Lean Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Lean Manufacturing
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Lean Manufacturing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Lean Manufacturing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.14% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £550 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Lean Manufacturing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 648 602 611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 89.26% 87.25% 83.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 407 401
10th Percentile £224 £198 £275
25th Percentile £370 £381 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.34% +7.89% -
75th Percentile £575 £638 £600
90th Percentile £638 £738 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 16 18
10th Percentile £12.62 £14.70 £13.03
25th Percentile £13.50 £21.63 £14.78
Median hourly rate £18.87 £30.23 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.57% -49.63% +254.30%
75th Percentile £20.56 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £25.00 £56.25 £67.88
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.50 £23.89 £23.00
% change year-on-year -14.19% +3.87% +29.94%

Lean Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Lean Manufacturing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Lean Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Lean Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Lean Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow