Target Operating Model Contracts in England

Target Operating Model (TOM)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Target Operating Model skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Target Operating Model over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 307 389 381
Rank change year-on-year +82 -8 -1
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 247 286 485
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.66% 0.57% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 0.63% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 199 336
10th Percentile £413 £442 £413
25th Percentile £500 £513 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £580 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% +0.87% +6.98%
75th Percentile £650 £724 £688
90th Percentile £734 £863 £794
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £564
% change year-on-year - +1.95% +2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £64.97 -
25th Percentile £66.50 £66.04 -
Median hourly rate £68.00 £70.48 £88.22
Median % change year-on-year -3.52% -20.11% -
75th Percentile £69.50 £77.55 -
90th Percentile - £80.21 -
UK median hourly rate £58.00 £70.48 £88.22
% change year-on-year -17.70% -20.11% +404.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Target Operating Model is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,193 45,529 64,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.56% 90.24% 90.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,105 31,969 45,783
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,246 1,592 1,771
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.87 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £37.50 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +53.06% +2.08%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -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 30 April 2024.

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 30 April 2024. 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 +117 182 £550 -12.70% 48
North of England +20 25 £575 +4.55% 6
South East +15 18 £593 +6.85% 6
North West +8 14 £575 +4.55% 5
Yorkshire +24 11 £600 +10.34% 1
Midlands +14 9 £625 +8.70% 2
West Midlands +10 9 £625 +11.11% 2
South West -6 6 £600 +2.56% 2
East of England +12 5 £550 -38.20% 1
North East +18 1 £800 +45.45%
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 6 (2.43%) Confluence
2 4 (1.62%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.86%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (3.64%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.43%) Loan IQ
2 3 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 12 (4.86%) Azure
2 5 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (1.62%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (1.21%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (1.21%) Entra ID
4 3 (1.21%) IaaS
4 3 (1.21%) SaaS
5 2 (0.81%) AWS
5 2 (0.81%) Azure API Management
5 2 (0.81%) Azure Event Grid
5 2 (0.81%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (0.81%) PaaS
5 2 (0.81%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.43%) Firewall
1 6 (2.43%) Network Security
2 2 (0.81%) VPN
3 1 (0.40%) Internet
3 1 (0.40%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.21%) Big Data
2 2 (0.81%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.40%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 6 (2.43%) JIRA
2 2 (0.81%) Visual Studio
General
1 80 (32.39%) Social Skills
2 68 (27.53%) Finance
3 60 (24.29%) Public Sector
4 25 (10.12%) Banking
5 21 (8.50%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (4.05%) Investment Banking
8 9 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.83%) Marketing
10 6 (2.43%) Back Office
10 6 (2.43%) Financial Institution
10 6 (2.43%) Local Government
11 4 (1.62%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.21%) Electronics
12 3 (1.21%) Front Office
12 3 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.21%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.81%) Legal
13 2 (0.81%) Police
Job Titles
1 78 (31.58%) Analyst
2 75 (30.36%) Business Analyst
3 44 (17.81%) Project Manager
4 39 (15.79%) Consultant
5 28 (11.34%) Architect
6 27 (10.93%) Senior
7 15 (6.07%) Business Architect
7 15 (6.07%) Senior Manager
8 14 (5.67%) Change Manager
9 13 (5.26%) Insurance Business Analyst
9 13 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
10 12 (4.86%) Business Manager
10 12 (4.86%) Lead
10 12 (4.86%) Programme Manager
11 10 (4.05%) Asset Management Analyst
11 10 (4.05%) Asset Management Business Analyst
12 8 (3.24%) Senior Analyst
12 8 (3.24%) Senior Business Analyst
13 7 (2.83%) Business Change Manager
13 7 (2.83%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.62%) LDAP
1 4 (1.62%) Middleware
1 4 (1.62%) SAML
2 3 (1.21%) EDI
2 3 (1.21%) Web Services
3 2 (0.81%) .NET
3 2 (0.81%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.45%) Product Ownership
2 7 (2.83%) Fixed Income
3 6 (2.43%) Derivative
3 6 (2.43%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.43%) Onboarding
4 4 (1.62%) CMDB
4 4 (1.62%) Mobile Banking
5 3 (1.21%) IoT
5 3 (1.21%) Reinsurance
6 2 (0.81%) Equities
6 2 (0.81%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.40%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.40%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.40%) FMCG
7 1 (0.40%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.40%) Freedom of Information Act
7 1 (0.40%) NHS
7 1 (0.40%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.40%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.40%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (31.98%) Agile
2 64 (25.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 39 (15.79%) Change Management
4 36 (14.57%) Business Analysis
5 34 (13.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 32 (12.96%) Workshop Facilitation
7 30 (12.15%) Project Management
8 27 (10.93%) PRINCE2
9 25 (10.12%) Decision-Making
9 25 (10.12%) Roadmaps
10 24 (9.72%) Business Case
11 22 (8.91%) Problem-Solving
12 20 (8.10%) Business Strategy
13 19 (7.69%) Asset Management
13 19 (7.69%) ITIL
13 19 (7.69%) Migration
13 19 (7.69%) Project Delivery
14 18 (7.29%) Six Sigma
15 17 (6.88%) Requirements Gathering
16 16 (6.48%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.81%) C#
1 2 (0.81%) Java
1 2 (0.81%) PHP
1 2 (0.81%) Python
1 2 (0.81%) Ruby
2 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.40%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (9.31%) Security Cleared
2 20 (8.10%) Degree
3 18 (7.29%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 6 (2.43%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.02%) PMI Certification
6 5 (2.02%) PMP
7 4 (1.62%) APMP
7 4 (1.62%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (1.21%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.40%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.40%) CIPD
9 1 (0.40%) CITP
9 1 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.40%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 1 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.45%) PMO
2 7 (2.83%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.21%) QA
4 2 (0.81%) EMIR
4 2 (0.81%) MiFID
5 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.40%) GDPR
5 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.40%) NIST
5 1 (0.40%) P3O
5 1 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.21%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.81%) Docker
2 2 (0.81%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.81%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (6.88%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.24%) SAP
3 6 (2.43%) ServiceNow
4 3 (1.21%) Phenom
4 3 (1.21%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.81%) VMware
6 1 (0.40%) Sparx
6 1 (0.40%) Virgin Media
6 1 (0.40%) Workday