Target Operating Model (TOM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Target Operating Model skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Target Operating Model over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 730 661 715
Rank change year-on-year -69 +54 -106
Permanent jobs citing Target Operating Model 164 349 550
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.33% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.35% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 133 161 300
10th Percentile £39,280 £48,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,000 £59,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £77,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.90% +10.71% +12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £98,500 £115,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,700 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.28% +2.40% +19.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Target Operating Model is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,460 100,219 147,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.03% 95.64% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,759 58,822 83,132
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Target Operating Model
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Target Operating Model as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Target Operating Model in the UK

Target Operating Model
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Target Operating Model.

Salary trend for Target Operating Model in the UK

Target Operating Model
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Target Operating Model over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Target Operating Model in the UK

Target Operating Model
Top 17 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 26 April 2024. 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 -27 140 £70,000 -12.50% 45
UK excluding London -55 82 £58,700 -8.28% 13
London +44 75 £75,000 -14.29% 31
Work from Home +22 70 £72,500 -6.45% 16
North of England +27 18 £70,000 +22.24% 4
Wales +17 16 £40,553 -19.69%
Midlands +3 15 £53,350 -3.00% 2
North West +1 14 £70,000 +14.26% 4
South East +14 12 £77,500 - 3
South West -28 10 £58,700 -6.08% 2
West Midlands +19 8 £58,700 -2.17% 2
East Midlands -13 7 £31,897 -19.25%
East of England +23 5 £65,000 -33.33% 1
Scotland -82 5 £92,500 -2.63%
Yorkshire +84 3 - -
Northern Ireland +25 1 - - 1
North East - 1 £37,500 -

Target Operating Model
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (7.32%) Confluence
2 3 (1.83%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.88%) MS Visio
3 6 (3.66%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (3.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.44%) SAP HCM
2 4 (2.44%) Workday HCM
3 2 (1.22%) Aladdin
3 2 (1.22%) SAP MM
3 2 (1.22%) SAP PP
3 2 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.22%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 26 (15.85%) Azure
2 21 (12.80%) AWS
3 14 (8.54%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (7.93%) Dynamics 365
4 13 (7.93%) Power Platform
5 6 (3.66%) GCP
6 4 (2.44%) Alation
6 4 (2.44%) Collibra
6 4 (2.44%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.61%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.61%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.61%) Firewall
1 1 (0.61%) VoIP
1 1 (0.61%) WAN
1 1 (0.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.54%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (7.32%) Data Vault
2 12 (7.32%) Power BI
2 12 (7.32%) Tableau
3 9 (5.49%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (2.44%) Metadata
5 2 (1.22%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 14 (8.54%) JIRA
General
1 48 (29.27%) Finance
2 29 (17.68%) Banking
3 28 (17.07%) Social Skills
4 23 (14.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (10.98%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (9.15%) Law
7 14 (8.54%) Police
8 10 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (3.66%) Manufacturing
9 6 (3.66%) Retail Banking
10 5 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.44%) Financial Institution
11 4 (2.44%) Legal
12 3 (1.83%) Advertising
13 2 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.22%) Portuguese Language
13 2 (1.22%) Public Sector
13 2 (1.22%) Retail
13 2 (1.22%) Spanish Language
14 1 (0.61%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 38 (23.17%) Analyst
2 35 (21.34%) Architect
3 31 (18.90%) Senior
4 30 (18.29%) Project Manager
5 19 (11.59%) Business Manager
6 18 (10.98%) Business Analyst
6 18 (10.98%) Data Architect
7 14 (8.54%) Senior Analyst
8 12 (7.32%) Insurance Business Analyst
8 12 (7.32%) Principal Architect
8 12 (7.32%) Principal Data Architect
8 12 (7.32%) Senior Business Analyst
9 11 (6.71%) Business Systems Manager
9 11 (6.71%) Oracle Analyst
9 11 (6.71%) Systems Manager
10 10 (6.10%) Finance Systems Analyst
10 10 (6.10%) Financial Analyst
10 10 (6.10%) Systems Analyst
11 9 (5.49%) Business Change Analyst
11 9 (5.49%) Business Change Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.93%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (6.10%) Middleware
3 2 (1.22%) Hibernate
3 2 (1.22%) JDBC
3 2 (1.22%) REST
3 2 (1.22%) SOAP
3 2 (1.22%) Spring
3 2 (1.22%) Struts
4 1 (0.61%) .NET
4 1 (0.61%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.88%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (3.66%) Management Information System
2 6 (3.66%) Reference Data
2 6 (3.66%) Reinsurance
3 3 (1.83%) PMI
4 2 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.22%) Low-Code
4 2 (1.22%) Smart Meter
5 1 (0.61%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (0.61%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.61%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.61%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.61%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.61%) Linux
1 1 (0.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (29.27%) Change Management
2 46 (28.05%) Project Management
3 32 (19.51%) Agile
4 30 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
6 27 (16.46%) Data Architecture
7 26 (15.85%) Business Strategy
7 26 (15.85%) Data Modelling
8 24 (14.63%) TOGAF
9 23 (14.02%) Business Development
10 22 (13.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (13.41%) Migration
10 22 (13.41%) PRINCE2
11 20 (12.20%) Enterprise Architecture
12 19 (11.59%) Analytics
13 18 (10.98%) Service Delivery
14 17 (10.37%) Project Delivery
15 16 (9.76%) Asset Management
15 16 (9.76%) Decision-Making
15 16 (9.76%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.10%) SQL
2 2 (1.22%) PL/SQL
2 2 (1.22%) Python
3 1 (0.61%) C#
3 1 (0.61%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.61%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (10.37%) Degree
2 16 (9.76%) PMI Certification
3 13 (7.93%) PMP
4 11 (6.71%) APMG
5 3 (1.83%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.61%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.61%) CISM
6 1 (0.61%) CISSP
6 1 (0.61%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.61%) MBA
6 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.61%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.54%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.44%) QA
3 3 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.22%) GDPR
4 2 (1.22%) PMO
5 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.61%) NIST
5 1 (0.61%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (1.22%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.61%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.61%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (17.68%) Microsoft
2 20 (12.20%) ServiceNow
3 18 (10.98%) Oracle
4 11 (6.71%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.66%) Informatica
5 6 (3.66%) SAP
6 4 (2.44%) Talend
6 4 (2.44%) Workday
7 1 (0.61%) Charles River
7 1 (0.61%) eFront
7 1 (0.61%) VMware
7 1 (0.61%) Yardi