Lean Manufacturing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Lean Manufacturing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Lean Manufacturing over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 778 966 1197
Rank change year-on-year +188 +231 -306
Permanent jobs citing Lean Manufacturing 130 32 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.030% 0.005%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.031% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 5
10th Percentile £41,525 - £42,375
25th Percentile £44,188 £27,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,750 £31,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +61.11% -51.54% -4.69%
75th Percentile £57,688 £35,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £60,575 £50,300 £78,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,750 £31,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +61.11% -51.54% -4.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 83,814 101,905 146,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.22% 95.67% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 59,590 59,680 83,719
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +9.38%

Lean Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Lean Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Lean Manufacturing in the UK

Lean Manufacturing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lean Manufacturing.

Salary trend for Lean Manufacturing in the UK

Lean Manufacturing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lean Manufacturing over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Lean Manufacturing in the UK

Lean Manufacturing
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lean Manufacturing within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +75 83 £50,750 +61.11% 92
Wales - 68 - - 1
England +115 14 £50,750 +61.11% 89
Northern Ireland - 9 - - 4
South East - 4 £41,500 - 23
West Midlands +26 1 - - 13
Midlands -6 1 - - 18
South West - 1 £60,000 - 13

Lean Manufacturing
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:

Applications
1 10 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.77%) Epicor Vantage
1 1 (0.77%) Primavera
1 1 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 130 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 116 (89.23%) Social Skills
3 115 (88.46%) Influencing Skills
3 115 (88.46%) Law
3 115 (88.46%) Presentation Skills
4 10 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
5 9 (6.92%) Retail
6 8 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (6.15%) Legal
7 3 (2.31%) Electronics
8 1 (0.77%) Advertising
8 1 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 115 (88.46%) Automation Engineer
1 115 (88.46%) Graduate
1 115 (88.46%) Graduate IT Engineer
1 115 (88.46%) IT Engineer
1 115 (88.46%) IT Graduate
2 8 (6.15%) Lead
2 8 (6.15%) QA Leader
3 1 (0.77%) Head of IT
3 1 (0.77%) Head of Projects
3 1 (0.77%) Product Manager
3 1 (0.77%) Project Engineer
3 1 (0.77%) Quality Manager
Miscellaneous
1 115 (88.46%) FMCG
2 2 (1.54%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (96.92%) Problem-Solving
2 117 (90.00%) Six Sigma
3 116 (89.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 116 (89.23%) Order Management
4 115 (88.46%) Benchmarking
4 115 (88.46%) Lean Six Sigma
5 9 (6.92%) Commercialisation
5 9 (6.92%) Inventory Management
5 9 (6.92%) Quality Management
5 9 (6.92%) Root Cause Analysis
6 8 (6.15%) Internal Audit
6 8 (6.15%) Programme Management
7 3 (2.31%) ERP
7 3 (2.31%) Project Management
8 2 (1.54%) Agile
8 2 (1.54%) Customer Requirements
9 1 (0.77%) Decision-Making
9 1 (0.77%) Feasibility Study
9 1 (0.77%) Line Management
9 1 (0.77%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 127 (97.69%) Degree
2 115 (88.46%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 1 (0.77%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.92%) QA
2 1 (0.77%) GMP
2 1 (0.77%) ISO 13485
2 1 (0.77%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 9 (6.92%) Google
1 9 (6.92%) SAP
2 1 (0.77%) Epicor