Target Operating Model Contracts

Target Operating Model (TOM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 325 405 394
Rank change year-on-year +80 -11 -3
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 266 309 586
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.63% 0.54% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.60% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 216 413
10th Percentile £413 £440 £412
25th Percentile £500 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £750 £688
90th Percentile £735 £844 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £550 £500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £49.85 £64.97 -
25th Percentile £52.63 £66.04 -
Median hourly rate £58.00 £70.48 £88.22
Median % change year-on-year -17.70% -20.11% +404.11%
75th Percentile £64.13 £77.55 -
90th Percentile £67.35 £80.21 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.00 £76.71 £88.22
% change year-on-year -37.42% -13.05% +404.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,622 51,397 80,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.09% 89.76% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,613 35,611 56,174
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £439 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,690 1,913
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.77 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.54%

Target Operating Model
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Target Operating Model in the UK

Target Operating Model
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Target Operating Model in the UK

Target Operating Model
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Target Operating Model over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Target Operating Model in the UK

Target Operating Model
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Target Operating Model in the UK

Target Operating Model
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Target Operating Model over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Target Operating Model in the UK

Target Operating Model
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 20 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
England +89 248 £575 -4.17% 64
London +127 186 £550 -16.35% 40
Work from Home +59 86 £575 -11.54% 27
UK excluding London 0 76 £600 +9.09% 26
North of England +14 25 £575 +4.55% 6
South East +17 17 £588 +0.09% 6
Scotland +43 14 £416 -1.36%
North West +5 14 £575 +4.55% 3
Yorkshire +14 11 £600 +9.09% 1
West Midlands 0 9 £625 +8.70% 6
Midlands -4 9 £625 +8.70% 6
East of England +13 6 £575 -35.39% 2
South West -4 5 £600 +1.27% 6
North East +10 1 £800 +45.45% 2

Target Operating Model
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (3.01%) Confluence
2 4 (1.50%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 13 (4.89%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (3.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (3.38%) MS Visio
5 7 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.50%) Loan IQ
2 3 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (6.02%) Azure
2 6 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (2.26%) SaaS
3 5 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (1.88%) PaaS
4 4 (1.50%) AWS
4 4 (1.50%) Entra ID
4 4 (1.50%) IaaS
5 3 (1.13%) Azure API Management
5 3 (1.13%) Azure Event Grid
5 3 (1.13%) Azure Logic Apps
5 3 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (1.13%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.75%) OCI
6 2 (0.75%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.75%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.38%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.38%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.38%) GCP
7 1 (0.38%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.63%) Network Security
2 6 (2.26%) Firewall
3 3 (1.13%) VPN
4 2 (0.75%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (0.75%) LAN
5 1 (0.38%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.13%) Big Data
2 2 (0.75%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.38%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 8 (3.01%) JIRA
2 3 (1.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 87 (32.71%) Social Skills
2 70 (26.32%) Finance
3 59 (22.18%) Public Sector
4 23 (8.65%) Banking
5 22 (8.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (4.14%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (3.01%) Investment Banking
9 6 (2.26%) Back Office
10 5 (1.88%) Local Government
11 4 (1.50%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.50%) Marketing
11 4 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.13%) Front Office
12 3 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.13%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.75%) Advertising
13 2 (0.75%) Electronics
13 2 (0.75%) Legal
13 2 (0.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 87 (32.71%) Analyst
2 84 (31.58%) Business Analyst
3 43 (16.17%) Project Manager
4 41 (15.41%) Consultant
5 31 (11.65%) Architect
6 28 (10.53%) Senior
7 16 (6.02%) Lead
7 16 (6.02%) Senior Manager
8 15 (5.64%) Change Manager
9 14 (5.26%) Business Architect
9 14 (5.26%) Insurance Business Analyst
9 14 (5.26%) Programme Manager
9 14 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
10 13 (4.89%) Business Manager
11 11 (4.14%) Asset Management Analyst
11 11 (4.14%) Asset Management Business Analyst
12 8 (3.01%) Senior Analyst
12 8 (3.01%) Senior Business Analyst
13 7 (2.63%) Business Change Manager
13 7 (2.63%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.50%) LDAP
1 4 (1.50%) Middleware
1 4 (1.50%) SAML
1 4 (1.50%) Web Services
2 3 (1.13%) .NET
2 3 (1.13%) EDI
3 2 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.75%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.38%) Product Ownership
2 6 (2.26%) Onboarding
2 6 (2.26%) Wiki
3 5 (1.88%) Fixed Income
4 4 (1.50%) CMDB
4 4 (1.50%) Derivative
4 4 (1.50%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.50%) Mobile Banking
4 4 (1.50%) Reinsurance
5 3 (1.13%) IoT
5 3 (1.13%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.75%) Equities
7 1 (0.38%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.38%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.38%) FMCG
7 1 (0.38%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.38%) Freedom of Information Act
7 1 (0.38%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.38%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.38%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (29.32%) Agile
2 69 (25.94%) Stakeholder Management
3 46 (17.29%) Change Management
4 40 (15.04%) Business Analysis
5 36 (13.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 35 (13.16%) Project Management
6 35 (13.16%) Roadmaps
7 33 (12.41%) Workshop Facilitation
8 26 (9.77%) PRINCE2
9 24 (9.02%) Business Case
10 22 (8.27%) Decision-Making
11 21 (7.89%) Asset Management
12 20 (7.52%) Business Strategy
12 20 (7.52%) Migration
12 20 (7.52%) Problem-Solving
13 17 (6.39%) DevOps
13 17 (6.39%) Project Delivery
14 16 (6.02%) ITIL
14 16 (6.02%) Six Sigma
14 16 (6.02%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.13%) C#
1 3 (1.13%) Java
1 3 (1.13%) PHP
1 3 (1.13%) Python
1 3 (1.13%) Ruby
2 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (9.40%) Security Cleared
2 21 (7.89%) SC Cleared
3 18 (6.77%) Degree
4 9 (3.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 5 (1.88%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.88%) PMI Certification
5 5 (1.88%) PMP
6 4 (1.50%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.13%) APMP
7 3 (1.13%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.38%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.38%) CIPD
8 1 (0.38%) CITP
8 1 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.76%) PMO
2 8 (3.01%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.13%) QA
4 2 (0.75%) EMIR
4 2 (0.75%) MiFID
5 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.38%) GDPR
5 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.38%) NIST
5 1 (0.38%) P3O
System Software
1 4 (1.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.13%) Docker
2 3 (1.13%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.50%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.75%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 20 (7.52%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.01%) ServiceNow
3 7 (2.63%) SAP
4 3 (1.13%) Phenom
4 3 (1.13%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.13%) VMware
5 2 (0.75%) Adobe
5 2 (0.75%) Cisco
5 2 (0.75%) MuleSoft
5 2 (0.75%) Oracle
5 2 (0.75%) Sparx
6 1 (0.38%) Virgin Media
6 1 (0.38%) Workday