Six Sigma Contract Job Trends in the South West

Six Sigma
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Six Sigma skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 129 145
Rank change year-on-year +18 +16 +7
Contract jobs citing Six Sigma 8 1 10
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.40% 0.041% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.049% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 4
10th Percentile - - £574
25th Percentile £525 £588 £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £606
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +3.09% +5.39%
75th Percentile £575 £663 £636
90th Percentile £631 - £667
England median daily rate £500 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +6.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £79.75 - £22.73
25th Percentile £81.25 - £23.06
Median hourly rate £87.50 - £25.75
75th Percentile £93.75 - £28.06
90th Percentile £95.25 - £28.18
England median hourly rate £62.50 £24.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year +160.42% -9.43% -19.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South 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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,819 2,055 2,791
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.14% 83.98% 87.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,041 1,190 1,903
10th Percentile £213 £312 £308
25th Percentile £375 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £734 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 182 279
10th Percentile £15.25 £20.10 £20.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £40.63 £46.55
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.60% +9.17% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.98 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -39.40% -6.74% +27.14%

Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Six Sigma job vacancy trend in the South West

Six Sigma
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Six Sigma
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Six Sigma
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
Wiltshire - 6 £550 - 4
Gloucestershire - 2 £675 - 9
Six Sigma
England

Six Sigma
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 5 (62.50%) Electronics
2 5 (62.50%) Manufacturing
2 5 (62.50%) Marketing
2 5 (62.50%) Public Sector
2 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Availability Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Business Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Business Improvement Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Business Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Lean Six Sigma
1 7 (87.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (62.50%) Availability Management
2 5 (62.50%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (62.50%) Capacity Management
2 5 (62.50%) Digital Marketing
2 5 (62.50%) ITIL
2 5 (62.50%) Performance Monitoring
2 5 (62.50%) Programme Management
2 5 (62.50%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
2 5 (62.50%) Service Management
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Statistical Analysis
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Atlassian