Target Operating Model Contracts in the City of London

Target Operating Model (TOM)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 112 139
Rank change year-on-year +2 +27 +17
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 9 14 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.51% 0.64% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.70% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 21
10th Percentile £496 £585 -
25th Percentile £538 £609 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £675 £728 £723
90th Percentile - £749 £800
Central London median daily rate £650 £625 £650
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +13.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,637 1,989 3,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.17% 90.53% 91.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,034 1,408 2,250
10th Percentile £363 £363 £356
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £684 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 24
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.33
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £18.03
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -14.63%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%

Target Operating Model
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Target Operating Model in the City of London

Target Operating Model
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Target Operating Model in the City of London

Target Operating Model
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Target Operating Model in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Target Operating Model in the City of London

Target Operating Model
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) GCP
General
1 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
1 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
2 2 (22.22%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
3 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Analyst
1 6 (66.67%) Business Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Senior
3 2 (22.22%) Change Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Change Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Manager
4 1 (11.11%) AML Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) AWS Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Business Change Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Cloud Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Data Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Governance Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Change Manager
4 1 (11.11%) KYC Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Business Change Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Transformation Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) TOGAF Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (11.11%) UML Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
1 1 (11.11%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Business Analysis
1 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (22.22%) Agile
2 2 (22.22%) Change Management
2 2 (22.22%) Coaching
2 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Emotional Intelligence
2 2 (22.22%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
3 1 (11.11%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 1 (11.11%) Business Case
3 1 (11.11%) Business Process Modelling
3 1 (11.11%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Transformation
3 1 (11.11%) KYC
3 1 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (11.11%) Software Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
2 2 (22.22%) PMI Certification
2 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) CAPM
3 1 (11.11%) CBAP
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (11.11%) MBA
3 1 (11.11%) PgMP
3 1 (11.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Salesforce