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 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 626 558 659
Rank change year-on-year -68 +101 -35
Permanent jobs citing Lean Thinking 7 1 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.009% 0.003% 0.012%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.013% 0.003% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 7
10th Percentile - - £59,750
25th Percentile £41,250 - £69,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +57.89%
75th Percentile £43,750 - £77,500
90th Percentile £61,250 - £80,500
UK median annual salary £43,000 £58,750 £75,000
% change year-on-year -26.81% -21.67% +51.52%

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 52,958 30,111 47,065
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.62% 87.62% 78.50%
Number of salaries quoted 37,197 16,469 30,349
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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

Lean Thinking
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lean Thinking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Lean Thinking in the UK excluding London

Lean Thinking
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 Thinking within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
South West - 5 £42,500 -
West Midlands - 2 £64,000 -
Midlands - 2 £64,000 -
Lean Thinking
UK

Lean Thinking
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:

Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) Power BI
General
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (71.43%) Documentation Skills
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Automotive
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Applications Specialist
1 5 (71.43%) Applications Support
1 5 (71.43%) Applications Support Specialist
1 5 (71.43%) Support Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Service Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) FMCG
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Business Analysis
1 6 (85.71%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (85.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 6 (85.71%) Time Management
1 6 (85.71%) User Experience
2 5 (71.43%) Analytical Thinking
2 5 (71.43%) API Testing
2 5 (71.43%) Bug Management
2 5 (71.43%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (71.43%) Data Analysis
2 5 (71.43%) Defect Tracking
2 5 (71.43%) DevOps
2 5 (71.43%) Manual Testing
2 5 (71.43%) Project Management
2 5 (71.43%) Scrum
2 5 (71.43%) Software Delivery
2 5 (71.43%) Software Testing
2 5 (71.43%) Test Automation
2 5 (71.43%) Workflow
2 5 (71.43%) Workflow Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 1 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft