Lean Six Sigma Contract Job Trends in London

Lean Six Sigma
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London citing Lean Six Sigma skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	440	343	348
Rank change year-on-year	-97	+5	+58
Contract jobs citing Lean Six Sigma	19	31	26
As % of all contract jobs in London	0.093%	0.23%	0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.10%	0.25%	0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted	13	19	10
10^th Percentile	£351	£423	£374
25^th Percentile	£425	-	£407
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£575	£600	£475
Median % change year-on-year	-4.17%	+26.32%	-9.09%
75^th Percentile	£625	£645	£553
90^th Percentile	£675	£775	£609
England median daily rate	£450	£525	£463
% change year-on-year	-14.29%	+13.51%	-19.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	1	0
Median hourly rate	-	£70.00	-
England median hourly rate	£24.87	£62.50	£27.50
% change year-on-year	-60.21%	+127.27%	+6.80%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Lean Six Sigma falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in London.

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	18,277	12,409	13,959
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London	89.58%	92.45%	89.25%
Number of daily rates quoted	12,019	8,154	8,997
10^th Percentile	£359	£331	£350
25^th Percentile	£450	£425	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£540	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+1.85%	-1.82%	-4.35%
75^th Percentile	£667	£663	£675
90^th Percentile	£775	£775	£800
England median daily rate	£525	£510	£525
% change year-on-year	+2.94%	-2.86%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	363	248	168
10^th Percentile	£15.56	£17.98	£17.43
25^th Percentile	£18.50	£25.01	£24.42
Median hourly rate	£30.30	£31.00	£37.79
Median % change year-on-year	-2.24%	-17.97%	-2.49%
75^th Percentile	£58.13	£47.50	£57.81
90^th Percentile	£79.75	£64.83	£79.13
England median hourly rate	£36.00	£25.15	£40.00
% change year-on-year	+43.14%	-37.13%	-10.11%

Lean Six Sigma Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Lean Six Sigma relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Lean Six Sigma Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Lean Six Sigma.

Lean Six Sigma Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lean Six Sigma in London over the 6 months to 27 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Lean Six Sigma in London

Lean Six Sigma Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Lean Six Sigma.

Lean Six Sigma Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lean Six Sigma within the London region over the 6 months to 27 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Central London	-25	2	£925	+48.00%
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Lean Six Sigma Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 27 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Lean Six Sigma also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region citing Lean Six Sigma.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Six Sigma	100.0%	19
2	Process Improvement	73.7%	14
3	Stakeholder Management	52.6%	10
4	Agile	47.4%	9
5	Target Operating Model	42.1%	8
6	PRINCE2	36.8%	7
6	Technology Transformation	36.8%	7
6	Workshop Facilitation	36.8%	7
9	Business Analysis	31.6%	6
9	Continuous Improvement	31.6%	6
11	AI	21.1%	4
11	BPMN	21.1%	4
11	Digital Transformation Programme	21.1%	4
11	Migration	21.1%	4
11	Roadmaps	21.1%	4
16	Business Case	15.8%	3
16	Customer Experience	15.8%	3
16	Impact Assessments	15.8%	3
16	Microsoft	15.8%	3
16	MS Visio	15.8%	3
16	Operational Stability	15.8%	3
16	Problem-Solving	15.8%	3
16	Programme Delivery	15.8%	3
16	Requirements Gathering	15.8%	3
16	Risk Management	15.8%	3
16	Service Management	15.8%	3
16	Six Sigma Green Belt	15.8%	3
16	Workflow	15.8%	3
29	Business Process Improvement	10.5%	2
29	Business Process Mapping	10.5%	2

Lean Six Sigma Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Six Sigma	100.0%	19
2	Process Improvement	73.7%	14
3	Stakeholder Management	52.6%	10
4	Agile	47.4%	9
5	Target Operating Model	42.1%	8
6	PRINCE2	36.8%	7
6	Technology Transformation	36.8%	7
6	Workshop Facilitation	36.8%	7
9	Business Analysis	31.6%	6
9	Continuous Improvement	31.6%	6
11	AI	21.1%	4
11	BPMN	21.1%	4
11	Digital Transformation Programme	21.1%	4
11	Migration	21.1%	4
11	Roadmaps	21.1%	4
16	Business Case	15.8%	3
16	Customer Experience	15.8%	3
16	Impact Assessments	15.8%	3
16	Operational Stability	15.8%	3
16	Problem-Solving	15.8%	3