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 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 535 658 566
Rank change year-on-year +123 -92 +260
Permanent jobs citing Lean Six Sigma 119 84 144
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.14% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.16% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 27 48 76
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £54,375 £49,469 £51,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £54,439 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.99% -12.90% -7.41%
75th Percentile £78,750 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £103,750 £79,375 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,250 £54,439 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -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 47,424 53,892 47,309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.09% 86.75% 93.74%
Number of salaries quoted 28,060 28,022 36,472
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -1.87%

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 8 December 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 8 December 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 +134 95 £56,250 +3.33% 27
Scotland +67 65 - -
England +70 51 £67,500 +23.99% 29
London +58 19 £75,000 -9.09% 6
North of England +29 15 £45,000 -7.69% 6
Work from Home +60 10 £72,500 +33.18% 18
North West +47 8 £45,000 +9.09% 5
Midlands +27 6 £53,750 -17.31% 6
South East +44 4 £62,000 +15.35% 6
Yorkshire -13 4 £70,000 +40.00% 1
West Midlands +30 3 £62,500 -3.85% 4
South West +18 3 £60,000 +10.22% 3
North East +11 3 £27,500 -
East Midlands +9 2 £45,390 - 2
Northern Ireland - 2 - -

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 64 (53.78%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.68%) Confluence
3 1 (0.84%) Mendix
Applications
1 69 (57.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (55.46%) Microsoft Office
3 64 (53.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (5.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.68%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 17 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 4 (3.36%) Azure
3 3 (2.52%) AWS
4 2 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (1.68%) Lucidchart
5 1 (0.84%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.84%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (14.29%) Power BI
2 12 (10.08%) Tableau
3 1 (0.84%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.84%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.68%) JIRA
General
1 84 (70.59%) Social Skills
2 33 (27.73%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (15.13%) Finance
4 12 (10.08%) Presentation Skills
5 11 (9.24%) Games
6 8 (6.72%) Legal
7 6 (5.04%) Manufacturing
7 6 (5.04%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.36%) Law
8 4 (3.36%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.84%) Banking
10 1 (0.84%) Local Government
10 1 (0.84%) Police
10 1 (0.84%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 79 (66.39%) Senior
2 76 (63.87%) Senior Manager
3 64 (53.78%) QA Manager
3 64 (53.78%) Quality Manager
3 64 (53.78%) Senior QA Manager
3 64 (53.78%) Senior Quality Manager
4 13 (10.92%) Analyst
4 13 (10.92%) Architect
5 11 (9.24%) Senior Architect
6 9 (7.56%) Business Analyst
7 7 (5.88%) Head of Analysis
7 7 (5.88%) Head of Business Analysis
8 3 (2.52%) Data Manager
8 3 (2.52%) Enterprise Architecture Director
8 3 (2.52%) Lead
8 3 (2.52%) Master Data Manager
9 2 (1.68%) Process Analyst
9 2 (1.68%) Service Architect
10 1 (0.84%) GIS Business Analyst
10 1 (0.84%) Head of Product Management
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.68%) EDI
1 2 (1.68%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.84%) JSON
2 1 (0.84%) Middleware
2 1 (0.84%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (1.68%) IoT
2 2 (1.68%) Management Information System
2 2 (1.68%) Onboarding
2 2 (1.68%) Reinsurance
3 1 (0.84%) 3D Printing
3 1 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (0.84%) Data Centre
3 1 (0.84%) Industry 4.0
3 1 (0.84%) Low-Code
3 1 (0.84%) NHS
3 1 (0.84%) Product Ownership
3 1 (0.84%) SCADA
3 1 (0.84%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (100.00%) Six Sigma
2 91 (76.47%) Continuous Improvement
3 82 (68.91%) Project Management
4 66 (55.46%) Coaching
4 66 (55.46%) Customer Experience
5 64 (53.78%) Due Diligence
5 64 (53.78%) Performance Improvement
5 64 (53.78%) Quality Management
6 20 (16.81%) Business Analysis
7 19 (15.97%) Stakeholder Management
8 18 (15.13%) Business Intelligence
8 18 (15.13%) Process Improvement
9 17 (14.29%) Migration
10 16 (13.45%) Agile
10 16 (13.45%) Decision-Making
11 14 (11.76%) Translating Business Requirements
12 13 (10.92%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 12 (10.08%) Problem-Solving
13 12 (10.08%) Strategic Thinking
13 12 (10.08%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.36%) SQL
2 1 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 64 (53.78%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
2 22 (18.49%) Degree
3 12 (10.08%) PMI Certification
3 12 (10.08%) PMP
4 7 (5.88%) CIMA
4 7 (5.88%) Master's Degree
5 5 (4.20%) MBA
6 3 (2.52%) AWS Certification
6 3 (2.52%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.52%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 3 (2.52%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (1.68%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.84%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.84%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.84%) ISEB
8 1 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.84%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.84%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (54.62%) QA
2 4 (3.36%) SLA
3 3 (2.52%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.84%) GDPR
Vendors
1 70 (58.82%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.08%) ServiceNow
3 11 (9.24%) Anaplan
3 11 (9.24%) Genesys
3 11 (9.24%) Verint
4 3 (2.52%) Oracle
4 3 (2.52%) SAP
5 1 (0.84%) Alteryx
5 1 (0.84%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.84%) Epicor
5 1 (0.84%) ESRI
5 1 (0.84%) Infor
5 1 (0.84%) Reuters
5 1 (0.84%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.84%) Snow
5 1 (0.84%) UiPath