Lean Six Sigma
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Lean Six Sigma skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Lean Six Sigma over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 646 837 981
Rank change year-on-year +191 +144 -186
Permanent jobs citing Lean Six Sigma 240 135 256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.13% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.14% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 78 105 194
10th Percentile £36,125 £40,065 £39,571
25th Percentile £41,525 £51,250 £42,275
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,425 £65,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.65% +14.04% +20.00%
75th Percentile £76,875 £83,750 £68,500
90th Percentile £83,625 £102,250 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,990 £54,000 £44,850
% change year-on-year -7.43% +20.40% -5.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Lean Six Sigma is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,735 96,775 152,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.60% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,708 57,079 82,921
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,740
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Lean Six Sigma
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 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lean Six Sigma in the UK

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Top 16 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 13 May 2024. 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 +86 164 £49,990 -7.43% 48
England +105 125 £62,250 -4.23% 64
Wales - 74 £41,250 - 1
North of England +84 50 £45,000 -14.29% 12
Work from Home +69 43 £60,925 -6.27% 22
London +89 29 £75,000 +11.11% 13
North West +27 27 £48,500 +13.25% 8
South East +18 22 £47,500 -37.70% 15
North East +6 12 £37,500 - 1
Yorkshire +84 11 £77,500 +34.78% 4
Midlands -4 11 £65,000 +23.81% 11
West Midlands +18 9 £60,000 +2.13% 6
East of England +17 4 £65,000 - 4
Northern Ireland +27 2 £72,500 +61.11%
East Midlands -10 2 £71,500 +43.00% 5
South West -29 1 £70,000 +55.56% 6

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 6 (2.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.42%) CMS
2 1 (0.42%) Confluence
2 1 (0.42%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 10 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.67%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Primavera
1 1 (0.42%) SAP ERP
1 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (4.58%) SaaS
2 7 (2.92%) Power Platform
3 6 (2.50%) Power Automate
3 6 (2.50%) PowerApps
4 2 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.42%) Azure
5 1 (0.42%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.42%) Contentful
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.92%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.83%) JIRA
General
1 169 (70.42%) Social Skills
2 134 (55.83%) Manufacturing
3 130 (54.17%) Law
4 115 (47.92%) Influencing Skills
4 115 (47.92%) Presentation Skills
5 61 (25.42%) Finance
6 25 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (8.75%) Legal
8 7 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.92%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.50%) Advertising
9 6 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.50%) Police
10 5 (2.08%) Banking
11 4 (1.67%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.67%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.25%) Retail
13 2 (0.83%) Front Office
14 1 (0.42%) Automotive
14 1 (0.42%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 115 (47.92%) Automation Engineer
1 115 (47.92%) Graduate
1 115 (47.92%) Graduate IT Engineer
1 115 (47.92%) IT Engineer
1 115 (47.92%) IT Graduate
2 34 (14.17%) Analyst
3 20 (8.33%) Lead
4 19 (7.92%) Business Analyst
5 17 (7.08%) Project Manager
6 11 (4.58%) Business Process Analyst
6 11 (4.58%) Process Analyst
7 9 (3.75%) Business Manager
7 9 (3.75%) Senior
8 8 (3.33%) Senior Analyst
9 7 (2.92%) Business Change Specialist
9 7 (2.92%) Business Improvement Manager
9 7 (2.92%) Business Process Specialist
9 7 (2.92%) Senior Business Analyst
10 6 (2.50%) Insurance Business Analyst
10 6 (2.50%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.25%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.42%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 115 (47.92%) FMCG
2 8 (3.33%) Credit Risk
3 7 (2.92%) IoT
3 7 (2.92%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.50%) Augmented Reality
4 6 (2.50%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 6 (2.50%) Industry 4.0
4 6 (2.50%) PMI
4 6 (2.50%) SCADA
4 6 (2.50%) Virtual Reality
5 2 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (0.83%) Robotics
6 1 (0.42%) Acoustics
6 1 (0.42%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.42%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.42%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (100.00%) Six Sigma
2 156 (65.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 138 (57.50%) Problem-Solving
4 115 (47.92%) Benchmarking
4 115 (47.92%) Lean Manufacturing
4 115 (47.92%) Order Management
5 37 (15.42%) Agile
6 31 (12.92%) Stakeholder Management
7 29 (12.08%) PRINCE2
8 28 (11.67%) Workshop Facilitation
9 26 (10.83%) Business Analysis
9 26 (10.83%) Process Improvement
10 22 (9.17%) GAP Analysis
11 20 (8.33%) Data Analysis
11 20 (8.33%) Roadmaps
12 19 (7.92%) Waterfall
13 18 (7.50%) Project Management
14 15 (6.25%) Change Management
15 14 (5.83%) Migration
15 14 (5.83%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 158 (65.83%) Degree
2 117 (48.75%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 12 (5.00%) APMP
4 8 (3.33%) PMI Certification
5 7 (2.92%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.50%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 4 (1.67%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 3 (1.25%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.25%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.83%) PMP
10 1 (0.42%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.42%) MBA
10 1 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.67%) QA
2 15 (6.25%) PMO
3 8 (3.33%) IFRS
4 5 (2.08%) ISO 14001
4 5 (2.08%) ISO 9001
5 4 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 15 (6.25%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.33%) Apttus
3 4 (1.67%) JD Edwards
4 3 (1.25%) Oracle
4 3 (1.25%) UiPath
5 2 (0.83%) Blue Prism
5 2 (0.83%) SAP
5 2 (0.83%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.42%) Aderant
6 1 (0.42%) Ceridian
6 1 (0.42%) iManage
6 1 (0.42%) LogRhythm
6 1 (0.42%) Sage
6 1 (0.42%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.42%) Splunk