Target Operating Model Job Trends in the Midlands

Target Operating Model (TOM)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Target Operating Model skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 222 220
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 +95
Permanent jobs citing Target Operating Model 3 24 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.038% 0.38% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.047% 0.42% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3 18 8
10th Percentile £53,465 £46,713 -
25th Percentile £58,260 £51,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,250 £33,793
Median % change year-on-year +22.17% +63.50% -64.43%
75th Percentile £89,250 £66,967 £42,567
90th Percentile £101,550 £75,000 £63,929
England median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £68,750
% change year-on-year +6.67% +9.09% -15.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Target Operating Model falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,361 5,773 4,943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.32% 90.47% 86.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,535 2,521 4,072
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Target Operating Model
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Target Operating Model job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Target Operating Model
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Target Operating Model.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Target Operating Model

Target Operating Model
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Target Operating Model in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Target Operating Model in the Midlands

Target Operating Model
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Target Operating Model within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +4 2 £87,000 +57.47% 1
East Midlands -11 1 £50,269 - 2
Target Operating Model
England

Target Operating Model
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Head of Infrastructure
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Operations Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Operations Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Operations Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Transformation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Line Management
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Planning and Forecasting
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Service Design
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
2 1 (33.33%) PMO