The first table below looks at the demand for Root Cause Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 169 179 218
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +39
Contract jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 55 60 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.706% 0.591% 0.337%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.040% 0.909% 0.524%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 22 13
Average daily rate £325 £250 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -24.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £180 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £425 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £500 £358
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +39.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 1
Average hourly rate £22.50 £40.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.75% +158.06%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £32.50 £18.25
% change year-on-year
-30.76% +78.08%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5291 6603 6683
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 67.89% 65.08% 64.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2748 3170 3050
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 £260 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 323 365
Average hourly rate £26.98 £26.25 £34.41
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.76% -23.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.15 £13.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East 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
Berkshire -4 17 £363 +45.00%
East Sussex +18 11 £350 +94.44%
Buckinghamshire - 7 £325 -
Oxfordshire +10 6 £325 -31.57%
Surrey +13 5 £240 -31.42%
Hampshire -9 5 £375 -
West Sussex +19 3 £425 -
Middlesex - 1 £300 -
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 South East 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 33 (31.13%) Telecoms
1 33 (31.13%) Finance
2 23 (21.70%) SQL
3 18 (16.98%) ITIL
4 17 (16.04%) SAP
5 15 (14.15%) Oracle
6 14 (13.21%) Problem Management
7 13 (12.26%) ERP
7 13 (12.26%) Project Management
7 13 (12.26%) Microsoft
8 12 (11.32%) SLA
8 12 (11.32%) Windows
8 12 (11.32%) Korn
9 11 (10.38%) MS Excel
10 10 (9.434%) Business Intelligence
10 10 (9.434%) VMware
10 10 (9.434%) Business Analysis
11 9 (8.491%) Oracle 10g
11 9 (8.491%) SQL Server
11 9 (8.491%) Perl
11 9 (8.491%) Nokia Siemens Networks
12 8 (7.547%) Test Strategy
12 8 (7.547%) WebLogic
12 8 (7.547%) MS Project
12 8 (7.547%) TOAD
12 8 (7.547%) ISEB
12 8 (7.547%) Shell Script
12 8 (7.547%) GGSN
12 8 (7.547%) SGSN
13 7 (6.604%) Oracle RAC

Root Cause Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 (5.660%) XML
2 5 (4.717%) Middleware
3 3 (2.830%) SAP XI
4 2 (1.887%) COM
4 2 (1.887%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.943%) Application Packaging
5 1 (0.943%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.943%) WAP
5 1 (0.943%) SOAP
5 1 (0.943%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 8 (7.547%) WebLogic
2 7 (6.604%) SharePoint
3 6 (5.660%) Apache
4 2 (1.887%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (1.887%) SAS
4 2 (1.887%) MS Exchange
5 1 (0.943%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (0.943%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.943%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.943%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (10.38%) MS Excel
2 8 (7.547%) MS Project
3 7 (6.604%) MS Visio
3 7 (6.604%) MS Office
4 1 (0.943%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.943%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 7 (6.604%) SAP FI-CA
1 7 (6.604%) SAP PSCD
1 7 (6.604%) SAP FI
2 5 (4.717%) Oracle Applications
3 4 (3.774%) SAP ERP
4 2 (1.887%) Agresso
4 2 (1.887%) SAP CO
4 2 (1.887%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.943%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.943%) Oracle BRM
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.547%) GGSN
1 8 (7.547%) SGSN
2 7 (6.604%) GSM
2 7 (6.604%) UMTS
3 6 (5.660%) GPRS
3 6 (5.660%) 3G
3 6 (5.660%) SS7
3 6 (5.660%) SIGTRAN
4 5 (4.717%) SAN
4 5 (4.717%) DNS
4 5 (4.717%) HTTP
5 4 (3.774%) DHCP
5 4 (3.774%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (2.830%) BGP
6 3 (2.830%) OSPF
6 3 (2.830%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.887%) ADSL
7 2 (1.887%) Broadband
7 2 (1.887%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.887%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.491%) Oracle 10g
1 9 (8.491%) SQL Server
2 8 (7.547%) TOAD
3 7 (6.604%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 7 (6.604%) SQLPlus
3 7 (6.604%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (4.717%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (4.717%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (4.717%) Oracle Discoverer
5 3 (2.830%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (1.887%) Oracle 9i
6 2 (1.887%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.887%) Data Mining
6 2 (1.887%) Base SAS
7 1 (0.943%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.943%) MySQL
7 1 (0.943%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 6 (5.660%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (1.887%) ProC
2 2 (1.887%) MSI
General
1 33 (31.13%) Telecoms
1 33 (31.13%) Finance
2 7 (6.604%) Marketing
3 6 (5.660%) Banking
4 5 (4.717%) Manufacturing
5 4 (3.774%) Retail
5 4 (3.774%) General Ledger
6 3 (2.830%) Online Betting
7 2 (1.887%) Front Office
7 2 (1.887%) Back Office
8 1 (0.943%) Legal
Job Titles
1 27 (25.47%) Analyst
2 12 (11.32%) Consultant
2 12 (11.32%) Support Engineer
2 12 (11.32%) Administrator
3 10 (9.434%) Network Engineer
3 10 (9.434%) Support Analyst
4 9 (8.491%) Network Support
4 9 (8.491%) Network Support Engineer
5 8 (7.547%) Systems Administrator
5 8 (7.547%) Business Analyst
6 7 (6.604%) SAP Consultant
6 7 (6.604%) Oracle DBA
6 7 (6.604%) Delivery Manager
6 7 (6.604%) DBA
7 5 (4.717%) Storage Administrator
7 5 (4.717%) Applications Support Analyst
7 5 (4.717%) SQL DBA
7 5 (4.717%) Project Manager
7 5 (4.717%) Test Manager
7 5 (4.717%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.604%) Replication
2 5 (4.717%) Mainframe
2 5 (4.717%) SaaS
3 3 (2.830%) Clustering
3 3 (2.830%) EPoS
4 2 (1.887%) Statistics
5 1 (0.943%) iPhone
5 1 (0.943%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.943%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.943%) iPad
5 1 (0.943%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 12 (11.32%) Windows
2 5 (4.717%) UNIX
2 5 (4.717%) AIX
2 5 (4.717%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (3.774%) Linux
3 4 (3.774%) Windows 7
4 3 (2.830%) Solaris
5 2 (1.887%) Windows XP
5 2 (1.887%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.943%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.943%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (16.98%) ITIL
2 14 (13.21%) Problem Management
3 13 (12.26%) ERP
3 13 (12.26%) Project Management
4 10 (9.434%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (9.434%) Business Analysis
5 8 (7.547%) Test Strategy
6 7 (6.604%) User Acceptance Testing
6 7 (6.604%) Test Management
6 7 (6.604%) Product Marketing
6 7 (6.604%) PRINCE2
6 7 (6.604%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (5.660%) Data Governance
7 6 (5.660%) SOA
7 6 (5.660%) Network Design
7 6 (5.660%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (5.660%) Integration Testing
8 5 (4.717%) Migration
8 5 (4.717%) BCP
8 5 (4.717%) E-business
Programming Languages
1 23 (21.70%) SQL
2 12 (11.32%) Korn
3 9 (8.491%) Perl
4 8 (7.547%) Shell Script
5 7 (6.604%) T-SQL
5 7 (6.604%) PL/SQL
6 6 (5.660%) Java
7 2 (1.887%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.887%) VB
7 2 (1.887%) SAS Macro
7 2 (1.887%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.943%) C
8 1 (0.943%) C#
8 1 (0.943%) PHP
8 1 (0.943%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 8 (7.547%) ISEB
2 5 (4.717%) Degree
2 5 (4.717%) Security Cleared
2 5 (4.717%) ITIL Certification
2 5 (4.717%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (3.774%) CCNP
3 4 (3.774%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.830%) CCIE
4 3 (2.830%) CCA
5 2 (1.887%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.943%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.943%) MCITP
6 1 (0.943%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.943%) CCIP
6 1 (0.943%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.32%) SLA
2 6 (5.660%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.774%) QA
System Software
1 7 (6.604%) Oracle RAC
1 7 (6.604%) Oracle RMAN
1 7 (6.604%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.774%) vSphere
2 4 (3.774%) VMware ESX
3 3 (2.830%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.887%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (1.887%) XenApp
5 1 (0.943%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 7 (6.604%) Data Guard
2 5 (4.717%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 2 (1.887%) MOM
3 2 (1.887%) SCCM
3 2 (1.887%) SCOM
4 1 (0.943%) WSUS
4 1 (0.943%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.943%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.943%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.943%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 17 (16.04%) SAP
2 15 (14.15%) Oracle
3 13 (12.26%) Microsoft
4 10 (9.434%) VMware
5 9 (8.491%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 7 (6.604%) CA
7 6 (5.660%) Cisco
8 4 (3.774%) HP
9 3 (2.830%) webMethods
9 3 (2.830%) Symantec
9 3 (2.830%) Business Objects
10 2 (1.887%) Cognos
10 2 (1.887%) IBM
10 2 (1.887%) EMC
10 2 (1.887%) Citrix
10 2 (1.887%) Nokia
10 2 (1.887%) BT
10 2 (1.887%) Altiris
11 1 (0.943%) Qualys
11 1 (0.943%) AppSense
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