Lean Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Lean Manufacturing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Lean Manufacturing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 393 328 -
Rank change year-on-year -65 - -
Contract jobs citing Lean Manufacturing 1 11 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% 0.080% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.006% 0.091% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £550 £310 -
% change year-on-year +77.42% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Lean Manufacturing 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,617 12,154 16,854
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.23% 88.03% 87.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,576 7,108 10,751
10th Percentile £223 £235 £250
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,689 687 1,278
10th Percentile £14.37 £15.50 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.23 £20.00 £16.94
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.45 £43.83
Median % change year-on-year -21.76% -30.52% +51.12%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.02 £73.85 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -19.75% +15.71%

Lean Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Lean Manufacturing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Lean Manufacturing job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Lean Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Lean Manufacturing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Lean Manufacturing

Lean Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Lean Manufacturing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Lean Manufacturing

Lean Manufacturing
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 Manufacturing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Midlands - 1 £550 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £550 - 1
Lean Manufacturing
UK

Lean Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Lean Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow