TM Forum Contracts

TM Forum
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term TM Forum in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited TM Forum over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 584 692 838
Rank change year-on-year +108 +146 -149
Contract jobs citing TM Forum 1 1 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.002% 0.013%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.008% 0.005% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £386
25th Percentile - £463 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £475 £410
Median % change year-on-year - +15.85% -36.92%
75th Percentile - £488 £425
90th Percentile - - £434
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £380
% change year-on-year - - -15.56%

All Generic Skills
UK

TM Forum is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,985 19,334 29,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.32% 33.28% 33.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,344 13,272 20,329
10th Percentile £270 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £676 £659
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 899 639 713
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.16 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.13% -18.24% +4.90%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.10 £65.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £20.07
% change year-on-year +29.55% +9.64% -16.40%

TM Forum
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing TM Forum as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for TM Forum in the UK

TM Forum
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing TM Forum.

Daily rate trend for TM Forum in the UK

TM Forum
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TM Forum within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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
England +103 1 - -
UK excluding London - 1 - -
South East - 1 - -

TM Forum
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) NB-IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) HND