Target Operating Model Contracts in Central London

Target Operating Model (TOM)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Target Operating Model skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Target Operating Model over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 119 136
Rank change year-on-year +2 +17 +30
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 12 14 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.60% 0.57% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.63% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 24
10th Percentile £463 £585 £513
25th Percentile £518 £609 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £725 £728 £701
90th Percentile - £749 £800
London median daily rate £601 £550 £630
% change year-on-year +9.32% -12.70% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Target Operating Model falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,856 2,215 3,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 92.94% 90.56% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,573 2,397
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £774 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 25 28
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.04 £15.43
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%
75th Percentile £43.97 £33.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £50.75 £46.89 £88.30
London median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
% change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%

Target Operating Model
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Target Operating Model in Central London

Target Operating Model
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Target Operating Model in Central London

Target Operating Model
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Target Operating Model in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Target Operating Model in Central London

Target Operating Model
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
City of London +2 8 £600 -4.00% 1
Target Operating Model
London

Target Operating Model
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) AWS
2 1 (8.33%) GCP
General
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (16.67%) Banking
4 2 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Financial Institution
5 1 (8.33%) Retail
5 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Analyst
1 9 (75.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) Change Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Data Business Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Change Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Manager
4 1 (8.33%) AWS Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Business Change Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Business Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Cloud Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Data Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Governance Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Business Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (8.33%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (16.67%) Change Management
4 2 (16.67%) Coaching
4 2 (16.67%) Emotional Intelligence
4 2 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (16.67%) Kanban
4 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (16.67%) Requirements Management
4 2 (16.67%) Scrum
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
5 1 (8.33%) Business Case
5 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (8.33%) Customer Journey Map
5 1 (8.33%) Journey Map
5 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
5 1 (8.33%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) Master's Degree
2 2 (16.67%) PMI Certification
2 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) CAPM
3 1 (8.33%) CBAP
3 1 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (8.33%) MBA
3 1 (8.33%) PgMP
3 1 (8.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Salesforce