Root Cause Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Root Cause Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Root Cause Analysis over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 323 320 354
Rank change year-on-year -3 +34 +41
Permanent jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 865 1,122 1,692
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.88% 1.07% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 1.12% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 488 603 857
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,101 £38,070 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -5.47%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £89,852 £79,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Root Cause Analysis in the UK

Root Cause Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Root Cause Analysis over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Root Cause Analysis in the UK

Root Cause Analysis
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Root Cause Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +19 778 £50,153 -8.81% 332
UK excluding London -41 544 £45,000 -10.00% 265
Work from Home +47 377 £54,296 -9.51% 131
London +107 291 £67,500 +2.27% 85
North of England +44 168 £45,000 -11.74% 71
Midlands -58 110 £47,500 -9.52% 53
North West +2 101 £44,000 +0.57% 40
South East -64 84 £47,500 +9.20% 59
East of England +24 64 £45,000 -14.29% 23
East Midlands -7 60 £50,000 -2.44% 19
South West +16 56 £60,918 +48.94% 40
West Midlands -63 50 £37,500 -28.57% 34
Yorkshire +85 43 £45,000 -18.18% 29
North East +14 24 £45,000 -33.33% 6
Scotland -87 22 £50,000 -1.93% 13
Wales +20 20 £41,067 +32.47% 8
Northern Ireland +34 18 - - 5
Isle of Man - 2 £36,000 -

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 34 (3.93%) SharePoint
2 31 (3.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 30 (3.47%) SAS
4 9 (1.04%) Confluence
5 8 (0.92%) Apache
5 8 (0.92%) JBoss
6 4 (0.46%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.35%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.35%) GlassFish
7 3 (0.35%) IIS
8 2 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.23%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.12%) CMS
9 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 79 (9.13%) Microsoft Office
2 73 (8.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (2.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (1.73%) iTrent
2 13 (1.50%) Infor SunSystems
3 12 (1.39%) SAP QM
4 9 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.58%) Temenos T24
6 4 (0.46%) NEC Housing
7 3 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
7 3 (0.35%) Oracle Manufacturing
7 3 (0.35%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.35%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.23%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.23%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.12%) Aareon QL
9 1 (0.12%) Endur
9 1 (0.12%) MIS ActiveH
9 1 (0.12%) OPENHousing
9 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.12%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 185 (21.39%) AWS
2 149 (17.23%) Azure
3 122 (14.10%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (3.70%) Entra ID
4 32 (3.70%) Power Platform
5 30 (3.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 30 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (3.24%) Serverless
7 17 (1.97%) GCP
8 16 (1.85%) Amazon S3
8 16 (1.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 15 (1.73%) Azure Functions
9 15 (1.73%) SaaS
10 14 (1.62%) Power Automate
11 13 (1.50%) Mimecast
12 12 (1.39%) Amazon EC2
12 12 (1.39%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (1.39%) OneDrive
13 11 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
14 10 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 73 (8.44%) LAN
2 68 (7.86%) WAN
3 52 (6.01%) Firewall
4 36 (4.16%) SAN
5 31 (3.58%) DNS
6 27 (3.12%) Network Security
7 26 (3.01%) VLAN
8 24 (2.77%) DHCP
8 24 (2.77%) Wireless
9 18 (2.08%) VoIP
10 17 (1.97%) Internet
10 17 (1.97%) VPN
11 14 (1.62%) TCP/IP
12 12 (1.39%) WLAN
13 10 (1.16%) Unified Communications
14 8 (0.92%) Cisco ISE
14 8 (0.92%) MPLS
14 8 (0.92%) OSPF
15 7 (0.81%) BGP
16 6 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (14.22%) Tableau
2 47 (5.43%) SQL Server
3 28 (3.24%) Power BI
4 22 (2.54%) Relational Database
5 21 (2.43%) MySQL
6 18 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
7 14 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
8 13 (1.50%) BusinessObjects
9 12 (1.39%) Big Data
10 11 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
11 8 (0.92%) NoSQL
12 7 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.81%) Metadata
13 5 (0.58%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 4 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.46%) Oracle Database
14 4 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
14 4 (0.46%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 120 (13.87%) Git
2 31 (3.58%) JIRA
3 18 (2.08%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.73%) Selenium
5 13 (1.50%) Visual Studio
6 11 (1.27%) NUnit
6 11 (1.27%) WebDriver
7 5 (0.58%) Appium
7 5 (0.58%) DTrace
7 5 (0.58%) GDB
7 5 (0.58%) Postman
8 4 (0.46%) Protractor
8 4 (0.46%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.35%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.35%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.35%) Deequ
9 3 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.23%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.23%) GitLab
10 2 (0.23%) REST Assured
General
1 414 (47.86%) Social Skills
2 233 (26.94%) Analytical Skills
3 150 (17.34%) Finance
4 127 (14.68%) Retail
5 109 (12.60%) Presentation Skills
6 107 (12.37%) Legal
7 72 (8.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 56 (6.47%) Banking
9 53 (6.13%) Manufacturing
10 27 (3.12%) Organisational Skills
11 25 (2.89%) Law
12 24 (2.77%) Military
13 21 (2.43%) Investment Banking
14 19 (2.20%) Pharmaceutical
15 18 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
15 18 (2.08%) Telecoms
16 17 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
17 14 (1.62%) Automotive
17 14 (1.62%) Public Sector
18 12 (1.39%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 224 (25.90%) Analyst
2 176 (20.35%) Senior
3 88 (10.17%) Data Analyst
4 80 (9.25%) Lead
5 68 (7.86%) Senior Analyst
6 57 (6.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 51 (5.90%) Senior Data Analyst
8 45 (5.20%) Support Engineer
9 37 (4.28%) Developer
9 37 (4.28%) Support Analyst
10 36 (4.16%) Architect
11 32 (3.70%) Applications Support
11 32 (3.70%) Lead Data Analyst
12 31 (3.58%) Incident Manager
13 30 (3.47%) Audit Manager
14 28 (3.24%) Data Scientist
14 28 (3.24%) Senior Data Scientist
15 23 (2.66%) Problem Manager
15 23 (2.66%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 23 (2.66%) Vulnerability Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (5.90%) .NET
2 29 (3.35%) Web Services
3 28 (3.24%) Pandas
3 28 (3.24%) PySpark
3 28 (3.24%) scikit-learn
3 28 (3.24%) TensorFlow
4 24 (2.77%) HTML
5 23 (2.66%) AngularJS
5 23 (2.66%) CSS
6 22 (2.54%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 15 (1.73%) JSON
7 15 (1.73%) XML
8 12 (1.39%) Kafka
8 12 (1.39%) Spring Boot
9 11 (1.27%) .NET Core
9 11 (1.27%) Middleware
10 10 (1.16%) LDAP
10 10 (1.16%) REST
11 7 (0.81%) ADSI
11 7 (0.81%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 76 (8.79%) Management Information System
2 38 (4.39%) Algorithms
3 35 (4.05%) Data Centre
4 30 (3.47%) CMDB
5 29 (3.35%) Onboarding
6 23 (2.66%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (1.62%) Public Cloud
7 14 (1.62%) Robotics
8 13 (1.50%) Security Posture
8 13 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.39%) Biopharmaceutical
10 11 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (1.27%) Client/Server
11 10 (1.16%) Housing Association
11 10 (1.16%) Market Risk
12 9 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (1.04%) IoT
12 9 (1.04%) Product Ownership
12 9 (1.04%) Replication
13 8 (0.92%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 146 (16.88%) Windows
2 63 (7.28%) Linux
3 61 (7.05%) Windows Server
4 31 (3.58%) Android
5 23 (2.66%) Unix
6 16 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (1.73%) Windows 10
8 11 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (1.04%) AIX
9 9 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (0.92%) Apple iOS
10 8 (0.92%) CentOS
11 7 (0.81%) Mac OS X
12 6 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (0.69%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.58%) Solaris
14 4 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.35%) Mac OS
15 3 (0.35%) Ubuntu
16 2 (0.23%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 320 (36.99%) Problem-Solving
2 170 (19.65%) Continuous Improvement
3 157 (18.15%) ITIL
4 139 (16.07%) Statistics
5 137 (15.84%) Actionable Insight
6 128 (14.80%) Incident Management
7 125 (14.45%) Data Analysis
7 125 (14.45%) Mathematics
8 120 (13.87%) Problem Management
8 120 (13.87%) Visualisation
9 117 (13.53%) Analytics
10 111 (12.83%) Storytelling
11 92 (10.64%) Customer Service
12 88 (10.17%) Data Pipeline
13 87 (10.06%) Business Strategy
14 86 (9.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 84 (9.71%) Decision-Making
16 83 (9.60%) Customer Intelligence
17 78 (9.02%) Change Management
18 77 (8.90%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 231 (26.71%) SQL
2 193 (22.31%) Python
3 59 (6.82%) PowerShell
4 45 (5.20%) Java
5 32 (3.70%) C#
6 20 (2.31%) T-SQL
7 18 (2.08%) JavaScript
8 16 (1.85%) Bash
9 14 (1.62%) C
9 14 (1.62%) R
10 8 (0.92%) PL/SQL
11 7 (0.81%) C++
11 7 (0.81%) Shell Script
12 6 (0.69%) PHP
12 6 (0.69%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.69%) VBA
13 5 (0.58%) OCaml
13 5 (0.58%) SystemTap
14 4 (0.46%) Perl
14 4 (0.46%) Scala
Qualifications
1 329 (38.03%) Degree
2 118 (13.64%) DBS Check
3 51 (5.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 46 (5.32%) CISSP
5 38 (4.39%) Security Cleared
6 35 (4.05%) Cisco Certification
7 33 (3.82%) CISM
7 33 (3.82%) Master's Degree
8 25 (2.89%) AWS Certification
8 25 (2.89%) SC Cleared
9 21 (2.43%) Azure Certification
10 20 (2.31%) CCNA
11 16 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (1.73%) CCNP
13 11 (1.27%) HND
13 11 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
14 10 (1.16%) DV Cleared
15 9 (1.04%) ACCA
15 9 (1.04%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 9 (1.04%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (10.64%) QA
2 64 (7.40%) SLA
3 32 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 30 (3.47%) NIST
5 19 (2.20%) IFRS
6 17 (1.97%) GDPR
7 16 (1.85%) PCI DSS
8 13 (1.50%) Data Quality
9 9 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (1.04%) NEBOSH
10 8 (0.92%) Accessibility
11 7 (0.81%) COSHH
12 6 (0.69%) GRC
12 6 (0.69%) IEC 62304
13 5 (0.58%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
14 3 (0.35%) ISO 20022
14 3 (0.35%) SEPA
15 2 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.23%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 90 (10.40%) Active Directory
2 56 (6.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (4.62%) Docker
4 24 (2.77%) Hyper-V
5 14 (1.62%) vSphere
6 13 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.58%) NFS
8 3 (0.35%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.12%) Ceph
10 1 (0.12%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 46 (5.32%) Kubernetes
2 40 (4.62%) Terraform
3 29 (3.35%) Ansible
4 25 (2.89%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.04%) SCCM
6 8 (0.92%) Grafana
7 7 (0.81%) Foglight
8 5 (0.58%) Cisco Prime
8 5 (0.58%) Opsview
8 5 (0.58%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.46%) Cacti
10 3 (0.35%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (0.35%) Oracle Statspack
10 3 (0.35%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.23%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 2 (0.23%) Kibana
11 2 (0.23%) QRadar
11 2 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.23%) vRealize
Vendors
1 258 (29.83%) Microsoft
2 120 (13.87%) Databricks
3 73 (8.44%) VMware
4 48 (5.55%) SAP
5 42 (4.86%) ServiceNow
6 40 (4.62%) Cisco
7 38 (4.39%) Google
8 30 (3.47%) Oracle
9 26 (3.01%) NCR
10 25 (2.89%) HP
11 24 (2.77%) Citrix
12 22 (2.54%) Veeam
13 14 (1.62%) Dell
13 14 (1.62%) SolarWinds
14 13 (1.50%) Infor
15 12 (1.39%) Juniper
15 12 (1.39%) Sophos
16 10 (1.16%) Splunk
17 9 (1.04%) AppDynamics
17 9 (1.04%) Apple