Target Operating Model Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Target Operating Model (TOM)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Target Operating Model skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
8 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 57 75
Rank change year-on-year -6 +18 +23
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 3 7 5
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.50% 1.14% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 1.22% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 2
10th Percentile £310 £409 £375
25th Percentile £325 £414 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £428 £411
Median % change year-on-year -6.43% +3.95% -1.50%
75th Percentile £475 £455 £428
90th Percentile £490 £494 £432
Scotland median daily rate £388 £430 £435
% change year-on-year -9.88% -1.15% +4.19%

All Process & 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 538 574 819
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 89.52% 93.79% 90.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 312 492
10th Percentile £190 £193 £221
25th Percentile £406 £380 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £588 £538 £550
90th Percentile £675 £637 £638
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £480
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 27 26
10th Percentile £17.23 £20.30 £13.27
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.02 £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £23.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.49% -32.60% +64.63%
75th Percentile £70.50 £24.18 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £30.74 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.59 £19.50
% change year-on-year -15.22% +20.97% +10.05%

Target Operating Model
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Target Operating Model relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Target Operating Model job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Target Operating Model
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Target Operating Model.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Target Operating Model

Target Operating Model
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Change Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (33.33%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Decision Tree
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce
56 Target Operating Model jobs Nationwide