Root Cause Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Root Cause Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Root Cause Analysis over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 314 334 350
Rank change year-on-year +20 +16 +45
Permanent jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 938 972 1,836
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.91% 1.00% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% 1.04% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 492 547 842
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,101 £37,989 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -8.65%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,963 £64,688
90th Percentile £82,500 £89,392 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Root Cause Analysis 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 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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%

Root Cause Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Root Cause Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Root Cause Analysis in the UK

Root Cause Analysis
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Root Cause Analysis.

Salary trend for Root Cause Analysis in the UK

Root Cause Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Root Cause Analysis over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Root Cause Analysis in the UK

Root Cause Analysis
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Root Cause Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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
England +50 856 £50,000 -9.09% 383
UK excluding London -25 559 £45,000 -10.00% 319
Work from Home +71 426 £50,000 -13.04% 136
London +159 349 £65,000 -1.52% 70
North of England +42 158 £45,000 -14.29% 71
Midlands -27 131 £47,500 -13.64% 69
North West -2 97 £44,000 -8.33% 35
South East -62 88 £47,500 +11.76% 73
East Midlands +13 70 £50,000 +2.56% 20
East of England +24 64 £45,000 -14.29% 36
West Midlands -49 61 £37,500 -31.82% 49
South West -3 59 £56,709 +40.57% 43
Yorkshire +63 36 £45,000 -14.29% 20
North East +16 25 £45,000 -33.33% 19
Wales +9 20 £41,067 +32.47% 1
Scotland -79 20 £42,202 -17.23% 25
Northern Ireland +20 17 - - 7
Isle of Man - 2 £36,000 -

Root Cause Analysis
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 30 (3.20%) SAS
2 29 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (2.77%) SharePoint
4 9 (0.96%) Apache
4 9 (0.96%) Confluence
5 8 (0.85%) JBoss
6 4 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.43%) IIS
6 4 (0.43%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.32%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.32%) GlassFish
8 2 (0.21%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.11%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 79 (8.42%) Microsoft Office
2 72 (7.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.21%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (1.60%) iTrent
2 13 (1.39%) Infor SunSystems
3 9 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.75%) SAP QM
5 5 (0.53%) Temenos T24
6 3 (0.32%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
6 3 (0.32%) Oracle Manufacturing
6 3 (0.32%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.21%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.11%) Endur
8 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 230 (24.52%) AWS
2 147 (15.67%) Azure
3 117 (12.47%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (4.16%) Power Platform
5 34 (3.62%) Entra ID
6 31 (3.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 30 (3.20%) Serverless
8 29 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (1.81%) GCP
10 16 (1.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 15 (1.60%) Amazon S3
11 15 (1.60%) Azure Functions
12 13 (1.39%) Mimecast
13 12 (1.28%) Amazon EC2
13 12 (1.28%) AWS CloudFormation
13 12 (1.28%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (1.28%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (1.28%) SaaS
14 11 (1.17%) OneDrive
14 11 (1.17%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 69 (7.36%) LAN
2 63 (6.72%) WAN
3 47 (5.01%) Firewall
4 32 (3.41%) SAN
5 30 (3.20%) DNS
6 26 (2.77%) Network Security
6 26 (2.77%) VLAN
7 25 (2.67%) DHCP
7 25 (2.67%) Wireless
8 18 (1.92%) VPN
9 16 (1.71%) Internet
9 16 (1.71%) VoIP
10 13 (1.39%) TCP/IP
11 12 (1.28%) WLAN
12 10 (1.07%) MPLS
13 9 (0.96%) Unified Communications
14 8 (0.85%) OSPF
15 7 (0.75%) BGP
15 7 (0.75%) Cisco ASA
15 7 (0.75%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 184 (19.62%) Tableau
2 47 (5.01%) SQL Server
3 36 (3.84%) Power BI
4 22 (2.35%) Relational Database
5 18 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
6 17 (1.81%) MySQL
7 16 (1.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (1.39%) BusinessObjects
9 11 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (0.96%) Metadata
11 8 (0.85%) Big Data
11 8 (0.85%) Data Lake
11 8 (0.85%) NoSQL
11 8 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 7 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.43%) Oracle Database
14 3 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
14 3 (0.32%) Oracle Database 12c
14 3 (0.32%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 183 (19.51%) Git
2 31 (3.30%) JIRA
3 17 (1.81%) Jenkins
3 17 (1.81%) Selenium
4 13 (1.39%) Visual Studio
5 11 (1.17%) NUnit
5 11 (1.17%) WebDriver
6 5 (0.53%) Appium
6 5 (0.53%) DTrace
6 5 (0.53%) GDB
7 4 (0.43%) Postman
7 4 (0.43%) Protractor
8 3 (0.32%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.32%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.32%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.32%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.32%) Metasploit
8 3 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.32%) sqlmap
8 3 (0.32%) TeamCity
General
1 488 (52.03%) Social Skills
2 277 (29.53%) Analytical Skills
3 173 (18.44%) Retail
4 159 (16.95%) Finance
5 148 (15.78%) Presentation Skills
6 102 (10.87%) Legal
7 83 (8.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 60 (6.40%) Banking
9 49 (5.22%) Manufacturing
10 34 (3.62%) Law
11 24 (2.56%) Military
12 23 (2.45%) Investment Banking
12 23 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
13 21 (2.24%) Automotive
13 21 (2.24%) Marketing
14 18 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
14 18 (1.92%) Telecoms
15 17 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
15 17 (1.81%) Pharmaceutical
16 14 (1.49%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 267 (28.46%) Analyst
2 241 (25.69%) Senior
3 132 (14.07%) Data Analyst
4 110 (11.73%) Senior Analyst
5 96 (10.23%) Senior Data Analyst
6 76 (8.10%) Lead
7 53 (5.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 49 (5.22%) Support Engineer
9 45 (4.80%) Data Scientist
9 45 (4.80%) Senior Data Scientist
10 38 (4.05%) Developer
11 35 (3.73%) Support Analyst
12 32 (3.41%) Applications Support
12 32 (3.41%) Lead Data Analyst
13 30 (3.20%) Audit Manager
13 30 (3.20%) Incident Manager
14 29 (3.09%) Architect
15 26 (2.77%) Service Analyst
16 25 (2.67%) Network Engineer
17 24 (2.56%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (5.33%) .NET
2 45 (4.80%) Pandas
2 45 (4.80%) PySpark
2 45 (4.80%) scikit-learn
2 45 (4.80%) TensorFlow
3 29 (3.09%) Web Services
4 24 (2.56%) HTML
5 23 (2.45%) AngularJS
5 23 (2.45%) CSS
6 22 (2.35%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 15 (1.60%) JSON
8 14 (1.49%) XML
9 11 (1.17%) .NET Core
9 11 (1.17%) LDAP
10 10 (1.07%) REST
11 9 (0.96%) Middleware
12 7 (0.75%) ADSI
13 6 (0.64%) ARM Templates
14 5 (0.53%) FIX Protocol
14 5 (0.53%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 74 (7.89%) Management Information System
2 54 (5.76%) Algorithms
3 40 (4.26%) Data Centre
4 29 (3.09%) CMDB
4 29 (3.09%) Onboarding
5 23 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (1.71%) Public Cloud
7 13 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (1.28%) Client/Server
9 11 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (1.17%) Replication
10 10 (1.07%) Housing Association
10 10 (1.07%) Market Risk
10 10 (1.07%) Security Posture
11 9 (0.96%) Cloud Native
11 9 (0.96%) IoT
11 9 (0.96%) Product Ownership
11 9 (0.96%) Robotics
12 8 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.75%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 143 (15.25%) Windows
2 63 (6.72%) Linux
3 58 (6.18%) Windows Server
4 30 (3.20%) Android
5 24 (2.56%) Unix
6 18 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (1.39%) Windows 10
7 13 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (0.96%) AIX
8 9 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (0.75%) Mac OS X
9 7 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (0.64%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.53%) CentOS
11 5 (0.53%) Solaris
12 4 (0.43%) Mac OS
12 4 (0.43%) Windows 7
12 4 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.32%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (40.41%) Problem-Solving
2 200 (21.32%) Statistics
3 197 (21.00%) Actionable Insight
4 186 (19.83%) Mathematics
5 182 (19.40%) Visualisation
6 176 (18.76%) Data Analysis
7 174 (18.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 173 (18.44%) Storytelling
9 162 (17.27%) Analytics
10 159 (16.95%) ITIL
11 133 (14.18%) Incident Management
12 132 (14.07%) Data Pipeline
12 132 (14.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 131 (13.97%) Business Strategy
14 128 (13.65%) Customer Intelligence
15 114 (12.15%) Problem Management
16 100 (10.66%) Decision-Making
17 87 (9.28%) Customer Service
18 82 (8.74%) Change Management
19 80 (8.53%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 292 (31.13%) SQL
2 254 (27.08%) Python
3 55 (5.86%) PowerShell
4 40 (4.26%) Java
5 33 (3.52%) C#
6 20 (2.13%) JavaScript
6 20 (2.13%) T-SQL
7 16 (1.71%) C
8 15 (1.60%) R
9 12 (1.28%) Bash
10 8 (0.85%) C++
10 8 (0.85%) PL/SQL
11 7 (0.75%) Shell Script
12 6 (0.64%) PHP
12 6 (0.64%) Scala
12 6 (0.64%) TypeScript
13 5 (0.53%) OCaml
13 5 (0.53%) Perl
13 5 (0.53%) SystemTap
14 4 (0.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 385 (41.04%) Degree
2 180 (19.19%) DBS Check
3 50 (5.33%) Master's Degree
4 49 (5.22%) CISSP
5 48 (5.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 41 (4.37%) Security Cleared
7 37 (3.94%) CISM
8 33 (3.52%) Cisco Certification
9 26 (2.77%) SC Cleared
10 24 (2.56%) AWS Certification
11 21 (2.24%) CCNA
12 20 (2.13%) Azure Certification
13 14 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
14 13 (1.39%) CCNP
15 12 (1.28%) DV Cleared
16 11 (1.17%) HND
17 10 (1.07%) CISA
18 9 (0.96%) ACCA
18 9 (0.96%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
18 9 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (10.34%) QA
2 60 (6.40%) SLA
3 33 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (3.52%) NIST
4 19 (2.03%) IFRS
5 17 (1.81%) Data Quality
6 16 (1.71%) GDPR
7 14 (1.49%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.96%) NEBOSH
9 8 (0.85%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (0.75%) COSHH
10 7 (0.75%) ISO 9001
11 6 (0.64%) GRC
11 6 (0.64%) IEC 62304
11 6 (0.64%) MiFID
11 6 (0.64%) UCITS
12 3 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
12 3 (0.32%) GMP
13 2 (0.21%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 90 (9.59%) Active Directory
2 52 (5.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (3.41%) Docker
4 21 (2.24%) Hyper-V
5 15 (1.60%) vSphere
6 14 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.43%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.21%) Firmware
9 2 (0.21%) NFS
10 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.11%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 43 (4.58%) Terraform
2 40 (4.26%) Kubernetes
3 24 (2.56%) Ansible
4 22 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (1.28%) SCCM
6 10 (1.07%) Grafana
7 7 (0.75%) Foglight
8 6 (0.64%) vCenter Server
9 5 (0.53%) Cisco Prime
9 5 (0.53%) Opsview
9 5 (0.53%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.43%) Cacti
11 3 (0.32%) Dell DRAC
11 3 (0.32%) Oracle Statspack
11 3 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.21%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 2 (0.21%) Kibana
12 2 (0.21%) QRadar
12 2 (0.21%) vRealize
12 2 (0.21%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 259 (27.61%) Microsoft
2 184 (19.62%) Databricks
3 70 (7.46%) VMware
4 40 (4.26%) ServiceNow
5 37 (3.94%) Google
6 36 (3.84%) SAP
7 35 (3.73%) Cisco
8 29 (3.09%) Oracle
9 27 (2.88%) Citrix
10 26 (2.77%) HP
10 26 (2.77%) NCR
11 22 (2.35%) Veeam
12 15 (1.60%) Dell
13 14 (1.49%) SolarWinds
14 13 (1.39%) Infor
14 13 (1.39%) Juniper
15 12 (1.28%) Sophos
16 10 (1.07%) Fortinet
17 9 (0.96%) Apple
17 9 (0.96%) Splunk