The first table below looks at the demand for Root Cause Analysis skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Root Cause Analysis over the 3 months to 22 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Root Cause Analysis
Rank 199 200 207
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +7
Permanent jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 49 41 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.678% 0.570% 0.356%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.886% 0.779% 0.519%
Number of salaries quoted 32 39 20
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,150 £30,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £42,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-8.23% +13.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5530 5261 4620
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 76.56% 73.19% 68.60%
Number of salaries quoted 4642 4605 4061
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -3.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Root Cause Analysis
England

Root Cause Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Root Cause Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Root Cause Analysis
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Root Cause Analysis across the North West region.

North West Root Cause Analysis Salary Trend

Root Cause Analysis
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Root Cause Analysis across the North West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

North West Root Cause Analysis Salary Histogram

Root Cause Analysis
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Root Cause Analysis within the North West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester +17 27 £32,800 -34.40%
Cheshire +2 18 £80,000 +128.57%
Merseyside +19 2 - -
Lancashire - 1 £35,000 -
Root Cause Analysis
England

Root Cause Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Root Cause Analysis.

1 36 (51.43%) Microsoft
2 33 (47.14%) Windows
3 29 (41.43%) ITIL
3 29 (41.43%) Windows Server 2008
4 24 (34.29%) Windows Server 2003
5 23 (32.86%) Service Management
6 19 (27.14%) SQL Server
7 18 (25.71%) MS Excel
7 18 (25.71%) SharePoint
8 17 (24.29%) MS Exchange
9 16 (22.86%) .NET
9 16 (22.86%) Oracle
9 16 (22.86%) SQL Server 2008
10 15 (21.43%) VBScript
11 14 (20.00%) Finance
11 14 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
11 14 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
12 13 (18.57%) NetApp
12 13 (18.57%) SLA
13 12 (17.14%) MS Office
13 12 (17.14%) ITIL Certification
14 11 (15.71%) Active Directory
14 11 (15.71%) Blackberry
14 11 (15.71%) Service Delivery
15 10 (14.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 10 (14.29%) EMC
15 10 (14.29%) Business Development
15 10 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
15 10 (14.29%) Lync
15 10 (14.29%) Office Communications Server

Root Cause Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Root Cause Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (22.86%) .NET
2 8 (11.43%) ASP.NET
3 4 (5.714%) SAML
3 4 (5.714%) Flash
3 4 (5.714%) Java EE
4 3 (4.286%) XML
4 3 (4.286%) HTML
5 1 (1.429%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 1 (1.429%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.429%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 18 (25.71%) SharePoint
2 17 (24.29%) MS Exchange
3 14 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 14 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 10 (14.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 10 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
4 10 (14.29%) Lync
4 10 (14.29%) Office Communications Server
5 8 (11.43%) SharePoint Server
5 8 (11.43%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (4.286%) Apache
6 3 (4.286%) Tomcat
7 1 (1.429%) CICS
Applications
1 18 (25.71%) MS Excel
2 12 (17.14%) MS Office
3 4 (5.714%) MS Project
3 4 (5.714%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.43%) SAN
2 4 (5.714%) DHCP
2 4 (5.714%) VPN
2 4 (5.714%) DNS
3 3 (4.286%) Firewall
4 2 (2.857%) WAN
4 2 (2.857%) LAN
5 1 (1.429%) Network Security
5 1 (1.429%) VoIP
5 1 (1.429%) LDAP
5 1 (1.429%) SMTP
5 1 (1.429%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.429%) Internet
5 1 (1.429%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (27.14%) SQL Server
2 16 (22.86%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (11.43%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (8.571%) SQL Server 2000
4 6 (8.571%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (7.143%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (5.714%) Oracle 9i
6 4 (5.714%) Oracle 10g
6 4 (5.714%) RDBMS
7 3 (4.286%) SQL Server 2005
7 3 (4.286%) DB2
8 2 (2.857%) Oracle 8/8i
8 2 (2.857%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (1.429%) SQL Server 2012
9 1 (1.429%) DTS
9 1 (1.429%) MS Access
9 1 (1.429%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (11.43%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.429%) Oracle Forms
General
1 14 (20.00%) Finance
2 7 (10.00%) Advertising
3 6 (8.571%) Banking
4 5 (7.143%) Retail
5 2 (2.857%) Financial Institution
5 2 (2.857%) Games
5 2 (2.857%) Local Government
5 2 (2.857%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 22 (31.43%) Analyst
2 13 (18.57%) Service Manager
2 13 (18.57%) Developer
3 10 (14.29%) Services Delivery Manager
3 10 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
4 9 (12.86%) Support Analyst
5 8 (11.43%) DBA
6 7 (10.00%) Data Analyst
6 7 (10.00%) Oracle Developer
7 6 (8.571%) Quality Analyst
7 6 (8.571%) Data Quality Analyst
8 5 (7.143%) Service Desk Analyst
8 5 (7.143%) Administrator
8 5 (7.143%) Service Analyst
9 4 (5.714%) Business Analyst
9 4 (5.714%) SQL DBA
9 4 (5.714%) SQL Server DBA
9 4 (5.714%) Oracle DBA
9 4 (5.714%) Wintel Analyst
9 4 (5.714%) MI Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.71%) Blackberry
2 7 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.143%) Replication
4 2 (2.857%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.429%) Mobile Computing
5 1 (1.429%) IBM Mainframe
5 1 (1.429%) VSAM
5 1 (1.429%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.429%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.429%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 33 (47.14%) Windows
2 29 (41.43%) Windows Server 2008
3 24 (34.29%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (5.714%) Linux
4 4 (5.714%) Windows XP
5 3 (4.286%) Windows Mobile
5 3 (4.286%) UNIX
6 2 (2.857%) SUSE
6 2 (2.857%) Solaris
7 1 (1.429%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.429%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (41.43%) ITIL
2 23 (32.86%) Service Management
3 11 (15.71%) Service Delivery
4 10 (14.29%) Business Development
5 9 (12.86%) Problem Management
6 8 (11.43%) Technical Architecture
7 7 (10.00%) Data Governance
7 7 (10.00%) Quality Management
8 5 (7.143%) Capacity Management
8 5 (7.143%) Incident Management
9 4 (5.714%) Migration
9 4 (5.714%) Data Modelling
9 4 (5.714%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (5.714%) Release Management
9 4 (5.714%) Change Control
9 4 (5.714%) Analytics
9 4 (5.714%) Database Security
9 4 (5.714%) High Availability
10 3 (4.286%) Service Desk Management
10 3 (4.286%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (21.43%) VBScript
2 10 (14.29%) PowerShell
3 8 (11.43%) SQL
3 8 (11.43%) C#
4 7 (10.00%) PL/SQL
4 7 (10.00%) VB
5 6 (8.571%) Java
6 5 (7.143%) Perl
6 5 (7.143%) PHP
7 3 (4.286%) JavaScript
8 2 (2.857%) C++
8 2 (2.857%) Python
9 1 (1.429%) VB6
9 1 (1.429%) COBOL
9 1 (1.429%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.429%) JCL
Qualifications
1 12 (17.14%) ITIL Certification
2 6 (8.571%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (8.571%) Security Cleared
3 5 (7.143%) MCITP
4 4 (5.714%) OCP
4 4 (5.714%) Oracle Certification
4 4 (5.714%) CCA
4 4 (5.714%) Citrix Certification
4 4 (5.714%) CCEA
4 4 (5.714%) MCSA
5 3 (4.286%) SC Cleared
5 3 (4.286%) Degree
6 2 (2.857%) ISEB
6 2 (2.857%) ISTQB
6 2 (2.857%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.429%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (1.429%) CCNA
7 1 (1.429%) MCSE
7 1 (1.429%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (18.57%) SLA
2 7 (10.00%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.286%) QA
4 1 (1.429%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (15.71%) Active Directory
2 8 (11.43%) Forefront TMG
2 8 (11.43%) UAG
3 4 (5.714%) Oracle RMAN
3 4 (5.714%) Oracle RAC
3 4 (5.714%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (5.714%) XenApp
3 4 (5.714%) XenServer
3 4 (5.714%) XenDesktop
4 3 (4.286%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.429%) ProxySG
5 1 (1.429%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 5 (7.143%) SCOM
1 5 (7.143%) MOM
2 4 (5.714%) Data Guard
3 3 (4.286%) SCCM
Vendors
1 36 (51.43%) Microsoft
2 16 (22.86%) Oracle
3 13 (18.57%) NetApp
4 10 (14.29%) EMC
5 8 (11.43%) Citrix
6 4 (5.714%) Veritas
6 4 (5.714%) Cisco
6 4 (5.714%) Sun
7 3 (4.286%) JBoss
7 3 (4.286%) Sophos
7 3 (4.286%) VMware
8 2 (2.857%) Juniper
9 1 (1.429%) Blue Coat
9 1 (1.429%) IBM
9 1 (1.429%) Business Objects
9 1 (1.429%) CheckPoint
9 1 (1.429%) Intel
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