Six Sigma Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Six Sigma
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Six Sigma skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 62 75
Rank change year-on-year +2 +13 +33
Contract jobs citing Six Sigma 2 6 8
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.34% 0.94% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 1.02% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 5
10th Percentile - £390 £360
25th Percentile - £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £424 £435
Median % change year-on-year +41.51% -2.53% +8.75%
75th Percentile - £425 £438
90th Percentile - £429 £468
Scotland median daily rate £600 £424 £430
% change year-on-year +41.51% -1.40% +3.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 532 587 832
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 91.41% 91.72% 92.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 310 492
10th Percentile £221 £228 £200
25th Percentile £406 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £638 £625
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £498
% change year-on-year +3.33% -9.55% +4.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 25 10
10th Percentile £17.62 £16.86 £13.12
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £19.19 £23.59 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year -18.67% +33.96% -14.33%
75th Percentile £45.00 £24.18 £31.97
90th Percentile £66.00 - £54.48
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% +1.58%

Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Six Sigma job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Six Sigma
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Six Sigma
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft