TM Forum Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

TM Forum
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term TM Forum in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited TM Forum over the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 318 398 580
Rank change year-on-year +80 +182 -1
Contract jobs citing TM Forum 4 1 2
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.033% 0.005% 0.005%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.018% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £450 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.00%
75th Percentile £550 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £538 £525 £707
% change year-on-year +2.38% -25.74% +20.34%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

TM Forum falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,745 5,669 12,005
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 30.70% 30.68% 31.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,370 3,962 8,483
10th Percentile £325 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £438 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £667 £676
90th Percentile £819 £750 £788
UK median daily rate £528 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.09% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 130 191
10th Percentile £17.50 £19.99 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £22.22 £23.61
Median hourly rate £40.00 £48.03 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.71% -12.68% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.50 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.83 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £43.79 £29.50
% change year-on-year -14.37% +48.45% +18.00%

TM Forum
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing TM Forum as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

TM Forum trend for jobs with a WFH option

TM Forum
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing TM Forum.

TM Forum daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

TM Forum
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 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (25.00%) Broadband
2 1 (25.00%) NaaS
2 1 (25.00%) SSL
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
2 3 (75.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Solutions Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
3 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Kafka
1 1 (25.00%) LDAP
1 1 (25.00%) ODBC
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) CMDB
2 1 (25.00%) Frameworx
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) API Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) eTOM
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Operations Management
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow