Root Cause Analysis Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Root Cause Analysis
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Root Cause Analysis skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 58 48
Rank change year-on-year +32 -10 +6
Contract jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 14 2 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 4.93% 0.45% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.62% 0.52% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 0
10th Percentile £293 £481 -
25th Percentile £325 £489 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £519 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.43% - -
75th Percentile £563 £539 -
90th Percentile £575 £542 -
South West median daily rate £490 £538 £540
% change year-on-year -8.84% -0.46% +29.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £22.73
25th Percentile - - £23.06
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £25.75
75th Percentile - - £28.06
90th Percentile - - £28.18
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
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 249 382 441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 87.68% 85.27% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 201 273
10th Percentile £220 £363 £375
25th Percentile £350 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £660 £638 £675
90th Percentile £730 £738 £738
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.11% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 34 45
10th Percentile £15.31 £22.50 £31.20
25th Percentile £26.85 £28.50 £50.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £37.52 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -49.98% +130.77%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.50 £78.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £84.36
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £64.15
% change year-on-year -62.74% +5.23% +12.81%

Root Cause Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Root Cause Analysis in Gloucestershire

Root Cause Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Root Cause Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Root Cause Analysis in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 2 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Root Cause Analysis in Gloucestershire

Root Cause Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Root Cause Analysis
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 2 September 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
Gloucester - 7 £325 - 6
Cheltenham +28 2 £550 +2.33% 6
Filton - 1 - -
Root Cause Analysis
South West

Root Cause Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 3 (21.43%) IIS
2 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) npm
2 2 (14.29%) OpenShift
3 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) DHCP
1 3 (21.43%) DNS
2 2 (14.29%) AMQP
2 2 (14.29%) VoIP
2 2 (14.29%) VPN
2 2 (14.29%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) InfluxDB
1 2 (14.29%) RDBMS
1 2 (14.29%) Relational Database
2 1 (7.14%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Git
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
1 2 (14.29%) Maven
1 2 (14.29%) MSI
2 1 (7.14%) AdminStudio
2 1 (7.14%) Cypress.io
2 1 (7.14%) InstallShield
2 1 (7.14%) Selenium
General
1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
3 2 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Aerospace
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Support Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Desktop Support
2 2 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Java Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Unified Communications Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (7.14%) QA Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
3 1 (7.14%) Technologist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 2 (14.29%) iPad
1 2 (14.29%) iPhone
1 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.14%) Blackberry
2 1 (7.14%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (50.00%) Windows
2 5 (35.71%) Windows Server
3 3 (21.43%) Windows 10
3 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (14.29%) CentOS
4 2 (14.29%) Linux
4 2 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (7.14%) Android
5 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
5 1 (7.14%) Mac OS
5 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) ITIL
2 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Agile
3 4 (28.57%) High Availability
4 3 (21.43%) Patch Management
4 3 (21.43%) Performance Tuning
4 3 (21.43%) Test Automation
5 2 (14.29%) Antivirus Management
5 2 (14.29%) Application Packaging
5 2 (14.29%) Change Management
5 2 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
5 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 2 (14.29%) DevOps
5 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (14.29%) Inventory Management
5 2 (14.29%) Observability
5 2 (14.29%) Resource Management
5 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (14.29%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) PowerShell
2 2 (14.29%) C
2 2 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (7.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 12 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 10 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 4 (28.57%) DV Cleared
4 2 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (14.29%) MCSA
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (7.14%) MCITP
5 1 (7.14%) MCP
5 1 (7.14%) MCSE
5 1 (7.14%) MCTS
5 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) SLA
2 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 7 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (14.29%) Docker
3 2 (14.29%) Hyper-V
3 2 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (21.43%) WSUS
2 2 (14.29%) Ansible
2 2 (14.29%) Grafana
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Clustering
2 2 (14.29%) NetApp OnCommand
2 2 (14.29%) Terraform
2 2 (14.29%) vCenter Server
2 2 (14.29%) vMotion
3 1 (7.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (7.14%) SCCM
3 1 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) VMware
3 2 (14.29%) Cisco
3 2 (14.29%) McAfee
3 2 (14.29%) Oracle
4 1 (7.14%) SAP