Target Operating Model Contracts in Edinburgh

Target Operating Model (TOM)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Target Operating Model skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Target Operating Model over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 71 98
Rank change year-on-year +16 +27 +7
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 12 1 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.92% 0.12% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.02% 0.14% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 13
10th Percentile £410 - £382
25th Percentile £417 - £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 - £418
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.76%
75th Percentile £463 - £435
90th Percentile £488 - £582
Scotland median daily rate £434 £413 £421
% change year-on-year +5.03% -2.02% -0.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44.23 - -
Median hourly rate £45.02 - -
75th Percentile £45.80 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £45.02 £48.00 -
% change year-on-year -6.22% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Target Operating Model falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 594 720 1,240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.04% 88.34% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 422 884
10th Percentile £214 £233 £254
25th Percentile £403 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £484 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +1.79% -
75th Percentile £541 £575 £545
90th Percentile £630 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 31 11
10th Percentile - £15.10 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.44 £22.87 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +7.57% -46.85%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £42.35 - £54.50
Scotland median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
% change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%

Target Operating Model
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Target Operating Model in Edinburgh

Target Operating Model
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Target Operating Model in Edinburgh

Target Operating Model
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) IBM Blueworks
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 8 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Analyst
1 8 (66.67%) Business Analyst
2 5 (41.67%) Senior
3 4 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
3 4 (33.33%) Senior Business Analyst
4 3 (25.00%) Project Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) FMCG
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
1 6 (50.00%) Minimum Viable Product
2 5 (41.67%) Agile
2 5 (41.67%) Business Analysis
2 5 (41.67%) Requirements Analysis
2 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (41.67%) User Research
2 5 (41.67%) User Stories
3 4 (33.33%) Lean UX
3 4 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 4 (33.33%) Six Sigma
3 4 (33.33%) Systems Thinking
3 4 (33.33%) User Experience
4 3 (25.00%) Value Proposition
4 3 (25.00%) Wardley Maps
4 3 (25.00%) Wireframes
5 2 (16.67%) Migration
5 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) IIBA
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) IBM