Target Operating Model Job Trends

Target Operating Model (TOM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Target Operating Model skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 578 570 727
Rank change year-on-year -8 +157 -54
Permanent jobs citing Target Operating Model 139 93 153
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.21% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.23% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 82 57 129
10th Percentile £60,188 £62,150 £39,280
25th Percentile £76,563 £66,250 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% +18.52% -3.57%
75th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £116,875 £119,430 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £95,000 £70,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year +35.71% +19.25% -1.39%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 66,447 40,520 82,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.89% 93.32% 85.21%
Number of salaries quoted 42,708 22,234 59,552
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,938 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

Target Operating Model
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Target Operating Model job vacancy trend in the UK

Target Operating Model
Salary Trend

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

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

Target Operating Model
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Target Operating Model over the 6 months to 13 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Target Operating Model in the UK

Target Operating Model
Top 10 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 13 May 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
England +11 130 £82,500 +4.76% 57
London +26 103 £82,500 -26.80% 38
UK excluding London -72 28 £95,000 +35.71% 26
North of England -8 24 £95,000 +43.14% 5
North West +13 21 £95,000 +43.14% 2
Work from Home +8 13 £81,250 -4.41% 24
Yorkshire - 3 £85,000 - 1
Scotland -2 2 £37,500 -64.29% 2
South West -50 1 £75,000 +3.45% 1
East of England - 1 £75,000 -

Target Operating Model
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (2.88%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.72%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 18 (12.95%) Power Platform
2 16 (11.51%) Power Automate
3 12 (8.63%) PowerApps
4 10 (7.19%) Azure
5 5 (3.60%) Boomi
5 5 (3.60%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (2.88%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.44%) Amazon Bedrock
7 2 (1.44%) Anthropic Claude
7 2 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.72%) AWS
8 1 (0.72%) Azure App Service
8 1 (0.72%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.72%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.72%) GCP
8 1 (0.72%) GitHub
8 1 (0.72%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.72%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.51%) Power BI
2 5 (3.60%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.88%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.72%) Big Data
4 1 (0.72%) Metadata
4 1 (0.72%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.60%) JIRA
General
1 97 (69.78%) Finance
2 75 (53.96%) Social Skills
3 42 (30.22%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (28.78%) Retail
5 33 (23.74%) Banking
6 32 (23.02%) Local Government
7 28 (20.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (13.67%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (5.04%) Law
10 6 (4.32%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (4.32%) Public Sector
11 5 (3.60%) Legal
12 2 (1.44%) Games
12 2 (1.44%) Marketing
13 1 (0.72%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.72%) German Language
Job Titles
1 44 (31.65%) Consultant
2 42 (30.22%) Senior
3 33 (23.74%) Architect
4 31 (22.30%) Senior Consultant
5 27 (19.42%) Business Architect
6 26 (18.71%) Analyst
6 26 (18.71%) Business Analyst
7 15 (10.79%) Business Manager
8 13 (9.35%) Business Consultant
8 13 (9.35%) Insurance Business Analyst
8 13 (9.35%) Senior Architect
9 12 (8.63%) Lead
9 12 (8.63%) Senior Business Consultant
10 9 (6.47%) Senior Analyst
10 9 (6.47%) Senior Business Analyst
11 5 (3.60%) Transformation Consultant
12 4 (2.88%) Business Change Analyst
12 4 (2.88%) Business Change Business Analyst
12 4 (2.88%) Transformation Manager
13 3 (2.16%) IT Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.60%) Middleware
1 5 (3.60%) REST
2 2 (1.44%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.72%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 34 (24.46%) Security Posture
2 5 (3.60%) Enterprise Cloud
3 4 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.16%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.44%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.44%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.44%) Housing Association
5 2 (1.44%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.44%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.44%) PMI
6 1 (0.72%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.72%) CMDB
6 1 (0.72%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (0.72%) FMCG
6 1 (0.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.72%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.72%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.72%) Robotics
6 1 (0.72%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.72%) Windows
1 1 (0.72%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (31.65%) Business Development
2 41 (29.50%) Mentoring
3 39 (28.06%) Project Management
3 39 (28.06%) Risk Management
4 36 (25.90%) Cybersecurity
4 36 (25.90%) Workshop Facilitation
5 33 (23.74%) Stakeholder Management
6 32 (23.02%) Information Security
7 31 (22.30%) Thought Leadership
8 26 (18.71%) Roadmaps
9 25 (17.99%) Business Analysis
9 25 (17.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 22 (15.83%) Agile
11 20 (14.39%) Strategic Thinking
12 18 (12.95%) AI
12 18 (12.95%) Project Planning
13 17 (12.23%) Internal Audit
14 16 (11.51%) CRM
14 16 (11.51%) Time Management
15 15 (10.79%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.35%) SQL
2 1 (0.72%) Python
Qualifications
1 32 (23.02%) CISM
1 32 (23.02%) CISSP
2 22 (15.83%) Degree
3 19 (13.67%) Master's Degree
4 16 (11.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 16 (11.51%) CCSP
4 16 (11.51%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (11.51%) CRISC
5 9 (6.47%) Security Cleared
6 3 (2.16%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.44%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.72%) ACCA
8 1 (0.72%) APMG
8 1 (0.72%) CIMA
8 1 (0.72%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.72%) MBA
8 1 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (24.46%) QA
2 33 (23.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (23.74%) NIST
3 17 (12.23%) GRC
4 16 (11.51%) NIST 800
5 11 (7.91%) PMO
6 5 (3.60%) TickIT
7 2 (1.44%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.44%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.72%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (1.44%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 25 (17.99%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.76%) ServiceNow
3 7 (5.04%) Intapp
4 5 (3.60%) SAP
5 3 (2.16%) Oracle
6 2 (1.44%) Automation Anywhere
6 2 (1.44%) BeyondTrust
6 2 (1.44%) Cognizant
6 2 (1.44%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (1.44%) CyberArk
6 2 (1.44%) Guidewire
6 2 (1.44%) Okta
6 2 (1.44%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.44%) Ping Identity
6 2 (1.44%) UiPath
6 2 (1.44%) Workday
7 1 (0.72%) Aderant
7 1 (0.72%) Concur
7 1 (0.72%) Databricks
7 1 (0.72%) Google