Six Sigma Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Six Sigma
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Six Sigma skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 - 66
Rank change year-on-year - - +21
Contract jobs citing Six Sigma 8 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.83% - 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% - 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile £321 - -
25th Percentile £333 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.50%
75th Percentile £348 - -
90th Percentile £374 - -
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 816 491 648
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 84.82% 86.60% 82.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 470 293 451
10th Percentile £185 £250 £198
25th Percentile £352 £350 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £436 £445
Median % change year-on-year -2.41% -2.13% -1.11%
75th Percentile £529 £538 £550
90th Percentile £613 £625 £664
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 20 59
10th Percentile £14.85 £16.81 £11.15
25th Percentile £16.33 £17.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £17.87 £22.50 £17.71
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% +27.05% +5.23%
75th Percentile £23.90 £30.44 £31.00
90th Percentile £25.15 £41.21 £51.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.31 £36.42
% change year-on-year -26.69% -5.80% +4.05%

Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Six Sigma job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Six Sigma
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

Six Sigma
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

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 Six Sigma within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 January 2026. 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 - 7 £340 - 2
Derbyshire - 1 - -
Six Sigma
England

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 7 (87.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (12.50%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Power Platform
2 1 (12.50%) Lucidchart
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (87.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (87.50%) JIRA
General
1 8 (100.00%) Finance
2 7 (87.50%) Banking
2 7 (87.50%) Corporate Banking
2 7 (87.50%) Retail Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Project Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Banking Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Finance Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Finance Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Junior
3 1 (12.50%) Junior Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Process Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) PMI
1 7 (87.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Agile
1 8 (100.00%) Change Management
1 8 (100.00%) Lean Six Sigma
1 8 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 8 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 7 (87.50%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
2 7 (87.50%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (87.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (87.50%) Fintech
2 7 (87.50%) Kanban
2 7 (87.50%) Project Management
2 7 (87.50%) Regulatory Change
2 7 (87.50%) Resource Allocation
2 7 (87.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 7 (87.50%) Scrum
2 7 (87.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (87.50%) Wealth Management
3 5 (62.50%) Digital Banking
3 5 (62.50%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
1 8 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 8 (100.00%) PMP
2 7 (87.50%) Master's Degree
2 7 (87.50%) MBA
2 7 (87.50%) SAFe Agilist
3 2 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (87.50%) Basel III
1 7 (87.50%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Zoho