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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 620 662 852
Rank change year-on-year +42 +190 +129
Permanent jobs citing Lean Six Sigma 91 239 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.24% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.28% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 43 77 99
10th Percentile £40,043 £36,125 £39,565
25th Percentile £48,000 £41,200 £51,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,850 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% -7.92% +14.04%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £84,000 £100,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £49,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year +6.60% -6.19% +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 52,098 84,818 95,320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.84% 85.52% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26,512 59,706 56,022
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -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 16 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 16 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 +117 89 £57,500 -8.00% 97
UK excluding London +87 62 £52,500 +6.60% 64
North of England +36 34 £70,000 +55.56% 14
North West +10 31 £70,000 +44.33% 7
London +106 29 £67,500 -10.00% 44
Work from Home +99 18 £56,750 -6.85% 43
Midlands +68 15 £48,000 -26.15% 10
West Midlands +59 11 £48,000 -20.00% 6
South East +86 8 £47,215 -0.60% 22
East Midlands +34 4 £63,750 -10.84% 2
South West +111 3 £37,000 -47.14% 4
Yorkshire +61 3 £62,500 -20.63% 6
Scotland - 2 - - 6
East of England +40 1 £64,743 -0.40% 11

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 (9.89%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.10%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 11 (12.09%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (6.59%) MS Visio
4 5 (5.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (8.79%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.10%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 9 (9.89%) Miro
2 8 (8.79%) Power Platform
3 4 (4.40%) AWS
3 4 (4.40%) Serverless
4 2 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.20%) SaaS
5 1 (1.10%) Azure
5 1 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.40%) HTTP
2 2 (2.20%) CHAP
3 1 (1.10%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.69%) Power BI
2 6 (6.59%) Tableau
3 4 (4.40%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 10 (10.99%) JIRA
General
1 45 (49.45%) Analytical Skills
2 27 (29.67%) Social Skills
3 11 (12.09%) Finance
4 9 (9.89%) Law
5 8 (8.79%) Manufacturing
6 6 (6.59%) Electronics
6 6 (6.59%) Games
6 6 (6.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (4.40%) Automotive
7 4 (4.40%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (3.30%) Banking
8 3 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.30%) Legal
9 2 (2.20%) Police
9 2 (2.20%) Retail
10 1 (1.10%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.10%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (32.97%) Lead
2 14 (15.38%) Analyst
3 10 (10.99%) Business Analyst
4 8 (8.79%) Agile Product Owner
4 8 (8.79%) Product Owner
4 8 (8.79%) Senior
5 6 (6.59%) Process Improvement Manager
5 6 (6.59%) Process Manager
5 6 (6.59%) Project Manager
6 5 (5.49%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (4.40%) Automation Engineer
7 4 (4.40%) Business Improvement Manager
7 4 (4.40%) Business Manager
7 4 (4.40%) Process Analyst
7 4 (4.40%) Reliability Engineer
7 4 (4.40%) Robotics Engineer
7 4 (4.40%) Systems Engineer
8 3 (3.30%) IT Director
8 3 (3.30%) Senior Business Analyst
8 3 (3.30%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.40%) JSON
2 1 (1.10%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 17 (18.68%) Product Ownership
2 6 (6.59%) Mobile Games
3 5 (5.49%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (4.40%) Robotics
4 4 (4.40%) SCADA
5 3 (3.30%) CMDB
6 2 (2.20%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.20%) Life Science
6 2 (2.20%) NHS
6 2 (2.20%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.10%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (1.10%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.10%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.10%) PMI
7 1 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.10%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (100.00%) Six Sigma
2 51 (56.04%) Continuous Improvement
3 38 (41.76%) Coaching
4 35 (38.46%) Process Improvement
5 33 (36.26%) Mentoring
6 31 (34.07%) Change Management
7 27 (29.67%) Project Delivery
8 25 (27.47%) Stakeholder Management
9 24 (26.37%) Cost Management
10 23 (25.27%) Problem-Solving
11 22 (24.18%) Agile
12 19 (20.88%) Analytics
12 19 (20.88%) Project Management
13 14 (15.38%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 14 (15.38%) Roadmaps
14 13 (14.29%) Data Analytics
15 11 (12.09%) BPMN
15 11 (12.09%) Business Analysis
15 11 (12.09%) Business Case
15 11 (12.09%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.99%) Python
1 10 (10.99%) SQL
2 4 (4.40%) C
2 4 (4.40%) R
3 1 (1.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 66 (72.53%) Degree
2 38 (41.76%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 36 (39.56%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 25 (27.47%) HNC
5 24 (26.37%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (8.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (8.79%) Master's Degree
7 7 (7.69%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
8 4 (4.40%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (2.20%) ISEB
9 2 (2.20%) MBA
9 2 (2.20%) PMP
10 1 (1.10%) CBAP
10 1 (1.10%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (1.10%) CSPO
10 1 (1.10%) PMI Certification
10 1 (1.10%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.10%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.40%) SLA
2 3 (3.30%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.30%) QA
3 2 (2.20%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.20%) GDPR
3 2 (2.20%) GLP
3 2 (2.20%) Good Clinical Practice
3 2 (2.20%) GRC
3 2 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.10%) COSO
Systems Management
1 2 (2.20%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 15 (16.48%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.99%) Salesforce
3 6 (6.59%) SAP
4 2 (2.20%) Oracle
4 2 (2.20%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.10%) UiPath