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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 322 314 349
Rank change year-on-year -8 +35 +49
Permanent jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 865 1,115 1,706
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.88% 1.07% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 1.12% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 483 602 853
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,101 £38,400 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -5.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £89,852 £78,750
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 84,683 99,249 149,267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,831 58,284 83,142
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,182 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +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 2 May 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 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +11 778 £50,000 -9.09% 347
UK excluding London -57 543 £45,000 -10.00% 273
Work from Home +37 375 £52,500 -12.50% 134
London +100 291 £67,500 +1.50% 95
North of England +30 162 £45,000 -11.74% 68
Midlands -59 111 £47,500 -9.52% 53
North West -10 99 £44,000 -2.22% 37
South East -70 85 £47,500 +9.20% 58
East of England +28 64 £45,000 -14.29% 32
East Midlands -4 61 £50,000 -2.44% 21
South West -7 59 £60,918 +48.94% 37
West Midlands -66 50 £32,000 -39.05% 32
Yorkshire +79 40 £45,000 -18.18% 28
North East +8 23 £45,000 -33.33% 7
Scotland -81 22 £46,101 -9.58% 20
Wales +20 20 £41,067 +32.47% 6
Northern Ireland +38 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 30 (3.47%) SAS
1 30 (3.47%) SharePoint
2 29 (3.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.04%) Confluence
4 8 (0.92%) Apache
4 8 (0.92%) JBoss
5 4 (0.46%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.35%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.35%) GlassFish
6 3 (0.35%) IIS
7 2 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.23%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.12%) CMS
8 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 78 (9.02%) Microsoft Office
2 73 (8.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (2.54%) 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 11 (1.27%) 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 ERP
8 2 (0.23%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.23%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.23%) SAP Business One
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
1 188 (21.73%) AWS
2 147 (16.99%) Azure
3 120 (13.87%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (3.82%) Entra ID
5 32 (3.70%) Power Platform
6 31 (3.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 30 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
8 29 (3.35%) Serverless
9 17 (1.97%) GCP
10 16 (1.85%) Amazon S3
10 16 (1.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 15 (1.73%) Azure Functions
12 14 (1.62%) SaaS
13 13 (1.50%) Mimecast
14 12 (1.39%) Amazon EC2
14 12 (1.39%) AWS CloudFormation
14 12 (1.39%) OneDrive
14 12 (1.39%) Power Automate
15 11 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 73 (8.44%) LAN
2 67 (7.75%) WAN
3 49 (5.66%) Firewall
4 35 (4.05%) SAN
5 30 (3.47%) DNS
6 28 (3.24%) Network Security
7 25 (2.89%) VLAN
7 25 (2.89%) Wireless
8 23 (2.66%) DHCP
9 17 (1.97%) Internet
9 17 (1.97%) VoIP
9 17 (1.97%) VPN
10 14 (1.62%) TCP/IP
11 12 (1.39%) WLAN
12 10 (1.16%) Unified Communications
13 9 (1.04%) MPLS
14 8 (0.92%) Cisco ISE
14 8 (0.92%) OSPF
15 7 (0.81%) BGP
16 6 (0.69%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (14.22%) Tableau
2 45 (5.20%) SQL Server
3 28 (3.24%) Power BI
4 21 (2.43%) Relational Database
5 20 (2.31%) MySQL
6 18 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
7 13 (1.50%) BusinessObjects
7 13 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (1.39%) Big Data
9 11 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (0.92%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.81%) Metadata
12 6 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
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
1 121 (13.99%) 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
1 416 (48.09%) Social Skills
2 234 (27.05%) Analytical Skills
3 154 (17.80%) Finance
4 127 (14.68%) Retail
5 108 (12.49%) Presentation Skills
6 103 (11.91%) Legal
7 79 (9.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 59 (6.82%) Banking
9 51 (5.90%) Manufacturing
10 32 (3.70%) Law
11 26 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
12 24 (2.77%) Investment Banking
12 24 (2.77%) Military
13 19 (2.20%) Pharmaceutical
14 18 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
14 18 (2.08%) Telecoms
15 17 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
16 16 (1.85%) Marketing
17 14 (1.62%) Automotive
17 14 (1.62%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 227 (26.24%) Analyst
2 175 (20.23%) Senior
3 88 (10.17%) Data Analyst
4 79 (9.13%) Lead
5 68 (7.86%) Senior Analyst
6 54 (6.24%) 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 35 (4.05%) Architect
11 32 (3.70%) Applications Support
11 32 (3.70%) Lead Data Analyst
12 30 (3.47%) Audit Manager
12 30 (3.47%) Incident Manager
13 28 (3.24%) Data Scientist
13 28 (3.24%) Senior Data Scientist
14 23 (2.66%) Network Engineer
14 23 (2.66%) Service Analyst
14 23 (2.66%) Service Desk Analyst
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 11 (1.27%) .NET Core
8 11 (1.27%) Middleware
9 10 (1.16%) LDAP
9 10 (1.16%) REST
10 9 (1.04%) Kafka
10 9 (1.04%) Spring Boot
11 7 (0.81%) ADSI
12 6 (0.69%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 75 (8.67%) Management Information System
2 37 (4.28%) Algorithms
3 34 (3.93%) Data Centre
4 29 (3.35%) CMDB
5 28 (3.24%) Onboarding
6 23 (2.66%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (1.97%) Public Cloud
8 14 (1.62%) Robotics
9 13 (1.50%) Security Posture
9 13 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (1.27%) Biopharmaceutical
10 11 (1.27%) Client/Server
11 10 (1.16%) Housing Association
11 10 (1.16%) Market Risk
11 10 (1.16%) Replication
12 9 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (1.04%) IoT
12 9 (1.04%) Product Ownership
13 8 (0.92%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 145 (16.76%) Windows
2 64 (7.40%) Linux
3 58 (6.71%) Windows Server
4 32 (3.70%) Android
5 24 (2.77%) Unix
6 15 (1.73%) Windows 10
6 15 (1.73%) Windows Server 2016
7 11 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (1.04%) AIX
8 9 (1.04%) Apple iOS
9 8 (0.92%) CentOS
9 8 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (0.81%) Mac OS X
11 6 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (0.69%) Windows 7
12 5 (0.58%) Solaris
13 4 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.35%) Mac OS
14 3 (0.35%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.23%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (37.34%) Problem-Solving
2 170 (19.65%) Continuous Improvement
3 155 (17.92%) ITIL
4 139 (16.07%) Statistics
5 137 (15.84%) Actionable Insight
6 127 (14.68%) Incident Management
7 126 (14.57%) Data Analysis
8 125 (14.45%) Mathematics
9 120 (13.87%) Visualisation
10 117 (13.53%) Problem Management
11 116 (13.41%) Analytics
12 111 (12.83%) Storytelling
13 90 (10.40%) Customer Service
14 88 (10.17%) Data Pipeline
15 87 (10.06%) Business Strategy
16 86 (9.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 85 (9.83%) Decision-Making
18 83 (9.60%) Customer Intelligence
19 78 (9.02%) Change Management
20 77 (8.90%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 231 (26.71%) SQL
2 195 (22.54%) Python
3 56 (6.47%) PowerShell
4 45 (5.20%) Java
5 32 (3.70%) C#
6 19 (2.20%) T-SQL
7 18 (2.08%) JavaScript
8 16 (1.85%) Bash
8 16 (1.85%) C
8 16 (1.85%) R
9 8 (0.92%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.81%) C++
10 7 (0.81%) Shell Script
11 6 (0.69%) PHP
11 6 (0.69%) Scala
11 6 (0.69%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.69%) VBA
12 5 (0.58%) OCaml
12 5 (0.58%) Perl
12 5 (0.58%) SystemTap
Qualifications
1 327 (37.80%) Degree
2 118 (13.64%) DBS Check
3 52 (6.01%) Computer Science Degree
4 48 (5.55%) CISSP
5 38 (4.39%) Security Cleared
6 35 (4.05%) Cisco Certification
6 35 (4.05%) 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
14 10 (1.16%) CISA
14 10 (1.16%) DV Cleared
15 9 (1.04%) ACCA
15 9 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 9 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (10.64%) QA
2 63 (7.28%) SLA
3 32 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (3.70%) NIST
4 19 (2.20%) IFRS
5 17 (1.97%) GDPR
6 16 (1.85%) PCI DSS
7 13 (1.50%) Data Quality
8 9 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (1.04%) NEBOSH
9 8 (0.92%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.81%) COSHH
11 6 (0.69%) GRC
11 6 (0.69%) IEC 62304
12 5 (0.58%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
13 3 (0.35%) MiFID
14 2 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.23%) ISO 14001
14 2 (0.23%) UCITS
System Software
1 90 (10.40%) Active Directory
2 53 (6.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (4.39%) Docker
4 22 (2.54%) 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 45 (5.20%) Kubernetes
2 43 (4.97%) Terraform
3 28 (3.24%) Ansible
4 23 (2.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.16%) Grafana
5 10 (1.16%) SCCM
6 7 (0.81%) Foglight
7 5 (0.58%) Cisco Prime
7 5 (0.58%) Opsview
7 5 (0.58%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.58%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.46%) Cacti
9 3 (0.35%) Dell DRAC
9 3 (0.35%) Oracle Statspack
9 3 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.23%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.23%) Kibana
10 2 (0.23%) QRadar
10 2 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.23%) vRealize
Vendors
1 257 (29.71%) Microsoft
2 119 (13.76%) Databricks
3 70 (8.09%) VMware
4 45 (5.20%) SAP
5 41 (4.74%) ServiceNow
6 38 (4.39%) Cisco
6 38 (4.39%) Google
7 30 (3.47%) Oracle
8 26 (3.01%) HP
8 26 (3.01%) NCR
9 24 (2.77%) Citrix
10 22 (2.54%) Veeam
11 15 (1.73%) Dell
12 14 (1.62%) SolarWinds
13 13 (1.50%) Infor
14 12 (1.39%) Juniper
14 12 (1.39%) Sophos
15 11 (1.27%) Splunk
16 9 (1.04%) AppDynamics
16 9 (1.04%) Apple