Target Operating Model Contracts in the UK excluding London

Target Operating Model (TOM)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 319 315 353
Rank change year-on-year -4 +38 +17
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 77 133 161
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.38% 0.57% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.63% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 104 130
10th Percentile £454 £413 £374
25th Percentile £521 £461 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £599 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +10.00% -1.23%
75th Percentile £647 £650 £600
90th Percentile £698 £800 £725
UK median daily rate £575 £585 £550
% change year-on-year -1.71% +6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Median hourly rate £48.00 £76.71 £88.22
Median % change year-on-year -37.42% -13.05% +404.11%
UK median hourly rate £58.00 £70.48 £88.22
% change year-on-year -17.70% -20.11% +404.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,297 21,007 27,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.45% 89.55% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,312 14,549 18,866
10th Percentile £250 £256 £235
25th Percentile £378 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,055 1,290 1,325
10th Percentile £12.32 £11.00 £12.22
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.41 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £46.17
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Target Operating Model
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Target Operating Model as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Target Operating Model in the UK excluding London

Target Operating Model
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Target Operating Model in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Target Operating Model in the UK excluding London

Target Operating Model
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Target Operating Model in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Target Operating Model in the UK excluding London

Target Operating Model
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Target Operating Model in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Target Operating Model in the UK excluding London

Target Operating Model
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
North of England +14 25 £575 +4.55% 4
South East +22 19 £588 +5.95% 1
Scotland +38 14 £416 -0.48%
North West +4 14 £575 +4.55% 3
Yorkshire +15 11 £600 +9.09% 1
Midlands +15 9 £625 +8.70% 3
West Midlands +3 9 £625 +8.70% 3
East of England +9 5 £550 -38.20% 1
South West 0 5 £600 +1.27% 3
North East +10 1 £800 +45.45%
Target Operating Model
UK

Target Operating Model
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (2.60%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (1.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 6 (7.79%) Azure
2 3 (3.90%) AWS
2 3 (3.90%) Azure API Management
2 3 (3.90%) Azure Event Grid
2 3 (3.90%) Azure Logic Apps
2 3 (3.90%) Entra ID
2 3 (3.90%) IaaS
2 3 (3.90%) PaaS
2 3 (3.90%) SaaS
3 2 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.60%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.90%) Network Security
1 3 (3.90%) VPN
2 1 (1.30%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.60%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (3.90%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.30%) JIRA
General
1 23 (29.87%) Social Skills
2 19 (24.68%) Public Sector
3 14 (18.18%) Finance
4 10 (12.99%) Presentation Skills
5 8 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.19%) Marketing
7 2 (2.60%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.60%) Retail
8 1 (1.30%) Electronics
8 1 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.30%) Local Government
8 1 (1.30%) Tech for Good
8 1 (1.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (36.36%) Analyst
2 27 (35.06%) Business Analyst
3 13 (16.88%) Project Manager
3 13 (16.88%) Senior
4 11 (14.29%) Lead
5 10 (12.99%) Senior Manager
5 10 (12.99%) Senior Project Manager
6 6 (7.79%) Business Change Manager
6 6 (7.79%) Change Manager
7 5 (6.49%) Business Manager
7 5 (6.49%) Programme Manager
8 4 (5.19%) Architect
8 4 (5.19%) Change Analyst
9 3 (3.90%) Product Analyst
9 3 (3.90%) Product Business Analyst
9 3 (3.90%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (3.90%) Senior Business Analyst
10 2 (2.60%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
10 2 (2.60%) Head of Information
10 2 (2.60%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.90%) .NET
1 3 (3.90%) Web Services
2 2 (2.60%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.79%) Wiki
2 3 (3.90%) Public Cloud
3 2 (2.60%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.60%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.30%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.30%) FMCG
4 1 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.30%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (31.17%) Stakeholder Management
2 23 (29.87%) Agile
3 20 (25.97%) Change Management
4 14 (18.18%) Business Analysis
5 13 (16.88%) Project Management
6 11 (14.29%) Business Case
6 11 (14.29%) Roadmaps
6 11 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
7 10 (12.99%) PRINCE2
8 9 (11.69%) Requirements Gathering
8 9 (11.69%) Requirements Workshops
9 8 (10.39%) User Acceptance Testing
10 7 (9.09%) Project Delivery
11 6 (7.79%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (7.79%) Enterprise Architecture
11 6 (7.79%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (7.79%) Programme Management
12 5 (6.49%) Customer Service
12 5 (6.49%) Cybersecurity
12 5 (6.49%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.90%) C#
1 3 (3.90%) Java
1 3 (3.90%) PHP
1 3 (3.90%) Python
1 3 (3.90%) Ruby
2 1 (1.30%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (9.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 5 (6.49%) Degree
3 3 (3.90%) Azure Certification
3 3 (3.90%) DV Cleared
3 3 (3.90%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.30%) CIPD
4 1 (1.30%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.30%) PMP
4 1 (1.30%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.30%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.30%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (1.30%) P3O
1 1 (1.30%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (3.90%) Active Directory
1 3 (3.90%) Docker
1 3 (3.90%) Hyper-V
1 3 (3.90%) Virtual Machines
1 3 (3.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (3.90%) Kubernetes
1 3 (3.90%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (6.49%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.19%) SAP
3 3 (3.90%) VMware
4 2 (2.60%) Adobe
4 2 (2.60%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.30%) Sparx