Target Operating Model Contracts in England

Target Operating Model (TOM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 387 307 389
Rank change year-on-year -80 +82 -8
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 98 247 286
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.40% 0.66% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.77% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 205 199
10th Percentile £416 £413 £442
25th Percentile £500 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 £580
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -0.86% +0.87%
75th Percentile £718 £650 £724
90th Percentile £800 £734 £863
UK median daily rate £614 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +6.74% - +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £64.97
25th Percentile - £66.50 £66.04
Median hourly rate - £68.00 £70.48
Median % change year-on-year - -3.52% -20.11%
75th Percentile - £69.50 £77.55
90th Percentile - - £80.21
UK median hourly rate £45.02 £58.00 £70.48
% change year-on-year -22.39% -17.70% -20.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Target Operating Model
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Target Operating Model in England

Target Operating Model
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Target Operating Model in England

Target Operating Model
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Target Operating Model in England

Target Operating Model
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Target Operating Model in England.

Hourly rate trend for Target Operating Model in England

Target Operating Model
Contract Job Locations in 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 England 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
London -76 62 £601 +9.32% 60
South West +61 21 £650 +8.33% 5
North of England +1 7 £428 -25.65% 8
South East +32 4 £450 -24.11% 13
Yorkshire +1 4 £500 -16.67% 3
North West +6 3 £425 -26.09% 5
Midlands +15 2 £490 -21.60% 4
West Midlands +7 2 £490 -21.60% 3
East of England +26 1 £700 +27.27% 4
Target Operating Model
UK

Target Operating Model
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.06%) Confluence
2 2 (2.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (5.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (3.06%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.02%) Misys Midas
1 1 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.02%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 8 (8.16%) Azure
2 6 (6.12%) AWS
3 4 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.06%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.06%) SaaS
5 2 (2.04%) GCP
5 2 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.02%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.06%) Power BI
2 1 (1.02%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.02%) DTS
Development Applications
1 8 (8.16%) JIRA
General
1 54 (55.10%) Finance
2 18 (18.37%) Social Skills
3 13 (13.27%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (11.22%) Banking
4 11 (11.22%) Public Sector
5 7 (7.14%) Marketing
6 6 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (3.06%) Investment Banking
7 3 (3.06%) Legal
7 3 (3.06%) Retail
8 2 (2.04%) Electronics
8 2 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.04%) Law
8 2 (2.04%) Local Government
8 2 (2.04%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.04%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.02%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.02%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 46 (46.94%) Analyst
2 44 (44.90%) Business Analyst
3 20 (20.41%) Lead
4 15 (15.31%) Senior
5 12 (12.24%) Senior Analyst
6 11 (11.22%) Senior Business Analyst
7 7 (7.14%) Financial Analyst
7 7 (7.14%) Project Manager
8 6 (6.12%) Architect
9 5 (5.10%) Finance Business Analyst
10 4 (4.08%) Consultant
10 4 (4.08%) Insurance Business Analyst
10 4 (4.08%) Programme Manager
11 3 (3.06%) Change Analyst
11 3 (3.06%) Change Manager
11 3 (3.06%) Senior Financial Analyst
11 3 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
11 3 (3.06%) Technical Analyst
11 3 (3.06%) Technical Business Analyst
11 3 (3.06%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.02%) Kafka
1 1 (1.02%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 18 (18.37%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.08%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.06%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.06%) PMI
4 2 (2.04%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (2.04%) FMCG
5 1 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.02%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.02%) Derivative
5 1 (1.02%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.02%) OTC Derivatives
5 1 (1.02%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.02%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (23.47%) Stakeholder Management
2 20 (20.41%) Business Analysis
3 17 (17.35%) Agile
4 16 (16.33%) Collaborative Working
4 16 (16.33%) Enterprise Architecture
5 15 (15.31%) Change Management
6 13 (13.27%) Business Strategy
6 13 (13.27%) Contract Negotiation
6 13 (13.27%) Systems Engineering
7 12 (12.24%) Migration
7 12 (12.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 11 (11.22%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (11.22%) Project Management
9 10 (10.20%) Risk Management
10 9 (9.18%) Requirements Gathering
10 9 (9.18%) User Stories
11 8 (8.16%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (8.16%) GAP Analysis
12 7 (7.14%) Scrum
12 7 (7.14%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.04%) SQL
2 1 (1.02%) Java
Qualifications
1 25 (25.51%) Security Cleared
2 22 (22.45%) SC Cleared
3 12 (12.24%) Degree
4 8 (8.16%) CBAP
5 4 (4.08%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.04%) APMP
6 2 (2.04%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.04%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.04%) PMP
7 1 (1.02%) CAPM
7 1 (1.02%) CFA
7 1 (1.02%) CSPO
7 1 (1.02%) IIBA
7 1 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.02%) MBA
7 1 (1.02%) PgMP
7 1 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (1.02%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.04%) Data Quality
1 2 (2.04%) PMO
2 1 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.02%) GDPR
2 1 (1.02%) P3O
2 1 (1.02%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (1.02%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (6.12%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.10%) ServiceNow
3 4 (4.08%) SAP
4 3 (3.06%) Oracle
5 2 (2.04%) Workday
6 1 (1.02%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.02%) Charles River
6 1 (1.02%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.02%) Duck Creek
6 1 (1.02%) eFront
6 1 (1.02%) Foundry
6 1 (1.02%) Guidewire
6 1 (1.02%) HP
6 1 (1.02%) Palantir
6 1 (1.02%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.02%) Splunk