Six Sigma Job Trends in South Wales

Six Sigma
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring 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 64 - 54
Rank change year-on-year - - +44
Permanent jobs citing Six Sigma 3 0 13
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.37% - 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% - 2.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +71.05%
75th Percentile £36,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median annual salary £35,000 - £65,000
% change year-on-year - - +71.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 620 538 506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 76.17% 81.52% 92.67%
Number of salaries quoted 436 287 387
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,844
25th Percentile £30,625 £36,375 £40,770
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,750 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -1.00% +0.61%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,340 £72,500
Wales median annual salary £48,122 £49,104 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% +3.38% -1.44%

Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Six Sigma job vacancy trend in South Wales

Six Sigma
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Six Sigma.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Six Sigma

Six Sigma
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Six Sigma within the South Wales 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
Cardiff - 2 - - 1
Vale of Glamorgan - 1 £35,000 -
Six Sigma
Wales

Six Sigma
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (33.33%) Tableau
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Electronics
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Games
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Business Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Insight Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) AI
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) WFM
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (33.33%) Design for Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Lean Six Sigma
2 1 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Storytelling
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
2 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Workforce Productivity
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
1 1 (33.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Anaplan
1 1 (33.33%) Genesys
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
1 1 (33.33%) Verint