Target Operating Model Contract Job Trends in Central London

Target Operating Model (TOM)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Target Operating Model skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 120 121
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 +45
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 19 11 23
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.94% 0.47% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 0.51% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 13
10th Percentile £384 £504 £575
25th Percentile £513 £563 £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% - +9.24%
75th Percentile £656 £713 £688
90th Percentile £795 £740 £718
London median daily rate £631 £600 £583
% change year-on-year +5.21% +2.92% -10.31%

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 1,833 2,150 2,388
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.52% 92.24% 89.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,277 1,346 1,713
10th Percentile £343 £363 £358
25th Percentile £425 £465 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 27 16
10th Percentile £19.86 £18.34 £17.00
25th Percentile £23.15 £28.32 £18.93
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +30.84% -35.93%
75th Percentile £35.75 £52.50 £51.31
90th Percentile £46.39 £112.00 £69.38
London median hourly rate £30.00 £36.65 £33.35
% change year-on-year -18.14% +9.91% -13.95%

Target Operating Model
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Target Operating Model relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Target Operating Model job vacancy trend in Central London

Target Operating Model
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Target Operating Model.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Target Operating Model

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 25 December 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 25 December 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 +9 19 £550 -15.38% 11
Target Operating Model
London

Target Operating Model
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (10.53%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) Power Platform
2 2 (10.53%) AWS
2 2 (10.53%) Azure
3 1 (5.26%) ChatGPT
3 1 (5.26%) GCP
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (15.79%) Power BI
2 2 (10.53%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 2 (10.53%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 13 (68.42%) Finance
2 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
3 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (21.05%) Banking
5 3 (15.79%) Back Office
6 2 (10.53%) Financial Institution
6 2 (10.53%) Front Office
6 2 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
7 1 (5.26%) General Ledger
7 1 (5.26%) Investment Banking
7 1 (5.26%) Military
7 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Analyst
1 8 (42.11%) Business Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Senior
2 3 (15.79%) Senior Manager
3 2 (10.53%) ACBS Business Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 2 (10.53%) Developer
3 2 (10.53%) Power BI Developer
3 2 (10.53%) Project Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Project Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Data Governance Specialist
4 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Pensions Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Pensions Business Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Project Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) XML
2 1 (5.26%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Cloud Native
1 2 (10.53%) CMDB
2 1 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.26%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.26%) Derivative
2 1 (5.26%) Fixed Income
2 1 (5.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Agile
1 5 (26.32%) Data Modelling
1 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (15.79%) Migration
3 3 (15.79%) Process Improvement
3 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (15.79%) User Stories
3 3 (15.79%) Visualisation
4 2 (10.53%) Analytics
4 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (10.53%) Data Extraction
4 2 (10.53%) Data Migration
4 2 (10.53%) Decision-Making
4 2 (10.53%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (10.53%) Investment Management
4 2 (10.53%) Matrix Organization
4 2 (10.53%) Swim Lanes
4 2 (10.53%) Unit Testing
4 2 (10.53%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
2 1 (5.26%) Java
2 1 (5.26%) Korn
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) Data Quality
1 2 (10.53%) QA
2 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.26%) Dodd-Frank
2 1 (5.26%) EMIR
2 1 (5.26%) MiFID
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
1 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.26%) eFront