Six Sigma Job Trends in the Midlands

Six Sigma
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Six Sigma skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 223 208
Rank change year-on-year +19 -15 -49
Permanent jobs citing Six Sigma 19 20 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.24% 0.30% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.34% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 12 7 8
10th Percentile - £51,000 £44,725
25th Percentile £44,196 £57,500 £49,619
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £60,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £76,250 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,250 £76,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £63,750
% change year-on-year +13.64% -13.73% -1.92%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Six Sigma 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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,368 5,908 4,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.55% 89.75% 88.88%
Number of salaries quoted 3,512 2,599 3,742
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,695
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Six Sigma job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Six Sigma
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Six Sigma.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Six Sigma

Six Sigma
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Six Sigma in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Six Sigma in the Midlands

Six Sigma
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Six Sigma within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Midlands -9 10 £45,390 - 10
West Midlands +29 8 £55,000 -8.33% 13
Six Sigma
England

Six Sigma
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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 6 (31.58%) MS Visio
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (10.53%) AutoCAD
4 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (10.53%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (15.79%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) Power Platform
2 2 (10.53%) SaaS
3 1 (5.26%) Azure
3 1 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (5.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (5.26%) Lucidchart
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (31.58%) Power BI
2 1 (5.26%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (5.26%) Tableau
General
1 10 (52.63%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
3 6 (31.58%) Finance
4 5 (26.32%) Manufacturing
4 5 (26.32%) Public Sector
5 3 (15.79%) Aerospace
5 3 (15.79%) Electronics
6 2 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (5.26%) Games
7 1 (5.26%) Local Government
7 1 (5.26%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Lead
2 3 (15.79%) IT Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Automation Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (10.53%) QA Leader
3 2 (10.53%) Support Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Business Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Customer Support Manager
4 1 (5.26%) ERP Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) ERP Specialist
4 1 (5.26%) Head of PMO
4 1 (5.26%) Insight Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Process Improvement Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Senior
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Architect
4 1 (5.26%) SIAM Leader
4 1 (5.26%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) CSS
2 1 (5.26%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.53%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (10.53%) Culture of Ownership
2 2 (10.53%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (10.53%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.26%) 3D Printing
3 1 (5.26%) Industry 4.0
3 1 (5.26%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) Continuous Improvement
2 10 (52.63%) Computer Science
2 10 (52.63%) ITIL
3 9 (47.37%) Agile
3 9 (47.37%) Lean Six Sigma
3 9 (47.37%) Process Improvement
3 9 (47.37%) Project Management
4 7 (36.84%) Data Management
5 6 (31.58%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (31.58%) ERP
5 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (26.32%) Analytics
7 4 (21.05%) Change Advisory Board
7 4 (21.05%) Migration
7 4 (21.05%) Quality Management
7 4 (21.05%) Risk Register
7 4 (21.05%) Visualisation
7 4 (21.05%) Waterfall
8 3 (15.79%) Cost Optimisation
8 3 (15.79%) Post-Merger Integration
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
2 1 (5.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 11 (57.89%) Degree
2 5 (26.32%) DBS Check
2 5 (26.32%) ITIL Certification
2 5 (26.32%) PMI Certification
2 5 (26.32%) PMP
3 3 (15.79%) Master's Degree
3 3 (15.79%) MBA
4 2 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (10.53%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (5.26%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) ISO 9001
1 4 (21.05%) QA
2 3 (15.79%) GDPR
3 2 (10.53%) IEC 61131
3 2 (10.53%) SLA
4 1 (5.26%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (5.26%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) SAP
2 4 (21.05%) Oracle
3 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
3 3 (15.79%) QAD
4 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow
5 1 (5.26%) Anaplan
5 1 (5.26%) Epicor
5 1 (5.26%) Genesys
5 1 (5.26%) Infor
5 1 (5.26%) Snow
5 1 (5.26%) Verint
5 1 (5.26%) Workday