Lean Six Sigma Contracts

Lean Six Sigma
UK

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 488 590 680
Rank change year-on-year +102 +90 -65
Contract jobs citing Lean Six Sigma 91 94 161
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.17% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.19% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 62 123
10th Percentile £400 £400 £350
25th Percentile £405 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £748 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -18.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile - - £34.15
25th Percentile £31.60 £54.00 £38.49
Median hourly rate £33.07 £57.99 £46.99
Median % change year-on-year -42.98% +23.42% +99.94%
75th Percentile £34.53 £61.99 £55.48
90th Percentile - - £59.82
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.07 £57.99 £61.47
% change year-on-year -42.98% -5.66% +162.97%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,816 50,571 79,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.44% 89.70% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,638 35,025 55,934
10th Percentile £300 £325 £348
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,533 1,671 1,865
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.57 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.88%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Lean Six Sigma as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Lean Six Sigma in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lean Six Sigma.

Daily rate trend for Lean Six Sigma in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lean Six Sigma over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lean Six Sigma in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lean Six Sigma.

Hourly rate trend for Lean Six Sigma in the UK

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Top 13 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 2 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +98 89 £514 -2.14% 61
London +119 49 £575 +9.52% 11
UK excluding London +35 42 £410 -18.00% 46
Work from Home +106 30 £550 +22.22% 23
East of England +18 14 £410 -39.26% 4
South West +14 9 £600 -7.69% 5
Midlands +28 6 £400 -33.33% 13
North of England +27 6 £410 -6.29% 12
North West +16 6 £410 -8.89% 8
South East -16 6 - - 11
West Midlands +17 4 £400 -20.00% 5
Scotland +40 2 £400 -23.81%
East Midlands +11 2 £450 -30.77% 8

Lean 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 12 (13.19%) Confluence
2 3 (3.30%) CMS
2 3 (3.30%) Headless CMS
2 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (4.40%) MS Visio
2 3 (3.30%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.69%) Azure
1 7 (7.69%) Collibra
2 6 (6.59%) Power Platform
3 4 (4.40%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.30%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.10%) Contentful
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.59%) Metadata
1 6 (6.59%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (13.19%) JIRA
2 7 (7.69%) Eclipse
2 7 (7.69%) PyCharm
General
1 32 (35.16%) Finance
2 22 (24.18%) Public Sector
3 20 (21.98%) Manufacturing
4 18 (19.78%) Pharmaceutical
5 17 (18.68%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (16.48%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (15.38%) Banking
7 14 (15.38%) Social Skills
8 6 (6.59%) Legal
8 6 (6.59%) Telecoms
9 5 (5.49%) Marketing
9 5 (5.49%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (3.30%) Retail
11 2 (2.20%) Electronics
12 1 (1.10%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 34 (37.36%) Analyst
2 29 (31.87%) Business Analyst
3 11 (12.09%) Delivery Manager
3 11 (12.09%) Senior
4 10 (10.99%) Project Manager
5 8 (8.79%) Project Delivery Manager
6 7 (7.69%) Lean Specialist
6 7 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
6 7 (7.69%) Senior Business Analyst
7 6 (6.59%) Business Manager
7 6 (6.59%) Change Manager
7 6 (6.59%) Scrum Master
7 6 (6.59%) Service Design Manager
7 6 (6.59%) Transformation Manager
8 5 (5.49%) Process Improvement Specialist
9 4 (4.40%) Business Project Manager
9 4 (4.40%) Data Analyst
9 4 (4.40%) Product Analyst
9 4 (4.40%) Product Owner
9 4 (4.40%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.30%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 6 (6.59%) Mobile Banking
3 3 (3.30%) Acoustics
3 3 (3.30%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.20%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.10%) Life Science
5 1 (1.10%) Taxonomies
5 1 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (100.00%) Six Sigma
2 42 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 40 (43.96%) Agile
4 33 (36.26%) Project Management
5 24 (26.37%) Business Analysis
6 23 (25.27%) Process Improvement
7 22 (24.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 22 (24.18%) PRINCE2
8 21 (23.08%) Change Management
9 20 (21.98%) Data Governance
10 19 (20.88%) Service Design
11 16 (17.58%) Scrum
12 15 (16.48%) DevOps
13 14 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
14 13 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
14 13 (14.29%) Requirements Engineering
14 13 (14.29%) Target Operating Model
15 12 (13.19%) Business Process Modelling
15 12 (13.19%) Data Protection
15 12 (13.19%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.69%) Groovy
1 7 (7.69%) Java
1 7 (7.69%) JavaScript
1 7 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 28 (30.77%) Degree
2 15 (16.48%) IIBA
2 15 (16.48%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 12 (13.19%) Security Cleared
4 11 (12.09%) SC Cleared
5 9 (9.89%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 7 (7.69%) PMI Certification
6 7 (7.69%) PMP
7 4 (4.40%) Master's Degree
8 3 (3.30%) APMG
8 3 (3.30%) CPIM
9 2 (2.20%) CBAP
9 2 (2.20%) ISEB
10 1 (1.10%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (1.10%) PgMP
10 1 (1.10%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (1.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (20.88%) GDPR
1 19 (20.88%) Good Clinical Practice
1 19 (20.88%) GxP
2 1 (1.10%) SLA
Vendors
1 8 (8.79%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.40%) ServiceNow
3 3 (3.30%) IFS
4 2 (2.20%) SAP
5 1 (1.10%) Atlassian