Six Sigma Jobs

Six Sigma
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Six Sigma skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Six Sigma over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 495 598 687
Rank change year-on-year +103 +89 +98
Permanent jobs citing Six Sigma 222 329 280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.40% 0.32% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.38% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 82 124 128
10th Percentile £43,550 £36,250 £37,940
25th Percentile £48,188 £42,500 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,002 £60,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.78% -1.22% +7.79%
75th Percentile £76,563 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £86,250 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,750 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.50% -4.76% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 51,902 86,889 92,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.67% 84.13% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,611 60,763 54,796
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%

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 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Six Sigma in the UK

Six Sigma
Top 14 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 30 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 +176 216 £56,500 -8.87% 442
UK excluding London +154 174 £54,750 +9.50% 456
North of England +119 133 £55,000 +2.33% 108
North West +93 129 £52,250 -5.00% 51
London +104 45 £80,000 +6.67% 47
Work from Home +83 30 £57,500 -7.26% 146
Midlands +82 22 £52,975 -3.68% 96
West Midlands +58 17 £48,000 -20.00% 55
South East +65 11 £54,500 +21.11% 120
South West +106 6 £63,750 +15.91% 45
East Midlands +42 5 £57,500 +30.68% 31
Yorkshire +51 4 £63,750 -19.05% 44
Scotland +119 2 - - 18
Isle of Man - 1 - -

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 10 (4.50%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.35%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 22 (9.91%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (6.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (6.31%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.45%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 8 (3.60%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.45%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (4.95%) Power Platform
2 10 (4.50%) Miro
3 4 (1.80%) AWS
3 4 (1.80%) Serverless
4 2 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (0.90%) SaaS
5 1 (0.45%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.80%) HTTP
2 3 (1.35%) LAN
2 3 (1.35%) Skype
2 3 (1.35%) WAN
2 3 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.90%) CHAP
3 2 (0.90%) Firewall
3 2 (0.90%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.05%) Power BI
2 6 (2.70%) Tableau
3 4 (1.80%) Amazon QuickSight
4 3 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.45%) KDB
Development Applications
1 9 (4.05%) JIRA
General
1 95 (42.79%) Manufacturing
2 60 (27.03%) Analytical Skills
3 52 (23.42%) Social Skills
4 27 (12.16%) Finance
5 9 (4.05%) Law
6 7 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (2.70%) Games
7 6 (2.70%) Legal
8 5 (2.25%) Automotive
8 5 (2.25%) Banking
8 5 (2.25%) Electronics
8 5 (2.25%) Retail
9 4 (1.80%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.90%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.90%) Local Government
11 2 (0.90%) Police
11 2 (0.90%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.90%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 112 (50.45%) Lead
2 29 (13.06%) Analyst
3 21 (9.46%) Business Analyst
4 15 (6.76%) Senior
5 10 (4.50%) Project Manager
6 9 (4.05%) Senior Analyst
7 8 (3.60%) Agile Product Owner
7 8 (3.60%) Product Owner
8 7 (3.15%) Applications Manager
8 7 (3.15%) Applications Support
8 7 (3.15%) Applications Support Manager
8 7 (3.15%) Senior Business Analyst
8 7 (3.15%) Support Manager
9 6 (2.70%) Process Analyst
9 6 (2.70%) Process Improvement Manager
9 6 (2.70%) Process Manager
9 6 (2.70%) Reliability Engineer
9 6 (2.70%) Service Manager
10 5 (2.25%) Lead Business Analyst
10 5 (2.25%) Service Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.80%) JSON
2 2 (0.90%) .NET
3 1 (0.45%) EDI
3 1 (0.45%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.66%) Product Ownership
2 9 (4.05%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.15%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (2.70%) Mobile Games
4 6 (2.70%) Virtual Team
5 5 (2.25%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.25%) Fixed Income
6 4 (1.80%) Robotics
6 4 (1.80%) SCADA
7 3 (1.35%) CMDB
7 3 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.35%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.35%) PMI
7 3 (1.35%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.90%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.90%) Industry 4.0
8 2 (0.90%) Life Science
8 2 (0.90%) NHS
9 1 (0.45%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.45%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.45%) Linux
1 1 (0.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (53.60%) Coaching
2 93 (41.89%) Lean Six Sigma
3 85 (38.29%) Lean Manufacturing
4 80 (36.04%) CMMI
4 80 (36.04%) Zero Defects
5 71 (31.98%) Continuous Improvement
6 47 (21.17%) Process Improvement
7 45 (20.27%) Change Management
8 43 (19.37%) Agile
9 37 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
10 36 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
11 34 (15.32%) Mentoring
12 31 (13.96%) Project Management
13 30 (13.51%) Project Delivery
14 24 (10.81%) Cost Management
15 23 (10.36%) ITIL
16 22 (9.91%) PRINCE2
16 22 (9.91%) Roadmaps
17 21 (9.46%) Analytics
17 21 (9.46%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.86%) SQL
2 12 (5.41%) Python
3 5 (2.25%) C
4 4 (1.80%) R
5 2 (0.90%) C#
6 1 (0.45%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 104 (46.85%) BPSS Clearance
2 86 (38.74%) Degree
3 80 (36.04%) HND
4 47 (21.17%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 40 (18.02%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 24 (10.81%) HNC
7 13 (5.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (4.05%) Master's Degree
9 7 (3.15%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
10 6 (2.70%) PMI Certification
11 5 (2.25%) CISSP
11 5 (2.25%) GCIA
11 5 (2.25%) GCIH
11 5 (2.25%) OSCE
11 5 (2.25%) OSCP
11 5 (2.25%) SC Cleared
11 5 (2.25%) Security Cleared
12 4 (1.80%) MBA
12 4 (1.80%) Numerate Degree
12 4 (1.80%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (37.39%) ISO 9001
2 80 (36.04%) AQAP
3 5 (2.25%) QA
4 4 (1.80%) SLA
5 3 (1.35%) GRC
6 2 (0.90%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.90%) COBIT
6 2 (0.90%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.90%) GDPR
6 2 (0.90%) GLP
6 2 (0.90%) Good Clinical Practice
6 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.45%) COSO
7 1 (0.45%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.45%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.45%) Solvency II
Systems Management
1 5 (2.25%) CSIRT
2 2 (0.90%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.45%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 34 (15.32%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.50%) Salesforce
3 7 (3.15%) Facebook
4 6 (2.70%) SAP
5 2 (0.90%) Oracle
5 2 (0.90%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.45%) MathWorks
6 1 (0.45%) Planview
6 1 (0.45%) UiPath