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 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 430 325 -
Rank change year-on-year -105 - -
Contract jobs citing Lean Manufacturing 3 9 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.014% 0.071% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.016% 0.079% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £503 - -
25th Percentile £506 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £556 - -
90th Percentile £568 - -
UK median daily rate £525 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £36.00 - -

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 18,263 11,401 17,956
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.83% 90.53% 85.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,109 7,268 10,954
10th Percentile £265 £243 £233
25th Percentile £400 £375 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.13% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £576 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,910 730 1,937
10th Percentile £14.38 £14.99 £12.40
25th Percentile £17.87 £19.25 £15.17
Median hourly rate £30.00 £31.76 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.54% +0.83% -12.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.34 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year - - -9.72%

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 25 March 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 - 2 £550 - 2
West Midlands - 2 £550 - 1
North of England -74 1 £500 - 7
Yorkshire - 1 £500 -
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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP EHS
1 1 (33.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
General
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Contracts Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Lean Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Operations Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Industry 4.0
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Order Management
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Six Sigma
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Supply Chain Management
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) APMG
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) SAP