Lean Thinking Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Lean Thinking
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Lean Thinking 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 - 565 556
Rank change year-on-year - -9 +130
Permanent jobs citing Lean Thinking 0 7 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London - 0.020% 0.032%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.022% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 11
10th Percentile - £70,000 £46,250
25th Percentile - £72,500 £46,278
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% -1.64%
75th Percentile - £77,500 £62,500
90th Percentile - - £71,812
UK median annual salary - £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +25.00% -2.83%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Lean Thinking 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 Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Lean Thinking job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Lean Thinking
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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