Lean Six Sigma Jobs

Lean Six Sigma
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Lean Six Sigma skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Lean Six Sigma over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 616 675 848
Rank change year-on-year +59 +173 +142
Permanent jobs citing Lean Six Sigma 93 240 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.23% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.28% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 45 77 89
10th Percentile - £36,125 £39,565
25th Percentile £48,000 £41,200 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,850 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% -7.92% +14.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £84,000 £88,800
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £51,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.32% -2.38% +17.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,902 86,889 92,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.67% 84.13% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,611 60,763 54,796
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Lean Six Sigma as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Lean Six Sigma in the UK

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Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lean Six Sigma.

Salary trend for Lean Six Sigma in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lean Six Sigma over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Lean Six Sigma in the UK

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Top 14 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 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
England +124 89 £57,500 -8.00% 309
UK excluding London +93 63 £55,000 +7.32% 317
North of England +39 35 £67,500 +39.18% 75
North West +13 31 £70,000 +17.65% 34
London +114 29 £72,500 -3.33% 25
Work from Home +94 18 £57,500 -5.62% 118
Midlands +89 15 £48,000 -26.15% 65
West Midlands +60 11 £48,000 -20.00% 33
South East +76 10 £54,500 +14.74% 87
Yorkshire +55 4 £63,750 -20.31% 32
East Midlands +47 4 £63,750 -10.84% 23
Scotland +119 2 - - 9
South West +105 1 £70,000 - 33
Isle of Man - 1 - -

Lean Six Sigma
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (9.68%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.15%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 13 (13.98%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (8.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (7.53%) MS Visio
4 5 (5.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (8.60%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 9 (9.68%) Miro
2 8 (8.60%) Power Platform
3 4 (4.30%) AWS
3 4 (4.30%) Serverless
4 2 (2.15%) SaaS
5 1 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.30%) HTTP
2 2 (2.15%) CHAP
2 2 (2.15%) Skype
3 1 (1.08%) LAN
3 1 (1.08%) WAN
3 1 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.53%) Power BI
2 6 (6.45%) Tableau
3 4 (4.30%) Amazon QuickSight
4 2 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 9 (9.68%) JIRA
General
1 50 (53.76%) Analytical Skills
2 31 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 11 (11.83%) Finance
4 9 (9.68%) Law
5 6 (6.45%) Games
5 6 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (5.38%) Manufacturing
7 4 (4.30%) Automotive
7 4 (4.30%) Electronics
7 4 (4.30%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (3.23%) Banking
9 2 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.15%) Local Government
9 2 (2.15%) Police
9 2 (2.15%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.15%) Retail
10 1 (1.08%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.08%) Legal
10 1 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (33.33%) Lead
2 18 (19.35%) Analyst
3 13 (13.98%) Business Analyst
4 10 (10.75%) Senior
5 8 (8.60%) Agile Product Owner
5 8 (8.60%) Product Owner
6 7 (7.53%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (6.45%) Process Improvement Manager
7 6 (6.45%) Process Manager
7 6 (6.45%) Project Manager
8 5 (5.38%) Senior Business Analyst
9 4 (4.30%) Automation Engineer
9 4 (4.30%) Business Improvement Manager
9 4 (4.30%) Business Manager
9 4 (4.30%) Lead Business Analyst
9 4 (4.30%) Process Analyst
9 4 (4.30%) Reliability Engineer
9 4 (4.30%) Robotics Engineer
9 4 (4.30%) Systems Engineer
10 3 (3.23%) Services Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.30%) JSON
2 1 (1.08%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 17 (18.28%) Product Ownership
2 6 (6.45%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (6.45%) Mobile Games
3 4 (4.30%) Robotics
3 4 (4.30%) SCADA
4 3 (3.23%) CMDB
5 2 (2.15%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.15%) Life Science
5 2 (2.15%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.15%) NHS
5 2 (2.15%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.08%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.08%) PMI
6 1 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.08%) Taxonomies
6 1 (1.08%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (100.00%) Six Sigma
2 51 (54.84%) Continuous Improvement
3 39 (41.94%) Coaching
4 37 (39.78%) Process Improvement
5 36 (38.71%) Change Management
6 33 (35.48%) Mentoring
7 27 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (29.03%) Project Delivery
8 26 (27.96%) Stakeholder Management
9 25 (26.88%) Agile
10 24 (25.81%) Cost Management
11 19 (20.43%) Analytics
11 19 (20.43%) Project Management
12 14 (15.05%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 14 (15.05%) Roadmaps
13 13 (13.98%) Business Analysis
13 13 (13.98%) Data Analytics
13 13 (13.98%) Decision-Making
14 12 (12.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 11 (11.83%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.75%) Python
1 10 (10.75%) SQL
2 4 (4.30%) C
2 4 (4.30%) R
3 1 (1.08%) VBA
Qualifications
1 66 (70.97%) Degree
2 37 (39.78%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 34 (36.56%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 24 (25.81%) BPSS Clearance
4 24 (25.81%) HNC
5 8 (8.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (7.53%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
7 6 (6.45%) Master's Degree
8 4 (4.30%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (3.23%) APMG
10 2 (2.15%) ISEB
10 2 (2.15%) MBA
10 2 (2.15%) PMI Certification
10 2 (2.15%) PMP
11 1 (1.08%) CBAP
11 1 (1.08%) CSPO
11 1 (1.08%) SC Cleared
11 1 (1.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.30%) SLA
2 2 (2.15%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.15%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.15%) GDPR
2 2 (2.15%) GLP
2 2 (2.15%) Good Clinical Practice
2 2 (2.15%) GRC
2 2 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.08%) COSO
3 1 (1.08%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (2.15%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 16 (17.20%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.75%) Salesforce
3 6 (6.45%) SAP
4 2 (2.15%) Oracle
4 2 (2.15%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.08%) UiPath