Six Sigma Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Six Sigma
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Six Sigma skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 - 67
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Six Sigma 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.23% - 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% - 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £500 - £225
% change year-on-year - - -55.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £90.00
West Midlands median hourly rate - - £90.00

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Six Sigma 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 727 461 640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 83.95% 88.31% 83.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 454 333 422
10th Percentile £313 £190 £250
25th Percentile £408 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £461
Median % change year-on-year - +8.46% -7.80%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £642 £700 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 18 44
10th Percentile £13.25 - £13.20
25th Percentile £15.91 £12.62 £17.75
Median hourly rate £20.25 £14.70 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year +37.76% -46.06% +67.33%
75th Percentile £25.00 £29.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £30.00 £37.22 £64.13
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £18.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +38.89% -20.00% +26.98%

Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Six Sigma job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Six Sigma
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Six Sigma.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Six Sigma

Six Sigma
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Six Sigma.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Six Sigma

Six Sigma
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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) CANalyzer
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Quality Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Validation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality