Target Operating Model Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Target Operating Model (TOM)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Target Operating Model skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - +17
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 0.65% - 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% - 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £156
Median % change year-on-year - - -67.16%
75th Percentile - - £159
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £450 £391
% change year-on-year +16.67% +15.24% -37.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £104.50 - -
Median hourly rate £109.00 - -
75th Percentile £113.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £109.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 129 103 169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 84.31% 68.67% 86.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 70 127
10th Percentile £170 £200 £259
25th Percentile £346 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £555 £588 £614
90th Percentile £676 £639 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £563 £530
% change year-on-year -6.67% +6.13% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 7
10th Percentile £22.50 - £19.25
25th Percentile £25.00 - £24.13
Median hourly rate £58.50 - £27.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +50.00%
75th Percentile £73.00 - £34.13
90th Percentile £82.70 - £36.20
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £70.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -70.41% +33.33% +16.67%

Target Operating Model
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Target Operating Model job vacancy trend in Southampton

Target Operating Model
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Target Operating Model.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Target Operating Model

Target Operating Model
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) System Design Authority
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) OCR
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM