Lean Consultant Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Lean Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Lean Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 371 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lean Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.007% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
UK median daily rate £500 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,763 16,423 20,519
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.80% 92.35% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,435 9,607 13,771
10th Percentile £213 £225 £225
25th Percentile £363 £378 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,240 1,485 1,166
10th Percentile £13.27 £14.27 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.17 £19.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £40.41
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +11.35% +83.69%
75th Percentile £53.75 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.60 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%

Lean Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Lean Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Lean Consultant in the UK excluding London

Lean Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lean Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lean Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Lean Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lean Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 September 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
North West - 1 £500 -
North of England - 1 £500 -
Lean Consultant
UK

Lean Consultant Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 9 September 2025, Lean Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Lean Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Lean Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Business Process Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Supply Chain Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps

Lean Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Process Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Lean Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Supply Chain Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP