Lean Six Sigma Job Trends in the North West

Lean Six Sigma
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Lean Six Sigma skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 202 172
Rank change year-on-year +32 -30 +143
Permanent jobs citing Lean Six Sigma 9 3 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.15% 0.058% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.064% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 11
10th Percentile - £36,875 -
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,813 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -2.94% -47.04%
75th Percentile £47,500 £45,313 £45,000
90th Percentile - £46,625 -
England median annual salary £70,000 £54,439 £65,000
% change year-on-year +28.58% -16.25% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,116 4,694 3,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.01% 90.27% 89.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,462 2,311 2,675
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,320 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £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 West

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

Lean Six Sigma job vacancy trend in the North West

Lean Six Sigma
Salary Trend in the North West

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

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

Lean Six Sigma
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Manchester +24 7 £45,000 +9.09%
Merseyside - 2 - - 1
Lean Six Sigma
England

Lean Six Sigma
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 3 (33.33%) AWS
2 3 (33.33%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) Power BI
2 4 (44.44%) Tableau
General
1 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (44.44%) Games
1 4 (44.44%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 2 (22.22%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Architect
1 4 (44.44%) Senior
1 4 (44.44%) Senior Architect
1 4 (44.44%) Senior Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture Director
3 2 (22.22%) Data Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Master Data Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Six Sigma
2 7 (77.78%) Migration
3 6 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (44.44%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 4 (44.44%) Decision-Making
4 4 (44.44%) Knowledge Transfer
4 4 (44.44%) Project Management
4 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (44.44%) Strategic Thinking
4 4 (44.44%) Time Management
4 4 (44.44%) Translating Business Requirements
4 4 (44.44%) WFM
5 3 (33.33%) ArchiMate
5 3 (33.33%) Business Strategy
5 3 (33.33%) Digital Strategy
5 3 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (33.33%) ERP
5 3 (33.33%) ITIL
5 3 (33.33%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Degree
2 4 (44.44%) PMI Certification
2 4 (44.44%) PMP
3 3 (33.33%) AWS Certification
3 3 (33.33%) Azure Certification
3 3 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 3 (33.33%) MBA
3 3 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Data Quality
1 2 (22.22%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Anaplan
1 4 (44.44%) Genesys
1 4 (44.44%) ServiceNow
1 4 (44.44%) Verint