Lean Specialist Contract Job Trends in London

Lean Specialist
England > London

The median Lean Specialist daily rate in London is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 378 - 380
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lean Specialist 1 0 10
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.007% - 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £510 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 - £650
75th Percentile £530 - £675
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £520 - £650

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 14,143 12,712 17,275
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 93.62% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,424 8,189 12,471
10th Percentile £350 £331 £325
25th Percentile £425 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £780
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 140 336
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.98 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.03 £24.66 £19.05
Median hourly rate £34.14 £36.75 £28.88
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +27.27% -16.91%
75th Percentile £59.72 £53.75 £49.28
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.95 £65.88
England median hourly rate £31.49 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.03% - -9.09%

Lean Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Lean Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Lean Specialist job vacancy trend in London

Lean Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lean Specialist job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lean Specialist job vacancies in London

Lean Specialist Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 15 February 2026, Lean Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Lean Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Epics
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) Wireframes

Lean Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Epics
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) Wireframes