Target Operating Model (TOM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Target Operating Model skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Target Operating Model over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 739 661 738
Rank change year-on-year -78 +77 -119
Permanent jobs citing Target Operating Model 163 326 544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.32% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.34% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 129 158 295
10th Percentile £39,280 £46,600 £41,750
25th Percentile £53,000 £56,219 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £71,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +1.79% +12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £92,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,700 £59,526 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.39% -4.76% +38.06%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Target Operating Model in the UK

Target Operating Model
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Target Operating Model over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Target Operating Model in the UK

Target Operating Model
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Target Operating Model within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -20 138 £71,000 -5.33% 48
UK excluding London -52 79 £58,700 -1.39% 14
London +27 76 £75,000 -11.76% 31
Work from Home +2 70 £72,500 +15.54% 19
North of England +32 16 £70,000 +17.60% 5
Wales +13 16 £40,553 -19.69%
Midlands -12 16 £55,000 - 3
North West +5 12 £70,000 +17.60% 4
South East -7 12 £77,500 - 1
West Midlands +6 9 £58,700 +6.73% 3
South West -28 9 £58,700 -2.17% 3
East Midlands -12 7 £31,897 -19.25%
Scotland -90 5 £92,500 +55.39%
East of England +20 4 £65,000 -33.33% 1
Yorkshire +76 3 - - 1
Northern Ireland +26 1 - - 1
North East - 1 £37,500 -

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 13 (7.98%) Confluence
2 3 (1.84%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (4.91%) MS Visio
2 6 (3.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (3.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.45%) SAP HCM
2 4 (2.45%) Workday HCM
3 2 (1.23%) Aladdin
3 2 (1.23%) SAP MM
3 2 (1.23%) SAP PP
3 2 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.23%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 29 (17.79%) Azure
2 24 (14.72%) AWS
3 15 (9.20%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (8.59%) Dynamics 365
5 13 (7.98%) Power Platform
6 8 (4.91%) GCP
7 4 (2.45%) Alation
7 4 (2.45%) Collibra
7 4 (2.45%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.23%) IaaS
9 1 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.61%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.61%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.61%) Firewall
1 1 (0.61%) VoIP
1 1 (0.61%) WAN
1 1 (0.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.59%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (7.36%) Data Vault
2 12 (7.36%) Power BI
2 12 (7.36%) Tableau
3 9 (5.52%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (2.45%) Metadata
5 2 (1.23%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.61%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.61%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.61%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (9.20%) JIRA
2 1 (0.61%) Git
General
1 49 (30.06%) Finance
2 31 (19.02%) Banking
3 28 (17.18%) Social Skills
4 26 (15.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (11.04%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (9.20%) Law
6 15 (9.20%) Police
7 10 (6.13%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (4.91%) Retail Banking
9 5 (3.07%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.45%) Financial Institution
10 4 (2.45%) Legal
10 4 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.84%) Advertising
12 2 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.23%) Portuguese Language
12 2 (1.23%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.23%) Retail
12 2 (1.23%) Spanish Language
13 1 (0.61%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 36 (22.09%) Architect
2 35 (21.47%) Analyst
3 33 (20.25%) Senior
4 29 (17.79%) Project Manager
5 20 (12.27%) Business Manager
6 18 (11.04%) Data Architect
7 15 (9.20%) Business Analyst
8 14 (8.59%) Senior Analyst
9 12 (7.36%) Business Systems Manager
9 12 (7.36%) Principal Architect
9 12 (7.36%) Principal Data Architect
9 12 (7.36%) Senior Business Analyst
9 12 (7.36%) Systems Manager
10 11 (6.75%) Insurance Business Analyst
10 11 (6.75%) Oracle Analyst
11 10 (6.13%) Finance Systems Analyst
11 10 (6.13%) Financial Analyst
11 10 (6.13%) Systems Analyst
12 9 (5.52%) Business Change Business Analyst
12 9 (5.52%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.98%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (6.13%) Middleware
3 2 (1.23%) .NET
3 2 (1.23%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.61%) JSON
4 1 (0.61%) Node.js
4 1 (0.61%) REST
4 1 (0.61%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.91%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (3.68%) Management Information System
2 6 (3.68%) Reference Data
3 4 (2.45%) PMI
3 4 (2.45%) Reinsurance
4 2 (1.23%) Low-Code
4 2 (1.23%) Smart Meter
5 1 (0.61%) Blog
5 1 (0.61%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (0.61%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.61%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.61%) Podcast
5 1 (0.61%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.61%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.61%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.61%) Linux
1 1 (0.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (29.45%) Change Management
2 47 (28.83%) Project Management
3 29 (17.79%) Agile
3 29 (17.79%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (17.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 27 (16.56%) Data Architecture
6 25 (15.34%) Business Development
6 25 (15.34%) TOGAF
7 24 (14.72%) Data Modelling
8 23 (14.11%) Business Strategy
8 23 (14.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (13.50%) Migration
10 21 (12.88%) Enterprise Architecture
11 20 (12.27%) PRINCE2
11 20 (12.27%) Service Delivery
12 19 (11.66%) Analytics
13 18 (11.04%) Asset Management
14 16 (9.82%) ITIL
14 16 (9.82%) Mentoring
14 16 (9.82%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.91%) SQL
2 2 (1.23%) C#
2 2 (1.23%) Python
3 1 (0.61%) Java
3 1 (0.61%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.61%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (11.04%) PMI Certification
2 16 (9.82%) Degree
3 14 (8.59%) PMP
4 12 (7.36%) APMG
5 3 (1.84%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.61%) ACCA
6 1 (0.61%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.61%) CISM
6 1 (0.61%) CISSP
6 1 (0.61%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.61%) MBA
6 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.61%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.59%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.45%) QA
3 3 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.23%) GDPR
4 2 (1.23%) PMO
5 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.61%) NIST
5 1 (0.61%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (1.23%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.61%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.61%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (18.40%) Microsoft
2 21 (12.88%) ServiceNow
3 18 (11.04%) Oracle
4 12 (7.36%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.68%) SAP
6 4 (2.45%) Informatica
6 4 (2.45%) Talend
6 4 (2.45%) Workday
7 1 (0.61%) Charles River
7 1 (0.61%) DevExpress
7 1 (0.61%) eFront
7 1 (0.61%) VMware
7 1 (0.61%) Yardi