Six Sigma Contracts in England

Six Sigma
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Six Sigma skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Six Sigma over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 429 409 479
Rank change year-on-year -20 +70 +83
Contract jobs citing Six Sigma 56 133 175
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.23% 0.36% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.41% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 95 102
10th Percentile £271 £363 £363
25th Percentile £405 £405 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% -4.29% -2.33%
75th Percentile £597 £600 £619
90th Percentile £763 £666 £725
UK median daily rate £465 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -7.00% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 23
10th Percentile - £30.04 £61.25
25th Percentile - £31.60 £65.00
Median hourly rate £53.50 £33.07 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.80% -49.52% +101.54%
75th Percentile - £35.56 £65.75
90th Percentile - £53.08 -
UK median hourly rate £53.50 £33.07 £65.50
% change year-on-year +61.80% -49.52% +101.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Six Sigma as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Six Sigma in England

Six Sigma
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Six Sigma in England.

Daily rate trend for Six Sigma in England

Six Sigma
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Six Sigma in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Six Sigma in England

Six Sigma
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Six Sigma in England.

Hourly rate trend for Six Sigma in England

Six Sigma
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 Six Sigma within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London -6 32 £588 +6.82% 87
North of England +21 16 £410 - 34
North West +20 12 £410 - 21
South East +42 6 £395 +12.86% 29
Yorkshire +7 4 £495 +13.14% 12
Midlands +19 1 £391 +15.85% 29
East Midlands +9 1 £391 -13.11% 6
Six Sigma
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Six Sigma
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (8.93%) Confluence
2 2 (3.57%) Appian
3 1 (1.79%) CICS
3 1 (1.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (17.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (14.29%) MS Visio
3 7 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (3.57%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.79%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.14%) Lucidchart
2 3 (5.36%) Asana
2 3 (5.36%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.79%) AWS
3 1 (1.79%) Azure
3 1 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.79%) GCP
3 1 (1.79%) Miro
3 1 (1.79%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 1 (1.79%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.36%) Power BI
2 2 (3.57%) Tableau
3 1 (1.79%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.79%) Data Vault
3 1 (1.79%) DB2
3 1 (1.79%) Delta Lake
3 1 (1.79%) Looker
3 1 (1.79%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.79%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 7 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 29 (51.79%) Analytical Skills
2 26 (46.43%) Social Skills
3 15 (26.79%) Finance
4 7 (12.50%) Banking
5 6 (10.71%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (8.93%) Public Sector
7 4 (7.14%) Automotive
7 4 (7.14%) Marketing
7 4 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (5.36%) Financial Institution
8 3 (5.36%) Investment Banking
8 3 (5.36%) Retail
9 2 (3.57%) Legal
9 2 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (3.57%) Retail Banking
9 2 (3.57%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.79%) Electronics
10 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.79%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 24 (42.86%) Analyst
2 17 (30.36%) Business Analyst
3 8 (14.29%) Project Manager
4 7 (12.50%) Lead
4 7 (12.50%) Process Analyst
5 6 (10.71%) Business Process Analyst
6 4 (7.14%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (7.14%) Transformation Manager
7 3 (5.36%) Consultant
7 3 (5.36%) Digital Transformation
7 3 (5.36%) Process Consultant
7 3 (5.36%) Programme Manager
7 3 (5.36%) Transformation Project Manager
8 2 (3.57%) Digital Project Manager
8 2 (3.57%) Digital Transformation Manager
8 2 (3.57%) Process Improvement Consultant
8 2 (3.57%) Product Owner
8 2 (3.57%) Programme Analyst
8 2 (3.57%) SAP Manager
8 2 (3.57%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) Flask
1 1 (1.79%) JSON
1 1 (1.79%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.71%) Product Ownership
2 5 (8.93%) Onboarding
3 4 (7.14%) Life Science
3 4 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 4 (7.14%) PMI
4 2 (3.57%) Algorithms
4 2 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.79%) Hackathon
5 1 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.79%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.79%) NHS
5 1 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (57.14%) Lean Six Sigma
2 21 (37.50%) Agile
3 20 (35.71%) Change Management
3 20 (35.71%) Project Management
4 19 (33.93%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (32.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 16 (28.57%) Process Improvement
7 13 (23.21%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (23.21%) Workshop Facilitation
8 11 (19.64%) Business Analysis
9 10 (17.86%) Decision-Making
10 7 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
10 7 (12.50%) PRINCE2
10 7 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 6 (10.71%) Creative Thinking
11 6 (10.71%) ITIL
11 6 (10.71%) Requirements Gathering
11 6 (10.71%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 6 (10.71%) Scrum
12 5 (8.93%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.14%) SQL
2 3 (5.36%) Python
3 2 (3.57%) R
4 1 (1.79%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (30.36%) Degree
2 11 (19.64%) PMI Certification
3 8 (14.29%) PMP
4 4 (7.14%) IIBA
4 4 (7.14%) ISEB
4 4 (7.14%) Master's Degree
4 4 (7.14%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 3 (5.36%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 2 (3.57%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.79%) CBAP
7 1 (1.79%) CIMA
7 1 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.79%) CSPO
7 1 (1.79%) MBA
7 1 (1.79%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.36%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.57%) PMO
2 2 (3.57%) QA
3 1 (1.79%) COBIT
3 1 (1.79%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.79%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (1.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.79%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (10.71%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.93%) SAP
3 3 (5.36%) Salesforce
3 3 (5.36%) Workday
4 2 (3.57%) Blue Prism
4 2 (3.57%) Cisco
4 2 (3.57%) Foundry
4 2 (3.57%) Nokia
4 2 (3.57%) Palantir
4 2 (3.57%) Rakuten
5 1 (1.79%) Duck Creek
5 1 (1.79%) Guidewire
5 1 (1.79%) Planview
5 1 (1.79%) Remedy
5 1 (1.79%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.79%) TIBCO