Target Operating Model Contracts

Target Operating Model (TOM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 353 413 386
Rank change year-on-year +60 -27 +20
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 257 293 588
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.59% 0.53% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 0.59% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 214 416
10th Percentile £413 £438 £410
25th Percentile £500 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £750 £688
90th Percentile £741 £824 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £593 £563 £500
% change year-on-year +5.42% +12.50% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £50.90 - £56.07
25th Percentile £55.25 £71.42 £61.43
Median hourly rate £65.00 £76.71 £71.61
Median % change year-on-year -15.26% +7.11% +309.20%
75th Percentile £68.50 £81.99 £80.54
90th Percentile £69.10 - £85.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £76.71 £88.22
% change year-on-year -26.34% -13.05% +404.11%

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,914 49,809 79,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.21% 89.64% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,592 34,469 55,846
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,564 1,687 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Target Operating Model in the UK

Target Operating Model
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Target Operating Model over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Target Operating Model in the UK

Target Operating Model
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Target Operating Model in the UK

Target Operating Model
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Target Operating Model over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Target Operating Model in the UK

Target Operating Model
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Target Operating Model within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +76 239 £575 -8.00% 55
London +115 176 £550 -15.38% 25
Work from Home +63 81 £575 -11.54% 22
UK excluding London -2 77 £593 +5.42% 29
North of England +12 26 £575 +4.55% 7
South East +11 18 £584 -11.14% 7
Scotland +43 14 £416 -2.24% 3
North West 0 14 £575 +4.55% 4
Yorkshire +12 12 £575 -21.77%
Midlands +2 10 £625 +8.70% 8
West Midlands -6 10 £625 +8.70% 8
South West +2 5 £600 - 5
East of England +2 4 £600 -32.58%
North East +10 1 £800 +45.45% 3

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 8 (3.11%) Confluence
2 4 (1.56%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.39%) Alfresco
4 1 (0.39%) Camunda
4 1 (0.39%) LiveLink
Applications
1 11 (4.28%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.89%) MS Visio
3 7 (2.72%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.39%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.39%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 16 (6.23%) Azure
2 7 (2.72%) SaaS
3 6 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (1.95%) PaaS
5 4 (1.56%) AWS
5 4 (1.56%) Entra ID
5 4 (1.56%) IaaS
6 3 (1.17%) Azure API Management
6 3 (1.17%) Azure Event Grid
6 3 (1.17%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.17%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.17%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.78%) OCI
7 2 (0.78%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.39%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.39%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.39%) GCP
8 1 (0.39%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.72%) Network Security
2 6 (2.33%) Firewall
3 3 (1.17%) VPN
4 2 (0.78%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (0.78%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.17%) Big Data
2 2 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.39%) Metadata
3 1 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.39%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (3.50%) JIRA
2 3 (1.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 81 (31.52%) Social Skills
2 66 (25.68%) Finance
3 56 (21.79%) Public Sector
4 22 (8.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (8.17%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (7.39%) Banking
7 9 (3.50%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.33%) Back Office
9 4 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.56%) Marketing
9 4 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.17%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.17%) Local Government
10 3 (1.17%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.78%) Advertising
11 2 (0.78%) Law
11 2 (0.78%) Legal
11 2 (0.78%) Police
11 2 (0.78%) Private Banking
11 2 (0.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 86 (33.46%) Analyst
2 81 (31.52%) Business Analyst
3 40 (15.56%) Consultant
4 38 (14.79%) Project Manager
5 29 (11.28%) Architect
5 29 (11.28%) Senior
6 17 (6.61%) Lead
6 17 (6.61%) Senior Manager
7 15 (5.84%) Senior Project Manager
8 14 (5.45%) Business Architect
8 14 (5.45%) Change Manager
8 14 (5.45%) Programme Manager
9 13 (5.06%) Insurance Business Analyst
10 12 (4.67%) Business Manager
11 10 (3.89%) Asset Management Analyst
11 10 (3.89%) Asset Management Business Analyst
12 8 (3.11%) Senior Analyst
12 8 (3.11%) Senior Business Analyst
13 6 (2.33%) Business Change Manager
14 5 (1.95%) Implementation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.56%) LDAP
1 4 (1.56%) Middleware
1 4 (1.56%) SAML
1 4 (1.56%) Web Services
2 3 (1.17%) .NET
2 3 (1.17%) EDI
3 2 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.78%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 6 (2.33%) Onboarding
1 6 (2.33%) Wiki
2 5 (1.95%) Product Ownership
3 4 (1.56%) Management Information System
3 4 (1.56%) Reinsurance
4 3 (1.17%) CMDB
4 3 (1.17%) Mobile Banking
4 3 (1.17%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.39%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.39%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.39%) Equities
5 1 (0.39%) FMCG
5 1 (0.39%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (0.39%) Freedom of Information Act
5 1 (0.39%) Housing Association
5 1 (0.39%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.39%) Reference Data
5 1 (0.39%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.39%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.39%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (27.63%) Agile
2 69 (26.85%) Stakeholder Management
3 41 (15.95%) Change Management
4 40 (15.56%) Business Analysis
5 35 (13.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 34 (13.23%) Roadmaps
7 33 (12.84%) Workshop Facilitation
8 29 (11.28%) Project Management
9 22 (8.56%) PRINCE2
10 20 (7.78%) Business Case
11 19 (7.39%) Asset Management
11 19 (7.39%) Decision-Making
12 18 (7.00%) Business Strategy
12 18 (7.00%) ITIL
13 17 (6.61%) Migration
13 17 (6.61%) User Stories
14 16 (6.23%) DevOps
14 16 (6.23%) Requirements Gathering
15 15 (5.84%) Customer Experience
15 15 (5.84%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.17%) C#
1 3 (1.17%) Java
1 3 (1.17%) PHP
1 3 (1.17%) Python
1 3 (1.17%) Ruby
2 1 (0.39%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (10.51%) Security Cleared
2 23 (8.95%) SC Cleared
3 15 (5.84%) Degree
4 9 (3.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 5 (1.95%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.56%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.56%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.56%) PMP
7 1 (0.39%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.39%) CIPD
7 1 (0.39%) CITP
7 1 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.11%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.33%) PMO
3 3 (1.17%) QA
4 2 (0.78%) EMIR
4 2 (0.78%) MiFID
5 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.39%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.39%) GDPR
5 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.39%) NIST
5 1 (0.39%) P3O
System Software
1 4 (1.56%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.17%) Docker
2 3 (1.17%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.56%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.78%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 16 (6.23%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.11%) SAP
2 8 (3.11%) ServiceNow
3 3 (1.17%) Phenom
3 3 (1.17%) Salesforce
3 3 (1.17%) VMware
4 2 (0.78%) Adobe
4 2 (0.78%) Cisco
4 2 (0.78%) MuleSoft
4 2 (0.78%) Oracle
4 2 (0.78%) Sparx
5 1 (0.39%) Advent
5 1 (0.39%) Virgin Media
5 1 (0.39%) Workday