Target Operating Model Contract Job Trends in Merton

Target Operating Model (TOM)
South London > Merton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merton requiring Target Operating Model skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merton 1.96% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.57% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £600 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merton

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 Merton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 28 14 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton 54.90% 82.35% 88.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 10 16
10th Percentile £431 £213 £281
25th Percentile £450 £239 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £413 £450
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -8.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £675 £525 £500
90th Percentile - £530 £544
South London median daily rate £543 £525 £494
% change year-on-year +3.33% +6.33% -5.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.87 - -
Median hourly rate £63.74 £17.98 -
Median % change year-on-year +254.48% - -
75th Percentile £65.60 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South London median hourly rate £30.30 £15.84 £19.50
% change year-on-year +91.29% -18.77% -62.91%

Target Operating Model
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

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

Target Operating Model job vacancy trend in Merton

Target Operating Model
Daily Rate Trend in Merton

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

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

Target Operating Model
Contract Job Locations in Merton

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 Merton region over the 6 months to 25 September 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
New Malden - 1 £650 - 1
Target Operating Model
South London

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

General
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) MODAF
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared