Target Operating Model Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Target Operating Model (TOM)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Target Operating Model skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 141 165
Rank change year-on-year -37 +24 +47
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 15 23 34
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.36% 0.56% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.67% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 20
10th Percentile £403 £453 £423
25th Percentile £417 £503 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% +2.17% +12.09%
75th Percentile £713 £638 £617
90th Percentile £739 £673 £743
England median daily rate £625 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,737 3,437 4,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 89.10% 84.32% 88.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,457 1,872 3,029
10th Percentile £250 £294 £284
25th Percentile £369 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.59% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £563 £575 £600
90th Percentile £671 £655 £683
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 178 213
10th Percentile £14.47 £14.28 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.48 £18.13 £18.00
Median hourly rate £23.45 £35.00 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.01% +20.69% +36.47%
75th Percentile £37.56 £51.90 £46.18
90th Percentile £65.03 £70.00 £62.80
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -39.40% -7.78% +28.77%

Target Operating Model
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Target Operating Model job vacancy trend in the North of England

Target Operating Model
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Target Operating Model
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Target Operating Model in the North of England over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Target Operating Model in the North of England

Target Operating Model
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Target Operating Model.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Target Operating Model

Target Operating Model
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
North West -23 9 £638 +5.15% 3
Yorkshire -21 6 £513 -6.82% 2
Target Operating Model
England

Target Operating Model
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (6.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Amazon Bedrock
2 2 (13.33%) AWS
2 2 (13.33%) Azure AI
2 2 (13.33%) Vertex AI
3 1 (6.67%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) JIRA
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Finance
3 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
4 3 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Banking
5 1 (6.67%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Analyst
1 5 (33.33%) Architect
1 5 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 5 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Lead
3 1 (6.67%) .NET Architect
3 1 (6.67%) .NET Solutions Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Change Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Programme Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Senior
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Transformation Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Transformation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) .NET
1 2 (13.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (6.67%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Distributed Computing
1 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (26.67%) Data Protection
3 3 (20.00%) Agile
3 3 (20.00%) AI
3 3 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (13.33%) BDD
4 2 (13.33%) Business Transformation
4 2 (13.33%) Coaching
4 2 (13.33%) Data Analysis
4 2 (13.33%) Data Mapping
4 2 (13.33%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (13.33%) IT Strategy
4 2 (13.33%) ITSM
4 2 (13.33%) Machine Learning
4 2 (13.33%) Migration
4 2 (13.33%) Open Source
4 2 (13.33%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (13.33%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (13.33%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (6.67%) CBAP
2 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (6.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Foundry
2 2 (13.33%) Google
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle