Lean Six Sigma Contract Job Trends in England

Lean Six Sigma
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Lean Six Sigma skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 451 450 484
Rank change year-on-year -1 +34 +125
Contract jobs citing Lean Six Sigma 96 45 75
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.30% 0.16% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.18% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 25 50
10th Percentile £367 £300 £363
25th Percentile £484 £389 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.48% -3.33%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £652
90th Percentile £626 £720 £701
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £26.25 -
Median hourly rate £45.46 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +65.31% - -
75th Percentile - £28.75 -
90th Percentile £63.25 - -
UK median hourly rate £45.46 £27.50 £90.00
% change year-on-year +65.31% -69.44% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 28,123 25,389 32,672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.50% 88.70% 88.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,892 15,664 22,179
10th Percentile £300 £313 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,806 836 1,435
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.44
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.43 £19.09
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.09%
75th Percentile £56.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.29% +24.29%

Lean Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Lean Six Sigma job vacancy trend in England

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Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Lean Six Sigma

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lean Six Sigma in England over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Lean Six Sigma in England

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Lean Six Sigma

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Lean Six Sigma in England over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Lean Six Sigma in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 26 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
North of England -24 42 £500 -12.09% 15
North West +5 36 £500 -16.67% 8
London -6 23 £600 +9.09% 5
East of England -13 11 £500 +55.25% 1
Midlands -39 10 £378 -37.00% 7
East Midlands - 7 £340 - 4
South West - 7 £550 - 4
South East -9 6 £350 -30.00% 6
Yorkshire -39 6 £528 -12.08% 5
West Midlands -32 3 £550 -8.33% 3
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Lean Six Sigma
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 8 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (7.29%) MS Visio
2 6 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.04%) Trello
Business Applications
1 27 (28.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.04%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 12 (12.50%) Power Platform
2 6 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (5.21%) Lucidchart
4 3 (3.13%) Azure
4 3 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.08%) IBM Blueworks
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.04%) UWB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (12.50%) Power BI
2 1 (1.04%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 11 (11.46%) JIRA
General
1 58 (60.42%) Social Skills
2 40 (41.67%) Finance
3 15 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (15.63%) Banking
3 15 (15.63%) Pharmaceutical
4 12 (12.50%) Manufacturing
5 9 (9.38%) Public Sector
6 7 (7.29%) Marketing
7 6 (6.25%) Electronics
7 6 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (6.25%) Telecoms
8 5 (5.21%) Corporate Banking
8 5 (5.21%) Retail Banking
9 4 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (4.17%) General Ledger
10 3 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (1.04%) Aerospace
12 1 (1.04%) Legal
12 1 (1.04%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 24 (25.00%) Analyst
2 20 (20.83%) Lead
3 14 (14.58%) Process Analyst
4 12 (12.50%) Project Manager
5 11 (11.46%) Business Process Analyst
6 9 (9.38%) Business Analyst
7 8 (8.33%) Banking Project Manager
8 7 (7.29%) Consultant
8 7 (7.29%) Digital Transformation
8 7 (7.29%) Digital Transformation Manager
8 7 (7.29%) Transformation Manager
9 6 (6.25%) Digital Project Manager
9 6 (6.25%) Digital Transformation Project Manager
9 6 (6.25%) Process Consultant
9 6 (6.25%) Senior
9 6 (6.25%) Transformation Project Manager
10 5 (5.21%) Availability Manager
10 5 (5.21%) Lean Consultant
10 5 (5.21%) SAP Consultant
11 4 (4.17%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.58%) Virtual Team
2 8 (8.33%) Product Ownership
3 7 (7.29%) PMI
4 3 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (3.13%) Life Science
4 3 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.13%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (2.08%) FMCG
5 2 (2.08%) LIMS
6 1 (1.04%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.04%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (100.00%) Six Sigma
2 61 (63.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 50 (52.08%) Process Improvement
4 46 (47.92%) Agile
5 41 (42.71%) Change Management
6 34 (35.42%) Project Management
7 30 (31.25%) Workshop Facilitation
8 28 (29.17%) PRINCE2
9 26 (27.08%) Problem-Solving
10 25 (26.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 24 (25.00%) ITIL
11 24 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
12 23 (23.96%) ERP
13 22 (22.92%) Business Process Mapping
14 21 (21.88%) Project Delivery
15 19 (19.79%) Decision-Making
16 17 (17.71%) Business Intelligence
16 17 (17.71%) DevOps
16 17 (17.71%) Roadmaps
17 16 (16.67%) Budget Management
Qualifications
1 43 (44.79%) Degree
2 17 (17.71%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 15 (15.63%) PMI Certification
3 15 (15.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 14 (14.58%) PMP
5 11 (11.46%) Security Cleared
6 7 (7.29%) Master's Degree
6 7 (7.29%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 6 (6.25%) SC Cleared
8 5 (5.21%) MBA
8 5 (5.21%) SAFe Agilist
9 2 (2.08%) APMG
9 2 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (2.08%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.04%) ACCA
10 1 (1.04%) CCNA
10 1 (1.04%) CIMA
10 1 (1.04%) CISM
10 1 (1.04%) CISSP
10 1 (1.04%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.25%) QA
2 5 (5.21%) Basel III
3 4 (4.17%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.08%) SLA
5 1 (1.04%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.04%) NIST
Vendors
1 33 (34.38%) SAP
2 2 (2.08%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.04%) Ariba
3 1 (1.04%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.04%) Cisco
3 1 (1.04%) Oracle
3 1 (1.04%) Zoho