Lean Thinking Contracts in the UK excluding London

Lean Thinking
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Lean Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Lean Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 354 391 444
Rank change year-on-year +37 +53 +48
Contract jobs citing Lean Thinking 3 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.021% 0.005% 0.013%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.023% 0.006% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £324 - -
25th Percentile £341 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £441 - £525
90th Percentile £461 - -
UK median daily rate £390 £688 £575
% change year-on-year -43.27% +19.57% +6.98%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Lean Thinking 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 12,837 17,513 20,526
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.87% 82.80% 89.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,821 10,325 13,963
10th Percentile £235 £250 £263
25th Percentile £366 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £694
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,089 2,145 1,285
10th Percentile £13.84 £12.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.62 £16.00
Median hourly rate £24.66 £38.12 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.31% +8.91% +64.71%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.60 £63.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £37.42
% change year-on-year -32.93% +0.21% +43.92%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Lean Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Lean Thinking in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lean Thinking in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Lean Thinking in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lean Thinking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Lean Thinking in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lean Thinking in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Lean Thinking in the UK excluding London

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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 Thinking within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 July 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 - 2 £450 -
North of England - 2 £450 - 2
Scotland 0 1 £325 - 1
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UK

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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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Scrum Master
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Autonomous Agent
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Measurement
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Six Sigma
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Technology Enablement
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared