The first table below looks at the demand for Root Cause Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds 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 Leeds 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 72 65 51
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -14
Contract jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 2 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.271% 0.230% 0.472%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.370% 0.324% 0.699%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Average daily rate £350 £260 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+34.61% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £500 £358
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +39.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £6.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £32.50 £18.25
% change year-on-year
-30.76% +78.08%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
540 617 429
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 73.07% 71.00% 67.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 367 208
Average daily rate £310 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.14% -1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £243 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £453 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 23
Average hourly rate £34.00 £13.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+151.85% -22.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.20 £11.40 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £62.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Root Cause Analysis
West Yorkshire

Root Cause Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Root Cause Analysis Daily Rate Trend

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 Leeds region.

Leeds Root Cause Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Root Cause Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 5 (62.50%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Process Management
2 2 (25.00%) Release Management
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) COBOL
2 2 (25.00%) SLA
2 2 (25.00%) CICS
2 2 (25.00%) zOS
3 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (12.50%) HP
3 1 (12.50%) ISEB
3 1 (12.50%) SAN
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) UNIX
3 1 (12.50%) Windows
3 1 (12.50%) Linux
3 1 (12.50%) DHCP
3 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (12.50%) DNS
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Test Management
3 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure

Root Cause Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) CICS
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP IS-U
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) SAN
1 1 (12.50%) DHCP
1 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) UAT Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Test Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) UAT Test Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) zOS
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (12.50%) UNIX
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Process Management
2 2 (25.00%) Release Management
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Test Management
3 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
3 1 (12.50%) Agile Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) COBOL
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) ISEB
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) HP
1 1 (12.50%) SAP
1 1 (12.50%) VMware