Lean Six Sigma Job Trends in the North of England

Lean Six Sigma
England > North of England

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 267 221
Rank change year-on-year +21 -46 +189
Permanent jobs citing Lean Six Sigma 17 16 57
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.16% 0.17% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.19% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 3 11 17
10th Percentile £29,900 £42,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £34,625 £47,188 £39,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -29.17%
75th Percentile £58,750 £51,875 £45,000
90th Percentile £65,500 £53,750 £52,816
England median annual salary £70,000 £54,439 £65,000
% change year-on-year +28.58% -16.25% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Lean 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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,592 8,328 7,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 81.06% 90.23% 89.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,558 3,739 5,516
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,507
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -1.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Lean Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Lean Six Sigma job vacancy trend in the North of England

Lean Six Sigma
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Lean Six Sigma.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Lean Six Sigma

Lean Six Sigma
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lean Six Sigma in the North of England over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Lean Six Sigma in the North of England

Lean Six Sigma
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lean Six Sigma within the North of England region over the 6 months to 6 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
North West +28 8 £45,000 +9.09% 4
North East +9 5 £27,500 - 1
Yorkshire -18 4 £70,000 +40.00% 2
Lean Six Sigma
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 10 (58.82%) Power Platform
2 3 (17.65%) AWS
2 3 (17.65%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (58.82%) Power BI
2 9 (52.94%) Tableau
3 1 (5.88%) GIS
General
1 13 (76.47%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (52.94%) Games
2 9 (52.94%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
4 3 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (5.88%) Police
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Architect
1 9 (52.94%) Senior
1 9 (52.94%) Senior Architect
1 9 (52.94%) Senior Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Business Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Enterprise Architecture Director
3 1 (5.88%) Automation Developer
3 1 (5.88%) Data Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Developer
3 1 (5.88%) GIS Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) GIS Business Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Junior
3 1 (5.88%) Junior Developer
3 1 (5.88%) Master Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Six Sigma
2 15 (88.24%) Migration
3 10 (58.82%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (58.82%) Project Management
4 9 (52.94%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (52.94%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 9 (52.94%) Decision-Making
4 9 (52.94%) Knowledge Transfer
4 9 (52.94%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (52.94%) Strategic Thinking
4 9 (52.94%) Time Management
4 9 (52.94%) Translating Business Requirements
4 9 (52.94%) WFM
5 4 (23.53%) Business Strategy
6 3 (17.65%) Creative Thinking
6 3 (17.65%) Customer Service
6 3 (17.65%) Digital Strategy
6 3 (17.65%) Model Validation
6 3 (17.65%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 3 (17.65%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (76.47%) Degree
2 9 (52.94%) PMI Certification
2 9 (52.94%) PMP
3 3 (17.65%) AWS Certification
3 3 (17.65%) Azure Certification
3 3 (17.65%) Master's Degree
3 3 (17.65%) MBA
3 3 (17.65%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
1 1 (5.88%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) Anaplan
1 9 (52.94%) Genesys
1 9 (52.94%) ServiceNow
1 9 (52.94%) Verint
2 1 (5.88%) ESRI
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle
2 1 (5.88%) UiPath