Six Sigma Job Trends in the South East

Six Sigma
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Six Sigma skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 253 316
Rank change year-on-year -13 +63 +53
Permanent jobs citing Six Sigma 5 7 47
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.041% 0.097% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.054% 0.11% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 10
10th Percentile - - £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £39,929 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £60,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +29.73% -28.85%
75th Percentile £50,250 £66,250 £51,875
90th Percentile - £67,000 £57,800
England median annual salary £71,000 £56,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +26.79% -13.85% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Six Sigma falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,186 6,485 12,126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 76.16% 90.27% 85.67%
Number of salaries quoted 5,777 3,264 8,996
10th Percentile £28,150 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Six Sigma relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Six Sigma job vacancy trend in the South East

Six Sigma
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Six Sigma.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Six Sigma

Six Sigma
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Six Sigma within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 March 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire -3 3 £49,500 -23.85% 4
Thames Valley -1 2 - - 7
Buckinghamshire - 2 - - 5
Six Sigma
England

Six Sigma
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Electronics
2 2 (40.00%) Law
2 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Automotive
3 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Improvement Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Business Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Business Process Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Process Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Product Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Quality Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (80.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Business Process Modelling
3 2 (40.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) Coaching
3 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) BPMN
4 1 (20.00%) Lean Manufacturing
4 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 13485
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (20.00%) SAP