Six Sigma
UK

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 565 645 767
Rank change year-on-year +80 +122 -47
Permanent jobs citing Six Sigma 336 349 499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.34% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.35% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 129 147 338
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,361 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,000 £51,250 £42,275
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.92% +13.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,875 £68,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £96,600 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £58,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year -14.89% +30.56% -5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 84,683 99,249 149,267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,831 58,284 83,142
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,182 £33,500
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 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Six Sigma in the UK

Six Sigma
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Six Sigma in the UK

Six Sigma
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Six Sigma over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Six Sigma in the UK

Six Sigma
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Six Sigma within the UK over the 6 months to 2 May 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 -37 220 £50,000 -14.89% 120
England -27 202 £62,250 -4.23% 143
Wales - 74 £41,250 - 5
Work from Home +65 70 £64,750 -0.38% 37
North of England +79 62 £49,245 -17.93% 29
London +104 53 £75,000 +11.11% 30
South East +21 35 £45,000 -30.77% 28
North West +26 31 £55,000 -2.65% 19
Midlands -123 25 £55,000 -4.35% 20
West Midlands -101 17 £60,000 -4.00% 12
Yorkshire +93 16 £73,750 +22.92% 7
North East +6 15 £40,000 - 5
East of England +21 12 £65,000 -14.75% 15
East Midlands -24 8 £44,000 -18.14% 8
Northern Ireland +41 7 £72,500 +61.11% 1
South West -43 4 £57,500 +27.78% 17
Scotland -58 1 £42,500 -23.08% 9

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 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (1.79%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.89%) SAS
3 1 (0.30%) CMS
3 1 (0.30%) Confluence
3 1 (0.30%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 23 (6.85%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (6.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.79%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.89%) SPSS
6 1 (0.30%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (1.79%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.89%) SAP GTS
3 2 (0.60%) iTrent
3 2 (0.60%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.30%) Primavera
4 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.30%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 14 (4.17%) Power Platform
2 11 (3.27%) SaaS
3 10 (2.98%) Power Automate
3 10 (2.98%) PowerApps
4 6 (1.79%) GitHub
5 4 (1.19%) Azure
6 3 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.89%) Intacct
7 2 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.60%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.60%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.30%) Contentful
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.57%) Power BI
2 3 (0.89%) Metadata
2 3 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (0.60%) Big Data
4 1 (0.30%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (1.79%) Oracle APEX
2 2 (0.60%) JIRA
General
1 191 (56.85%) Social Skills
2 156 (46.43%) Manufacturing
3 134 (39.88%) Law
4 125 (37.20%) Influencing Skills
5 121 (36.01%) Presentation Skills
6 110 (32.74%) Finance
7 49 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
8 31 (9.23%) Legal
9 13 (3.87%) Retail
10 12 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (3.27%) Banking
12 9 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (2.08%) Advertising
14 7 (2.08%) Public Sector
15 6 (1.79%) Police
16 5 (1.49%) Automotive
17 4 (1.19%) Aerospace
17 4 (1.19%) Financial Institution
17 4 (1.19%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 115 (34.23%) Automation Engineer
1 115 (34.23%) Graduate
1 115 (34.23%) Graduate IT Engineer
1 115 (34.23%) IT Engineer
1 115 (34.23%) IT Graduate
2 52 (15.48%) Analyst
3 28 (8.33%) Lead
4 27 (8.04%) Project Manager
5 25 (7.44%) Business Analyst
6 16 (4.76%) Process Analyst
7 11 (3.27%) Business Manager
7 11 (3.27%) Business Process Analyst
8 10 (2.98%) Senior
9 8 (2.38%) Business Process Specialist
9 8 (2.38%) Head of Finance
9 8 (2.38%) Operations Manager
9 8 (2.38%) Senior Analyst
10 7 (2.08%) Business Improvement Manager
10 7 (2.08%) Developer
10 7 (2.08%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.79%) Lightning Web Components
1 6 (1.79%) REST
1 6 (1.79%) SOAP
2 3 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.60%) Web Services
4 1 (0.30%) D3.js
4 1 (0.30%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 116 (34.52%) FMCG
2 21 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.46%) PMI
4 12 (3.57%) Industry 4.0
5 9 (2.68%) IoT
6 8 (2.38%) Augmented Reality
6 8 (2.38%) Credit Risk
6 8 (2.38%) Virtual Reality
7 6 (1.79%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 6 (1.79%) SCADA
8 5 (1.49%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.60%) Robotics
11 1 (0.30%) Acoustics
11 1 (0.30%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.30%) Blog
11 1 (0.30%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.30%) Housing Association
11 1 (0.30%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (72.02%) Lean Six Sigma
2 195 (58.04%) Continuous Improvement
3 170 (50.60%) Problem-Solving
4 123 (36.61%) Lean Manufacturing
5 116 (34.52%) Benchmarking
6 115 (34.23%) Order Management
7 69 (20.54%) Process Improvement
8 63 (18.75%) Agile
9 53 (15.77%) PRINCE2
9 53 (15.77%) Project Management
10 38 (11.31%) Data Analysis
11 37 (11.01%) Stakeholder Management
12 33 (9.82%) Roadmaps
13 31 (9.23%) Business Analysis
13 31 (9.23%) Workshop Facilitation
14 23 (6.85%) Coaching
14 23 (6.85%) GAP Analysis
15 22 (6.55%) Change Management
16 21 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
17 20 (5.95%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.27%) SQL
2 6 (1.79%) Apex Code
2 6 (1.79%) JavaScript
2 6 (1.79%) SOQL
3 1 (0.30%) Python
3 1 (0.30%) R
Qualifications
1 192 (57.14%) Degree
2 117 (34.82%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 17 (5.06%) PMI Certification
4 16 (4.76%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 16 (4.76%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 13 (3.87%) APMP
6 8 (2.38%) ACCA
6 8 (2.38%) CIMA
6 8 (2.38%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.89%) PMP
7 3 (0.89%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.89%) Security Cleared
8 2 (0.60%) MBA
8 2 (0.60%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.30%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.30%) HNC
9 1 (0.30%) HND
9 1 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (10.12%) QA
2 15 (4.46%) PMO
3 12 (3.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 8 (2.38%) IFRS
5 7 (2.08%) ISO 9001
6 5 (1.49%) ISO 14001
7 4 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.89%) GDPR
9 2 (0.60%) EMIR
9 2 (0.60%) ISO 13485
9 2 (0.60%) MiFID
10 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.30%) GMP
10 1 (0.30%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 27 (8.04%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.17%) Apttus
3 13 (3.87%) Salesforce
4 11 (3.27%) Oracle
5 9 (2.68%) SAP
6 8 (2.38%) Yardi
7 7 (2.08%) Google
7 7 (2.08%) Sage
8 6 (1.79%) DocuSign
9 4 (1.19%) Computacenter
9 4 (1.19%) JD Edwards
9 4 (1.19%) PeopleSoft
9 4 (1.19%) UiPath
10 3 (0.89%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.60%) Blue Prism
11 2 (0.60%) Concur
11 2 (0.60%) ServiceNow
12 1 (0.30%) Aderant
12 1 (0.30%) iManage
12 1 (0.30%) LogRhythm