TM Forum Contracts in England

TM Forum
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term TM Forum in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited TM Forum over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 461 532 639
Rank change year-on-year +71 +107 +127
Contract jobs citing TM Forum 10 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.003% 0.002%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.12% 0.009% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 1
10th Percentile £345 - -
25th Percentile - - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.00%
75th Percentile £378 - £488
90th Percentile £402 - -
UK median daily rate £350 - £475
% change year-on-year - - +15.85%

All Generic Skills
England

TM Forum falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,291 11,152 16,337
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.13% 30.64% 33.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,406 7,312 11,357
10th Percentile £300 £266 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -3.51% +3.64%
75th Percentile £674 £675 £696
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 345 817 576
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £19.97 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £34.00 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +51.21% -16.66%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £63.88
90th Percentile £83.76 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £31.76 £31.50 £22.41
% change year-on-year +0.83% +40.56% -18.51%

TM Forum
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing TM Forum as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for TM Forum in England

TM Forum
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing TM Forum in England.

Daily rate trend for TM Forum in England

TM Forum
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 TM Forum within the England region over the 6 months to 20 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
South East +52 10 £350 - 8
TM Forum
UK

TM Forum
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 4 (40.00%) Camunda
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) 4G
1 3 (30.00%) 5G
1 3 (30.00%) DOCSIS
1 3 (30.00%) GPON
1 3 (30.00%) LTE
1 3 (30.00%) MPLS
1 3 (30.00%) Radio Access Network
1 3 (30.00%) VoIP
1 3 (30.00%) xDSL
2 2 (20.00%) Converged Networks
2 2 (20.00%) SD-WAN
2 2 (20.00%) WAN
General
1 10 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 7 (70.00%) Billing
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Architect
1 5 (50.00%) Designer
1 5 (50.00%) Solutions Designer
2 3 (30.00%) OSS Architect
3 2 (20.00%) BSS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (50.00%) JSON
1 5 (50.00%) REST
1 5 (50.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Frameworx
2 3 (30.00%) Cloud Native
3 2 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Microservices
2 7 (70.00%) CRM
2 7 (70.00%) Technical Leadership
3 5 (50.00%) Agile
3 5 (50.00%) Business Strategy
3 5 (50.00%) Customer Experience
3 5 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 5 (50.00%) eTOM
3 5 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (50.00%) UML
4 4 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (30.00%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (30.00%) Data Mapping
5 3 (30.00%) DevOps
5 3 (30.00%) Fault Management
5 3 (30.00%) ITIL
5 3 (30.00%) Machine Learning
5 3 (30.00%) Migration
5 3 (30.00%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
1 2 (20.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) OASIS TOSCA
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (20.00%) Amdocs OSS
2 2 (20.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Salesforce
1 5 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (20.00%) Amdocs
2 2 (20.00%) Ericsson
2 2 (20.00%) Huawei
2 2 (20.00%) NetCracker
2 2 (20.00%) Nokia