The first table below looks at the demand for Root Cause Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford 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 23 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 Oxford 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Root Cause Analysis
Rank 32 37 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Contract jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 3 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 1.293% 0.298% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.887% 0.515% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £325 £475 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-31.57% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £500 £358
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +39.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £32.50 £18.25
% change year-on-year
-30.76% +78.08%
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
159 194 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 68.53% 57.74% 43.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 122 39
Average daily rate £350 £425 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.64% +54.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £300 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £500 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 19 4
Average hourly rate £10.33 £20.06 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-48.52% -19.76%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Root Cause Analysis
Oxfordshire

Root Cause Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Root Cause Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Root Cause Analysis
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 3 (75.00%) Problem Management
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Cognos
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) EMC

Root Cause Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Administrator
1 3 (75.00%) Backup Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Backup Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) QA Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Problem Management
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP
1 1 (25.00%) Cognos
1 1 (25.00%) EMC