DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve and Control)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring DMAIC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited DMAIC over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 708 873 937
Rank change year-on-year +165 +64 +285
Permanent jobs citing DMAIC 4 5 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.005% 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.008% 0.006% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £56,750
25th Percentile £41,750 - £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £45,250 - £62,500
90th Percentile - - £63,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 - £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +63.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

DMAIC 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,711 84,738 96,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.87% 85.57% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 26,444 59,708 57,080
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,450 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.90% -9.09% +4.76%

DMAIC
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DMAIC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DMAIC in the UK

DMAIC
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DMAIC.

Salary trend for DMAIC in the UK

DMAIC
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DMAIC within the UK over the 6 months to 14 May 2025. 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
UK excluding London +183 4 £43,500 - 10
Scotland +120 3 - -
England +140 1 £43,500 - 27
East of England - 1 £43,500 - 2

DMAIC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP QM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) MS Access
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Influencing Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Legal
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Integration Manager
1 3 (75.00%) Integration Project Manager
1 3 (75.00%) Project Manager
1 3 (75.00%) Sustainability Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) QA Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Quality Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
1 3 (75.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Document Management
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP