaS
3 5 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (2.02%) PaaS
4 4 (1.62%) AWS
4 4 (1.62%) Entra ID
4 4 (1.62%) IaaS
4 4 (1.62%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.21%) Azure API Management
5 3 (1.21%) Azure Event Grid
5 3 (1.21%) Azure Logic Apps
5 3 (1.21%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (0.81%) OCI
6 2 (0.81%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.40%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.40%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.40%) GCP
7 1 (0.40%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.83%) Network Security
2 6 (2.43%) Firewall
3 3 (1.21%) VPN
4 1 (0.40%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.21%) Big Data
2 2 (0.81%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.40%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 8 (3.24%) JIRA
2 3 (1.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 77 (31.17%) Social Skills
2 65 (26.32%) Finance
3 56 (22.67%) Public Sector
4 23 (9.31%) Banking
5 21 (8.50%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (8.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (3.24%) Investment Banking
6 8 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (2.43%) Back Office
8 5 (2.02%) Local Government
9 4 (1.62%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.62%) Marketing
9 4 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.21%) Front Office
10 3 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.21%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.81%) Advertising
11 2 (0.81%) Police
11 2 (0.81%) Private Banking
11 2 (0.81%) Retail
Job Titles
1 80 (32.39%) Analyst
2 78 (31.58%) Business Analyst
3 42 (17.00%) Project Manager
4 39 (15.79%) Consultant
5 29 (11.74%) Architect
6 27 (10.93%) Senior
7 15 (6.07%) Change Manager
7 15 (6.07%) Senior Manager
8 14 (5.67%) Business Architect
8 14 (5.67%) Insurance Business Analyst
9 13 (5.26%) Business Manager
9 13 (5.26%) Lead
9 13 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
10 12 (4.86%) Programme Manager
11 11 (4.45%) Asset Management Analyst
11 11 (4.45%) Asset Management Business Analyst
12 8 (3.24%) Senior Analyst
12 8 (3.24%) Senior Business Analyst
13 7 (2.83%) Business Change Manager
13 7 (2.83%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.62%) LDAP
1 4 (1.62%) Middleware
1 4 (1.62%) SAML
1 4 (1.62%) Web Services
2 3 (1.21%) .NET
2 3 (1.21%) EDI
3 2 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.81%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.64%) Product Ownership
2 6 (2.43%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.02%) Fixed Income
4 4 (1.62%) CMDB
4 4 (1.62%) Derivative
4 4 (1.62%) Mobile Banking
4 4 (1.62%) Reinsurance
5 3 (1.21%) IoT
5 3 (1.21%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.21%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.81%) Equities
7 1 (0.40%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.40%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.40%) FMCG
7 1 (0.40%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.40%) Freedom of Information Act
7 1 (0.40%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.40%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.40%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.40%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (31.17%) Agile
2 64 (25.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 36 (14.57%) Change Management
3 36 (14.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 33 (13.36%) Business Analysis
4 33 (13.36%) Workshop Facilitation
5 27 (10.93%) Project Management
6 26 (10.53%) PRINCE2
7 25 (10.12%) Roadmaps
8 23 (9.31%) Business Case
9 22 (8.91%) Decision-Making
10 21 (8.50%) Asset Management
11 20 (8.10%) Problem-Solving
12 19 (7.69%) Business Strategy
12 19 (7.69%) Migration
13 17 (6.88%) DevOps
13 17 (6.88%) Project Delivery
14 16 (6.48%) ITIL
14 16 (6.48%) Six Sigma
14 16 (6.48%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.21%) C#
1 3 (1.21%) Java
1 3 (1.21%) PHP
1 3 (1.21%) Python
1 3 (1.21%) Ruby
2 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.40%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (9.72%) Security Cleared
2 21 (8.50%) SC Cleared
3 18 (7.29%) Degree
4 9 (3.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 5 (2.02%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.02%) PMP
6 4 (1.62%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.62%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.21%) APMP
7 3 (1.21%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.40%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.40%) CIPD
8 1 (0.40%) CITP
8 1 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.05%) PMO
2 7 (2.83%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.21%) QA
4 2 (0.81%) EMIR
4 2 (0.81%) MiFID
5 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.40%) GDPR
5 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.40%) NIST
5 1 (0.40%) P3O
System Software
1 4 (1.62%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.21%) Docker
2 3 (1.21%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.62%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (7.29%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.83%) SAP
3 6 (2.43%) ServiceNow
4 3 (1.21%) Phenom
4 3 (1.21%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.21%) VMware
5 2 (0.81%) Oracle
6 1 (0.40%) Sparx
6 1 (0.40%) Virgin Media
6 1 (0.40%) Workday