Root Cause Analysis Contracts

Root Cause Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Root Cause Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Root Cause Analysis over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 240 288 321
Rank change year-on-year +48 +33 +22
Contract jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 445 559 758
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.03% 0.94% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 1.05% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 393 452
10th Percentile £307 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.82%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £608
90th Percentile £650 £731 £724
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £460 £450
% change year-on-year +8.70% +2.22% +15.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 8 6
10th Percentile £13.74 £20.00 £25.88
25th Percentile £15.85 £20.59 £27.43
Median hourly rate £53.02 £38.50 £36.73
Median % change year-on-year +37.70% +4.82% +42.64%
75th Percentile £61.08 £62.75 £45.63
90th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £49.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £53.03 £23.86 £36.73
% change year-on-year +122.25% -35.04% +66.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Root Cause Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,452 53,231 80,444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.33% 89.85% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,130 36,930 56,488
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,454 1,752 1,920
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Root Cause Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Root Cause Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Root Cause Analysis in the UK

Root Cause Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Root Cause Analysis.

Daily rate trend for Root Cause Analysis in the UK

Root Cause Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Root Cause Analysis over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Root Cause Analysis in the UK

Root Cause Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Root Cause Analysis.

Hourly rate trend for Root Cause Analysis in the UK

Root Cause Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Root Cause Analysis over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Root Cause Analysis in the UK

Root Cause Analysis
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Root Cause Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +47 380 £500 - 340
UK excluding London +31 220 £500 +8.70% 274
London +46 181 £550 +4.76% 82
Work from Home +56 127 £493 -1.40% 123
North of England +39 60 £493 -8.28% 71
South West +32 51 £525 +31.25% 33
South East +1 44 £488 - 54
Midlands 0 43 £513 +6.22% 53
Yorkshire +32 36 £450 +20.00% 27
West Midlands +15 35 £525 -12.50% 31
North West +15 24 £493 -17.83% 40
Wales +34 21 £91 -80.22% 6
East of England +5 16 £375 -11.14% 35
Scotland +35 11 £623 +36.81% 22
East Midlands -5 8 £323 -7.86% 22

Root Cause Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 28 (6.29%) Confluence
2 26 (5.84%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.57%) nginx
4 4 (0.90%) IIS
4 4 (0.90%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.67%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.67%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.22%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.22%) CMS
6 1 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.22%) JBoss
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
Applications
1 27 (6.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.02%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.22%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 10 (2.25%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 10 (2.25%) SAP FI-AP
2 7 (1.57%) Siebel CRM
3 6 (1.35%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.90%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.45%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.45%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.45%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.22%) SAP APO
6 1 (0.22%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.22%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.22%) Summit
6 1 (0.22%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 55 (12.36%) AWS
2 53 (11.91%) Azure
3 22 (4.94%) GCP
3 22 (4.94%) Power Platform
4 12 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
5 11 (2.47%) IaaS
6 10 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (2.25%) PaaS
6 10 (2.25%) SaaS
7 9 (2.02%) Azure Sentinel
7 9 (2.02%) Nutanix
8 8 (1.80%) SuccessFactors
9 7 (1.57%) Amazon EKS
9 7 (1.57%) Amazon S3
9 7 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.57%) GitHub
9 7 (1.57%) Rubrik
9 7 (1.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 6 (1.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (1.12%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 41 (9.21%) Firewall
2 25 (5.62%) WAN
3 23 (5.17%) LAN
4 21 (4.72%) VPN
5 20 (4.49%) TCP/IP
6 19 (4.27%) DNS
7 18 (4.04%) Wireless
8 16 (3.60%) DHCP
9 11 (2.47%) BGP
9 11 (2.47%) WLAN
10 10 (2.25%) Cisco ASA
11 9 (2.02%) OSPF
12 8 (1.80%) IPsec
12 8 (1.80%) VLAN
13 7 (1.57%) Kerberos
13 7 (1.57%) NAS
13 7 (1.57%) SAN
14 4 (0.90%) DMZ
14 4 (0.90%) Internet
14 4 (0.90%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.94%) Power BI
2 14 (3.15%) Ingres
2 14 (3.15%) Relational Database
3 13 (2.92%) Tableau
4 10 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.02%) Elasticsearch
5 9 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.35%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.35%) Sybase ASE
7 5 (1.12%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.12%) RDBMS
7 5 (1.12%) Siebel EIM
8 4 (0.90%) Apache Cassandra
8 4 (0.90%) Apache Hive
8 4 (0.90%) DB2
8 4 (0.90%) Hadoop
8 4 (0.90%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.90%) SAP BW
9 3 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 43 (9.66%) JIRA
2 36 (8.09%) Jenkins
3 28 (6.29%) Git
4 12 (2.70%) GitLab
5 9 (2.02%) JMeter
5 9 (2.02%) TeamCity
6 8 (1.80%) Maven
6 8 (1.80%) Selenium
7 6 (1.35%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.35%) Gradle
8 4 (0.90%) Artifactory
8 4 (0.90%) IDA Disassembler
8 4 (0.90%) WebDriver
9 3 (0.67%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.67%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.67%) Hudson
10 2 (0.45%) Gerrit
10 2 (0.45%) JUnit
10 2 (0.45%) Subversion
10 2 (0.45%) TestNG
General
1 182 (40.90%) Social Skills
2 77 (17.30%) Analytical Skills
2 77 (17.30%) Finance
3 49 (11.01%) Public Sector
4 35 (7.87%) Telecoms
5 32 (7.19%) Banking
6 23 (5.17%) Manufacturing
7 17 (3.82%) Mandarin Language
8 14 (3.15%) Investment Banking
9 12 (2.70%) Front Office
9 12 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.47%) Marketing
11 9 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.57%) Electronics
13 5 (1.12%) Back Office
13 5 (1.12%) Retail
14 4 (0.90%) Billing
14 4 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.90%) Legal
14 4 (0.90%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 92 (20.67%) Analyst
2 31 (6.97%) Business Analyst
3 28 (6.29%) Senior
4 26 (5.84%) Problem Manager
5 25 (5.62%) Lead
6 23 (5.17%) Incident Manager
7 19 (4.27%) DBA
8 18 (4.04%) Architect
9 17 (3.82%) Support Engineer
10 16 (3.60%) Administrator
10 16 (3.60%) Developer
11 13 (2.92%) Consultant
11 13 (2.92%) Cyber Defence Analyst
11 13 (2.92%) Data Business Analyst
11 13 (2.92%) Data Migration Analyst
11 13 (2.92%) Data Migration Business Analyst
11 13 (2.92%) Migration Analyst
12 12 (2.70%) Coordinator
12 12 (2.70%) Ingres DBA
13 11 (2.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.70%) Elastic Stack
1 12 (2.70%) LDAP
2 10 (2.25%) EDI
2 10 (2.25%) IDoc
3 8 (1.80%) Kafka
3 8 (1.80%) Node.js
3 8 (1.80%) SAP Business Workflow
4 7 (1.57%) .NET
4 7 (1.57%) Spring
4 7 (1.57%) Spring Boot
5 6 (1.35%) Itk
5 6 (1.35%) React
5 6 (1.35%) REST
6 5 (1.12%) Keycloak
6 5 (1.12%) Web Services
7 4 (0.90%) Middleware
7 4 (0.90%) OLE
8 3 (0.67%) RESTful
8 3 (0.67%) SailPoint
8 3 (0.67%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 56 (12.58%) Management Information System
2 51 (11.46%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 49 (11.01%) Cyber Threat
4 48 (10.79%) Cyber Defence
5 26 (5.84%) Data Centre
6 16 (3.60%) Virtual Team
7 14 (3.15%) Onboarding
7 14 (3.15%) Replication
8 11 (2.47%) PKI
9 10 (2.25%) Cloud Native
10 9 (2.02%) Clustering
10 9 (2.02%) iPhone
11 8 (1.80%) Security Operations Centre
11 8 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.57%) Driving Licence
12 7 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
12 7 (1.57%) Product Ownership
13 6 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 6 (1.35%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 66 (14.83%) Windows
2 58 (13.03%) Linux
3 27 (6.07%) Unix
4 25 (5.62%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.80%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.57%) Oracle Linux
6 7 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.57%) Solaris
7 6 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (1.35%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.12%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.90%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.45%) CentOS
10 2 (0.45%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.22%) AIX
11 1 (0.22%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (28.99%) Problem-Solving
2 94 (21.12%) Incident Management
3 77 (17.30%) ITIL
4 75 (16.85%) Cybersecurity
5 73 (16.40%) Agile
6 65 (14.61%) Incident Response
7 62 (13.93%) Mentoring
8 61 (13.71%) Information Security
9 59 (13.26%) SIEM
10 55 (12.36%) Continuous Improvement
11 53 (11.91%) DevOps
12 50 (11.24%) Use Case
13 49 (11.01%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 49 (11.01%) Threat Intelligence
14 48 (10.79%) CRM
14 48 (10.79%) Problem Management
14 48 (10.79%) Protective Monitoring
15 47 (10.56%) Case Management
16 43 (9.66%) SOAR
17 41 (9.21%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 60 (13.48%) Python
2 48 (10.79%) SQL
3 35 (7.87%) PowerShell
4 28 (6.29%) Java
5 18 (4.04%) Bash
6 15 (3.37%) Shell Script
7 13 (2.92%) JavaScript
8 10 (2.25%) ABAP
9 9 (2.02%) C++
9 9 (2.02%) Ruby
10 8 (1.80%) Groovy
11 7 (1.57%) Perl
12 6 (1.35%) C#
12 6 (1.35%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.90%) C
13 4 (0.90%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.67%) Go
14 3 (0.67%) Scala
14 3 (0.67%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.45%) R
Qualifications
1 149 (33.48%) Security Cleared
2 100 (22.47%) SC Cleared
3 66 (14.83%) DV Cleared
4 43 (9.66%) Degree
5 19 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (2.70%) CISSP
7 9 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.02%) CEH
7 9 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (2.02%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.35%) CCNA
10 5 (1.12%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.90%) CCNP
11 4 (0.90%) MCSE
12 3 (0.67%) CISM
12 3 (0.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 2 (0.45%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (10.79%) QA
2 46 (10.34%) NIST
2 46 (10.34%) SLA
3 38 (8.54%) NIST 800
4 37 (8.31%) Data Quality
5 12 (2.70%) GDPR
6 8 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (1.35%) ISO 9001
9 5 (1.12%) NCSC
10 4 (0.90%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 3 (0.67%) EMIR
11 3 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 3 (0.67%) ISO17020
12 2 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.45%) PMO
13 1 (0.22%) Dodd-Frank
13 1 (0.22%) MiFID
13 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 31 (6.97%) Active Directory
2 28 (6.29%) Docker
3 18 (4.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.12%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.90%) Snort
6 4 (0.90%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 3 (0.67%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.67%) vSphere
8 2 (0.45%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.22%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.22%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.22%) XenApp
9 1 (0.22%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 33 (7.42%) Ansible
1 33 (7.42%) Terraform
2 24 (5.39%) Kubernetes
3 18 (4.04%) Kibana
4 17 (3.82%) Grafana
5 9 (2.02%) FortiGate
5 9 (2.02%) logstash
6 8 (1.80%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.80%) SCCM
7 7 (1.57%) EMC NetWorker
7 7 (1.57%) Netcool
7 7 (1.57%) Tivoli
7 7 (1.57%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 6 (1.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (1.35%) Puppet
9 5 (1.12%) ITRS Geneos
9 5 (1.12%) WSUS
10 4 (0.90%) Trend Micro Deep Security
11 3 (0.67%) SCOM
Vendors
1 122 (27.42%) Microsoft
2 32 (7.19%) SAP
3 30 (6.74%) Cisco
4 27 (6.07%) ServiceNow
5 23 (5.17%) VMware
6 20 (4.49%) Splunk
7 18 (4.04%) Google
7 18 (4.04%) Oracle
8 16 (3.60%) IBM
9 13 (2.92%) Juniper
10 12 (2.70%) Palo Alto
11 11 (2.47%) CyberArk
12 10 (2.25%) OpenText
13 8 (1.80%) Qualys
14 7 (1.57%) Dell
14 7 (1.57%) EMC
14 7 (1.57%) HP
14 7 (1.57%) Isilon
14 7 (1.57%) Serena
14 7 (1.57%) Siebel