Six Sigma
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Six Sigma skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Six Sigma over the 6 months to 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 562 635 741
Rank change year-on-year +73 +106 -26
Permanent jobs citing Six Sigma 348 402 498
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.37% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.39% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 132 154 336
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,183 £35,313
25th Percentile £43,625 £50,000 £42,275
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.92% +13.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £75,313 £82,188 £68,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £97,800 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +33.33% -5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 83,920 103,131 145,233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.36% 95.65% 95.47%
Number of salaries quoted 59,805 60,258 83,543
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,456 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.51% +2.43% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.26% +3.81% +9.38%

Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Six Sigma in the UK

Six Sigma
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Six Sigma in the UK

Six Sigma
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Six Sigma over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Six Sigma in the UK

Six Sigma
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Six Sigma within the UK over the 6 months to 16 April 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 -39 229 £50,000 -16.67% 106
England -16 218 £62,500 -3.85% 132
Wales +71 74 £41,250 - 5
Work from Home +62 72 £66,250 +1.92% 29
North of England +86 63 £48,500 -15.65% 21
London +113 56 £75,000 +11.11% 31
South East +34 43 £45,000 -30.77% 28
North West +38 32 £51,750 -1.43% 13
Midlands -119 26 £55,000 -12.00% 19
East of England +42 18 £65,000 -14.75% 14
West Midlands -89 17 £55,000 -15.38% 13
Yorkshire +88 16 £73,750 +22.92% 3
North East +8 15 £40,000 - 6
East Midlands -23 9 £44,000 -23.48% 6
Northern Ireland +28 3 £72,500 +61.11% 2
South West -41 1 £60,000 +33.33% 17
Scotland -55 1 £42,500 -23.08% 5

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 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (1.72%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.86%) SAS
3 1 (0.29%) CMS
3 1 (0.29%) Confluence
3 1 (0.29%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 26 (7.47%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (6.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.01%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.86%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.86%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.72%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.86%) SAP GTS
3 2 (0.57%) iTrent
3 2 (0.57%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.29%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.29%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 16 (4.60%) Power Platform
2 11 (3.16%) SaaS
3 10 (2.87%) Power Automate
3 10 (2.87%) PowerApps
4 6 (1.72%) GitHub
5 5 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.15%) Azure
7 3 (0.86%) Google Workspace
7 3 (0.86%) Intacct
7 3 (0.86%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.29%) Contentful
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.02%) Power BI
2 3 (0.86%) Metadata
2 3 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (0.57%) Big Data
4 1 (0.29%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (1.72%) Oracle APEX
2 2 (0.57%) JIRA
General
1 193 (55.46%) Social Skills
2 162 (46.55%) Manufacturing
3 134 (38.51%) Law
4 126 (36.21%) Influencing Skills
5 121 (34.77%) Presentation Skills
6 113 (32.47%) Finance
7 54 (15.52%) Analytical Skills
8 32 (9.20%) Legal
9 11 (3.16%) Banking
9 11 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (2.87%) Electronics
11 9 (2.59%) Public Sector
11 9 (2.59%) Retail
12 8 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (2.01%) Advertising
13 7 (2.01%) Police
14 5 (1.44%) Automotive
15 4 (1.15%) French Language
15 4 (1.15%) German Language
15 4 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 115 (33.05%) Automation Engineer
1 115 (33.05%) Graduate
1 115 (33.05%) Graduate IT Engineer
1 115 (33.05%) IT Engineer
1 115 (33.05%) IT Graduate
2 53 (15.23%) Analyst
3 29 (8.33%) Project Manager
4 27 (7.76%) Lead
5 26 (7.47%) Business Analyst
6 16 (4.60%) Process Analyst
7 11 (3.16%) Business Manager
7 11 (3.16%) Business Process Analyst
7 11 (3.16%) Senior
8 10 (2.87%) Operations Manager
9 9 (2.59%) Quality Engineer
10 8 (2.30%) Business Improvement Manager
10 8 (2.30%) Business Process Specialist
10 8 (2.30%) Head of Finance
10 8 (2.30%) Senior Analyst
11 7 (2.01%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.72%) Lightning Web Components
1 6 (1.72%) REST
1 6 (1.72%) SOAP
2 2 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.57%) Web Services
3 1 (0.29%) D3.js
3 1 (0.29%) HTML
3 1 (0.29%) WML
Miscellaneous
1 116 (33.33%) FMCG
2 26 (7.47%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.31%) PMI
4 12 (3.45%) Industry 4.0
5 9 (2.59%) IoT
6 8 (2.30%) Augmented Reality
6 8 (2.30%) Credit Risk
6 8 (2.30%) Virtual Reality
7 6 (1.72%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 6 (1.72%) SCADA
8 5 (1.44%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.29%) Acoustics
11 1 (0.29%) Blog
11 1 (0.29%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.29%) Housing Association
11 1 (0.29%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.29%) Robotics
11 1 (0.29%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (70.69%) Lean Six Sigma
2 195 (56.03%) Continuous Improvement
3 175 (50.29%) Problem-Solving
4 117 (33.62%) Lean Manufacturing
5 116 (33.33%) Benchmarking
6 115 (33.05%) Order Management
7 68 (19.54%) Process Improvement
8 67 (19.25%) Agile
9 57 (16.38%) PRINCE2
10 49 (14.08%) Project Management
11 39 (11.21%) Data Analysis
12 38 (10.92%) Stakeholder Management
13 33 (9.48%) Business Analysis
13 33 (9.48%) Roadmaps
14 31 (8.91%) Workshop Facilitation
15 25 (7.18%) Change Management
15 25 (7.18%) Coaching
16 24 (6.90%) Project Delivery
17 23 (6.61%) GAP Analysis
18 22 (6.32%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.16%) SQL
2 6 (1.72%) Apex Code
2 6 (1.72%) JavaScript
2 6 (1.72%) SOQL
3 1 (0.29%) Python
3 1 (0.29%) R
Qualifications
1 194 (55.75%) Degree
2 117 (33.62%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 24 (6.90%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 17 (4.89%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 16 (4.60%) PMI Certification
6 13 (3.74%) APMP
7 8 (2.30%) ACCA
7 8 (2.30%) CIMA
7 8 (2.30%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.57%) MBA
8 2 (0.57%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.57%) PMP
8 2 (0.57%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.57%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.29%) HNC
9 1 (0.29%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (12.07%) QA
2 15 (4.31%) PMO
2 15 (4.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 8 (2.30%) IFRS
4 7 (2.01%) ISO 9001
5 5 (1.44%) ISO 14001
6 4 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.86%) GDPR
8 2 (0.57%) EMIR
8 2 (0.57%) ISO 13485
8 2 (0.57%) MiFID
9 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.29%) GMP
9 1 (0.29%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 33 (9.48%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.02%) Apttus
3 12 (3.45%) Salesforce
4 10 (2.87%) Oracle
4 10 (2.87%) SAP
5 8 (2.30%) Yardi
6 6 (1.72%) DocuSign
6 6 (1.72%) Sage
7 4 (1.15%) Computacenter
7 4 (1.15%) JD Edwards
7 4 (1.15%) PeopleSoft
7 4 (1.15%) UiPath
8 3 (0.86%) Google
8 3 (0.86%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.57%) Blue Prism
9 2 (0.57%) Concur
10 1 (0.29%) Aderant
10 1 (0.29%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.29%) iManage
10 1 (0.29%) ServiceNow