Lean Six Sigma
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Lean Six Sigma skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Lean Six Sigma over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 654 838 926
Rank change year-on-year +184 +88 -145
Permanent jobs citing Lean Six Sigma 243 152 272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.14% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.15% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 81 114 198
10th Percentile £36,125 £40,920 £39,387
25th Percentile £42,500 £52,500 £41,627
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,850 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.92% +18.18% +15.79%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £68,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £100,000 £84,825
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £60,500 £44,850
% change year-on-year -17.36% +34.89% -5.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Lean Six Sigma 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 84,476 100,576 147,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.05% 95.63% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,789 58,947 82,930
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,476
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +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 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Lean Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Lean Six Sigma in the UK

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Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Lean Six Sigma in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lean Six Sigma over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Lean Six Sigma in the UK

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Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lean Six Sigma within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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 +93 166 £50,000 -17.36% 46
England +95 128 £62,500 -3.85% 59
Wales - 74 £41,250 - 2
North of England +73 50 £45,000 -21.74% 11
Work from Home +79 44 £62,000 -4.62% 16
London +97 30 £76,250 +12.96% 15
North West +34 27 £48,500 +8.80% 7
South East +19 23 £48,750 -35.00% 12
North East +10 12 £37,500 - 3
Yorkshire +87 11 £77,500 +29.17% 3
Midlands 0 11 £65,000 +8.33% 6
West Midlands +14 9 £60,000 -7.69% 3
East of England +30 5 £65,000 - 5
Northern Ireland +22 2 £72,500 +61.11% 2
East Midlands -18 2 £71,500 +33.02% 3
South West -30 1 £70,000 +55.56% 5

Lean 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 6 (2.47%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.41%) CMS
2 1 (0.41%) Confluence
2 1 (0.41%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 11 (4.53%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.65%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Primavera
1 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
1 1 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (4.53%) SaaS
2 7 (2.88%) Power Platform
3 6 (2.47%) Power Automate
3 6 (2.47%) PowerApps
4 3 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.41%) Azure
5 1 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.41%) Contentful
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.82%) JIRA
General
1 170 (69.96%) Social Skills
2 135 (55.56%) Manufacturing
3 130 (53.50%) Law
4 115 (47.33%) Influencing Skills
4 115 (47.33%) Presentation Skills
5 61 (25.10%) Finance
6 26 (10.70%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (9.05%) Legal
8 8 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.88%) Public Sector
10 6 (2.47%) Advertising
10 6 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.47%) Police
11 5 (2.06%) Banking
12 4 (1.65%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.65%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.23%) Retail
14 2 (0.82%) Front Office
15 1 (0.41%) Electronics
15 1 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 115 (47.33%) Automation Engineer
1 115 (47.33%) Graduate
1 115 (47.33%) Graduate IT Engineer
1 115 (47.33%) IT Engineer
1 115 (47.33%) IT Graduate
2 34 (13.99%) Analyst
3 20 (8.23%) Lead
4 19 (7.82%) Business Analyst
5 18 (7.41%) Project Manager
6 11 (4.53%) Business Process Analyst
6 11 (4.53%) Process Analyst
7 10 (4.12%) Business Manager
8 9 (3.70%) Senior
9 8 (3.29%) Business Improvement Manager
9 8 (3.29%) Senior Analyst
10 7 (2.88%) Business Change Specialist
10 7 (2.88%) Business Process Specialist
10 7 (2.88%) Senior Business Analyst
11 6 (2.47%) Insurance Business Analyst
12 5 (2.06%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.41%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 115 (47.33%) FMCG
2 8 (3.29%) Credit Risk
3 7 (2.88%) IoT
4 6 (2.47%) Augmented Reality
4 6 (2.47%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 6 (2.47%) Industry 4.0
4 6 (2.47%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.47%) PMI
4 6 (2.47%) SCADA
4 6 (2.47%) Virtual Reality
5 2 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (0.82%) Robotics
6 1 (0.41%) Acoustics
6 1 (0.41%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.41%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.41%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (100.00%) Six Sigma
2 158 (65.02%) Continuous Improvement
3 137 (56.38%) Problem-Solving
4 115 (47.33%) Benchmarking
4 115 (47.33%) Lean Manufacturing
4 115 (47.33%) Order Management
5 39 (16.05%) Agile
6 31 (12.76%) PRINCE2
6 31 (12.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 29 (11.93%) Workshop Facilitation
8 28 (11.52%) Process Improvement
9 27 (11.11%) Business Analysis
10 22 (9.05%) GAP Analysis
11 20 (8.23%) Roadmaps
11 20 (8.23%) Waterfall
12 19 (7.82%) Data Analysis
12 19 (7.82%) Project Management
13 17 (7.00%) Change Management
14 14 (5.76%) Migration
14 14 (5.76%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 159 (65.43%) Degree
2 117 (48.15%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 13 (5.35%) APMP
4 8 (3.29%) PMI Certification
5 6 (2.47%) Master's Degree
5 6 (2.47%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 4 (1.65%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 3 (1.23%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.23%) Security Cleared
8 2 (0.82%) PMP
9 1 (0.41%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.41%) MBA
9 1 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.58%) QA
2 15 (6.17%) PMO
3 8 (3.29%) IFRS
4 5 (2.06%) ISO 14001
4 5 (2.06%) ISO 9001
5 4 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 16 (6.58%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.29%) Apttus
3 4 (1.65%) JD Edwards
4 3 (1.23%) Oracle
4 3 (1.23%) UiPath
5 2 (0.82%) Blue Prism
5 2 (0.82%) SAP
5 2 (0.82%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.41%) Aderant
6 1 (0.41%) Ceridian
6 1 (0.41%) iManage
6 1 (0.41%) LogRhythm
6 1 (0.41%) Sage
6 1 (0.41%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.41%) Splunk