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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 318 276 324
Rank change year-on-year -42 +48 -31
Permanent jobs citing Six Sigma 12 17 24
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.071% 0.20% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.099% 0.22% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 8 13 16
10th Percentile £38,750 £29,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £53,563 £50,000 £40,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £57,500 £49,250
Median % change year-on-year +7.83% +16.75% -1.50%
75th Percentile £122,500 £66,250 £58,438
90th Percentile £145,000 £109,250 £65,000
England median annual salary £59,500 £56,375 £55,500
% change year-on-year +5.54% +1.58% -7.50%

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 12,100 7,679 11,179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.77% 88.15% 80.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8,623 4,135 7,330
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,733 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Six Sigma in the South East over the 6 months to 8 August 2026.

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 8 August 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
Thames Valley -3 7 £59,000 -4.84% 8
Buckinghamshire -8 3 £140,000 +125.81% 1
Surrey -25 3 £87,500 +40.00%
Berkshire +13 2 £42,500 - 2
Hampshire -46 2 - - 5
Oxfordshire - 2 £59,000 - 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Infor CloudSuite
1 2 (16.67%) Shopify
2 1 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (8.33%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 7 (58.33%) Manufacturing
2 6 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 6 (50.00%) Electronics
2 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Automotive
4 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (16.67%) Avionics
5 2 (16.67%) Finance
5 2 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (8.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (16.67%) Customer Support Technician
1 2 (16.67%) Design Engineer
1 2 (16.67%) Electrical Design Engineer
1 2 (16.67%) Electrical Engineer
1 2 (16.67%) Repair Technician
1 2 (16.67%) Support Technician
1 2 (16.67%) Technical Customer Support
1 2 (16.67%) Technical Support
2 1 (8.33%) Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Business Process Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Head of FMCG
2 1 (8.33%) Process Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Quality Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Analogue Electronics
1 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (8.33%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (41.67%) Lean Six Sigma
2 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (33.33%) ERP
3 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (25.00%) Agile
4 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Business Transformation
5 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (16.67%) Contract Negotiation
5 2 (16.67%) Customer Experience
5 2 (16.67%) Customer Service
5 2 (16.67%) Design for Manufacturing
5 2 (16.67%) Functional Testing
5 2 (16.67%) Lean Manufacturing
5 2 (16.67%) Motion Control
5 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
5 2 (16.67%) Prototyping
5 2 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Chartered Engineer
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) DBS Check
2 1 (8.33%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 1 (8.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) PMO
1 2 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (8.33%) ISO 9001
2 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 17025
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Autodesk
1 2 (16.67%) Infor
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle
1 2 (16.67%) Salesforce
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) SAP