Lean Six Sigma Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Lean Six Sigma
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Lean Six Sigma skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 335 340 371
Rank change year-on-year +5 +31 +49
Contract jobs citing Lean Six Sigma 43 31 61
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.18% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.21% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 14 33
10th Percentile £345 £300 £403
25th Percentile £496 £325 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £650
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -34.62% +36.84%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £700
90th Percentile - £655 £716
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £575
% change year-on-year +5.26% -17.39% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £26.40 - £22.73
25th Percentile £30.75 £26.25 £23.06
Median hourly rate £40.00 £27.50 £25.75
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% +6.80% -
75th Percentile £49.75 £28.75 £28.06
90th Percentile £54.40 - £28.18
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £27.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year +100.00% +3.77% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,994 14,624 18,950
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.18% 83.41% 88.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,400 8,272 12,490
10th Percentile £225 £240 £260
25th Percentile £367 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £669 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,529 1,089 1,294
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.84 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £18.19 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.32 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.10% +1.18% +73.47%
75th Percentile £40.46 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -39.40% -2.35% +45.65%

Lean Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Lean Six Sigma job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Lean Six Sigma
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lean Six Sigma in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Lean Six Sigma in the UK excluding London

Lean Six Sigma
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Lean Six Sigma
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Lean Six Sigma in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Lean Six Sigma in the UK excluding London

Lean Six Sigma
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 Six Sigma within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 October 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 of England -10 23 £500 -16.67% 5
North West +5 20 £500 -16.67% 3
East of England +14 11 £500 +55.25% 3
South East +16 6 £333 - 9
South West +21 5 £550 -12.00% 3
Yorkshire -24 3 £495 -17.50% 2
Midlands -21 2 £550 +37.50% 3
Scotland -9 1 - - 2
East Midlands -9 1 - -
West Midlands -14 1 £550 +37.50% 3
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Lean Six Sigma
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (9.30%) MS Visio
2 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 21 (48.84%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.98%) Lucidchart
1 3 (6.98%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.98%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (6.98%) JIRA
General
1 32 (74.42%) Social Skills
2 22 (51.16%) Finance
3 12 (27.91%) Pharmaceutical
4 10 (23.26%) Manufacturing
5 8 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (16.28%) Public Sector
7 6 (13.95%) Electronics
8 5 (11.63%) Marketing
8 5 (11.63%) Telecoms
9 4 (9.30%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (4.65%) Legal
11 1 (2.33%) Aerospace
11 1 (2.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 17 (39.53%) Analyst
2 9 (20.93%) Process Analyst
3 8 (18.60%) Business Process Analyst
4 6 (13.95%) Business Analyst
5 5 (11.63%) Availability Manager
6 4 (9.30%) Consultant
6 4 (9.30%) Process Consultant
7 3 (6.98%) Lean Consultant
7 3 (6.98%) Supply Chain Consultant
8 2 (4.65%) Business Manager
8 2 (4.65%) Process Mapping Consultant
8 2 (4.65%) SAP Analyst
8 2 (4.65%) SAP Consultant
8 2 (4.65%) SAP Supply Chain Consultant
8 2 (4.65%) Six Sigma Consultant
9 1 (2.33%) Business Improvement Manager
9 1 (2.33%) Continuous Improvement Analyst
9 1 (2.33%) Data Business Analyst
9 1 (2.33%) Migration Analyst
9 1 (2.33%) Process Improvement Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.98%) Life Science
1 3 (6.98%) Management Information System
1 3 (6.98%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.33%) FMCG
2 1 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.33%) Mainframe
2 1 (2.33%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (100.00%) Six Sigma
2 28 (65.12%) Continuous Improvement
3 27 (62.79%) Process Improvement
4 20 (46.51%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (44.19%) Business Process Mapping
6 17 (39.53%) ERP
6 17 (39.53%) Workshop Facilitation
7 15 (34.88%) Process Management
8 13 (30.23%) Coaching
9 12 (27.91%) Roadmaps
10 11 (25.58%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (25.58%) Strategic Roadmap
11 10 (23.26%) ITIL
11 10 (23.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 9 (20.93%) SAP Implementation
13 8 (18.60%) Business Intelligence
13 8 (18.60%) Service Management
14 7 (16.28%) Supply Chain Planning
15 6 (13.95%) Agile
15 6 (13.95%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.33%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 14 (32.56%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 7 (16.28%) Degree
2 7 (16.28%) Security Cleared
3 5 (11.63%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.65%) PMP
5 1 (2.33%) CCNA
5 1 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.33%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.33%) IIBA
5 1 (2.33%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.33%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 1 (2.33%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.65%) SLA
2 1 (2.33%) Basel III
2 1 (2.33%) GRC
2 1 (2.33%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 27 (62.79%) SAP
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.33%) Ariba
3 1 (2.33%) Cisco
3 1 (2.33%) Oracle
3 1 (2.33%) Progress
3 1 (2.33%) ServiceNow