Lean Specialist Contracts

Lean Specialist
UK

The median Lean Specialist daily rate in the UK is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 574 690 847
Rank change year-on-year +116 +157 -148
Contract jobs requiring a Lean Specialist 11 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.026% 0.005% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.005% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £650
75th Percentile £675 - £675
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £650

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,719 54,978 83,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,839 38,395 59,001
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,655 1,545 2,052
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.40 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%

Lean Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Lean Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Lean Specialist in the UK

Lean Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lean Specialist.

Daily rate trend for Lean Specialist in the UK

Lean Specialist
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lean Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 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 +111 11 £650 -
London - 11 £650 -

Lean Specialist Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Lean Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Lean Specialist in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Finance
2 9 (81.82%) SC Cleared
2 9 (81.82%) Security Cleared
2 9 (81.82%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (81.82%) Process Improvement
3 7 (63.64%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (63.64%) Service Design
3 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (63.64%) Public Sector
3 7 (63.64%) Influencing Skills
3 7 (63.64%) Data Collection
3 7 (63.64%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 7 (63.64%) Six Sigma
3 7 (63.64%) Change Management
3 7 (63.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (63.64%) Banking
3 7 (63.64%) Lean Six Sigma
3 7 (63.64%) Six Sigma Black Belt

Lean Specialist Skill Set
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:

General
1 11 (100.00%) Finance
2 7 (63.64%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (63.64%) Banking
2 7 (63.64%) Influencing Skills
2 7 (63.64%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Continuous Improvement
1 9 (81.82%) Process Improvement
2 7 (63.64%) Change Management
2 7 (63.64%) Data Collection
2 7 (63.64%) Lean Six Sigma
2 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (63.64%) Service Design
2 7 (63.64%) Six Sigma
2 7 (63.64%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) SC Cleared
1 9 (81.82%) Security Cleared
2 7 (63.64%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 7 (63.64%) Six Sigma Green Belt