Lean Thinking Contracts in the North West

Lean Thinking
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Lean Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Lean Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 18 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Lean Thinking 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.10% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £533 £688 £631
% change year-on-year -22.55% +8.91% +14.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Lean Thinking 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 1,770 2,378 2,726
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 89.48% 83.79% 89.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,174 1,454 1,912
10th Percentile £305 £308 £313
25th Percentile £381 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £560 £585 £588
90th Percentile £665 £675 £675
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.00% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 270 137
10th Percentile £12.89 £11.00 £16.11
25th Percentile £19.39 £14.15 £20.22
Median hourly rate £32.00 £31.81 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +0.61% +4.15% +28.86%
75th Percentile £63.40 £46.18 £43.75
90th Percentile £83.17 £66.61 £58.20
England median hourly rate £27.13 £37.50 £35.38
% change year-on-year -27.67% +6.01% +37.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Lean Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Lean Thinking in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lean Thinking in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Lean Thinking in the North West

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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 Thinking within the North West region over the 6 months to 18 June 2025. 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
Manchester - 2 £450 - 6
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Autonomous Agent
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Measurement
2 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Enablement