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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 253 303 222
Rank change year-on-year +50 -81 +147
Permanent jobs citing Six Sigma 19 16 61
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.22% 0.14% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.17% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 14 15 10
10th Percentile £29,000 £45,000 £36,800
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +7.69% -30.36%
75th Percentile £65,438 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £119,250 £66,500 £70,625
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,439 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.03% -12.90% -3.85%

All Process and 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 7,488 9,240 7,142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 86.71% 81.52% 93.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,488 4,825 4,970
10th Percentile £27,000 £33,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £42,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £69,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Six Sigma in the South East over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Six Sigma in the South East

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 5 November 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire +53 13 £42,250 -29.58% 4
Thames Valley +13 2 £62,000 +55.00% 9
Buckinghamshire - 2 £62,000 -
Surrey +25 1 £62,500 +19.05% 4
Kent +14 1 £50,000 +11.11% 1
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 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.26%) SaaS
General
1 12 (63.16%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (57.89%) Social Skills
3 9 (47.37%) Electronics
3 9 (47.37%) Manufacturing
4 5 (26.32%) Automotive
5 3 (15.79%) Finance
6 2 (10.53%) Local Government
6 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
7 1 (5.26%) Aerospace
7 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (5.26%) Law
7 1 (5.26%) Legal
7 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Product Manager
1 5 (26.32%) Quality Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Test Technician
3 2 (10.53%) Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Lead
3 2 (10.53%) Programme Director
3 2 (10.53%) Service Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Business Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Business Improvement Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Business Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Business Operations Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Operations Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Senior
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (5.26%) Data Centre
1 1 (5.26%) Driving Licence
1 1 (5.26%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (63.16%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (42.11%) Lean Six Sigma
4 7 (36.84%) Agile
4 7 (36.84%) Project Management
5 6 (31.58%) AI
6 5 (26.32%) Data Analysis
6 5 (26.32%) FMEA
6 5 (26.32%) Machine Learning
6 5 (26.32%) Quality Management
6 5 (26.32%) Regulatory Compliance
6 5 (26.32%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (21.05%) Change Management
7 4 (21.05%) Functional Testing
7 4 (21.05%) Service Design
7 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (15.79%) BPMN
8 3 (15.79%) Performance Testing
8 3 (15.79%) Service Delivery
8 3 (15.79%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) Degree
2 6 (31.58%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 6 (31.58%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 5 (26.32%) Master's Degree
3 5 (26.32%) SC Cleared
3 5 (26.32%) Security Cleared
3 5 (26.32%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
4 2 (10.53%) APMG
5 1 (5.26%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (47.37%) QA
2 5 (26.32%) ISO 13485
2 5 (26.32%) ISO 9001
3 3 (15.79%) GDPR
4 2 (10.53%) GRC
4 2 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (10.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (5.26%) NEBOSH
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle
2 1 (5.26%) Salesforce
2 1 (5.26%) SAP