Lean Six Sigma Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Lean Six Sigma
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Lean Six Sigma skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 403 522 407
Rank change year-on-year +119 -115 +230
Permanent jobs citing Lean Six Sigma 103 50 164
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.14% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.16% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 14 36 40
10th Percentile £45,562 £43,750 £38,963
25th Percentile £51,563 £49,469 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £54,439 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% -3.65% -13.08%
75th Percentile £83,750 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £67,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £71,250 £54,439 £65,000
% change year-on-year +30.88% -16.25% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,128 31,909 30,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.51% 88.95% 88.65%
Number of salaries quoted 19,079 14,313 22,914
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK 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 UK excluding London

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

Lean Six Sigma job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Lean Six Sigma
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Lean Six Sigma.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Lean Six Sigma

Lean Six Sigma
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lean Six Sigma in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Lean Six Sigma in the UK excluding London

Lean Six Sigma
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 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
Scotland +66 65 - - 1
North of England +29 16 £48,750 -2.50% 10
Midlands +22 9 £70,000 +16.67% 10
North West +32 7 - - 4
North East +8 5 £27,500 - 1
East Midlands -10 5 £85,000 - 8
South East +20 4 £62,000 +15.35% 12
South West +2 4 £60,000 +10.22% 6
Yorkshire -14 4 £70,000 +40.00% 5
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 1
West Midlands +21 3 £62,500 +4.17% 2
Wales - 1 - - 2
Lean Six Sigma
UK

Lean Six Sigma
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 64 (62.14%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 67 (65.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (62.14%) Microsoft Office
2 64 (62.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (5.83%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.94%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.97%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 22 (21.36%) Power Platform
2 3 (2.91%) AWS
2 3 (2.91%) Azure
3 2 (1.94%) Lucidchart
4 1 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.97%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.97%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (21.36%) Power BI
2 18 (17.48%) Tableau
3 1 (0.97%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.94%) JIRA
General
1 71 (68.93%) Social Skills
2 30 (29.13%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (17.48%) Games
3 18 (17.48%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (4.85%) Finance
4 5 (4.85%) Manufacturing
4 5 (4.85%) Public Sector
5 3 (2.91%) Aerospace
5 3 (2.91%) Electronics
5 3 (2.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (0.97%) Law
6 1 (0.97%) Legal
6 1 (0.97%) Local Government
6 1 (0.97%) Police
6 1 (0.97%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 82 (79.61%) Senior
1 82 (79.61%) Senior Manager
2 64 (62.14%) QA Manager
2 64 (62.14%) Quality Manager
2 64 (62.14%) Senior QA Manager
2 64 (62.14%) Senior Quality Manager
3 20 (19.42%) Architect
4 18 (17.48%) Senior Architect
5 8 (7.77%) Analyst
6 6 (5.83%) Business Analyst
7 3 (2.91%) Enterprise Architecture Director
7 3 (2.91%) IT Manager
8 2 (1.94%) Lead
8 2 (1.94%) Service Architect
9 1 (0.97%) Automation Developer
9 1 (0.97%) Business Systems Analyst
9 1 (0.97%) ERP Analyst
9 1 (0.97%) ERP Specialist
9 1 (0.97%) GIS Business Analyst
9 1 (0.97%) SIAM Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.94%) EDI
1 2 (1.94%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.97%) JSON
2 1 (0.97%) Middleware
2 1 (0.97%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.85%) Management Information System
2 1 (0.97%) 3D Printing
2 1 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (0.97%) Data Centre
2 1 (0.97%) Industry 4.0
2 1 (0.97%) IoT
2 1 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (100.00%) Six Sigma
2 89 (86.41%) Project Management
3 88 (85.44%) Continuous Improvement
4 67 (65.05%) Due Diligence
5 65 (63.11%) Customer Experience
6 64 (62.14%) Coaching
6 64 (62.14%) Performance Improvement
6 64 (62.14%) Quality Management
7 27 (26.21%) Migration
8 22 (21.36%) Business Intelligence
9 20 (19.42%) Translating Business Requirements
10 19 (18.45%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 19 (18.45%) Decision-Making
10 19 (18.45%) Strategic Thinking
11 18 (17.48%) Knowledge Transfer
11 18 (17.48%) Stakeholder Management
11 18 (17.48%) Time Management
11 18 (17.48%) WFM
12 13 (12.62%) Agile
13 10 (9.71%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.97%) SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (62.14%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
2 27 (26.21%) Degree
3 22 (21.36%) PMI Certification
3 22 (21.36%) PMP
4 6 (5.83%) Master's Degree
4 6 (5.83%) MBA
5 3 (2.91%) AWS Certification
5 3 (2.91%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.91%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (1.94%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.97%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.97%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.97%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.97%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 1 (0.97%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (62.14%) QA
2 4 (3.88%) GDPR
Vendors
1 66 (64.08%) Microsoft
2 19 (18.45%) ServiceNow
3 18 (17.48%) Anaplan
3 18 (17.48%) Genesys
3 18 (17.48%) Verint
4 5 (4.85%) Oracle
4 5 (4.85%) SAP
5 3 (2.91%) QAD
6 1 (0.97%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.97%) Epicor
6 1 (0.97%) ESRI
6 1 (0.97%) Infor
6 1 (0.97%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.97%) Snow
6 1 (0.97%) UiPath