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 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 590 633 748
Rank change year-on-year +43 +115 -33
Permanent jobs citing Six Sigma 337 389 502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.37% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.38% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 127 153 337
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,102 £35,350
25th Percentile £43,250 £50,000 £42,275
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £65,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.92% +14.04% +14.00%
75th Percentile £75,625 £82,500 £68,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £98,200 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,995 £60,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -16.68% +33.33% -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 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%

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 19 April 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 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 -40 220 £49,995 -16.68% 109
England -12 207 £62,500 -3.85% 133
Wales - 74 £41,250 - 4
Work from Home +70 70 £67,500 +3.85% 26
North of England +91 62 £49,245 -14.36% 23
London +122 54 £75,000 +11.11% 28
South East +4 39 £45,000 -30.77% 32
North West +36 31 £55,000 +4.76% 14
Midlands -122 25 £55,000 -12.00% 18
Yorkshire +100 16 £73,750 +22.92% 4
West Midlands -102 16 £55,000 -15.38% 14
East of England +44 15 £65,000 -14.75% 12
North East +8 15 £40,000 - 6
East Midlands -22 9 £44,000 -23.48% 4
Northern Ireland +28 3 £72,500 +61.11% 2
South West -34 1 £60,000 +33.33% 18
Scotland -62 1 £42,500 -23.08% 5

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 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (1.78%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.89%) SAS
3 1 (0.30%) CMS
3 1 (0.30%) Confluence
3 1 (0.30%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 25 (7.42%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (5.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.78%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.89%) SPSS
6 2 (0.59%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.78%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.89%) SAP GTS
3 2 (0.59%) iTrent
3 2 (0.59%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.30%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 15 (4.45%) Power Platform
2 11 (3.26%) SaaS
3 10 (2.97%) Power Automate
3 10 (2.97%) PowerApps
4 6 (1.78%) GitHub
5 4 (1.19%) Azure
5 4 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.89%) Intacct
7 2 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.59%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.59%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.30%) Contentful
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.86%) Power BI
2 3 (0.89%) Metadata
2 3 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (0.59%) Big Data
4 1 (0.30%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (1.78%) Oracle APEX
2 2 (0.59%) JIRA
General
1 192 (56.97%) Social Skills
2 155 (45.99%) Manufacturing
3 134 (39.76%) Law
4 125 (37.09%) Influencing Skills
5 121 (35.91%) Presentation Skills
6 111 (32.94%) Finance
7 52 (15.43%) Analytical Skills
8 32 (9.50%) Legal
9 11 (3.26%) Banking
10 10 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (2.67%) Retail
12 8 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (2.08%) Advertising
13 7 (2.08%) Public Sector
14 6 (1.78%) Electronics
14 6 (1.78%) Police
15 5 (1.48%) Automotive
16 4 (1.19%) French Language
16 4 (1.19%) German Language
16 4 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 115 (34.12%) Automation Engineer
1 115 (34.12%) Graduate
1 115 (34.12%) Graduate IT Engineer
1 115 (34.12%) IT Engineer
1 115 (34.12%) IT Graduate
2 52 (15.43%) Analyst
3 26 (7.72%) Lead
3 26 (7.72%) Project Manager
4 25 (7.42%) Business Analyst
5 16 (4.75%) Process Analyst
6 11 (3.26%) Business Manager
6 11 (3.26%) Business Process Analyst
6 11 (3.26%) Senior
7 9 (2.67%) Operations Manager
8 8 (2.37%) Business Improvement Manager
8 8 (2.37%) Business Process Specialist
8 8 (2.37%) Head of Finance
8 8 (2.37%) Senior Analyst
9 7 (2.08%) Business Change Specialist
9 7 (2.08%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.78%) Lightning Web Components
1 6 (1.78%) REST
1 6 (1.78%) SOAP
2 2 (0.59%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.59%) Web Services
3 1 (0.30%) D3.js
3 1 (0.30%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 116 (34.42%) FMCG
2 24 (7.12%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.45%) PMI
4 12 (3.56%) Industry 4.0
5 9 (2.67%) IoT
6 8 (2.37%) Augmented Reality
6 8 (2.37%) Credit Risk
6 8 (2.37%) Virtual Reality
7 6 (1.78%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 6 (1.78%) SCADA
8 5 (1.48%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
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%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.30%) Robotics
11 1 (0.30%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (71.81%) Lean Six Sigma
2 194 (57.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 170 (50.45%) Problem-Solving
4 117 (34.72%) Lean Manufacturing
5 116 (34.42%) Benchmarking
6 115 (34.12%) Order Management
7 65 (19.29%) Process Improvement
8 64 (18.99%) Agile
9 53 (15.73%) PRINCE2
10 48 (14.24%) Project Management
11 39 (11.57%) Data Analysis
12 37 (10.98%) Stakeholder Management
13 33 (9.79%) Roadmaps
14 31 (9.20%) Business Analysis
14 31 (9.20%) Workshop Facilitation
15 24 (7.12%) Coaching
16 23 (6.82%) GAP Analysis
17 22 (6.53%) Change Management
18 21 (6.23%) Business Intelligence
18 21 (6.23%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.26%) SQL
2 6 (1.78%) Apex Code
2 6 (1.78%) JavaScript
2 6 (1.78%) SOQL
3 1 (0.30%) Python
3 1 (0.30%) R
Qualifications
1 191 (56.68%) Degree
2 117 (34.72%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 20 (5.93%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 16 (4.75%) PMI Certification
4 16 (4.75%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 13 (3.86%) APMP
6 8 (2.37%) ACCA
6 8 (2.37%) CIMA
6 8 (2.37%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.59%) MBA
7 2 (0.59%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (0.59%) PMP
7 2 (0.59%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.59%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.30%) HNC
8 1 (0.30%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (10.98%) QA
2 15 (4.45%) PMO
3 14 (4.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 8 (2.37%) IFRS
5 7 (2.08%) ISO 9001
6 5 (1.48%) ISO 14001
7 4 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.89%) GDPR
9 2 (0.59%) EMIR
9 2 (0.59%) ISO 13485
9 2 (0.59%) MiFID
10 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.30%) GMP
10 1 (0.30%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 28 (8.31%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.15%) Apttus
3 12 (3.56%) Salesforce
4 10 (2.97%) Oracle
5 9 (2.67%) SAP
6 8 (2.37%) Yardi
7 6 (1.78%) DocuSign
7 6 (1.78%) Sage
8 4 (1.19%) Computacenter
8 4 (1.19%) JD Edwards
8 4 (1.19%) PeopleSoft
8 4 (1.19%) UiPath
9 3 (0.89%) Google
9 3 (0.89%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.59%) Blue Prism
10 2 (0.59%) Concur
11 1 (0.30%) Aderant
11 1 (0.30%) Ceridian
11 1 (0.30%) iManage
11 1 (0.30%) ServiceNow