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

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 503 583 671
Rank change year-on-year +80 +88 +100
Permanent jobs citing Six Sigma 220 333 324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.40% 0.34% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.39% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 81 127 146
10th Percentile £40,500 £36,250 £37,940
25th Percentile £48,000 £43,250 £51,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% -6.92% +13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,625 £82,188
90th Percentile £92,500 £86,250 £97,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -8.26% +21.11%

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 51,728 84,924 96,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.83% 85.58% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 26,848 59,902 56,809
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,010 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,415 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -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 12 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 12 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 +160 215 £57,500 -6.12% 209
UK excluding London +119 172 £55,000 +10.00% 142
North of England +122 132 £55,000 +13.40% 31
North West +88 129 £55,000 +6.28% 15
London +103 44 £77,500 +3.33% 93
Work from Home +100 31 £57,500 -11.20% 115
Midlands +67 21 £50,250 -8.64% 26
West Midlands +60 16 £48,000 -20.00% 18
South East +71 9 £54,500 +21.11% 35
South West +109 7 £60,000 +4.35% 11
East Midlands +40 5 £57,500 +30.68% 5
Yorkshire +57 3 £62,500 -15.25% 14
East of England +40 3 £64,743 -0.40% 24
Scotland +112 1 - - 13

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 (4.09%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.91%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 20 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (6.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (5.91%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.45%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 8 (3.64%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.91%) Infor LN
3 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.45%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 10 (4.55%) Miro
1 10 (4.55%) Power Platform
2 4 (1.82%) AWS
2 4 (1.82%) Serverless
3 2 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (0.91%) SaaS
4 1 (0.45%) Azure
4 1 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.82%) HTTP
2 2 (0.91%) CHAP
2 2 (0.91%) Firewall
2 2 (0.91%) Internet
2 2 (0.91%) LAN
2 2 (0.91%) Skype
2 2 (0.91%) WAN
2 2 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.64%) Power BI
2 6 (2.73%) Tableau
3 4 (1.82%) Amazon QuickSight
4 2 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.45%) GIS
5 1 (0.45%) KDB
Development Applications
1 10 (4.55%) JIRA
2 1 (0.45%) LabVIEW
General
1 100 (45.45%) Manufacturing
2 57 (25.91%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (22.73%) Social Skills
4 27 (12.27%) Finance
5 9 (4.09%) Electronics
5 9 (4.09%) Law
5 9 (4.09%) Legal
6 7 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.73%) Automotive
7 6 (2.73%) Games
7 6 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.27%) Banking
8 5 (2.27%) Retail
9 4 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.91%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (0.91%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.91%) Police
10 2 (0.91%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 112 (50.91%) Lead
2 26 (11.82%) Analyst
3 17 (7.73%) Business Analyst
4 14 (6.36%) Senior
5 10 (4.55%) Project Manager
6 8 (3.64%) Agile Product Owner
6 8 (3.64%) Process Analyst
6 8 (3.64%) Product Owner
7 7 (3.18%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (2.73%) Process Improvement Manager
8 6 (2.73%) Process Manager
8 6 (2.73%) Reliability Engineer
8 6 (2.73%) Service Manager
9 5 (2.27%) Incident Manager
9 5 (2.27%) IT Director
9 5 (2.27%) Senior Business Analyst
9 5 (2.27%) Senior Manager
9 5 (2.27%) Service Design Manager
9 5 (2.27%) Service Transition Manager
9 5 (2.27%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.82%) JSON
2 2 (0.91%) .NET
3 1 (0.45%) EDI
3 1 (0.45%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.73%) Product Ownership
2 8 (3.64%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.73%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (2.73%) Mobile Games
3 6 (2.73%) Virtual Team
4 5 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (2.27%) Fixed Income
5 4 (1.82%) Robotics
5 4 (1.82%) SCADA
6 3 (1.36%) CMDB
6 3 (1.36%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.36%) PMI
6 3 (1.36%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.91%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.91%) Industry 4.0
7 2 (0.91%) Life Science
7 2 (0.91%) NHS
8 1 (0.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.45%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.45%) Linux
1 1 (0.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (53.18%) Coaching
2 91 (41.36%) Lean Six Sigma
3 86 (39.09%) Lean Manufacturing
4 80 (36.36%) CMMI
4 80 (36.36%) Zero Defects
5 71 (32.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 45 (20.45%) Process Improvement
7 40 (18.18%) Change Management
8 36 (16.36%) Stakeholder Management
9 35 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
10 34 (15.45%) Agile
10 34 (15.45%) Mentoring
11 32 (14.55%) Project Management
12 29 (13.18%) Project Delivery
13 24 (10.91%) Cost Management
14 22 (10.00%) PRINCE2
15 20 (9.09%) ITIL
16 19 (8.64%) Analytics
16 19 (8.64%) Roadmaps
17 17 (7.73%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.91%) Python
1 13 (5.91%) SQL
2 5 (2.27%) C
3 4 (1.82%) R
4 3 (1.36%) C#
5 1 (0.45%) C++
5 1 (0.45%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 104 (47.27%) BPSS Clearance
2 87 (39.55%) Degree
3 80 (36.36%) HND
4 47 (21.36%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 43 (19.55%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 25 (11.36%) HNC
7 14 (6.36%) Master's Degree
8 13 (5.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (3.18%) PMI Certification
9 7 (3.18%) PMP
9 7 (3.18%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
10 6 (2.73%) MBA
11 5 (2.27%) CISSP
11 5 (2.27%) GCIA
11 5 (2.27%) GCIH
11 5 (2.27%) OSCE
11 5 (2.27%) OSCP
12 4 (1.82%) Numerate Degree
12 4 (1.82%) SC Cleared
12 4 (1.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (37.73%) ISO 9001
2 80 (36.36%) AQAP
3 8 (3.64%) QA
4 4 (1.82%) SLA
5 3 (1.36%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.36%) GRC
6 2 (0.91%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.91%) GDPR
6 2 (0.91%) GLP
6 2 (0.91%) Good Clinical Practice
6 2 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.91%) 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 (2.27%) CSIRT
2 2 (0.91%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.45%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 30 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.55%) Salesforce
3 6 (2.73%) SAP
4 4 (1.82%) Facebook
4 4 (1.82%) ServiceNow
5 2 (0.91%) Infor
5 2 (0.91%) Oracle
6 1 (0.45%) JDA
6 1 (0.45%) MathWorks
6 1 (0.45%) Planview
6 1 (0.45%) UiPath