Lean Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Lean Manufacturing
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Lean Manufacturing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 153 -
Rank change year-on-year -74 - -
Contract jobs citing Lean Manufacturing 1 7 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.017% 0.22% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.020% 0.24% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
England median daily rate £525 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Lean Manufacturing 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,964 2,879 4,188
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 86.23% 90.28% 86.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,215 1,841 2,603
10th Percentile £275 £263 £283
25th Percentile £381 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% -1.00%
75th Percentile £550 £570 £582
90th Percentile £643 £650 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 324 155 363
10th Percentile £15.62 £15.00 £11.01
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.10 £12.58
Median hourly rate £45.46 £28.75 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.12% +55.41% -36.86%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.00 £44.74
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.25 £52.78
England median hourly rate £35.25 £32.81 £33.00
% change year-on-year +7.44% -0.58% -12.00%

Lean Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Lean Manufacturing job vacancy trend in the North of England

Lean Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Lean Manufacturing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Lean Manufacturing

Lean Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Lean Manufacturing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Lean Manufacturing

Lean Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lean Manufacturing within the North of England region over the 6 months to 25 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
Yorkshire - 1 £500 -
Lean Manufacturing
England

Lean Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Contracts Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Order Management
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Supply Chain Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) APMG