The first table below looks at the demand for Root Cause Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Root Cause Analysis over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the East of England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Root Cause Analysis
Rank 105 87 110
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +23
Contract jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 9 45 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.421% 1.523% 0.643%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.631% 2.365% 0.990%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 5
Average daily rate £450 £145 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+210.34% -53.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £109 £267
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £145 £343
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £500 £358
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +39.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
Average hourly rate £30.00 £29.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.69% -1.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £32.50 £18.25
% change year-on-year
-30.76% +78.08%
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1427 1903 1718
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 66.71% 64.40% 64.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 813 915 776
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 154 186
Average hourly rate £35.22 £31.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.61% -3.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.08 £12.28 £13.88
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Root Cause Analysis
England

Root Cause Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Root Cause Analysis across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

East of England Root Cause Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Root Cause Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Root Cause Analysis across the East of England region.

East of England Root Cause Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Root Cause Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Root Cause Analysis across the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East of England Root Cause Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

Root Cause Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Root Cause Analysis across the East of England region.

East of England Root Cause Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Root Cause Analysis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Root Cause Analysis within the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hertfordshire +6 6 £450 +350.00%
Essex -1 3 £190 +31.03%
Root Cause Analysis
England

Root Cause Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Root Cause Analysis also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Root Cause Analysis.

1 7 (38.89%) SQL
1 7 (38.89%) Windows
2 6 (33.33%) UML
2 6 (33.33%) XML Schema
2 6 (33.33%) CSS
2 6 (33.33%) JSP
2 6 (33.33%) Struts
2 6 (33.33%) Web Services
2 6 (33.33%) XML
2 6 (33.33%) DHTML
2 6 (33.33%) Java
2 6 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 6 (33.33%) J2EE
2 6 (33.33%) Oracle
2 6 (33.33%) Apache
2 6 (33.33%) RUP
2 6 (33.33%) Hibernate
2 6 (33.33%) Spring
2 6 (33.33%) JSF
2 6 (33.33%) Maven
2 6 (33.33%) ActiveMQ
2 6 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 6 (33.33%) Struts2
2 6 (33.33%) Open Source
3 5 (27.78%) SC Cleared
3 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
3 5 (27.78%) JasperReports
4 4 (22.22%) GIS
4 4 (22.22%) Workflow
4 4 (22.22%) Migration

Root Cause Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Root Cause Analysis also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Root Cause Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (33.33%) XML Schema
1 6 (33.33%) CSS
1 6 (33.33%) JSP
1 6 (33.33%) Struts
1 6 (33.33%) Web Services
1 6 (33.33%) XML
1 6 (33.33%) DHTML
1 6 (33.33%) J2EE
1 6 (33.33%) Hibernate
1 6 (33.33%) Spring
1 6 (33.33%) JSF
1 6 (33.33%) Struts2
Application Platforms
1 6 (33.33%) Apache
1 6 (33.33%) ActiveMQ
2 4 (22.22%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (22.22%) Liferay
3 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
4 2 (11.11%) MS Exchange
4 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) MS Office
1 2 (11.11%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Wireless
1 2 (11.11%) DHCP
1 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
1 2 (11.11%) VPN
1 2 (11.11%) DNS
1 2 (11.11%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) JasperReports
2 4 (22.22%) GIS
2 4 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 4 (22.22%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (33.33%) Maven
General
1 2 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (5.556%) Automotive
2 1 (5.556%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Java Developer
1 5 (27.78%) Developer
2 4 (22.22%) Senior Developer
2 4 (22.22%) Senior Java Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Test Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Server Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Network Support
4 2 (11.11%) Storage Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Java/J2EE Architect
5 1 (5.556%) Citrix Support Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Report Developer
5 1 (5.556%) QA Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Citrix Support
5 1 (5.556%) Java Architect
5 1 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Open Source
2 2 (11.11%) iPhone
2 2 (11.11%) iPad
3 1 (5.556%) Smartphone
3 1 (5.556%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Windows
2 2 (11.11%) Windows XP
2 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (11.11%) Windows 7
3 1 (5.556%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) UML
1 6 (33.33%) RUP
1 6 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 4 (22.22%) Workflow
2 4 (22.22%) Migration
2 4 (22.22%) Requirements Analysis
2 4 (22.22%) Data Migration
3 3 (16.67%) ITIL
4 2 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (11.11%) Test Management
4 2 (11.11%) Test Automation
5 1 (5.556%) Software Testing
5 1 (5.556%) Resource Management
5 1 (5.556%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (5.556%) Performance Testing
5 1 (5.556%) Test Scripting
5 1 (5.556%) Project Management
5 1 (5.556%) DMAIC
5 1 (5.556%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) SQL
2 6 (33.33%) Java
2 6 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.556%) VB
3 1 (5.556%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) SC Cleared
1 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 4 (22.22%) CTC Cleared
3 3 (16.67%) ISEB
4 2 (11.11%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (5.556%) Degree
5 1 (5.556%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) QA
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.556%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) WSUS
2 1 (5.556%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Oracle
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.11%) HP
3 2 (11.11%) Cisco
3 2 (11.11%) SolarWinds
3 2 (11.11%) Brocade
3 2 (11.11%) 3PAR
3 2 (11.11%) Guidewire
4 1 (5.556%) Capita
4 1 (5.556%) Sophos
4 1 (5.556%) Citrix