Six Sigma Contracts

Six Sigma
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Six Sigma skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Six Sigma over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 461 516 583
Rank change year-on-year +55 +67 -40
Contract jobs citing Six Sigma 137 204 272
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.34% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.38% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 124 201
10th Percentile £363 £363 £358
25th Percentile £405 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -0.94%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £664 £725 £691
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -8.89% -10.00% -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 23 3
10th Percentile £30.04 £61.25 £23.65
25th Percentile £31.60 £65.00 £26.50
Median hourly rate £33.07 £65.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.52% +101.54% +18.18%
75th Percentile £35.56 £65.75 £48.24
90th Percentile £53.08 - £56.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.07 £65.50 £42.49
% change year-on-year -49.52% +54.17% +66.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Six Sigma is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Six Sigma as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Six Sigma in the UK

Six Sigma
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Six Sigma.

Daily rate trend for Six Sigma in the UK

Six Sigma
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Six Sigma over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Six Sigma in the UK

Six Sigma
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Six Sigma.

Hourly rate trend for Six Sigma in the UK

Six Sigma
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Six Sigma over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Six Sigma in the UK

Six Sigma
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Six Sigma within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +77 125 £508 -3.33% 139
London +120 73 £550 -4.35% 28
UK excluding London -9 57 £410 -8.89% 116
Work from Home +77 45 £500 - 35
East of England +10 18 £410 +78.26% 17
North of England +14 11 £410 -8.89% 30
South West +16 10 £600 -7.69% 15
South East 0 9 £350 -27.27% 29
North West -1 9 £410 -8.89% 21
Scotland +22 7 £430 -14.00% 7
Midlands +19 3 £338 -25.00% 21
West Midlands +28 2 £225 -50.00% 16
Yorkshire +18 2 £530 +8.72% 6
East Midlands +16 1 £450 -14.29% 5

Six Sigma
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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (8.76%) Confluence
2 6 (4.38%) SAS
3 5 (3.65%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.73%) CMS
4 1 (0.73%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 10 (7.30%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (4.38%) MS Visio
2 6 (4.38%) SPSS
3 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.73%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.73%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.73%) SAP MM
1 1 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (5.84%) Power Platform
2 7 (5.11%) Azure
2 7 (5.11%) Collibra
3 5 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.73%) Apple Pay
5 1 (0.73%) AWS
5 1 (0.73%) Contentful
5 1 (0.73%) Google Pay
5 1 (0.73%) OCI
5 1 (0.73%) SaaS
5 1 (0.73%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.73%) DWDM
1 1 (0.73%) Ethernet
1 1 (0.73%) GSM
1 1 (0.73%) SDH
1 1 (0.73%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.84%) Power BI
2 7 (5.11%) Tableau
3 6 (4.38%) Metadata
3 6 (4.38%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 17 (12.41%) JIRA
2 7 (5.11%) Eclipse
2 7 (5.11%) PyCharm
General
1 49 (35.77%) Finance
2 32 (23.36%) Social Skills
3 29 (21.17%) Public Sector
4 24 (17.52%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (16.79%) Banking
6 22 (16.06%) Manufacturing
7 19 (13.87%) Pharmaceutical
8 15 (10.95%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (9.49%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (5.84%) Legal
10 8 (5.84%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (5.84%) Retail
11 7 (5.11%) Telecoms
12 4 (2.92%) Marketing
13 3 (2.19%) Financial Institution
13 3 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (1.46%) Electronics
14 2 (1.46%) Investment Banking
15 1 (0.73%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 48 (35.04%) Analyst
2 39 (28.47%) Business Analyst
3 25 (18.25%) Project Manager
4 19 (13.87%) Senior
5 12 (8.76%) Lead
6 11 (8.03%) Data Analyst
6 11 (8.03%) Delivery Manager
6 11 (8.03%) Senior Analyst
7 9 (6.57%) Scrum Master
8 8 (5.84%) Project Delivery Manager
8 8 (5.84%) Senior Business Analyst
9 7 (5.11%) Lean Specialist
10 6 (4.38%) Business Manager
10 6 (4.38%) Consultant
10 6 (4.38%) Senior Manager
10 6 (4.38%) Service Design Manager
10 6 (4.38%) Transformation Manager
11 5 (3.65%) Change Manager
11 5 (3.65%) Data Business Analyst
11 5 (3.65%) Process Improvement Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.38%) D3.js
2 1 (0.73%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.49%) Management Information System
2 9 (6.57%) Mobile Banking
3 7 (5.11%) Product Ownership
4 6 (4.38%) PMI
5 3 (2.19%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.19%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.46%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.73%) Acoustics
7 1 (0.73%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.73%) FMCG
7 1 (0.73%) Life Science
7 1 (0.73%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.73%) Media Streaming
7 1 (0.73%) Smart Meter
7 1 (0.73%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.73%) Linux
1 1 (0.73%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (71.53%) Lean Six Sigma
2 61 (44.53%) Agile
3 55 (40.15%) Project Management
4 43 (31.39%) Stakeholder Management
5 39 (28.47%) PRINCE2
6 31 (22.63%) Business Analysis
6 31 (22.63%) Change Management
7 29 (21.17%) Process Improvement
8 26 (18.98%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (16.79%) Problem-Solving
9 23 (16.79%) Service Design
10 22 (16.06%) Scrum
11 21 (15.33%) Project Delivery
12 20 (14.60%) Data Governance
13 19 (13.87%) DevOps
14 17 (12.41%) Business Case
14 17 (12.41%) Requirements Gathering
15 15 (10.95%) ITIL
15 15 (10.95%) Target Operating Model
16 14 (10.22%) Business Process Modelling
Programming Languages
1 14 (10.22%) Python
2 8 (5.84%) SQL
3 7 (5.11%) Groovy
3 7 (5.11%) Java
3 7 (5.11%) JavaScript
4 6 (4.38%) R
Qualifications
1 41 (29.93%) Degree
2 18 (13.14%) PMI Certification
3 17 (12.41%) IIBA
4 15 (10.95%) Security Cleared
4 15 (10.95%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 15 (10.95%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 14 (10.22%) PMP
5 14 (10.22%) SC Cleared
6 7 (5.11%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.19%) CISA
7 3 (2.19%) CISM
7 3 (2.19%) CISSP
8 2 (1.46%) CBAP
8 2 (1.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.46%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.73%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.73%) PgMP
9 1 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.73%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.87%) GDPR
1 19 (13.87%) Good Clinical Practice
1 19 (13.87%) GxP
2 3 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (0.73%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.73%) QA
3 1 (0.73%) SLA
Vendors
1 15 (10.95%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.11%) SAP
3 4 (2.92%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.46%) Atlassian
4 2 (1.46%) Google
4 2 (1.46%) Oracle
5 1 (0.73%) Apple
5 1 (0.73%) Ariba
5 1 (0.73%) Ciena