Target Operating Model Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Target Operating Model (TOM)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Target Operating Model skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.54% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £397 - -
25th Percentile £402 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 - -
75th Percentile £535 - -
90th Percentile £536 - -
England median daily rate £619 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -4.81% +13.04% -4.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 868 494 606
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 78.13% 86.36% 78.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 481 329 412
10th Percentile £200 £211 £200
25th Percentile £388 £322 £272
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £433 £419
Median % change year-on-year +6.36% +3.35% -8.02%
75th Percentile £545 £523 £550
90th Percentile £619 £590 £625
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 35 55
10th Percentile £13.53 £13.81 £11.24
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.25 £12.75
Median hourly rate £17.87 £19.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.95% +11.76% -17.69%
75th Percentile £25.15 £25.15 £26.15
90th Percentile £31.15 £38.18 £35.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.07% -20.55% +1.39%

Target Operating Model
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Target Operating Model job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Target Operating Model
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Target Operating Model.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Target Operating Model

Target Operating Model
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Target Operating Model in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Target Operating Model in the East Midlands

Target Operating Model
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 May 2026. 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
Northamptonshire - 5 £405 -
Target Operating Model
England

Target Operating Model
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Financial Institution
2 2 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Business Design Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Programme Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Business Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Business IT Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) IT Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) IT Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Enterprise Architecture
1 5 (83.33%) Roadmaps
1 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (50.00%) ArchiMate
2 3 (50.00%) BPMN
2 3 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 3 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 2 (33.33%) Change Control
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
3 2 (33.33%) Programme Governance
3 2 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (33.33%) Release Management
3 2 (33.33%) Runbook
3 2 (33.33%) SDLC
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GDPR
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (33.33%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) BiZZdesign
1 3 (50.00%) Sparx
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft