Target Operating Model Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Target Operating Model (TOM)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Target Operating Model skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 - 110
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 3 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.13% - 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% - 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £464 - £540
25th Percentile £466 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -32.58%
75th Percentile £516 - £650
90th Percentile £521 - £680
England median daily rate £600 £650 £585
% change year-on-year -7.69% +11.11% -6.40%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,763 958 1,633
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.81% 89.12% 84.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 888 480 654
10th Percentile £189 £210 £202
25th Percentile £372 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £439
Median % change year-on-year - +14.03% -11.05%
75th Percentile £591 £575 £573
90th Percentile £688 £650 £650
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 404 196 612
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.68 £16.95 £15.62
Median hourly rate £33.07 £31.64 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.50% -20.90% +90.48%
75th Percentile £67.50 £65.81 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.25 £71.13
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year +84.31% -33.11% +1.65%

Target Operating Model
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Target Operating Model job vacancy trend in the East of England

Target Operating Model
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Target Operating Model
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 29 June 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
Bedfordshire - 2 £488 -
Hertfordshire - 1 - - 3
Target Operating Model
England

Target Operating Model
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (33.33%) Behavioural Change
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 1 (33.33%) Demand Management
1 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
1 1 (33.33%) ERP
1 1 (33.33%) Internal Audit
1 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
1 1 (33.33%) Service Catalogue
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Service Design
1 1 (33.33%) Technology Enablement
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience
1 1 (33.33%) User Research
1 1 (33.33%) UX Design
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations