Lean Thinking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Lean Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Lean Thinking over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 861 915 1147
Rank change year-on-year +54 +232 -274
Permanent jobs citing Lean Thinking 35 55 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.036% 0.053% 0.055%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.042% 0.055% 0.058%
Number of salaries quoted 23 30 43
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,521 £56,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £44,152 £62,418
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £73,449
Median % change year-on-year - -35.33% +63.22%
75th Percentile £61,531 £63,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £108,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year - -40.63% +77.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Lean Thinking 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 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +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 Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Lean Thinking in the UK

Lean Thinking
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Lean Thinking in the UK

Lean Thinking
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lean Thinking over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Lean Thinking in the UK

Lean Thinking
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lean Thinking within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +96 27 £47,500 -4.04% 8
UK excluding London -8 20 £47,500 - 5
Work from Home +78 18 £47,500 - 1
London +128 7 £45,000 -43.75% 4
East of England +19 7 £47,500 - 1
North of England +52 5 £70,000 +70.42% 2
South East +33 4 £50,000 - 1
West Midlands +13 4 £47,500 - 1
Midlands -5 4 £47,500 - 1
North East - 4 £70,000 - 1
North West +10 1 £71,812 +74.83% 1

Lean Thinking
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 10 (28.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (20.00%) MS Visio
2 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (11.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (28.57%) Cloud Computing
2 7 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (20.00%) Big Data
1 7 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (28.57%) JIRA
2 1 (2.86%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 14 (40.00%) Banking
1 14 (40.00%) Finance
2 7 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (11.43%) Legal
4 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 10 (28.57%) Analyst
1 10 (28.57%) Lead
2 7 (20.00%) Associate Consultant
2 7 (20.00%) Consultant
2 7 (20.00%) ERP Consultant
2 7 (20.00%) IT Consultant
3 4 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement Analyst
3 4 (11.43%) Technical Leader
4 3 (8.57%) Architect
4 3 (8.57%) Business Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) Enterprise Architect
4 3 (8.57%) Enterprise Security Architect
4 3 (8.57%) IT Architect
4 3 (8.57%) IT Director
4 3 (8.57%) IT Security Architect
4 3 (8.57%) Process Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) Process Improvement Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) Scrum Master
4 3 (8.57%) Security Architect
5 1 (2.86%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (20.00%) REST
1 7 (20.00%) SOAP
2 1 (2.86%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 7 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 7 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.86%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (57.14%) Scrum
2 17 (48.57%) Agile
3 14 (40.00%) Kanban
4 13 (37.14%) Roadmaps
4 13 (37.14%) User Experience
4 13 (37.14%) User Stories
5 11 (31.43%) Backlog Management
5 11 (31.43%) DevOps
5 11 (31.43%) Mentoring
5 11 (31.43%) Project Management
6 10 (28.57%) CI/CD
6 10 (28.57%) Fintech
6 10 (28.57%) IT Strategy
6 10 (28.57%) Microservices
6 10 (28.57%) Mobile First
6 10 (28.57%) Product Backlog
6 10 (28.57%) Product Strategy
6 10 (28.57%) Software Delivery
6 10 (28.57%) Technology Strategy
6 10 (28.57%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (31.43%) Degree
2 3 (8.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (8.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (5.71%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (31.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.86%) Cadence