Target Operating Model Contracts with Work from Home Options

Target Operating Model (TOM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Target Operating Model skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Target Operating Model over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 255 314 400
Rank change year-on-year +59 +86 -58
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 86 142 224
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.58% 0.57% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.64% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 95 187
10th Percentile £420 £455 £419
25th Percentile £513 £545 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £781 £700
90th Percentile £727 £800 £805
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,942 22,217 40,480
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.66% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,728 15,724 29,400
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% +3.62% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £633
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 510 538
10th Percentile £14.70 £18.63 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.13 £26.46 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +64.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

Target Operating Model
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Target Operating Model as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Target Operating Model trend for jobs with a WFH option

Target Operating Model
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Target Operating Model over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (5.81%) Confluence
2 2 (2.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (1.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (4.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Loan IQ
2 1 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 8 (9.30%) Azure
2 5 (5.81%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (3.49%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.33%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.33%) SaaS
5 1 (1.16%) AWS
5 1 (1.16%) Azure API Management
5 1 (1.16%) Azure Event Grid
5 1 (1.16%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.16%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.16%) IaaS
5 1 (1.16%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.33%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (2.33%) LAN
1 2 (2.33%) Network Security
2 1 (1.16%) Firewall
2 1 (1.16%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.49%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 5 (5.81%) JIRA
2 1 (1.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 33 (38.37%) Social Skills
2 20 (23.26%) Finance
3 16 (18.60%) Public Sector
4 9 (10.47%) Banking
4 9 (10.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.65%) Investment Banking
6 4 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (3.49%) Financial Institution
7 3 (3.49%) Front Office
8 2 (2.33%) Private Banking
9 1 (1.16%) Advertising
9 1 (1.16%) Back Office
9 1 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (36.05%) Analyst
1 31 (36.05%) Business Analyst
2 12 (13.95%) Consultant
2 12 (13.95%) Project Manager
3 11 (12.79%) Senior
4 7 (8.14%) Architect
5 6 (6.98%) Insurance Business Analyst
6 5 (5.81%) Asset Management Analyst
6 5 (5.81%) Asset Management Business Analyst
6 5 (5.81%) Programme Manager
6 5 (5.81%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (5.81%) Senior Business Analyst
6 5 (5.81%) Senior Manager
6 5 (5.81%) Senior Project Manager
7 4 (4.65%) Business Manager
7 4 (4.65%) Change Manager
8 3 (3.49%) Business Change Manager
8 3 (3.49%) Information Systems Manager
8 3 (3.49%) PMO Manager
8 3 (3.49%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.49%) EDI
2 2 (2.33%) Web Services
3 1 (1.16%) .NET
3 1 (1.16%) LDAP
3 1 (1.16%) Middleware
3 1 (1.16%) SAML
3 1 (1.16%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.98%) Product Ownership
2 4 (4.65%) Fixed Income
3 3 (3.49%) Derivative
3 3 (3.49%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.49%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.33%) Wiki
5 1 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.16%) Equities
5 1 (1.16%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.16%) Freedom of Information Act
5 1 (1.16%) Housing Association
5 1 (1.16%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.16%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.16%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (32.56%) Stakeholder Management
2 27 (31.40%) Agile
3 19 (22.09%) Change Management
4 13 (15.12%) User Stories
5 12 (13.95%) Business Analysis
6 10 (11.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (10.47%) Project Management
7 9 (10.47%) Roadmaps
8 8 (9.30%) Asset Management
8 8 (9.30%) Business Strategy
8 8 (9.30%) PRINCE2
8 8 (9.30%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (9.30%) Project Delivery
8 8 (9.30%) Scrum
9 7 (8.14%) Business Case
9 7 (8.14%) Decision-Making
9 7 (8.14%) Impact Assessments
9 7 (8.14%) Project Governance
9 7 (8.14%) Requirements Gathering
9 7 (8.14%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.16%) C#
1 1 (1.16%) Java
1 1 (1.16%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.16%) PHP
1 1 (1.16%) Python
1 1 (1.16%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 10 (11.63%) Degree
2 5 (5.81%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.65%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.49%) APMP
4 3 (3.49%) Numerate Degree
4 3 (3.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (2.33%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.16%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.16%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.98%) PMO
2 4 (4.65%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.16%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.16%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.16%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.16%) Docker
1 1 (1.16%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.33%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (1.16%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (8.14%) ServiceNow
2 6 (6.98%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.49%) Phenom
4 2 (2.33%) Adobe
4 2 (2.33%) Cisco
4 2 (2.33%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.16%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.16%) SAP
5 1 (1.16%) Sparx
5 1 (1.16%) VMware