Six Sigma Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Six Sigma
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Six Sigma skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 107 134
Rank change year-on-year -19 +27 +2
Contract jobs citing Six Sigma 4 3 10
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.18% 0.18% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.19% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 10
10th Percentile £488 - £314
25th Percentile £530 - £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £365
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +36.99% -10.15%
75th Percentile £750 - £641
90th Percentile £840 - £700
South East median daily rate £353 £500 £575
% change year-on-year -29.50% -13.04% +15.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 1,875 1,545 2,407
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.00% 91.37% 90.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,256 896 1,481
10th Percentile £268 £250 £213
25th Percentile £382 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.43% +0.90% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £650 £673 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 43 141
10th Percentile £15.62 £24.93 £16.74
25th Percentile £18.87 £42.50 £23.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £59.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.37% +24.21% +63.79%
75th Percentile £62.31 £65.17 £63.00
90th Percentile £95.00 £75.48 £76.10
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -47.61% -5.26% +5.56%

Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Six Sigma job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Six Sigma
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Six Sigma
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Six Sigma in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Six Sigma in the Thames Valley

Six Sigma
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

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 Six Sigma within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 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
Berkshire -20 3 £530 -
Oxfordshire -10 1 £850 +70.00%
Six Sigma
South East

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Camunda
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Automotive
3 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Retail
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Lead
1 1 (25.00%) Portfolio Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Portfolio Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Process Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) PQQ
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (25.00%) PMP
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared