Target Operating Model Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Target Operating Model (TOM)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Target Operating Model skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 75 80
Rank change year-on-year -46 +5 +24
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 2 5 12
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.10% 0.50% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.57% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 9
10th Percentile £593 £563 £519
25th Percentile £611 £619 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £644 £725 £575
Median % change year-on-year -11.21% +26.09% -
75th Percentile £673 £738 £628
90th Percentile £689 - £643
North West median daily rate £525 £491 £575
% change year-on-year +7.03% -14.70% +7.48%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,644 877 1,105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 83.58% 87.70% 86.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,002 565 717
10th Percentile £304 £306 £325
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.58% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £597 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
North West median daily rate £492 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +9.33% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 51 59
10th Percentile £22.63 £17.08 £14.00
25th Percentile £30.00 £19.07 £20.88
Median hourly rate £61.25 £22.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +170.66% -35.34% +79.49%
75th Percentile £77.00 £60.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.50 £76.20
North West median hourly rate £53.00 £28.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year +84.35% -4.17% -1.77%

Target Operating Model
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Target Operating Model job vacancy trend in Manchester

Target Operating Model
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Target Operating Model.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Target Operating Model

Target Operating Model
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Target Operating Model in Manchester over the 6 months to 27 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Target Operating Model in Manchester

Target Operating Model
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 27 July 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
Salford - 1 £588 -
Target Operating Model
North West

Target Operating Model
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Applications Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Applications Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Service Designer
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Service Design
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
1 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation