Six Sigma Contracts

Six Sigma
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 21 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 452 475 485
Rank change year-on-year +23 +10 +94
Contract jobs citing Six Sigma 100 96 202
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.23% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.27% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 53 113
10th Percentile £291 - £400
25th Percentile £405 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -15.64% +7.32% +2.50%
75th Percentile £550 £619 £625
90th Percentile £644 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £410 £500
% change year-on-year +9.76% -18.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 19
10th Percentile £35.10 £29.01 £48.15
25th Percentile £52.50 £31.60 £63.13
Median hourly rate £53.50 £33.07 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +61.80% -49.13% +5.74%
75th Percentile £57.50 £34.53 £65.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £62.27 £71.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £53.50 £33.07 £65.00
% change year-on-year +61.80% -49.13% +5.74%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29,491 35,299 49,281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.34% 85.41% 89.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,487 22,643 33,875
10th Percentile £300 £306 £323
25th Percentile £405 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £548
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.11% -0.45%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,574 2,188 1,620
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.06 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.31 £16.86 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% -10.31% +60.38%
75th Percentile £50.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £73.58 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.50 £40.00 £40.59
% change year-on-year -41.25% -1.45% +88.79%

Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Six Sigma in the UK

Six Sigma
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Six Sigma in the UK

Six Sigma
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Six Sigma over the 6 months to 21 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Six Sigma in the UK

Six Sigma
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Six Sigma in the UK

Six Sigma
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Six Sigma over the 6 months to 21 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Six Sigma in the UK

Six Sigma
Top 13 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 21 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
England +31 86 £450 -18.18% 212
UK excluding London +27 50 £450 +9.76% 142
London +34 47 £550 -6.38% 76
Work from Home +20 26 £463 -18.59% 54
North of England +12 24 £410 -3.53% 35
North West +15 17 £410 - 17
Scotland +10 12 £475 - 6
Yorkshire +7 7 £498 +13.71% 14
Midlands -8 6 £425 +6.25% 37
East of England +1 5 £500 +21.95% 21
South East +34 4 £312 -16.93% 28
West Midlands +6 4 £438 +9.38% 25
East Midlands +1 2 £391 - 12

Six Sigma
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 12 (12.00%) Confluence
2 2 (2.00%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (2.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.00%) CICS
Applications
1 16 (16.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (12.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 12 (12.00%) MS Visio
3 9 (9.00%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.00%) Simulink
5 1 (1.00%) AutoCAD
5 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (8.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.00%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.00%) Power Platform
2 5 (5.00%) Azure
3 4 (4.00%) Miro
4 3 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.00%) IBM Blueworks
5 2 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (2.00%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.00%) SaaS
6 1 (1.00%) Asana
6 1 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.00%) Lucidchart
6 1 (1.00%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.00%) Power BI
2 2 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.00%) Tableau
3 1 (1.00%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.00%) Data Vault
3 1 (1.00%) DB2
3 1 (1.00%) Delta Lake
3 1 (1.00%) Looker
3 1 (1.00%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.00%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 14 (14.00%) JIRA
General
1 44 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 37 (37.00%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (31.00%) Finance
4 13 (13.00%) Banking
5 9 (9.00%) Public Sector
6 7 (7.00%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (6.00%) Automotive
7 6 (6.00%) Legal
7 6 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (6.00%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (5.00%) Retail
9 4 (4.00%) Investment Banking
9 4 (4.00%) Marketing
10 3 (3.00%) Back Office
10 3 (3.00%) Financial Institution
10 3 (3.00%) Manufacturing
10 3 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (2.00%) Retail Banking
12 1 (1.00%) Italian Language
12 1 (1.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (51.00%) Analyst
2 39 (39.00%) Business Analyst
3 12 (12.00%) Process Analyst
4 8 (8.00%) Business Process Analyst
4 8 (8.00%) Project Manager
5 7 (7.00%) Transformation Manager
6 5 (5.00%) Lead
6 5 (5.00%) Senior
6 5 (5.00%) Transformation Project Manager
7 4 (4.00%) Digital Transformation
7 4 (4.00%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (4.00%) Senior Business Analyst
8 3 (3.00%) Architect
8 3 (3.00%) Business Architect
8 3 (3.00%) Business Process Architect
8 3 (3.00%) Consultant
8 3 (3.00%) Digital Transformation Manager
8 3 (3.00%) Process Consultant
8 3 (3.00%) Programme Manager
8 3 (3.00%) SAP Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.00%) .NET
1 1 (1.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.00%) Management Information System
2 6 (6.00%) PMI
2 6 (6.00%) Product Ownership
3 5 (5.00%) Life Science
4 3 (3.00%) Algorithms
4 3 (3.00%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.00%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.00%) Mainframe
5 2 (2.00%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.00%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.00%) NHS
6 1 (1.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (58.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 38 (38.00%) Process Improvement
3 36 (36.00%) Agile
4 35 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 28 (28.00%) Change Management
5 28 (28.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (26.00%) Workshop Facilitation
7 25 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
8 24 (24.00%) Business Analysis
9 21 (21.00%) Project Management
10 17 (17.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 15 (15.00%) Process Management
11 15 (15.00%) User Experience
12 14 (14.00%) Decision-Making
13 13 (13.00%) Business Case
13 13 (13.00%) Target Operating Model
14 11 (11.00%) GAP Analysis
14 11 (11.00%) ITIL
14 11 (11.00%) PRINCE2
14 11 (11.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.00%) SQL
2 4 (4.00%) Python
3 2 (2.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (2.00%) R
4 1 (1.00%) COBOL
4 1 (1.00%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 28 (28.00%) Degree
2 16 (16.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 13 (13.00%) PMI Certification
4 10 (10.00%) IIBA
5 9 (9.00%) PMP
6 5 (5.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 4 (4.00%) CBAP
7 4 (4.00%) ISEB
7 4 (4.00%) Security Cleared
8 2 (2.00%) CIMA
8 2 (2.00%) CSPO
8 2 (2.00%) Master's Degree
9 1 (1.00%) ACCA
9 1 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.00%) CCNA
9 1 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.00%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.00%) SC Cleared
9 1 (1.00%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.00%) QA
1 3 (3.00%) SLA
2 2 (2.00%) GDPR
2 2 (2.00%) ISO 9001
2 2 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 2 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.00%) NIST
3 1 (1.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.00%) Basel III
3 1 (1.00%) COBIT
3 1 (1.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.00%) GRC
3 1 (1.00%) PMO
3 1 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 17 (17.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (11.00%) SAP
3 4 (4.00%) Workday
4 2 (2.00%) Foundry
4 2 (2.00%) MicroStrategy
4 2 (2.00%) Palantir
4 2 (2.00%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.00%) Ariba
5 1 (1.00%) Cisco
5 1 (1.00%) Progress
5 1 (1.00%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.00%) TIBCO