Lean Manufacturing Job Trends in Kent

Lean Manufacturing
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Lean Manufacturing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 72 -
Rank change year-on-year -10 - -
Permanent jobs citing Lean Manufacturing 3 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.29% 0.69% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.79% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £45,000 -
South East median annual salary £26,500 £45,000 -
% change year-on-year -41.11% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

Lean Manufacturing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 851 635 478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 82.22% 87.83% 81.29%
Number of salaries quoted 442 222 373
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,650 £25,450
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £54,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +20.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £68,063 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,250 £79,425 £67,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%

Lean Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Lean Manufacturing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Lean Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Kent

Lean Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Lean Manufacturing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Lean Manufacturing

Lean Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Development Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Product Development Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Product Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Benchmarking
1 3 (100.00%) PDM
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management