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 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 274 268 317
Rank change year-on-year -6 +49 +51
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 43 69 127
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.42% 0.52% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.60% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 52 91
10th Percentile £403 £428 £450
25th Percentile £450 £524 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £588 £688
Median % change year-on-year +6.34% -14.51% +14.58%
75th Percentile £753 £671 £800
90th Percentile £793 £750 £823
UK median daily rate £625 £588 £605
% change year-on-year +6.38% -2.89% +2.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
UK median hourly rate £57.51 £66.50 £76.71
% change year-on-year -13.52% -13.30% +7.11%

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 9,312 11,546 20,095
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.81% 87.25% 89.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,243 7,760 14,146
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -0.46%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 281 405 488
10th Percentile £12.62 £17.03 £17.50
25th Percentile £18.54 £30.75 £25.75
Median hourly rate £34.48 £43.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.81% -14.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.03 £67.50
90th Percentile £71.25 £75.00 £78.83
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -5.88% +60.38%

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 August 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 4 (9.30%) MS Visio
2 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (2.33%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.98%) Azure
2 2 (4.65%) AWS
2 2 (4.65%) GCP
2 2 (4.65%) SaaS
3 1 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.33%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (6.98%) JIRA
General
1 21 (48.84%) Finance
2 14 (32.56%) Social Skills
3 6 (13.95%) Retail
4 5 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (11.63%) Public Sector
5 4 (9.30%) Banking
5 4 (9.30%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (6.98%) Local Government
7 2 (4.65%) Marketing
8 1 (2.33%) Back Office
8 1 (2.33%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (2.33%) Law
8 1 (2.33%) Legal
8 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (39.53%) Business Analyst
2 16 (37.21%) Analyst
3 8 (18.60%) Architect
3 8 (18.60%) Lead
4 3 (6.98%) Change Management Analyst
4 3 (6.98%) Change Management Business Analyst
4 3 (6.98%) Enterprise Architect
4 3 (6.98%) Programme Director
4 3 (6.98%) Project Manager
4 3 (6.98%) Senior
5 2 (4.65%) Consultant
5 2 (4.65%) Head of Security
5 2 (4.65%) Integration Architect
5 2 (4.65%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (4.65%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (4.65%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (4.65%) Technical Architect
5 2 (4.65%) TOGAF Architect
5 2 (4.65%) Transformation Programme Director
5 2 (4.65%) UML Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.65%) Kafka
2 1 (2.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.98%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.65%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (2.33%) CMDB
3 1 (2.33%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.33%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (30.23%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (23.26%) Business Analysis
3 9 (20.93%) Change Management
4 7 (16.28%) Agile
4 7 (16.28%) Business Case
4 7 (16.28%) Project Management
5 6 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (13.95%) User Stories
6 5 (11.63%) Security Monitoring
7 4 (9.30%) Business Transformation
7 4 (9.30%) Six Sigma
7 4 (9.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (9.30%) Strategic Thinking
8 3 (6.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (6.98%) Information Security
8 3 (6.98%) Scrum
8 3 (6.98%) Service Delivery
8 3 (6.98%) SIEM
8 3 (6.98%) TOGAF
8 3 (6.98%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.65%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (11.63%) Degree
2 3 (6.98%) SC Cleared
2 3 (6.98%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.65%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (4.65%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 2 (4.65%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (2.33%) CBAP
4 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.33%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.65%) QA
2 1 (2.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.33%) GDPR
2 1 (2.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft
1 2 (4.65%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.33%) Charles River
2 1 (2.33%) SAP
2 1 (2.33%) ServiceNow