Six Sigma Job Trends in the North of England

Six Sigma
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Six Sigma skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 221 223 225
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 +168
Permanent jobs citing Six Sigma 35 54 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.33% 0.57% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.64% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 8 20 19
10th Percentile £37,775 £46,100 £37,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,875 £40,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,750 £52,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.05% +23.53% -29.46%
75th Percentile £55,750 £57,500 £45,000
90th Percentile £74,125 £77,625 £57,362
England median annual salary £63,750 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +15.91% -15.38% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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 8,666 8,497 6,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 82.37% 89.75% 90.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4,589 3,870 5,287
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,667 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -1.59% -0.94%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,100 £82,548
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 North of England

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

Six Sigma job vacancy trend in the North of England

Six Sigma
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

Six Sigma
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Six Sigma in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Six Sigma in the North of England

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 Six Sigma within the North of England region over the 6 months to 30 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +5 14 £48,000 -12.73% 39
Yorkshire +2 14 £48,500 -3.00% 32
North East +9 7 £27,500 - 4
Six Sigma
England

Six Sigma
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (22.86%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (22.86%) MS Visio
2 7 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (17.14%) AutoCAD
3 6 (17.14%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (2.86%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 18 (51.43%) Power Platform
2 8 (22.86%) Azure
3 5 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
3 5 (14.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 3 (8.57%) AWS
4 3 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.86%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (51.43%) Power BI
2 9 (25.71%) Tableau
3 5 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (14.29%) SQL Server
3 5 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.86%) GIS
General
1 25 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
3 9 (25.71%) Games
4 6 (17.14%) Finance
4 6 (17.14%) Social Skills
5 5 (14.29%) Public Sector
6 4 (11.43%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (5.71%) Manufacturing
7 2 (5.71%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.86%) Police
Job Titles
1 9 (25.71%) Architect
1 9 (25.71%) Senior
1 9 (25.71%) Senior Architect
1 9 (25.71%) Senior Manager
2 6 (17.14%) Automation Engineer
3 5 (14.29%) Business Manager
3 5 (14.29%) Insight Manager
4 4 (11.43%) Analyst
4 4 (11.43%) Business Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) Enterprise Architecture Director
6 2 (5.71%) Data Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Master Data Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Project Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Service Design Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Service Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Service Transition Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Transition Manager
7 1 (2.86%) CRM Manager
7 1 (2.86%) GIS Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) Junior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.14%) CSS
2 1 (2.86%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.14%) Onboarding
2 5 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 18 (51.43%) Business Intelligence
2 18 (51.43%) Lean Six Sigma
2 18 (51.43%) Project Management
3 16 (45.71%) Migration
4 15 (42.86%) Decision-Making
5 14 (40.00%) WFM
6 11 (31.43%) Process Improvement
6 11 (31.43%) Visualisation
7 10 (28.57%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 10 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (25.71%) Data Modelling
8 9 (25.71%) Knowledge Transfer
8 9 (25.71%) Strategic Thinking
8 9 (25.71%) Time Management
8 9 (25.71%) Translating Business Requirements
9 8 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (20.00%) Analytics
10 7 (20.00%) Computer Science
10 7 (20.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.00%) SQL
2 5 (14.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 19 (54.29%) Degree
2 9 (25.71%) PMI Certification
2 9 (25.71%) PMP
3 6 (17.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (14.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 3 (8.57%) AWS Certification
5 3 (8.57%) Azure Certification
5 3 (8.57%) Master's Degree
5 3 (8.57%) MBA
5 3 (8.57%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.14%) IEC 61131
2 5 (14.29%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (5.71%) Data Quality
3 2 (5.71%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (25.71%) Anaplan
1 9 (25.71%) Genesys
1 9 (25.71%) ServiceNow
1 9 (25.71%) Verint
2 8 (22.86%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.86%) ESRI
3 1 (2.86%) Oracle
3 1 (2.86%) UiPath