Lean Six Sigma Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Lean Six Sigma
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Lean Six Sigma skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Lean Six Sigma 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.47% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £309 - -
25th Percentile £316 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £329 - -
75th Percentile £343 - -
90th Percentile £351 - -
England median daily rate £500 £538 £575
% change year-on-year -6.98% -6.52% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.50 - -
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
75th Percentile £26.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £45.46 £27.50 £25.75
% change year-on-year +65.31% +6.80% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Lean 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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 722 565 629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 84.05% 85.48% 83.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 459 338 441
10th Percentile £185 £263 £213
25th Percentile £352 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £444 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% -6.53% -
75th Percentile £525 £550 £588
90th Percentile £626 £632 £700
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 28 51
10th Percentile £16.10 £15.07 £13.00
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.67
Median hourly rate £18.87 £23.25 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.84% +3.33% +33.69%
75th Percentile £25.11 £35.23 £51.50
90th Percentile £25.15 £51.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%

Lean Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Lean Six Sigma job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Lean Six Sigma
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Lean Six Sigma.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Lean Six Sigma

Lean Six Sigma
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Lean Six Sigma.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Lean Six Sigma

Lean Six Sigma
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lean Six Sigma within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 December 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Northamptonshire - 2 £329 - 2
Derbyshire - 1 - - 2
Leicestershire - 1 - - 2
Lean Six Sigma
England

Lean Six Sigma
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (25.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Lucidchart
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Corporate Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Retail Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Banking Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Finance Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Finance Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Junior
2 1 (25.00%) Junior Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Process Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) PMI
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Six Sigma
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) Process Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Digital Banking
3 2 (50.00%) Fintech
3 2 (50.00%) Kanban
3 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
3 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
3 2 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 2 (50.00%) Scrum
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Wealth Management
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (75.00%) PMP
3 2 (50.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (50.00%) MBA
3 2 (50.00%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Basel III
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Zoho