Lean Six Sigma Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Lean Six Sigma
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Lean Six Sigma skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 85 -
Rank change year-on-year -33 - -
Contract jobs citing Lean Six Sigma 7 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.35% 0.099% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £422 - -
90th Percentile £424 - -
North West median daily rate £425 £500 £600
% change year-on-year -15.00% -16.67% +33.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,666 904 1,051
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 83.76% 89.24% 86.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 999 575 655
10th Percentile £304 £301 £327
25th Percentile £403 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £694 £662 £713
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 63 44
10th Percentile £21.00 £14.20 £15.94
25th Percentile £30.00 £19.07 £21.81
Median hourly rate £50.00 £22.63 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +120.95% -33.44% +74.36%
75th Percentile £75.00 £55.25 £59.13
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.75 £73.60
North West median hourly rate £45.50 £25.15 £35.36
% change year-on-year +80.91% -28.87% +1.03%

Lean Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Lean Six Sigma job vacancy trend in Manchester

Lean Six Sigma
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Lean Six Sigma
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) IBM Blueworks
General
1 7 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (85.71%) Finance
3 4 (57.14%) Legal
4 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Programme Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Senior
1 2 (28.57%) Senior Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Business Change Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Business Change Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Change Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Change Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IAM Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Lean Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Change Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Security Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Business Change Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Business Change Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Change Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) Business Case
1 7 (100.00%) Change Management
1 7 (100.00%) Project Management
1 7 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 7 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (57.14%) AI
2 4 (57.14%) Business Transformation
2 4 (57.14%) PRINCE2
2 4 (57.14%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 3 (42.86%) Actionable Insight
3 3 (42.86%) BPMN
3 3 (42.86%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
3 3 (42.86%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
5 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft