Root Cause Analysis Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Root Cause Analysis
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Root Cause Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 54 75
Rank change year-on-year -6 +21 +10
Contract jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 10 19 6
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.28% 2.28% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 2.77% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 15 5
10th Percentile £431 £162 £244
25th Percentile - £400 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +117.14%
75th Percentile £456 £500 £600
90th Percentile £477 £553 £618
South West median daily rate £550 £518 £513
% change year-on-year +6.28% +0.98% +21.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 - -
75th Percentile £33.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £25.75
% change year-on-year +30.00% -2.91% +52.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Root Cause Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 716 687 906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 91.79% 82.37% 87.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 363 362 583
10th Percentile £250 £225 £300
25th Percentile £378 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £598 £644
90th Percentile £749 £725 £700
South West median daily rate £514 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.14% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 112 126
10th Percentile £12.82 £40.80 £29.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £61.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.14% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £76.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.60% +9.17% -5.11%

Root Cause Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Root Cause Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Root Cause Analysis job vacancy trend in Bristol

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Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Root Cause Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Root Cause Analysis

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Root Cause Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Root Cause Analysis

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) PaaS
1 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) 3GPP
1 3 (30.00%) 4G
1 3 (30.00%) LTE
1 3 (30.00%) Radio Access Network
1 3 (30.00%) Wireshark
2 1 (10.00%) PBX
2 1 (10.00%) VoIP
General
1 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Deskside Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Deskside Support
1 5 (50.00%) Deskside Support Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 5 (50.00%) Support Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Technology Support Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Network Design Specialist
2 3 (30.00%) Network Specialist
2 3 (30.00%) Performance Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Test Leader
3 1 (10.00%) UAT Lead
3 1 (10.00%) UAT Test Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 5 (50.00%) ITIL
1 5 (50.00%) ITSM
1 5 (50.00%) Service Management
2 3 (30.00%) High Availability
2 3 (30.00%) Network Design
3 1 (10.00%) Coaching
3 1 (10.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (10.00%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Service Design
3 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (10.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (10.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (10.00%) Thought Leadership
3 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) CCNP
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 4 (40.00%) Ericsson
2 4 (40.00%) Nokia
3 3 (30.00%) Actix
4 1 (10.00%) Avaya
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco
4 1 (10.00%) F5
4 1 (10.00%) Juniper
4 1 (10.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (10.00%) Ribbon
4 1 (10.00%) VMware