Lean Six Sigma Contract Job Trends in the North West

Lean Six Sigma
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Lean Six Sigma skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 111 134
Rank change year-on-year +2 +23 +32
Contract jobs citing Lean Six Sigma 36 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.44% 0.19% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.63% 0.22% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 3 2
10th Percentile £414 £535 £466
25th Percentile - £559 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £488
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +23.08% +8.33%
75th Percentile - - £497
90th Percentile - - £499
England median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 1 0
Median hourly rate £45.46 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +65.31% - -
England median hourly rate £45.46 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year +65.31% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,207 1,859 2,354
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.17% 87.15% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,437 1,054 1,611
10th Percentile £213 £265 £306
25th Percentile £358 £390 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £571 £600
90th Percentile £650 £656 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 95 156
10th Percentile £16.58 £16.00 £15.75
25th Percentile £21.41 £21.05 £18.00
Median hourly rate £41.00 £30.00 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year +36.67% -20.53% +38.53%
75th Percentile £56.89 £48.59 £46.88
90th Percentile £69.94 £69.12 £64.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.35%

Lean Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Lean Six Sigma job vacancy trend in the North West

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Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Lean Six Sigma.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Lean Six Sigma

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lean Six Sigma in the North West over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Lean Six Sigma in the North West

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Lean Six Sigma.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Lean Six Sigma

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lean Six Sigma within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 January 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
Cheshire - 20 £500 -
Lancashire +3 15 - - 1
Manchester - 1 - -
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 18 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.56%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.78%) Azure
2 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 30 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 13 (36.11%) Finance
3 9 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (5.56%) Banking
4 2 (5.56%) Corporate Banking
4 2 (5.56%) Retail Banking
5 1 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.78%) Military
5 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (41.67%) Lead
2 5 (13.89%) Analyst
3 4 (11.11%) Consultant
3 4 (11.11%) Process Analyst
3 4 (11.11%) Process Consultant
4 3 (8.33%) Business Process Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) Lean Consultant
5 2 (5.56%) Process Mapping Consultant
5 2 (5.56%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.56%) SAP Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) SAP Consultant
5 2 (5.56%) Six Sigma Consultant
5 2 (5.56%) Supply Chain Consultant
6 1 (2.78%) Business Consultant
6 1 (2.78%) Business Process Consultant
6 1 (2.78%) Finance Project Manager
6 1 (2.78%) Junior
6 1 (2.78%) Junior Project Manager
6 1 (2.78%) Problem Analyst
6 1 (2.78%) Process Improvement Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (38.89%) Virtual Team
2 2 (5.56%) PMI
2 2 (5.56%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (100.00%) Six Sigma
2 35 (97.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (52.78%) Process Improvement
4 18 (50.00%) Change Management
5 17 (47.22%) Agile
6 16 (44.44%) ITIL
6 16 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (44.44%) Project Delivery
6 16 (44.44%) Project Management
7 15 (41.67%) Agile Project Management
7 15 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (41.67%) DevOps
7 15 (41.67%) PRINCE2
8 14 (38.89%) Budget Management
8 14 (38.89%) ERP
8 14 (38.89%) Security Management
8 14 (38.89%) Service Delivery
9 13 (36.11%) Business Process Mapping
10 12 (33.33%) Coaching
10 12 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 17 (47.22%) Degree
2 15 (41.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 11 (30.56%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 2 (5.56%) Master's Degree
4 2 (5.56%) MBA
4 2 (5.56%) PMI Certification
4 2 (5.56%) PMP
4 2 (5.56%) SAFe Agilist
4 2 (5.56%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.78%) CISM
5 1 (2.78%) CISSP
5 1 (2.78%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) Basel III
1 2 (5.56%) QA
2 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.78%) NIST
Vendors
1 18 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (2.78%) Ariba