Target Operating Model Contracts in the UK excluding London

Target Operating Model (TOM)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 17 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 324 309 359
Rank change year-on-year -15 +50 +8
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 77 121 146
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.53% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.60% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 89 120
10th Percentile £450 £425 £381
25th Percentile £519 £475 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.82% +10.00% -2.20%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £600
90th Percentile £697 £800 £725
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £49.45 - -
25th Percentile £51.63 £71.42 -
Median hourly rate £56.50 £76.71 £88.22
Median % change year-on-year -26.34% -13.05% +404.11%
75th Percentile £62.63 £81.99 -
90th Percentile £65.55 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £76.71 £71.61
% change year-on-year -15.26% +7.11% +309.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,630 20,207 27,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.67% 89.05% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,358 13,864 18,970
10th Percentile £250 £260 £246
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £586
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,185 1,244 1,334
10th Percentile £12.50 £10.90 £12.49
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £47.96
90th Percentile £72.90 £75.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

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 17 June 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Target Operating Model in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 17 June 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 +4 26 £575 +4.55% 12
South East +13 20 £584 -11.14% 6
Scotland +52 14 £416 -2.24% 2
North West +2 14 £575 +4.55% 6
Yorkshire +14 12 £575 -21.77% 3
West Midlands -2 9 £625 +8.70% 7
Midlands -4 9 £625 +8.70% 7
East of England +5 4 £600 -32.58%
South West -8 4 £600 -2.04% 5
North East +6 1 £800 +45.45% 3
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 4 (5.19%) 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 7 (9.09%) Azure
2 4 (5.19%) AWS
2 4 (5.19%) SaaS
3 3 (3.90%) Azure API Management
3 3 (3.90%) Azure Event Grid
3 3 (3.90%) Azure Logic Apps
3 3 (3.90%) Entra ID
3 3 (3.90%) IaaS
3 3 (3.90%) PaaS
4 2 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.60%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.60%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 1 (1.30%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (1.30%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.30%) GCP
5 1 (1.30%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.90%) Network Security
1 3 (3.90%) VPN
Development Applications
1 3 (3.90%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.30%) JIRA
General
1 19 (24.68%) Social Skills
2 17 (22.08%) Public Sector
3 13 (16.88%) Finance
4 7 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (7.79%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.19%) Retail
7 2 (2.60%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.60%) Marketing
7 2 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.30%) Electronics
8 1 (1.30%) Law
8 1 (1.30%) Tech for Good
8 1 (1.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (35.06%) Analyst
2 25 (32.47%) Business Analyst
3 16 (20.78%) Project Manager
4 14 (18.18%) Senior
5 12 (15.58%) Lead
6 11 (14.29%) Senior Manager
6 11 (14.29%) Senior Project Manager
7 5 (6.49%) Business Change Manager
7 5 (6.49%) Change Manager
7 5 (6.49%) Programme Manager
8 4 (5.19%) Architect
8 4 (5.19%) Business Manager
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%) Business IT Analyst
10 2 (2.60%) Consultant
10 2 (2.60%) HR Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.90%) .NET
1 3 (3.90%) Web Services
2 2 (2.60%) MACH
2 2 (2.60%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.79%) Wiki
2 3 (3.90%) Public Cloud
3 2 (2.60%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.30%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.30%) FMCG
4 1 (1.30%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.30%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (31.17%) Agile
2 23 (29.87%) Stakeholder Management
3 19 (24.68%) Change Management
4 14 (18.18%) Business Analysis
5 13 (16.88%) Project Management
6 10 (12.99%) PRINCE2
6 10 (12.99%) Roadmaps
6 10 (12.99%) Workshop Facilitation
7 9 (11.69%) Business Case
7 9 (11.69%) Requirements Gathering
7 9 (11.69%) Requirements Workshops
8 8 (10.39%) User Acceptance Testing
9 7 (9.09%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 6 (7.79%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (7.79%) Project Delivery
11 5 (6.49%) Customer Experience
11 5 (6.49%) GAP Analysis
11 5 (6.49%) Migration
11 5 (6.49%) Process Improvement
11 5 (6.49%) Programme Management
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 3 (3.90%) Azure Certification
2 3 (3.90%) Degree
2 3 (3.90%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.60%) DV Cleared
3 2 (2.60%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.30%) CIPD
4 1 (1.30%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.30%) PMP
4 1 (1.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
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 4 (5.19%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.90%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (6.49%) Microsoft
1 5 (6.49%) SAP
2 4 (5.19%) Adobe
3 3 (3.90%) VMware
4 2 (2.60%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.30%) Sparx