Target Operating Model Contract Job Trends in the North East

Target Operating Model (TOM)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Target Operating Model skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.17% - 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% - 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £713 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - £800
Median % change year-on-year - - +45.45%
75th Percentile £738 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £625 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -2.13%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 477 262 264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 81.26% 81.37% 79.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 179 119
10th Percentile £316 £225 £260
25th Percentile £400 £357 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -7.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £550 £574 £597
90th Percentile £633 £640 £680
England median daily rate £511 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 12 47
10th Percentile £17.00 - £11.44
25th Percentile £35.63 £11.60 £11.81
Median hourly rate £65.00 £14.07 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +361.98% -19.60% -57.06%
75th Percentile £70.00 £46.82 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £51.68 £50.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%

Target Operating Model
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Target Operating Model job vacancy trend in the North East

Target Operating Model
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Target Operating Model.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Target Operating Model

Target Operating Model
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Tyne and Wear - 1 £725 - 2
Target Operating Model
England

Target Operating Model
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management