Target Operating Model Contracts in the South East

Target Operating Model (TOM)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Target Operating Model skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Target Operating Model over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 182 191 234
Rank change year-on-year +9 +43 -37
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 19 20 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.34% 0.35% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.39% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 20 22
10th Percentile £478 £441 £387
25th Percentile £519 £509 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £555 £439
Median % change year-on-year +5.95% +26.34% -21.03%
75th Percentile £644 £716 £625
90th Percentile £850 £804 £698
England median daily rate £575 £585 £575
% change year-on-year -1.71% +1.74% +6.98%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Target Operating Model is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,650 5,085 6,887
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.33% 89.37% 89.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,713 3,536 4,653
10th Percentile £250 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £402 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% +1.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £594
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 433 222 283
10th Percentile £13.00 £17.05 £12.26
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £15.56
Median hourly rate £47.50 £49.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% +130.23% -21.82%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.59 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.98 £61.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
% change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%

Target Operating Model
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Target Operating Model as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Target Operating Model in the South East

Target Operating Model
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Target Operating Model in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Target Operating Model in the South East

Target Operating Model
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Target Operating Model in the South East over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Target Operating Model in the South East

Target Operating Model
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South East region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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
Thames Valley +8 11 £550 +4.76%
Berkshire -2 10 £550 -
Hampshire +5 8 £638 +6.25% 1
Buckinghamshire +19 1 - -
M4 Corridor - 1 £598 -
Target Operating Model
England

Target Operating Model
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Azure
2 3 (15.79%) AWS
2 3 (15.79%) Azure API Management
2 3 (15.79%) Azure Event Grid
2 3 (15.79%) Azure Logic Apps
2 3 (15.79%) Entra ID
2 3 (15.79%) IaaS
2 3 (15.79%) PaaS
2 3 (15.79%) SaaS
3 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) Network Security
1 3 (15.79%) VPN
2 1 (5.26%) SMS
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 3 (15.79%) Finance
1 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
1 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Marketing
2 2 (10.53%) Retail
3 1 (5.26%) Local Government
3 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Lead
2 4 (21.05%) Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Business Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Product Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Product Business Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Programme Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Project Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Senior
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Data Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Digital Transformation
5 1 (5.26%) Digital Transformation Architect
5 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (5.26%) Information Systems Manager
5 1 (5.26%) IT Manager
5 1 (5.26%) IT Programme Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Programme Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) .NET
1 3 (15.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Public Cloud
2 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.26%) FMCG
3 1 (5.26%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Agile
2 5 (26.32%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (21.05%) DevOps
3 4 (21.05%) Security Architecture
4 3 (15.79%) Affinity Analysis
4 3 (15.79%) Business Analysis
4 3 (15.79%) Cryptography
4 3 (15.79%) Data Protection
4 3 (15.79%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 3 (15.79%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (15.79%) High Availability
4 3 (15.79%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (15.79%) ITSM
4 3 (15.79%) Microservices
4 3 (15.79%) Migration
4 3 (15.79%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 3 (15.79%) Network Architecture
4 3 (15.79%) Security Monitoring
4 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (15.79%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) C#
1 3 (15.79%) Java
1 3 (15.79%) PHP
1 3 (15.79%) Python
1 3 (15.79%) Ruby
2 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Azure Certification
2 2 (10.53%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) DV Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) P3O
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
1 3 (15.79%) Docker
1 3 (15.79%) Hyper-V
1 3 (15.79%) Virtual Machines
1 3 (15.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) Kubernetes
1 3 (15.79%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
1 3 (15.79%) VMware
2 1 (5.26%) Sparx