Six Sigma Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Six Sigma
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Six Sigma skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 102 112
Rank change year-on-year -35 +10 +47
Contract jobs citing Six Sigma 5 8 4
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.22% 0.48% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.55% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 4
10th Percentile £465 - £282
25th Percentile £488 - £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £448
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +33.85% +44.60%
75th Percentile £563 - £481
90th Percentile £570 - £538
England median daily rate £500 £518 £519
% change year-on-year -3.38% -0.24% -1.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 1,990 1,444 1,550
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 86.79% 86.26% 84.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,261 904 1,040
10th Percentile £263 £225 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% +3.80% -
75th Percentile £584 £613 £600
90th Percentile £675 £713 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 50 53
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.70 £14.22
25th Percentile £16.12 £16.81 £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £21.80 £24.60
Median % change year-on-year -13.42% -11.40% +38.98%
75th Percentile £27.21 £33.70 £51.25
90th Percentile £36.80 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.09%

Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Six Sigma job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Six Sigma
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Six Sigma
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

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 Six Sigma within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 December 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
Warwickshire - 4 £500 - 1
Birmingham -12 1 £550 -8.33% 6
Six Sigma
England

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (40.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Business Performance Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Business Improvement Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Business Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Business Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Change Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Process Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (80.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (60.00%) Lean Six Sigma
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (40.00%) Compliance Management
4 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
4 2 (40.00%) DMAIC
4 2 (40.00%) ETL
4 2 (40.00%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
5 1 (20.00%) Digital Enablement
5 1 (20.00%) Generative AI
5 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (20.00%) Journey Map
5 1 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) APMG
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) PMP
1 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft