Six Sigma Jobs

Six Sigma
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Six Sigma skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Six Sigma over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 600 684 798
Rank change year-on-year +84 +114 -90
Permanent jobs citing Six Sigma 328 267 506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.28% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.30% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 124 127 342
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,940 £35,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £49,000 £42,275
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.83% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £68,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £86,250 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,250 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.38% +16.67% -5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Six Sigma is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Six Sigma in the UK

Six Sigma
Top 17 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 1 June 2024. 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
UK excluding London -13 212 £51,250 -2.38% 126
England -22 194 £62,500 - 168
Wales - 74 £41,250 - 3
Work from Home +20 68 £62,250 -0.40% 46
North of England +66 57 £55,000 -4.35% 24
London +108 56 £75,000 +7.14% 38
South East +3 34 £45,000 +5.66% 21
North West +18 30 £55,000 +13.31% 16
Midlands -96 26 £55,000 +7.32% 41
West Midlands -90 17 £60,000 +14.29% 24
North East +1 14 £40,000 -51.52% 1
Yorkshire +63 13 £78,750 +31.25% 7
Northern Ireland +30 10 £72,500 +61.11%
East Midlands -26 9 £44,000 -12.00% 17
East of England 0 5 £65,000 -10.34% 16
South West -38 5 £55,000 +12.82% 17
Scotland -68 1 £49,500 -20.80% 6

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 7 (2.13%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.52%) SAS
4 2 (0.61%) Confluence
5 1 (0.30%) CMS
5 1 (0.30%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 21 (6.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (5.79%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.13%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.52%) SPSS
6 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.83%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.91%) iTrent
2 3 (0.91%) SAP GTS
3 2 (0.61%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.30%) BambooHR
4 1 (0.30%) Primavera
4 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (3.66%) SaaS
2 10 (3.05%) Power Platform
3 8 (2.44%) Power Automate
3 8 (2.44%) PowerApps
4 6 (1.83%) GitHub
5 3 (0.91%) Azure
5 3 (0.91%) Intacct
6 2 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.61%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.30%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.30%) Contentful
7 1 (0.30%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.30%) Profibus
1 1 (0.30%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.05%) Power BI
2 3 (0.91%) Metadata
2 3 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (0.61%) Big Data
3 2 (0.61%) Data Mart
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.30%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.30%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (1.83%) Oracle APEX
2 3 (0.91%) JIRA
3 1 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 191 (58.23%) Social Skills
2 160 (48.78%) Manufacturing
3 131 (39.94%) Law
4 128 (39.02%) Influencing Skills
5 121 (36.89%) Presentation Skills
6 112 (34.15%) Finance
7 44 (13.41%) Analytical Skills
8 33 (10.06%) Legal
9 17 (5.18%) Retail
10 14 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (3.05%) Banking
11 10 (3.05%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (2.13%) Advertising
13 7 (2.13%) Public Sector
14 6 (1.83%) Police
15 5 (1.52%) Aerospace
15 5 (1.52%) Automotive
16 4 (1.22%) Financial Institution
16 4 (1.22%) Military
Job Titles
1 116 (35.37%) Automation Engineer
2 115 (35.06%) Graduate
2 115 (35.06%) Graduate IT Engineer
2 115 (35.06%) IT Engineer
2 115 (35.06%) IT Graduate
3 53 (16.16%) Analyst
4 28 (8.54%) Lead
5 24 (7.32%) Project Manager
6 19 (5.79%) Business Analyst
7 16 (4.88%) Process Analyst
8 11 (3.35%) Business Manager
9 10 (3.05%) Business Process Analyst
10 8 (2.44%) Head of Finance
11 7 (2.13%) Business Improvement Manager
11 7 (2.13%) Business Process Specialist
11 7 (2.13%) Developer
11 7 (2.13%) Network Manager
11 7 (2.13%) Project Engineer
12 6 (1.83%) Insurance Business Analyst
12 6 (1.83%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.83%) Lightning Web Components
1 6 (1.83%) REST
1 6 (1.83%) SOAP
2 4 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.61%) Web Services
4 1 (0.30%) D3.js
4 1 (0.30%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 117 (35.67%) FMCG
2 19 (5.79%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.57%) PMI
4 12 (3.66%) Industry 4.0
5 9 (2.74%) IoT
6 8 (2.44%) Augmented Reality
6 8 (2.44%) Credit Risk
6 8 (2.44%) Virtual Reality
7 6 (1.83%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 6 (1.83%) SCADA
8 5 (1.52%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.91%) Robotics
11 2 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
12 1 (0.30%) Acoustics
12 1 (0.30%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.30%) Blog
12 1 (0.30%) CAN bus
12 1 (0.30%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.30%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (72.87%) Lean Six Sigma
2 187 (57.01%) Continuous Improvement
3 172 (52.44%) Problem-Solving
4 126 (38.41%) Lean Manufacturing
5 116 (35.37%) Benchmarking
6 115 (35.06%) Order Management
7 63 (19.21%) Process Improvement
7 63 (19.21%) Project Management
8 59 (17.99%) Agile
9 52 (15.85%) PRINCE2
10 37 (11.28%) Roadmaps
11 34 (10.37%) Data Analysis
12 32 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
13 28 (8.54%) Workshop Facilitation
14 26 (7.93%) Business Analysis
15 22 (6.71%) Change Management
16 21 (6.40%) Waterfall
17 20 (6.10%) Business Intelligence
17 20 (6.10%) Decision-Making
17 20 (6.10%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (4.88%) SQL
2 6 (1.83%) Apex Code
2 6 (1.83%) JavaScript
2 6 (1.83%) SOQL
3 2 (0.61%) VBA
4 1 (0.30%) Python
4 1 (0.30%) R
Qualifications
1 192 (58.54%) Degree
2 119 (36.28%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 19 (5.79%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 18 (5.49%) PMI Certification
5 14 (4.27%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 11 (3.35%) APMP
7 10 (3.05%) Master's Degree
8 8 (2.44%) ACCA
8 8 (2.44%) CIMA
9 4 (1.22%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (0.91%) PMP
10 3 (0.91%) SC Cleared
10 3 (0.91%) Security Cleared
11 2 (0.61%) MBA
12 1 (0.30%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.30%) HNC
12 1 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (8.54%) QA
2 16 (4.88%) PMO
3 8 (2.44%) IFRS
4 7 (2.13%) ISO 9001
5 6 (1.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.52%) ISO 14001
7 4 (1.22%) GDPR
7 4 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.61%) EMIR
8 2 (0.61%) MiFID
9 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.30%) GMP
9 1 (0.30%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.30%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 25 (7.62%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.27%) Apttus
3 12 (3.66%) Oracle
3 12 (3.66%) Salesforce
4 10 (3.05%) SAP
5 9 (2.74%) Google
6 8 (2.44%) Sage
6 8 (2.44%) Yardi
7 6 (1.83%) DocuSign
8 4 (1.22%) JD Edwards
8 4 (1.22%) PeopleSoft
9 3 (0.91%) Computacenter
9 3 (0.91%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.91%) UiPath
10 2 (0.61%) Blue Prism
10 2 (0.61%) Concur
10 2 (0.61%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.30%) Allen-Bradley
11 1 (0.30%) Ceridian
11 1 (0.30%) Splunk