Six Sigma Black Belt Contracts

Six Sigma Black Belt
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Six Sigma Black Belt qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 516 573 690
Rank change year-on-year +57 +117 +129
Contract jobs citing Six Sigma Black Belt 2 13 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.030% 0.030%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.022% 0.10% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 14
10th Percentile - £575 £490
25th Percentile - £625 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £650 £575
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +13.04% -
75th Percentile - £675 £644
90th Percentile - - £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -20.00% +13.64% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £35.00 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

Six Sigma Black Belt falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8,943 12,805 15,431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.15% 29.96% 27.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,613 7,996 10,294
10th Percentile £275 £310 £335
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% -3.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £615 £645 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -6.54% +1.90% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 509 1,072 753
10th Percentile £17.87 £13.69 £14.62
25th Percentile £21.50 £18.00 £21.24
Median hourly rate £32.50 £40.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% -27.27% +23.60%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.60 £68.56
90th Percentile £78.46 £75.00 £79.64
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £40.94 £51.50
% change year-on-year -20.62% -20.50% +47.14%

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
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 4 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 28 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 +63 2 £500 -23.08% 28
UK excluding London +50 1 £500 -20.00% 22
London +42 1 - - 8
South East - 1 £500 - 1

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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Lucidchart
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Process Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Engineering Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Process Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Business Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
2 1 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 1 (50.00%) Operations Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Measurement
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (50.00%) MBA
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
1 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
1 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (50.00%) SAP