Target Operating Model Contracts in the South West

Target Operating Model (TOM)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Target Operating Model skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Target Operating Model over the 6 months leading up to 25 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 146 154
Rank change year-on-year +56 +8 +8
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 21 6 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.25% 0.19% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 0.23% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 4 13
10th Percentile - £591 £508
25th Percentile £625 £597 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +6.34%
75th Percentile £675 £622 £675
90th Percentile £705 £639 £678
England median daily rate £650 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +4.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £62.50 £71.42
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £76.71
Median % change year-on-year - -15.26% -13.05%
75th Percentile - £67.50 £81.99
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £66.50 £70.48
% change year-on-year - -5.64% -20.11%

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 1,523 2,636 3,062
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.98% 82.50% 89.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 942 1,686 2,235
10th Percentile £220 £225 £313
25th Percentile £399 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £650
90th Percentile £688 £700 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 346 317
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.51 £29.75 £15.25
Median hourly rate £40.84 £55.00 £59.80
Median % change year-on-year -25.75% -8.03% +22.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £81.70
England median hourly rate £28.00 £36.50 £37.42
% change year-on-year -23.29% -2.46% +49.68%

Target Operating Model
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Target Operating Model in the South West

Target Operating Model
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Target Operating Model in the South West

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 25 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Target Operating Model in the South West

Target Operating Model
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Target Operating Model in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Target Operating Model in the South West

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 25 May 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
Somerset +13 13 £650 +8.33% 2
Bristol +22 3 £675 +12.50% 1
Wiltshire - 2 £638 - 1
Target Operating Model
England

Target Operating Model
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (4.76%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.76%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 18 (85.71%) Finance
2 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 2 (9.52%) Electronics
3 2 (9.52%) Manufacturing
3 2 (9.52%) Marketing
3 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.76%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (57.14%) Lead
2 3 (14.29%) Architect
2 3 (14.29%) Technical Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Business Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Business Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Chief Technology Officer
4 1 (4.76%) Senior
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.52%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
1 14 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 13 (61.90%) Business Strategy
2 13 (61.90%) Contract Negotiation
2 13 (61.90%) Systems Engineering
3 3 (14.29%) Agile
3 3 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (9.52%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (9.52%) Business Analysis
4 2 (9.52%) Business Process Improvement
4 2 (9.52%) Business Process Modelling
4 2 (9.52%) Change Management
4 2 (9.52%) Data Modelling
4 2 (9.52%) Decision-Making
4 2 (9.52%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (9.52%) Process Improvement
4 2 (9.52%) Programme Management
4 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Identification
4 2 (9.52%) User Stories
4 2 (9.52%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (80.95%) Security Cleared
2 15 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) SAP
2 1 (4.76%) Foundry
2 1 (4.76%) Palantir