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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 308 394
Rank change year-on-year -61 +86 -14
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 102 246 274
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.42% 0.67% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.77% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 206 191
10th Percentile £420 £413 £450
25th Percentile £500 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -2.13% +2.17%
75th Percentile £718 £650 £741
90th Percentile £800 £744 £873
UK median daily rate £638 £575 £585
% change year-on-year +10.87% -1.71% +6.36%
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 22,330 31,821 44,233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.21% 86.48% 90.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,615 20,850 31,044
10th Percentile £308 £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 £763
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 939 2,250 1,565
10th Percentile £14.28 £12.92 £10.68
25th Percentile £18.44 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.04 £36.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -20.44% -2.14% +52.24%
75th Percentile £63.13 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.60 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -21.64% +1.39% +42.97%

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 10 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 10 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 -61 65 £626 +13.86% 72
South West +56 21 £650 +8.33% 7
North of England 0 7 £428 -25.65% 10
South East +28 4 £450 -23.47% 23
Yorkshire +5 4 £500 -16.67% 2
North West +3 3 £425 -26.09% 8
West Midlands +9 2 £490 -21.60% 5
Midlands +6 2 £490 -21.60% 6
East of England +26 1 £700 +27.27% 3
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 (2.94%) Confluence
2 2 (1.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (6.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (4.90%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.98%) Misys Midas
1 1 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.98%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 9 (8.82%) Azure
2 6 (5.88%) AWS
3 4 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.94%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.94%) SaaS
5 2 (1.96%) GCP
5 2 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.98%) Lucidchart
6 1 (0.98%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.94%) Power BI
2 1 (0.98%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.98%) DTS
Development Applications
1 8 (7.84%) JIRA
General
1 57 (55.88%) Finance
2 20 (19.61%) Social Skills
3 15 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (12.75%) Banking
5 11 (10.78%) Public Sector
6 7 (6.86%) Marketing
7 6 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.92%) Legal
9 3 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.94%) Retail
10 2 (1.96%) Electronics
10 2 (1.96%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.96%) Law
10 2 (1.96%) Local Government
10 2 (1.96%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.96%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.98%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.98%) Military
Job Titles
1 47 (46.08%) Analyst
2 45 (44.12%) Business Analyst
3 20 (19.61%) Lead
4 16 (15.69%) Senior
5 12 (11.76%) Senior Analyst
6 11 (10.78%) Senior Business Analyst
7 8 (7.84%) Project Manager
8 7 (6.86%) Financial Analyst
9 6 (5.88%) Architect
10 5 (4.90%) Finance Business Analyst
11 4 (3.92%) Change Manager
11 4 (3.92%) Consultant
11 4 (3.92%) Insurance Business Analyst
11 4 (3.92%) KYC Analyst
11 4 (3.92%) Programme Manager
12 3 (2.94%) Change Analyst
12 3 (2.94%) Senior Financial Analyst
12 3 (2.94%) Technical Analyst
12 3 (2.94%) Technical Business Analyst
12 3 (2.94%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.98%) Kafka
1 1 (0.98%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 19 (18.63%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.92%) Onboarding
2 4 (3.92%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.94%) PMI
4 2 (1.96%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (1.96%) FMCG
5 1 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.98%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.98%) Derivative
5 1 (0.98%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (0.98%) OTC Derivatives
5 1 (0.98%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.98%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.98%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (24.51%) Stakeholder Management
2 21 (20.59%) Business Analysis
3 17 (16.67%) Agile
3 17 (16.67%) Change Management
3 17 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 16 (15.69%) Collaborative Working
5 14 (13.73%) Business Strategy
6 13 (12.75%) Contract Negotiation
6 13 (12.75%) Project Management
6 13 (12.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 13 (12.75%) Systems Engineering
7 12 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (10.78%) Migration
9 10 (9.80%) Risk Management
10 9 (8.82%) Requirements Gathering
10 9 (8.82%) User Stories
11 8 (7.84%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (7.84%) GAP Analysis
11 8 (7.84%) Workshop Facilitation
12 7 (6.86%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.96%) SQL
2 1 (0.98%) Java
Qualifications
1 26 (25.49%) Security Cleared
2 23 (22.55%) SC Cleared
3 14 (13.73%) Degree
4 8 (7.84%) CBAP
5 4 (3.92%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.96%) APMP
6 2 (1.96%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.96%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.96%) PMP
7 1 (0.98%) CAPM
7 1 (0.98%) CFA
7 1 (0.98%) CSPO
7 1 (0.98%) IIBA
7 1 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.98%) MBA
7 1 (0.98%) PgMP
7 1 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.98%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.96%) Data Quality
1 2 (1.96%) PMO
2 1 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (0.98%) GDPR
2 1 (0.98%) P3O
2 1 (0.98%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.98%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.98%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (6.86%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.90%) ServiceNow
3 4 (3.92%) SAP
4 3 (2.94%) Oracle
5 2 (1.96%) Workday
6 1 (0.98%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.98%) Charles River
6 1 (0.98%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.98%) Duck Creek
6 1 (0.98%) eFront
6 1 (0.98%) Foundry
6 1 (0.98%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.98%) HP
6 1 (0.98%) Palantir
6 1 (0.98%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.98%) Splunk