Lean Six Sigma Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Lean Six Sigma
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Lean Six Sigma skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 118 141
Rank change year-on-year -6 +23 +14
Contract jobs citing Lean Six Sigma 4 6 4
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.20% 0.28% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.32% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £549
25th Percentile - - £622
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £688
Median % change year-on-year - - +71.88%
75th Percentile - - £700
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £350 - £688
% change year-on-year - - +52.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,788 1,859 2,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 88.38% 88.27% 91.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,153 1,089 1,510
10th Percentile £263 £296 £214
25th Percentile £400 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £615
90th Percentile £650 £688 £695
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 58 105
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.14 £17.68
25th Percentile £17.15 £32.90 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.12 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.97% +14.25% +138.10%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.31 £64.50
90th Percentile £87.41 £71.24 £74.08
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -60.00% +4.76% +23.01%

Lean Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Lean Six Sigma job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Lean Six Sigma
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Lean Six Sigma.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Lean Six Sigma

Lean Six Sigma
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Lean Six Sigma.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Lean Six Sigma

Lean Six Sigma
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 11 December 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
Oxfordshire - 3 - - 4
Berkshire -6 1 £600 - 1
Lean Six Sigma
South East

Lean Six Sigma
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Lucidchart
2 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Business Process Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Process Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Process Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Process Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Life Science
1 3 (75.00%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Six Sigma
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Business Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Operations Management
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Workflow
3 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Business Process Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Business Process Mapping
3 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (25.00%) Process Management
4 1 (25.00%) Product Management
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree