Six Sigma Black Belt Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Six Sigma Black Belt
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 6 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Six Sigma Black Belt 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.063% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.18% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
England median daily rate £475 £525 £650
% change year-on-year -9.52% -19.23% +13.04%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,086 417 629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 34.24% 30.73% 32.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 766 281 399
10th Percentile £318 £150 £273
25th Percentile £408 £300 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -16.04%
75th Percentile £554 £600 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 19 34
10th Percentile £16.09 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.32 £22.08
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +110.00% -12.28% +50.00%
75th Percentile £67.84 £39.61 £43.44
90th Percentile £75.00 £59.20 £58.75
England median hourly rate £47.50 £44.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +7.95% +10.00% -23.81%

Six Sigma Black Belt
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Six Sigma Black Belt job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Six Sigma Black Belt
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Six Sigma Black Belt
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Six Sigma Black Belt.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Six Sigma Black Belt

Six Sigma Black Belt
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 Six Sigma Black Belt within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 May 2026. 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 - 1 - -
Warwickshire - 1 £400 - 1
Six Sigma Black Belt
England

Six Sigma Black Belt
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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Process Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Process Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Six Sigma
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Kaizen
2 1 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Measurement
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 14001
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft