Six Sigma Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Six Sigma
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Six Sigma skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Six Sigma 16 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 5.99% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.44% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £300 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £301 - -
75th Percentile £301 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £400 £410 £410
% change year-on-year -2.44% - -8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 0 0
Median hourly rate £45.46 - -
North West median hourly rate £45.46 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 215 149 158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 80.52% 90.30% 81.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 78 70
10th Percentile £161 £382 £302
25th Percentile £373 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £539
Median % change year-on-year +2.76% -0.65% +2.62%
75th Percentile £673 £597 £656
90th Percentile £811 £639 £753
North West median daily rate £455 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -4.21% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 19 59
10th Percentile £35.15 £14.62 £15.59
25th Percentile £41.94 £23.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £45.46 £28.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.12% -17.86% -17.65%
75th Percentile £71.50 £43.94 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £65.75 £48.09
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £31.64 £23.86
% change year-on-year +43.68% +32.63% -36.22%

Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Six Sigma job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Six Sigma
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Six Sigma
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Six Sigma

Six Sigma
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 29 March 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
Morecambe - 1 £301 -
Preston - 1 - -
Six Sigma
North West

Six Sigma
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 1 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Azure
1 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 15 (93.75%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (93.75%) Lead
2 1 (6.25%) Analyst
2 1 (6.25%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (87.50%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Agile
1 16 (100.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 15 (93.75%) Agile Project Management
2 15 (93.75%) Change Management
2 15 (93.75%) Continuous Improvement
2 15 (93.75%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (93.75%) DevOps
2 15 (93.75%) ITIL
2 15 (93.75%) PRINCE2
2 15 (93.75%) Project Delivery
2 15 (93.75%) Project Management
3 14 (87.50%) Budget Management
3 14 (87.50%) Security Management
3 14 (87.50%) Service Delivery
4 2 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 1 (6.25%) Backlog Refinement
5 1 (6.25%) Cloud Security
5 1 (6.25%) Cyber Resilience
5 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (6.25%) Story Mapping
Qualifications
1 15 (93.75%) Degree
1 15 (93.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (6.25%) CISM
2 1 (6.25%) CISSP
2 1 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.25%) NIST