Lean Manufacturing Job Trends in the West Midlands

Lean Manufacturing
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Lean Manufacturing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 - 256
Rank change year-on-year - - -21
Permanent jobs citing Lean Manufacturing 4 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.052% - 0.024%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.075% - 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £90,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - -
75th Percentile £110,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £41,500 £40,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.75% -27.27% +74.60%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Lean Manufacturing 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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,336 2,693 6,810
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 68.86% 87.29% 80.52%
Number of salaries quoted 3,963 1,681 4,629
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,822 £26,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Lean Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Lean Manufacturing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Lean Manufacturing job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Lean Manufacturing
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Lean Manufacturing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Lean Manufacturing

Lean Manufacturing
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lean Manufacturing within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 June 2026. 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
Staffordshire - 3 - - 1
Birmingham - 1 £100,000 - 2
Lean Manufacturing
England

Lean Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 4 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Business Development Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Business Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Development Manager
2 1 (25.00%) ERP Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) ERP
1 3 (75.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) CAPA
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (50.00%) Design for Manufacturing
2 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Production Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Business Development
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Discrete Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) DMAIC
3 1 (25.00%) FMEA
3 1 (25.00%) Kaizen
3 1 (25.00%) Presales
3 1 (25.00%) Preventative Maintenance
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) HNC
1 3 (75.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Epicor
1 1 (25.00%) IFS
1 1 (25.00%) Infor
1 1 (25.00%) QAD