Hybrid/Remote Lean Thinking Contract Job Trends

Lean Thinking
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Lean Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 315 378
Rank change year-on-year 0 +63 +159
Contract jobs citing Lean Thinking 2 2 3
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.020% 0.017% 0.017%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.021% 0.019% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £503 - £381
25th Percentile £506 £375 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £380 £459
Median % change year-on-year +38.16% -17.21% -3.87%
75th Percentile £556 £385 £504
90th Percentile £568 - £527
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £400
% change year-on-year +5.26% +18.75% -16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Lean Thinking falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,307 10,398 15,211
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.96% 89.03% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,155 6,534 10,383
10th Percentile £330 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 328 212 370
10th Percentile £15.27 £17.58 £19.91
25th Percentile £20.47 £22.00 £27.06
Median hourly rate £42.50 £37.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.86% -30.84% -2.73%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.63 £71.44
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.85
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.88% +25.29%

Lean Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Lean Thinking and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Lean Thinking job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Lean Thinking
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Lean Thinking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Lean Thinking

Lean Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Coach
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Process Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 1 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma
2 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation