Target Operating Model Contracts in Scotland

Target Operating Model (TOM)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 102 118 145
Rank change year-on-year +16 +27 -13
Contract jobs citing Target Operating Model 14 11 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.86% 0.50% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 0.56% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 16
10th Percentile £410 £155 £389
25th Percentile £424 £319 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £413 £421
Median % change year-on-year +5.03% -2.02% -0.88%
75th Percentile £463 £448 £478
90th Percentile £509 £506 £570
UK median daily rate £614 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +6.74% - +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44.23 - -
Median hourly rate £45.02 £48.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.22% - -
75th Percentile £45.80 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £45.02 £58.00 £70.48
% change year-on-year -22.39% -17.70% -20.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Target Operating Model
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Target Operating Model in Scotland

Target Operating Model
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Target Operating Model in Scotland

Target Operating Model
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Edinburgh +16 12 £431 - 4
Glasgow 0 1 £434 -9.21% 3
South Lanarkshire - 1 £470 -
Target Operating Model
UK

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

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) IBM Blueworks
2 1 (7.14%) Miro
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 9 (64.29%) Public Sector
2 5 (35.71%) Finance
3 3 (21.43%) Banking
4 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Analyst
1 10 (71.43%) Business Analyst
2 6 (42.86%) Senior
3 5 (35.71%) Senior Analyst
3 5 (35.71%) Senior Business Analyst
4 3 (21.43%) Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) FMCG
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Business Analysis
1 6 (42.86%) GAP Analysis
1 6 (42.86%) Minimum Viable Product
1 6 (42.86%) User Stories
2 5 (35.71%) Agile
2 5 (35.71%) Requirements Analysis
2 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (35.71%) User Research
3 4 (28.57%) Lean UX
3 4 (28.57%) Roadmaps
3 4 (28.57%) Six Sigma
3 4 (28.57%) Systems Thinking
3 4 (28.57%) User Experience
4 3 (21.43%) Migration
4 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
4 3 (21.43%) Value Proposition
4 3 (21.43%) Wardley Maps
4 3 (21.43%) Wireframes
5 2 (14.29%) CRM
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) IIBA
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) IBM