Target Operating Model Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Target Operating Model (TOM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 267 258 328
Rank change year-on-year -9 +70 +79
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 37 87 150
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.37% 0.57% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.65% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 66 97
10th Percentile £422 £413 £420
25th Percentile £447 £511 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £730 £638 £775
90th Percentile £838 £712 £800
UK median daily rate £614 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +6.74% - +1.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Target Operating Model
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Target Operating Model as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Target Operating Model trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Target Operating Model
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Target Operating Model.

Target Operating Model daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Target Operating Model
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Target Operating Model over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Target Operating Model daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Target Operating Model
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.41%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (2.70%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.11%) Azure
1 3 (8.11%) SaaS
2 2 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.70%) AWS
3 1 (2.70%) GCP
3 1 (2.70%) Miro
3 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) JIRA
General
1 18 (48.65%) Finance
2 8 (21.62%) Public Sector
2 8 (21.62%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Banking
3 4 (10.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Law
6 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Electronics
6 1 (2.70%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.70%) Legal
6 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.70%) Marketing
6 1 (2.70%) Retail
6 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (54.05%) Analyst
1 20 (54.05%) Business Analyst
2 6 (16.22%) Senior
3 5 (13.51%) Senior Analyst
3 5 (13.51%) Senior Business Analyst
4 4 (10.81%) Lead
4 4 (10.81%) Programme Manager
5 2 (5.41%) AML Business Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Architect
5 2 (5.41%) Data Business Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) KYC Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Project Manager
6 1 (2.70%) AWS Architect
6 1 (2.70%) Business Change Analyst
6 1 (2.70%) Charles River Business Analyst
6 1 (2.70%) Designer
6 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
6 1 (2.70%) Head of Security
6 1 (2.70%) Risk Business Analyst
6 1 (2.70%) TOGAF Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) .NET
1 1 (2.70%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.41%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.70%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (2.70%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.70%) PMI
2 1 (2.70%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (37.84%) Business Analysis
2 11 (29.73%) Agile
2 11 (29.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (21.62%) User Stories
4 6 (16.22%) Change Management
4 6 (16.22%) GAP Analysis
5 5 (13.51%) Minimum Viable Product
5 5 (13.51%) Requirements Analysis
5 5 (13.51%) Six Sigma
5 5 (13.51%) User Research
6 4 (10.81%) Lean UX
6 4 (10.81%) Project Management
6 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 4 (10.81%) Systems Thinking
6 4 (10.81%) User Experience
6 4 (10.81%) Wireframes
7 3 (8.11%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (8.11%) Migration
7 3 (8.11%) Programme Management
7 3 (8.11%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (10.81%) IIBA
2 2 (5.41%) Degree
2 2 (5.41%) PMI Certification
2 2 (5.41%) PMP
2 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) CAPM
3 1 (2.70%) CFA
3 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.70%) MBA
3 1 (2.70%) PgMP
3 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.70%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft
1 2 (5.41%) SAP
2 1 (2.70%) Charles River
2 1 (2.70%) eFront
2 1 (2.70%) HP
2 1 (2.70%) Oracle
2 1 (2.70%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow