The first table below looks at the demand for Root Cause Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading 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 Reading 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 61 60 82
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +22
Contract jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 9 24 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 1.078% 2.152% 0.288%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.630% 3.419% 0.434%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 2
Average daily rate - £250 £331
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -24.52%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £500 £358
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +39.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £15.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £32.50 £18.25
% change year-on-year
-30.76% +78.08%
All Processes & Methodologies
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
552 702 692
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 66.11% 62.96% 66.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 270 310
Average daily rate £390 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.40% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 24 18
Average hourly rate £16.00 £14.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.34% -47.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £23.80 £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
Berkshire

Root Cause Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading 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 14 (73.68%) Telecoms
2 9 (47.37%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 8 (42.11%) GGSN
3 8 (42.11%) SGSN
4 7 (36.84%) Marketing
4 7 (36.84%) Product Marketing
4 7 (36.84%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (31.58%) SIGTRAN
5 6 (31.58%) Integration Testing
5 6 (31.58%) GPRS
5 6 (31.58%) GSM
5 6 (31.58%) UMTS
5 6 (31.58%) Network Design
5 6 (31.58%) 3G
5 6 (31.58%) SS7
6 5 (26.32%) SLA
7 4 (21.05%) UNIX
7 4 (21.05%) Linux
8 3 (15.79%) SQL
8 3 (15.79%) SharePoint
8 3 (15.79%) HTTP
8 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
8 3 (15.79%) Project Management
8 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (15.79%) Change Control
9 2 (10.53%) Degree
9 2 (10.53%) Nokia
9 2 (10.53%) Wireless
10 1 (5.263%) Front Office
10 1 (5.263%) NEC

Root Cause Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 3 (15.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (42.11%) GGSN
1 8 (42.11%) SGSN
2 6 (31.58%) SIGTRAN
2 6 (31.58%) GPRS
2 6 (31.58%) GSM
2 6 (31.58%) UMTS
2 6 (31.58%) 3G
2 6 (31.58%) SS7
3 3 (15.79%) HTTP
4 2 (10.53%) Wireless
5 1 (5.263%) 2G
5 1 (5.263%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (5.263%) LTE
5 1 (5.263%) Nokia NetAct
General
1 14 (73.68%) Telecoms
2 7 (36.84%) Marketing
3 1 (5.263%) Front Office
3 1 (5.263%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Network Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) Support Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) Network Support Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) Network Support
3 3 (15.79%) Delivery Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Technical Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Technical Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.263%) RAN Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Performance Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Core Network Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) RAN Performance Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) UNIX
1 4 (21.05%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Product Marketing
1 7 (36.84%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (31.58%) Integration Testing
2 6 (31.58%) Network Design
3 3 (15.79%) Project Management
3 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (15.79%) Change Control
4 1 (5.263%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
2 1 (5.263%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (26.32%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.53%) Nokia
4 1 (5.263%) NEC
4 1 (5.263%) Siemens