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 19 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 628 561 726
Rank change year-on-year -67 +165 -81
Permanent jobs citing Target Operating Model 132 112 144
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.23% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.25% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 67 49 102
10th Percentile £60,000 £57,000 £47,759
25th Percentile £69,500 £64,621 £55,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £85,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +21.43% +7.69%
75th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,500 £123,250 £99,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +10.71% +12.00% +5.00%

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 73,444 44,348 79,843
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.65% 90.06% 82.03%
Number of salaries quoted 50,849 24,963 55,346
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -8.72%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,840 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 19 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Target Operating Model in the UK

Target Operating Model
Top 11 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 19 July 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 -45 125 £82,500 +3.13% 54
London -32 91 £82,500 -21.43% 32
UK excluding London -77 33 £77,500 +10.71% 33
North of England -13 28 £85,000 +28.08% 7
North West +8 26 £80,000 +20.54% 4
Work from Home -5 16 £72,500 -3.33% 30
South West -62 3 £70,000 +64.71% 2
Yorkshire - 2 £85,000 - 2
West Midlands -19 1 - - 5
Midlands -35 1 - - 5
East of England - 1 £57,500 - 4

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 (3.03%) Confluence
1 4 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.27%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (3.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.27%) NEC Housing
2 3 (2.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.76%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 14 (10.61%) Power Automate
1 14 (10.61%) Power Platform
2 12 (9.09%) PowerApps
3 8 (6.06%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (5.30%) Azure
4 7 (5.30%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.79%) Boomi
6 3 (2.27%) SaaS
7 2 (1.52%) Amazon Bedrock
7 2 (1.52%) Anthropic Claude
7 2 (1.52%) AWS
7 2 (1.52%) GCP
7 2 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.76%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.76%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.76%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.09%) Power BI
2 1 (0.76%) Big Data
2 1 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.76%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (0.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (5.30%) JIRA
General
1 92 (69.70%) Finance
2 63 (47.73%) Social Skills
3 39 (29.55%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (28.03%) Retail
5 31 (23.48%) Banking
5 31 (23.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 30 (22.73%) Local Government
7 19 (14.39%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (7.58%) Public Sector
9 8 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (5.30%) Law
11 3 (2.27%) Legal
12 2 (1.52%) Games
12 2 (1.52%) Marketing
12 2 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.52%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.76%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.76%) German Language
13 1 (0.76%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.76%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 34 (25.76%) Consultant
2 33 (25.00%) Senior
3 29 (21.97%) Analyst
4 25 (18.94%) Business Analyst
5 23 (17.42%) Architect
6 22 (16.67%) Senior Consultant
7 16 (12.12%) Business Architect
7 16 (12.12%) Lead
8 10 (7.58%) Business Manager
8 10 (7.58%) Senior Analyst
8 10 (7.58%) Senior Business Analyst
9 7 (5.30%) Business Consultant
9 7 (5.30%) Insurance Business Analyst
9 7 (5.30%) Senior Architect
10 6 (4.55%) Senior Business Consultant
11 4 (3.03%) Transformation Consultant
11 4 (3.03%) Transformation Manager
12 3 (2.27%) Applications Support Analyst
12 3 (2.27%) Solutions Architect
12 3 (2.27%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.79%) Middleware
1 5 (3.79%) REST
2 2 (1.52%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.76%) .NET
3 1 (0.76%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.76%) React
Miscellaneous
1 31 (23.48%) Security Posture
2 6 (4.55%) Product Ownership
3 5 (3.79%) Housing Association
4 4 (3.03%) Enterprise Cloud
4 4 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (3.03%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.27%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.52%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.52%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.52%) Reinsurance
6 2 (1.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.76%) CMDB
7 1 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.76%) FMCG
7 1 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.76%) PMI
7 1 (0.76%) Robotics
7 1 (0.76%) SCADA
7 1 (0.76%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.76%) Windows
1 1 (0.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 36 (27.27%) Risk Management
3 34 (25.76%) Business Development
3 34 (25.76%) Cybersecurity
3 34 (25.76%) Project Management
4 32 (24.24%) Roadmaps
4 32 (24.24%) Workshop Facilitation
5 30 (22.73%) Information Security
5 30 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
6 29 (21.97%) Business Analysis
7 26 (19.70%) Agile
8 24 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
9 22 (16.67%) AI
9 22 (16.67%) Thought Leadership
10 21 (15.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 20 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
12 18 (13.64%) Project Planning
13 17 (12.88%) User Acceptance Testing
14 16 (12.12%) Decision-Making
14 16 (12.12%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.82%) SQL
2 1 (0.76%) C#
Qualifications
1 30 (22.73%) CISM
1 30 (22.73%) CISSP
2 24 (18.18%) Degree
3 21 (15.91%) Master's Degree
4 16 (12.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 16 (12.12%) CCSP
4 16 (12.12%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (10.61%) CRISC
6 11 (8.33%) Security Cleared
7 5 (3.79%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.52%) CSPO
9 1 (0.76%) ACCA
9 1 (0.76%) APMG
9 1 (0.76%) CIMA
9 1 (0.76%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.76%) MBA
9 1 (0.76%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (24.24%) QA
2 31 (23.48%) NIST
3 30 (22.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (10.61%) GRC
5 13 (9.85%) NIST 800
6 10 (7.58%) PMO
7 5 (3.79%) TickIT
8 3 (2.27%) Data Quality
8 3 (2.27%) SLA
9 2 (1.52%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.76%) NCSC
10 1 (0.76%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (1.52%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 26 (19.70%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.30%) Intapp
2 7 (5.30%) ServiceNow
3 5 (3.79%) Okta
3 5 (3.79%) SAP
4 3 (2.27%) NEC
4 3 (2.27%) Oracle
4 3 (2.27%) Sitecore
5 2 (1.52%) Automation Anywhere
5 2 (1.52%) BeyondTrust
5 2 (1.52%) Cognizant
5 2 (1.52%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (1.52%) CyberArk
5 2 (1.52%) Guidewire
5 2 (1.52%) OpenAI
5 2 (1.52%) Ping Identity
5 2 (1.52%) UiPath
5 2 (1.52%) Workday
6 1 (0.76%) Aderant
6 1 (0.76%) Ariba