Lean Six Sigma Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Lean Six Sigma
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Lean Six Sigma skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 106 -
Rank change year-on-year -14 - -
Contract jobs citing Lean Six Sigma 1 7 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.054% 0.37% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.060% 0.45% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 0
10th Percentile - £350 -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% - -
75th Percentile £575 £550 -
90th Percentile - £600 -
England median daily rate £500 £475 £594
% change year-on-year +5.26% -20.00% +13.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Lean 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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,653 1,571 1,786
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 89.50% 82.81% 85.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,050 988 1,201
10th Percentile £250 £231 £263
25th Percentile £400 £386 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% +3.80% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £725 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 40 55
10th Percentile £12.62 £14.70 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £16.81 £21.82
Median hourly rate £23.00 £25.15 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.56% -8.54% +55.19%
75th Percentile £33.88 £35.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.45 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +47.11%

Lean Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Lean Six Sigma relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Lean Six Sigma job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Lean Six Sigma
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Lean Six Sigma.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Lean Six Sigma

Lean Six Sigma
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lean Six Sigma within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Birmingham +3 1 £550 -8.33% 1
Lean Six Sigma
England

Lean Six Sigma
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Business Improvement Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Business Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Business Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMP