Lean Manufacturing Contracts

Lean Manufacturing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Lean Manufacturing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Lean Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 509 - 708
Rank change year-on-year - - +129
Contract jobs citing Lean Manufacturing 11 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% - 0.007%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.041% - 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £414
25th Percentile - - £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £435
Median % change year-on-year - - -40.00%
75th Percentile - - £445
90th Percentile - - £448
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £23.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £23.15
% change year-on-year - - -6.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,648 37,562 53,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.33% 89.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,170 24,188 37,115
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £745 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,066 2,451 1,742
10th Percentile £14.35 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.26 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%
75th Percentile £61.50 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -24.66% +4.29% +75.00%

Lean Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Lean Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Lean Manufacturing in the UK

Lean Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lean Manufacturing.

Daily rate trend for Lean Manufacturing in the UK

Lean Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lean Manufacturing.

Hourly rate trend for Lean Manufacturing in the UK

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Top 6 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 2 May 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
England - 9 - - 26
UK excluding London - 9 - - 26
North of England - 7 - - 6
North West - 7 - - 4
Work from Home - 4 - - 2
East of England - 2 - - 6

Lean Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 9 (81.82%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 11 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 9 (81.82%) Social Skills
3 7 (63.64%) Automotive
4 2 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Lead
2 1 (9.09%) Product Lead
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Industry 4.0
1 7 (63.64%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Project Management
2 7 (63.64%) Agile
2 7 (63.64%) Agile Project Management
2 7 (63.64%) Analytics
2 7 (63.64%) API Integration
2 7 (63.64%) Computer Science
2 7 (63.64%) Data Modelling
2 7 (63.64%) Decision-Making
2 7 (63.64%) ERP
2 7 (63.64%) Mentoring
2 7 (63.64%) Operations Management
2 7 (63.64%) PLM
2 7 (63.64%) Presales
2 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (63.64%) Product Roadmap
2 7 (63.64%) Quality Management
2 7 (63.64%) Roadmaps
2 7 (63.64%) Supply Chain Management
2 7 (63.64%) Technical Leadership
2 7 (63.64%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) Degree
2 7 (63.64%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (63.64%) Master's Degree
3 6 (54.55%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 7 (63.64%) MOM
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) SAP
2 7 (63.64%) Rockwell
2 7 (63.64%) Siemens