Lean Six Sigma Job Trends

Lean Six Sigma
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Lean Six Sigma skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 551 673 586
Rank change year-on-year +122 -87 +296
Permanent jobs citing Lean Six Sigma 108 82 147
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.12% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.15% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 30 47 77
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £44,250
25th Percentile £56,314 £48,063 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £54,439 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.40% -16.25% -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,313 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £117,750 £80,000 £86,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,750 £54,439 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.92% -9.27% -7.69%

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 44,404 55,778 50,322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.64% 82.84% 93.88%
Number of salaries quoted 26,555 29,039 38,573
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £45,000 £43,867
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,700 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.50% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,750 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.43% +2.86% -

Lean Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Lean Six Sigma job vacancy trend in the UK

Lean Six Sigma
Salary Trend

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

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

Lean Six Sigma
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lean Six Sigma over the 6 months to 10 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Lean Six Sigma in the UK

Lean Six Sigma
Top 15 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 10 November 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 +119 89 £58,750 +7.92% 32
Scotland +68 65 - -
England +50 41 £65,000 +19.40% 46
London +49 15 £80,000 -3.03% 14
Work from Home +36 10 £65,000 +19.40% 19
North of England +12 10 £45,000 -7.69% 7
South East +37 6 £88,500 +96.67% 8
North West +20 6 £45,000 - 7
Midlands +42 5 £55,750 -10.80% 4
West Midlands +33 3 £56,500 -9.60% 3
Yorkshire +11 3 £67,500 +35.00%
South West +21 2 £60,000 +10.22% 10
East Midlands +19 2 £45,390 - 1
North East +6 1 £27,500 -
Isle of Man - 1 - -

Lean Six Sigma
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 67 (62.04%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.85%) Confluence
2 2 (1.85%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 70 (64.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (62.96%) Microsoft Office
3 64 (59.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (8.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.93%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 7 (6.48%) Power Platform
2 3 (2.78%) Azure
3 2 (1.85%) AWS
3 2 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (1.85%) Lucidchart
3 2 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.93%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.85%) Skype
2 1 (0.93%) LAN
2 1 (0.93%) WAN
2 1 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.48%) Power BI
2 2 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.93%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.93%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 86 (79.63%) Social Skills
2 23 (21.30%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (17.59%) Finance
4 7 (6.48%) Legal
4 7 (6.48%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.63%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.78%) Local Government
7 3 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.85%) Law
8 2 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.93%) Banking
9 1 (0.93%) Police
9 1 (0.93%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 68 (62.96%) Senior
2 64 (59.26%) QA Manager
2 64 (59.26%) Quality Manager
2 64 (59.26%) Senior Manager
2 64 (59.26%) Senior QA Manager
2 64 (59.26%) Senior Quality Manager
3 16 (14.81%) Analyst
4 13 (12.04%) Business Analyst
5 5 (4.63%) Head of Analysis
5 5 (4.63%) Head of Business Analysis
6 4 (3.70%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (3.70%) Senior Business Analyst
7 3 (2.78%) Data Manager
7 3 (2.78%) Financial Analyst
7 3 (2.78%) Lead
7 3 (2.78%) Master Data Manager
7 3 (2.78%) Process Analyst
8 2 (1.85%) Enterprise Architecture Director
8 2 (1.85%) Programme Director
8 2 (1.85%) Senior Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.85%) EDI
1 2 (1.85%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.93%) JSON
2 1 (0.93%) Middleware
2 1 (0.93%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.70%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.93%) 3D Printing
4 1 (0.93%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.93%) Industry 4.0
4 1 (0.93%) IoT
4 1 (0.93%) NHS
4 1 (0.93%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.93%) Reinsurance
4 1 (0.93%) Taxonomies
4 1 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (100.00%) Six Sigma
2 80 (74.07%) Continuous Improvement
3 72 (66.67%) Project Management
4 67 (62.04%) Coaching
5 65 (60.19%) Customer Experience
6 64 (59.26%) Due Diligence
6 64 (59.26%) Performance Improvement
6 64 (59.26%) Quality Management
7 18 (16.67%) Agile
7 18 (16.67%) Business Analysis
8 15 (13.89%) Process Improvement
9 13 (12.04%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (11.11%) Change Management
11 10 (9.26%) Workshop Facilitation
12 8 (7.41%) Decision-Making
12 8 (7.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 7 (6.48%) Business Intelligence
13 7 (6.48%) Business Process Modelling
13 7 (6.48%) ERP
13 7 (6.48%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.70%) SQL
2 1 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 64 (59.26%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
2 11 (10.19%) Degree
3 5 (4.63%) CIMA
4 4 (3.70%) Master's Degree
4 4 (3.70%) MBA
5 3 (2.78%) APMG
5 3 (2.78%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 2 (1.85%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.85%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.85%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.85%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 2 (1.85%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.93%) CSPO
7 1 (0.93%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.93%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.93%) ISEB
7 1 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.93%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (59.26%) QA
2 3 (2.78%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.78%) SLA
3 1 (0.93%) GDPR
Vendors
1 71 (65.74%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.78%) Oracle
2 3 (2.78%) SAP
3 1 (0.93%) Alteryx
3 1 (0.93%) Atlassian
3 1 (0.93%) Epicor
3 1 (0.93%) ESRI
3 1 (0.93%) Infor
3 1 (0.93%) Reuters
3 1 (0.93%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.93%) ServiceNow
3 1 (0.93%) Snow
3 1 (0.93%) UiPath