Six Sigma Job Trends in the West Midlands

Six Sigma
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Six Sigma skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 188 174
Rank change year-on-year +17 -14 -56
Permanent jobs citing Six Sigma 7 11 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.13% 0.27% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.29% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 2
10th Percentile £53,000 £51,000 £65,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -25.00% +23.08%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £69,500 £90,250 £94,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +27.27% -15.38% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,341 3,795 3,285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.12% 91.62% 87.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,264 1,687 2,757
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £37,938 £41,563 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Six Sigma
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Six Sigma job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Six Sigma
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Six Sigma.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Six Sigma

Six Sigma
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Six Sigma in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Six Sigma in the West Midlands

Six Sigma
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 Six Sigma within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Birmingham +15 2 - - 4
Solihull - 2 £55,000 -
Warwickshire +27 1 £70,000 -39.13%
Worcestershire - 1 £55,000 - 3
Staffordshire - 1 - -
Six Sigma
England

Six Sigma
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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Power Platform
2 2 (28.57%) SaaS
3 1 (14.29%) Azure
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Power BI
2 1 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (14.29%) Tableau
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Games
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Delivery Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Support Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Business Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Support Manager
2 1 (14.29%) ERP Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Head of PMO
2 1 (14.29%) Insight Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Manager
2 1 (14.29%) SIAM Leader
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Delivery Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Support
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Culture of Ownership
1 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (14.29%) 3D Printing
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (14.29%) Industry 4.0
2 1 (14.29%) IoT
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Analytics
3 3 (42.86%) Actionable Insight
3 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
3 3 (42.86%) ITIL
3 3 (42.86%) Lean Six Sigma
3 3 (42.86%) Service Management
4 2 (28.57%) Case Management
4 2 (28.57%) Coaching
4 2 (28.57%) CRM
4 2 (28.57%) Customer Experience
4 2 (28.57%) ERP
4 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (28.57%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 1 (14.29%) PMP
2 1 (14.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
2 1 (14.29%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (14.29%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) SAP
1 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) Anaplan
2 1 (14.29%) Epicor
2 1 (14.29%) Genesys
2 1 (14.29%) Infor
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Snow
2 1 (14.29%) Verint
2 1 (14.29%) Workday