Six Sigma Black Belt Contracts

Six Sigma Black Belt
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Six Sigma Black Belt qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 573 676 814
Rank change year-on-year +103 +138 -145
Contract jobs citing Six Sigma Black Belt 17 27 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.046% 0.052%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% 0.17% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 25 35
10th Percentile £503 £508 £468
25th Percentile £572 £525 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile - £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £630 £547 £550
% change year-on-year +15.28% -0.64% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £60.22
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £61.47
75th Percentile - - £62.72
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 - £61.47

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

Six Sigma Black Belt is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,258 16,187 19,051
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.56% 27.32% 21.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,176 10,805 12,557
10th Percentile £300 £328 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.92%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £743 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,080 847 775
10th Percentile £13.87 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.86 £20.00 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +10.53%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £49.72 £34.69
% change year-on-year -17.66% +43.34% -0.89%

Six Sigma Black Belt
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Six Sigma Black Belt as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Six Sigma Black Belt in the UK

Six Sigma Black Belt
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Six Sigma Black Belt.

Daily rate trend for Six Sigma Black Belt in the UK

Six Sigma Black Belt
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Six Sigma Black Belt over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Six Sigma Black Belt in the UK

Six Sigma Black Belt
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Six Sigma Black Belt.

Hourly rate trend for Six Sigma Black Belt in the UK

Six Sigma Black Belt
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Six Sigma Black Belt within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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 +115 15 £650 +13.04% 15
London +88 11 £650 +8.33% 4
Work from Home +121 5 £500 -10.71% 7
UK excluding London +49 4 £630 +15.28% 11
East of England - 2 - - 1
North of England +23 1 £635 +18.91% 4
Yorkshire - 1 £635 - 1
South West - 1 £625 -

Six Sigma Black Belt
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Power BI
General
1 11 (64.71%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (58.82%) Banking
3 9 (52.94%) Finance
4 8 (47.06%) Public Sector
5 7 (41.18%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
7 2 (11.76%) Investment Banking
7 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
8 1 (5.88%) Front Office
8 1 (5.88%) Local Government
8 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (5.88%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Lean Specialist
2 5 (29.41%) Process Improvement Specialist
3 4 (23.53%) Consultant
4 3 (17.65%) Six Sigma Consultant
5 2 (11.76%) Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Business Consultant
5 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement Manager
5 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement Specialist
5 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (11.76%) Lean Consultant
5 2 (11.76%) Project Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Banking Infrastructure Project Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Business Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Business Architect
6 1 (5.88%) Business Process Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Delivery Project Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Front Office Business Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Investment Banking Project Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.76%) PMI
3 1 (5.88%) Mainframe
3 1 (5.88%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (94.12%) Six Sigma
2 12 (70.59%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (70.59%) Lean Six Sigma
2 12 (70.59%) Process Improvement
3 11 (64.71%) Change Management
4 10 (58.82%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (58.82%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (41.18%) Data Collection
5 7 (41.18%) Service Design
6 5 (29.41%) Agile
7 3 (17.65%) Project Management
8 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis
8 2 (11.76%) Kanban
8 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
8 2 (11.76%) Quality Management
8 2 (11.76%) Scrum
8 2 (11.76%) Workflow
9 1 (5.88%) Requirements Gathering
Qualifications
1 13 (76.47%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 7 (41.18%) SC Cleared
2 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
3 3 (17.65%) PMI Certification
3 3 (17.65%) PMP
4 2 (11.76%) Degree
5 1 (5.88%) PgMP
5 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft