Six Sigma Contracts in the UK excluding London

Six Sigma
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Six Sigma skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Six Sigma over the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 306 328 323
Rank change year-on-year +22 -5 +62
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Six Sigma 56 39 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.21% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.26% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 20 59
10th Percentile £320 £345 £347
25th Percentile £405 £394 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.06% -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £525 £495 £609
90th Percentile £575 £606 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 8
10th Percentile £29.30 - £24.08
25th Percentile £38.00 £22.54 £54.94
Median hourly rate £53.50 £23.41 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +128.53% -64.26% +98.48%
75th Percentile £55.50 £26.60 £65.75
90th Percentile £56.70 £28.00 £74.38
UK median hourly rate £53.50 £23.41 £65.50
% change year-on-year +128.53% -64.26% +98.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,796 15,032 19,177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.18% 82.68% 88.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,282 8,951 12,794
10th Percentile £238 £250 £260
25th Percentile £366 £388 £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 £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,399 1,433 1,218
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.69 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £16.30 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.63 £42.50 £39.58
Median % change year-on-year -46.75% +7.39% +79.89%
75th Percentile £44.05 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.93 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.94 £42.50
% change year-on-year -38.57% -3.67% +57.41%

Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Six Sigma in the UK excluding London

Six Sigma
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Six Sigma
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Six Sigma in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Six Sigma in the UK excluding London

Six Sigma
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Six Sigma
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Six Sigma in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Six Sigma in the UK excluding London

Six Sigma
DemandTrendContract 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 Six Sigma within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -3 26 £450 -8.86% 34
North West +11 18 £410 -31.67% 12
South East +23 11 £350 -6.67% 42
Yorkshire -9 8 £495 +10.00% 17
East of England +6 7 £500 +31.58% 26
South West +29 5 £550 -12.00% 21
Midlands -14 5 £438 +9.38% 30
Scotland -5 4 £500 +21.95% 5
West Midlands -11 4 £438 +9.38% 16
East Midlands -7 1 - - 13
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Six Sigma
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (10.71%) Confluence
2 3 (5.36%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.57%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.57%) Skype for Business
4 1 (1.79%) Camunda
Applications
1 10 (17.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (12.50%) MS Visio
3 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (3.57%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (16.07%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.71%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.36%) Lucidchart
3 2 (3.57%) Azure
3 2 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.57%) OneDrive
3 2 (3.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.57%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.71%) Power BI
2 2 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.79%) Data Vault
3 1 (1.79%) Delta Lake
3 1 (1.79%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.79%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 7 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 36 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 25 (44.64%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (30.36%) Finance
4 12 (21.43%) Manufacturing
5 7 (12.50%) Automotive
5 7 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
5 7 (12.50%) Public Sector
6 6 (10.71%) Electronics
7 4 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (7.14%) Marketing
7 4 (7.14%) Telecoms
8 2 (3.57%) Legal
8 2 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.79%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.79%) Games
9 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.79%) Italian Language
9 1 (1.79%) Military
9 1 (1.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (62.50%) Analyst
2 20 (35.71%) Business Analyst
3 9 (16.07%) Process Analyst
4 8 (14.29%) Business Process Analyst
5 4 (7.14%) Availability Manager
6 2 (3.57%) Business Performance Analyst
6 2 (3.57%) Data Business Analyst
6 2 (3.57%) Lead
6 2 (3.57%) Migration Analyst
6 2 (3.57%) Operational Support Analyst
6 2 (3.57%) Operations Analyst
6 2 (3.57%) Operations Support Analyst
6 2 (3.57%) Performance Analyst
6 2 (3.57%) Project Manager
6 2 (3.57%) SAP Analyst
6 2 (3.57%) Senior
6 2 (3.57%) Support Analyst
7 1 (1.79%) Data Migration Analyst
7 1 (1.79%) Integration Engineer
7 1 (1.79%) Senior Business Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.93%) Life Science
2 4 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.14%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (5.36%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.57%) FMCG
5 1 (1.79%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.79%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.79%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (60.71%) Lean Six Sigma
2 20 (35.71%) Agile
2 20 (35.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 20 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 18 (32.14%) Process Improvement
4 15 (26.79%) Change Management
4 15 (26.79%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
6 12 (21.43%) Business Analysis
6 12 (21.43%) Process Management
7 11 (19.64%) ITIL
8 10 (17.86%) Business Intelligence
8 10 (17.86%) Business Process Mapping
9 9 (16.07%) ERP
9 9 (16.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 8 (14.29%) Waterfall
11 7 (12.50%) Business Case
11 7 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
11 7 (12.50%) Service Management
12 6 (10.71%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.36%) SQL
2 2 (3.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.79%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 14 (25.00%) Degree
2 8 (14.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 7 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 5 (8.93%) IIBA
5 4 (7.14%) ISEB
5 4 (7.14%) SC Cleared
6 2 (3.57%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 2 (3.57%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
7 1 (1.79%) CCNA
7 1 (1.79%) CIMA
7 1 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.79%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.79%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.79%) PMP
7 1 (1.79%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (3.57%) SLA
2 1 (1.79%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.79%) Basel III
2 1 (1.79%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.79%) GRC
2 1 (1.79%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.79%) NIST
2 1 (1.79%) QA
2 1 (1.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (3.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (3.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (30.36%) SAP
2 7 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.57%) Oracle
3 2 (3.57%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.57%) Workday
4 1 (1.79%) Ariba
4 1 (1.79%) Cisco
4 1 (1.79%) Progress