Target Operating Model Contract Job Trends in Wales

Target Operating Model (TOM)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Target Operating Model skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 39 -
Rank change year-on-year -13 - -
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.17% 0.32% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.36% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £675 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £725 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £575
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.96%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 443 276 304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 75.47% 89.61% 71.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 182 190
10th Percentile £300 £190 £143
25th Percentile £375 £294 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £403 £481
Median % change year-on-year +18.01% -16.36% -3.75%
75th Percentile £583 £488 £552
90th Percentile £715 £624 £626
UK median daily rate £515 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -4.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 32 43
10th Percentile £12.21 £13.19 £11.75
25th Percentile £16.25 £14.81 £15.48
Median hourly rate £22.00 £21.01 £20.24
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% +3.83% +7.55%
75th Percentile £38.74 £25.15 £50.88
90th Percentile £50.38 £40.05 £82.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +7.14%

Target Operating Model
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Target Operating Model job vacancy trend in Wales

Target Operating Model
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

Target Operating Model
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 26 June 2026. 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
South Wales -12 1 £700 - 1
Target Operating Model
UK

Target Operating Model
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Management
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) WFM