Target Operating Model Contract Job Trends in the South West

Target Operating Model (TOM)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Target Operating Model skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 118 141
Rank change year-on-year 0 +23 +3
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 12 11 6
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.52% 0.52% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.60% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 4
10th Percentile £385 £452 £490
25th Percentile £431 £475 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +8.70% -
75th Percentile £560 £681 £631
90th Percentile £668 £705 £643
England median daily rate £625 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,945 1,839 2,576
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.73% 86.83% 86.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,143 1,134 1,716
10th Percentile £263 £280 £300
25th Percentile £412 £425 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £729 £719
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 127 268
10th Percentile £15.25 £18.15 £20.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £47.75 £45.75
Median hourly rate £31.25 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.92% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%

Target Operating Model
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Target Operating Model job vacancy trend in the South West

Target Operating Model
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Target Operating Model.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Target Operating Model

Target Operating Model
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Target Operating Model in the South West over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Target Operating Model in the South West

Target Operating Model
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Target Operating Model.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Target Operating Model

Target Operating Model
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
Bristol +1 5 £375 -44.44% 1
Devon - 4 £492 -
Gloucestershire -14 2 £538 +11.98%
Wiltshire -15 1 - -
Target Operating Model
England

Target Operating Model
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (8.33%) OpenShift
2 1 (8.33%) Power Automate
2 1 (8.33%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Power BI
2 1 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (8.33%) MongoDB
2 1 (8.33%) Tableau
General
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
1 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Local Government
3 1 (8.33%) General Ledger
3 1 (8.33%) Law
3 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (8.33%) Military
3 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Lead
3 2 (16.67%) Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Digital Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Digital Business Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Security Architect
3 2 (16.67%) SOC Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Data Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Data Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Data Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Data Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Data Migration Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Data Migration Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Insurance Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Migration Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Process Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (8.33%) System Design Authority
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
1 2 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (16.67%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (16.67%) Business Case
2 2 (16.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (16.67%) Containerisation
2 2 (16.67%) Data Governance
2 2 (16.67%) Data Transformation
2 2 (16.67%) DevSecOps
2 2 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Strategy
2 2 (16.67%) Feasibility Study
2 2 (16.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (16.67%) Machine Learning
2 2 (16.67%) OCR
2 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
2 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (16.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (16.67%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (16.67%) Threat Detection
2 2 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) ACCA
3 1 (8.33%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 2 (16.67%) SCOM
2 1 (8.33%) Cilium
2 1 (8.33%) Podman
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) NVIDIA
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle
1 1 (8.33%) Red Hat
1 1 (8.33%) SAP
1 1 (8.33%) Workday