Six Sigma Contracts in the North West

Six Sigma
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Six Sigma skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Six Sigma over the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 120 132
Rank change year-on-year +4 +12 +33
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Six Sigma 17 3 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.77% 0.12% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.15% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 3 8
10th Percentile £191 £535 £320
25th Percentile £404 £559 £332
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £600 £389
Median % change year-on-year -31.67% +54.16% -13.51%
75th Percentile £491 - £459
90th Percentile £500 - £491
England median daily rate £500 £500 £533
% change year-on-year - -6.10% +1.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,968 2,043 2,562
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.77% 83.97% 88.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,275 1,225 1,757
10th Percentile £299 £313 £285
25th Percentile £375 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.10% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £671 £680 £663
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 162 157
10th Percentile £13.50 £10.95 £15.75
25th Percentile £18.16 £16.06 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.76
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +13.80% +41.21%
75th Percentile £53.75 £52.35 £46.18
90th Percentile £72.50 £70.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £40.85
% change year-on-year -40.82% +4.05% +51.39%

Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Six Sigma 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 Six Sigma.

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Six Sigma in the North West over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 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 Six Sigma.

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

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DemandTrendContract 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 Six Sigma within the North West region over the 6 months to 21 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cheshire - 13 £410 - 5
Manchester - 3 £176 - 5
Lancashire - 1 - - 4
Six Sigma
England

Six Sigma
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (29.41%) Confluence
2 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
3 2 (11.76%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (11.76%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (17.65%) MS Visio
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (35.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (11.76%) OneDrive
2 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (29.41%) JIRA
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 7 (41.18%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (41.18%) Finance
3 4 (23.53%) Automotive
3 4 (23.53%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (5.88%) Italian Language
4 1 (5.88%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (64.71%) Analyst
2 6 (35.29%) Business Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Process Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Business Process Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Operational Support Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Operations Support Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) SAP Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Support Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Process Improvement Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Process Improvement Specialist
6 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
6 1 (5.88%) SAP Business Process Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) SAP Manager
6 1 (5.88%) SAP Project Manager
6 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Lean Six Sigma
1 9 (52.94%) Process Improvement
2 8 (47.06%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (35.29%) Business Analysis
4 6 (35.29%) Change Management
4 6 (35.29%) Process Management
5 5 (29.41%) Agile
5 5 (29.41%) ERP
6 4 (23.53%) Business Process Mapping
6 4 (23.53%) Coaching
6 4 (23.53%) Creative Thinking
6 4 (23.53%) Feasibility Study
6 4 (23.53%) SAP Implementation
6 4 (23.53%) Waterfall
6 4 (23.53%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (17.65%) ITIL
7 3 (17.65%) Roadmaps
7 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 4 (23.53%) Degree
2 4 (23.53%) IIBA
2 4 (23.53%) ISEB
3 1 (5.88%) CIMA
3 1 (5.88%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.88%) Basel III
1 1 (5.88%) GRC
1 1 (5.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (11.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) SAP
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) Ariba
3 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow