Root Cause Analysis Contracts in England

Root Cause Analysis
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Root Cause Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Root Cause Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 204 223 270
Rank change year-on-year +19 +47 +49
Contract jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 326 393 490
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.34% 1.06% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 1.22% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 258 352
10th Percentile £289 £311 £313
25th Percentile £400 £440 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% - -4.31%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £616
90th Percentile £683 £650 £731
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 6
10th Percentile £29.90 £14.04 £22.50
25th Percentile £31.64 £15.85 £31.75
Median hourly rate £50.00 £53.03 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% -6.96% +55.19%
75th Percentile £59.38 £61.60 £64.25
90th Percentile £69.50 £62.89 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £53.03 £38.50
% change year-on-year -5.71% +37.74% +4.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Root Cause Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Root Cause Analysis in England

Root Cause Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Root Cause Analysis in England

Root Cause Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Root Cause Analysis in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Root Cause Analysis in England

Root Cause Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Root Cause Analysis in England

Root Cause Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Root Cause Analysis in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Root Cause Analysis in England

Root Cause Analysis
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
London -18 128 £488 -11.36% 250
South East +63 62 £425 -12.82% 89
South West +37 42 £513 -2.38% 40
North of England -4 37 £418 -15.21% 72
North West +22 30 £414 -16.02% 44
Midlands +6 27 £438 -14.63% 66
West Midlands -3 18 £513 -2.38% 36
East of England +29 15 £331 -11.67% 37
East Midlands +11 9 £438 +35.66% 27
Yorkshire -21 7 £475 +5.56% 24
Root Cause Analysis
UK

Root Cause Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (8.59%) Confluence
2 24 (7.36%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.07%) IIS
4 8 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (2.15%) Apache
6 4 (1.23%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.92%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.61%) JBoss
8 2 (0.61%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.61%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.31%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.31%) CICS
9 1 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.31%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.31%) SAS
9 1 (0.31%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 22 (6.75%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (5.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.61%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.31%) CANalyzer
5 1 (0.31%) Final Cut Pro
5 1 (0.31%) Fusion 360
5 1 (0.31%) QuarkXPress
5 1 (0.31%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.45%) Kondor
2 3 (0.92%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.61%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.31%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.31%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.31%) Shopify
4 1 (0.31%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.31%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 64 (19.63%) Azure
2 43 (13.19%) AWS
3 20 (6.13%) PaaS
4 18 (5.52%) SaaS
5 14 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (3.99%) GCP
7 11 (3.37%) Power Platform
8 9 (2.76%) IaaS
8 9 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (2.45%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.23%) Nutanix
10 4 (1.23%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.92%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (0.92%) Azure AKS
11 3 (0.92%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (0.92%) dbt
11 3 (0.92%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.92%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.92%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (7.06%) DNS
2 20 (6.13%) DHCP
3 18 (5.52%) VPN
4 15 (4.60%) VoIP
5 10 (3.07%) Firewall
5 10 (3.07%) PBX
6 8 (2.45%) BGP
6 8 (2.45%) MPLS
6 8 (2.45%) OSPF
7 7 (2.15%) WAN
7 7 (2.15%) Wireless
8 6 (1.84%) SMTP
9 5 (1.53%) EIGRP
9 5 (1.53%) Ethernet
9 5 (1.53%) Internet
9 5 (1.53%) LAN
10 4 (1.23%) FTP
10 4 (1.23%) SDH
10 4 (1.23%) SSL
10 4 (1.23%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.75%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.07%) Tableau
3 9 (2.76%) Power BI
4 8 (2.45%) MySQL
5 5 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.53%) DB2
5 5 (1.53%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.23%) SAP HANA
7 3 (0.92%) Big Data
7 3 (0.92%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.92%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.92%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.61%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.61%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.61%) IMS/DB
8 2 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.61%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.61%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 45 (13.80%) JIRA
2 19 (5.83%) Git
3 17 (5.21%) Visual Studio
4 12 (3.68%) Selenium
5 9 (2.76%) Jenkins
6 7 (2.15%) Postman
7 4 (1.23%) JMeter
7 4 (1.23%) LoadRunner
7 4 (1.23%) Serenity BDD
7 4 (1.23%) SoapUI
8 3 (0.92%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.92%) GitLab
8 3 (0.92%) Maven
9 2 (0.61%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.61%) MSTest
9 2 (0.61%) NSubstitute
9 2 (0.61%) NUnit
9 2 (0.61%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.61%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.61%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 123 (37.73%) Social Skills
2 66 (20.25%) Finance
3 58 (17.79%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (8.90%) Public Sector
5 24 (7.36%) Manufacturing
6 23 (7.06%) Telecoms
7 19 (5.83%) Banking
8 11 (3.37%) Legal
9 8 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.53%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.53%) Electronics
11 5 (1.53%) Marketing
12 4 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.92%) Automotive
13 3 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.92%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.92%) Police
13 3 (0.92%) Retail
Job Titles
1 48 (14.72%) Analyst
2 40 (12.27%) Developer
3 26 (7.98%) Support Engineer
4 17 (5.21%) Consultant
4 17 (5.21%) Senior
5 16 (4.91%) Delphi Developer
5 16 (4.91%) Lead
5 16 (4.91%) Service Manager
6 15 (4.60%) Administrator
7 14 (4.29%) Applications Support
7 14 (4.29%) Business Analyst
8 12 (3.68%) Applications Engineer
9 11 (3.37%) Applications Support Engineer
9 11 (3.37%) Data Analyst
9 11 (3.37%) Desktop Support
10 10 (3.07%) Desktop Engineer
11 9 (2.76%) Architect
11 9 (2.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 9 (2.76%) DevOps Engineer
11 9 (2.76%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.44%) .NET
2 10 (3.07%) HTML
2 10 (3.07%) Middleware
2 10 (3.07%) Web Services
3 9 (2.76%) Kafka
4 7 (2.15%) REST
5 6 (1.84%) CSS
5 6 (1.84%) jQuery
5 6 (1.84%) LDAP
5 6 (1.84%) RESTful
5 6 (1.84%) XML
6 5 (1.53%) SOAP
7 4 (1.23%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (1.23%) J2EE
7 4 (1.23%) React
7 4 (1.23%) WebSphere MQ
8 3 (0.92%) 802.1X
8 3 (0.92%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.92%) Jest
8 3 (0.92%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.91%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (3.99%) Management Information System
3 12 (3.68%) Data Protection Act
3 12 (3.68%) iPad
3 12 (3.68%) iPhone
4 10 (3.07%) Blackberry
4 10 (3.07%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (2.76%) Onboarding
5 9 (2.76%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.76%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 9 (2.76%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (1.84%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.53%) Clustering
7 5 (1.53%) Low-Code
7 5 (1.53%) SCADA
7 5 (1.53%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.23%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.92%) CMDB
9 3 (0.92%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 75 (23.01%) Windows
2 23 (7.06%) Windows Server
3 19 (5.83%) Linux
4 17 (5.21%) Unix
5 16 (4.91%) Windows 10
6 15 (4.60%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (3.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (3.07%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (2.15%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.92%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.92%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.61%) Android
11 1 (0.31%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.31%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.31%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.31%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (46.01%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (20.55%) Agile
3 62 (19.02%) ITIL
4 50 (15.34%) DevOps
5 49 (15.03%) Incident Management
6 42 (12.88%) Problem Management
7 38 (11.66%) Migration
8 34 (10.43%) Change Management
8 34 (10.43%) Stakeholder Management
9 32 (9.82%) CI/CD
10 29 (8.90%) Test Automation
11 27 (8.28%) Continuous Improvement
11 27 (8.28%) Data Analysis
12 25 (7.67%) Microservices
13 24 (7.36%) Collaborative Working
13 24 (7.36%) Service Management
14 23 (7.06%) Analytics
14 23 (7.06%) Incident Response
15 22 (6.75%) Performance Tuning
15 22 (6.75%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 77 (23.62%) SQL
2 57 (17.48%) Python
3 40 (12.27%) C#
4 37 (11.35%) PowerShell
5 22 (6.75%) PL/SQL
6 19 (5.83%) Java
7 17 (5.21%) JavaScript
8 16 (4.91%) Bash
8 16 (4.91%) Delphi
9 4 (1.23%) Perl
9 4 (1.23%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.92%) Bicep
10 3 (0.92%) Search Processing Language
10 3 (0.92%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.61%) ActionScript
11 2 (0.61%) ActionScript 2.0
11 2 (0.61%) R
11 2 (0.61%) REXX
11 2 (0.61%) VB
11 2 (0.61%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 96 (29.45%) Security Cleared
2 74 (22.70%) SC Cleared
3 34 (10.43%) Degree
4 24 (7.36%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (7.06%) ITIL Certification
6 22 (6.75%) DV Cleared
7 20 (6.13%) CCNP
8 17 (5.21%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (3.07%) CISSP
10 9 (2.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 8 (2.45%) CCNA
12 5 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (1.23%) Azure Certification
13 4 (1.23%) CISM
14 3 (0.92%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
15 2 (0.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 2 (0.61%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.61%) PMP
15 2 (0.61%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.13%) SLA
2 14 (4.29%) QA
3 12 (3.68%) Data Quality
4 10 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (2.76%) GDPR
6 7 (2.15%) NIST
7 5 (1.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.92%) NCSC
9 2 (0.61%) GRC
9 2 (0.61%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.61%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.61%) ITGC
9 2 (0.61%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.31%) COBIT
10 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.31%) MISRA
10 1 (0.31%) MISRA C
10 1 (0.31%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.31%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 42 (12.88%) Active Directory
2 27 (8.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (3.99%) Docker
4 11 (3.37%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (2.76%) Hyper-V
6 7 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.23%) NFS
7 4 (1.23%) Samba
8 3 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.61%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.61%) IAG
9 2 (0.61%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.31%) Firmware
10 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (7.06%) Kubernetes
2 20 (6.13%) Ansible
3 18 (5.52%) Terraform
4 16 (4.91%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (2.45%) SCCM
5 8 (2.45%) vCenter Server
6 7 (2.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (1.84%) yum
8 5 (1.53%) Grafana
8 5 (1.53%) SCOM
8 5 (1.53%) WSUS
9 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Clustering
9 4 (1.23%) NetApp OnCommand
9 4 (1.23%) Perfmon
9 4 (1.23%) vMotion
10 3 (0.92%) Nagios
10 3 (0.92%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.61%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.61%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 74 (22.70%) Microsoft
2 44 (13.50%) Oracle
3 36 (11.04%) VMware
4 21 (6.44%) SAP
5 19 (5.83%) Cisco
5 19 (5.83%) ServiceNow
6 15 (4.60%) Juniper
7 14 (4.29%) Splunk
8 13 (3.99%) F5
8 13 (3.99%) McAfee
8 13 (3.99%) Palo Alto
9 11 (3.37%) Ericsson
9 11 (3.37%) IBM
9 11 (3.37%) Nokia
10 9 (2.76%) Avaya
10 9 (2.76%) Ribbon
10 9 (2.76%) Sybase
11 8 (2.45%) Bloomberg
11 8 (2.45%) Red Hat
11 8 (2.45%) Refinitiv