Root Cause Analysis Contract Job Trends in London

Root Cause Analysis
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Root Cause Analysis skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 225 253 224
Rank change year-on-year +28 -29 +73
Contract jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 154 140 240
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.14% 0.86% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 0.96% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 82 170
10th Percentile £374 £264 £306
25th Percentile £436 £370 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £475 £528
Median % change year-on-year +9.21% -10.04% -2.22%
75th Percentile £700 £582 £653
90th Percentile £775 £774 £771
England median daily rate £500 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28.25 - -
Median hourly rate £29.50 - -
75th Percentile £30.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £32.50 £37.50 £41.25
% change year-on-year -13.33% -9.09% +67.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,488 14,512 20,144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.57% 89.12% 90.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,261 9,754 14,628
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £699
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 180 223
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.25 £18.23
25th Percentile £25.00 £23.80 £22.13
Median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -12.50% +7.47%
75th Percentile £48.75 £55.00 £64.25
90th Percentile £63.75 £72.19 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +45.65%

Root Cause Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Root Cause Analysis in London

Root Cause Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Root Cause Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Root Cause Analysis in London over the 6 months to 12 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Root Cause Analysis in London

Root Cause Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Root Cause Analysis
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Central London +2 24 £488 -8.88% 38
South London -8 5 £730 +51.58%
East London +6 1 £675 +30.43% 1
West London - 1 - - 1
Root Cause Analysis
England

Root Cause Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 7 (4.55%) Confluence
2 6 (3.90%) Apache
3 5 (3.25%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (2.60%) Apache Spark
4 4 (2.60%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (1.30%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.65%) CICS
7 1 (0.65%) JBoss
Applications
1 10 (6.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.95%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.30%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.65%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.65%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 39 (25.32%) AWS
2 34 (22.08%) Azure
3 17 (11.04%) GCP
4 9 (5.84%) GitHub
5 8 (5.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 7 (4.55%) Amazon EC2
6 7 (4.55%) Amazon S3
6 7 (4.55%) AWS CloudFormation
6 7 (4.55%) dbt
6 7 (4.55%) PaaS
6 7 (4.55%) SaaS
7 6 (3.90%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (3.90%) OCI
7 6 (3.90%) Power Platform
8 5 (3.25%) Amazon ELB
8 5 (3.25%) Datadog
8 5 (3.25%) Entra ID
8 5 (3.25%) Snowflake
9 4 (2.60%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.14%) Firewall
2 7 (4.55%) Network Security
3 6 (3.90%) DNS
3 6 (3.90%) VPN
4 5 (3.25%) SSL
4 5 (3.25%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.60%) 3GPP
5 4 (2.60%) 4G
5 4 (2.60%) LTE
5 4 (2.60%) Radio Access Network
5 4 (2.60%) Wireshark
6 3 (1.95%) Internet
7 2 (1.30%) BGP
7 2 (1.30%) DHCP
7 2 (1.30%) Ethernet
7 2 (1.30%) LAN
7 2 (1.30%) MPLS
7 2 (1.30%) WAN
7 2 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.84%) Data Warehouse
1 9 (5.84%) NoSQL
1 9 (5.84%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.19%) BigQuery
3 6 (3.90%) Relational Database
4 5 (3.25%) Power BI
5 4 (2.60%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (2.60%) DB2
5 4 (2.60%) Metadata
5 4 (2.60%) Oracle Database
5 4 (2.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (2.60%) Tableau
6 3 (1.95%) Big Data
7 2 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.30%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.30%) MySQL
7 2 (1.30%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.65%) DbVisualizer
8 1 (0.65%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 12 (7.79%) JIRA
2 11 (7.14%) Git
3 10 (6.49%) Jenkins
4 6 (3.90%) GitLab
5 4 (2.60%) Artifactory
6 3 (1.95%) Postman
7 2 (1.30%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.30%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.30%) REST Assured
7 2 (1.30%) Selenium
7 2 (1.30%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.65%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.65%) JMeter
8 1 (0.65%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.65%) Locust
8 1 (0.65%) Maven
8 1 (0.65%) Mocha
8 1 (0.65%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.65%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.65%) Visual Studio
General
1 68 (44.16%) Social Skills
2 42 (27.27%) Finance
3 26 (16.88%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (14.29%) Banking
5 7 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (4.55%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.25%) Financial Institution
7 4 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.60%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.95%) Back Office
8 3 (1.95%) Military
8 3 (1.95%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.30%) Legal
9 2 (1.30%) Spanish Language
9 2 (1.30%) Wholesale Banking
10 1 (0.65%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.65%) International Banking
10 1 (0.65%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 28 (18.18%) Analyst
2 21 (13.64%) Senior
3 14 (9.09%) Developer
4 12 (7.79%) Business Analyst
4 12 (7.79%) Lead
5 8 (5.19%) DevOps Engineer
6 6 (3.90%) Consultant
6 6 (3.90%) QA Engineer
7 5 (3.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 5 (3.25%) Data Analyst
7 5 (3.25%) Security Analyst
7 5 (3.25%) Senior QA Engineer
7 5 (3.25%) Subject Matter Expert
7 5 (3.25%) Technical Analyst
8 4 (2.60%) Automation Developer
8 4 (2.60%) Automation Engineer
8 4 (2.60%) AWS DevOps
8 4 (2.60%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 4 (2.60%) Performance Specialist
8 4 (2.60%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.84%) .NET
2 8 (5.19%) Kafka
2 8 (5.19%) REST
3 7 (4.55%) OAuth
3 7 (4.55%) OAuth2
4 6 (3.90%) JSON
4 6 (3.90%) OpenID
4 6 (3.90%) Oracle Fusion
4 6 (3.90%) RESTful
4 6 (3.90%) SAML
4 6 (3.90%) XML
5 5 (3.25%) Great Expectations
6 4 (2.60%) AngularJS
6 4 (2.60%) LDAP
7 3 (1.95%) CSS
7 3 (1.95%) HTML5
7 3 (1.95%) jQuery
7 3 (1.95%) React
7 3 (1.95%) Swagger
7 3 (1.95%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
1 7 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
1 7 (4.55%) Onboarding
1 7 (4.55%) Security Posture
2 6 (3.90%) Data Centre
2 6 (3.90%) Virtual Team
3 5 (3.25%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (3.25%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (2.60%) Hedge funds
4 4 (2.60%) Mainframe
4 4 (2.60%) Replication
4 4 (2.60%) Social Media
4 4 (2.60%) Video\Live Streaming
5 3 (1.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (1.95%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.30%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (1.30%) DTCC
6 2 (1.30%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (1.30%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.14%) Windows
2 10 (6.49%) Linux
3 4 (2.60%) Unix
4 3 (1.95%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.95%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.30%) Solaris
5 2 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.65%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.65%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (35.06%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (26.62%) DevOps
3 36 (23.38%) CI/CD
4 32 (20.78%) Agile
5 23 (14.94%) Stakeholder Management
6 21 (13.64%) Incident Response
7 20 (12.99%) High Availability
8 17 (11.04%) ITIL
8 17 (11.04%) Observability
9 15 (9.74%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (9.74%) Data Analysis
9 15 (9.74%) Data Governance
9 15 (9.74%) Infrastructure as Code
9 15 (9.74%) Problem Management
10 14 (9.09%) Analytics
10 14 (9.09%) Containerisation
10 14 (9.09%) ETL
10 14 (9.09%) Roadmaps
10 14 (9.09%) Test Automation
10 14 (9.09%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 50 (32.47%) Python
2 44 (28.57%) SQL
3 16 (10.39%) Bash
4 13 (8.44%) PowerShell
5 12 (7.79%) C#
6 10 (6.49%) Java
7 8 (5.19%) JavaScript
8 6 (3.90%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.95%) CLIST
9 3 (1.95%) Go
9 3 (1.95%) PromQL
9 3 (1.95%) REXX
10 1 (0.65%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.65%) Bourne shell
10 1 (0.65%) Groovy
10 1 (0.65%) JCL
10 1 (0.65%) Perl
10 1 (0.65%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.65%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.65%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (12.99%) Security Cleared
2 16 (10.39%) SC Cleared
3 9 (5.84%) Degree
4 5 (3.25%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (1.95%) AWS Certification
5 3 (1.95%) CEH
5 3 (1.95%) SSCP
6 2 (1.30%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.30%) CISSP
6 2 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.65%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (0.65%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
7 1 (0.65%) CLAS
7 1 (0.65%) IBM Certification
7 1 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.65%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.65%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.65%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.74%) QA
2 11 (7.14%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.60%) GDPR
3 4 (2.60%) NIST
4 3 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.95%) SLA
5 2 (1.30%) EMIR
5 2 (1.30%) MiFID
5 2 (1.30%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.65%) COBIT
6 1 (0.65%) GRC
6 1 (0.65%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.65%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.65%) PMO
6 1 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (8.44%) Active Directory
1 13 (8.44%) Docker
2 4 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.30%) Firmware
4 1 (0.65%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.65%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 21 (13.64%) Terraform
2 15 (9.74%) Ansible
3 14 (9.09%) Kubernetes
4 7 (4.55%) Grafana
5 6 (3.90%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (3.25%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.95%) Progress Chef
7 3 (1.95%) Tivoli NetView
8 2 (1.30%) OMEGAMON
8 2 (1.30%) SCCM
9 1 (0.65%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.65%) HP SiteScope
9 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.65%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.65%) Puppet
9 1 (0.65%) QRadar
9 1 (0.65%) SCOM
9 1 (0.65%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.65%) vMotion
Vendors
1 21 (13.64%) Oracle
2 17 (11.04%) Microsoft
3 15 (9.74%) Dynatrace
3 15 (9.74%) ServiceNow
4 14 (9.09%) Splunk
5 6 (3.90%) Google
5 6 (3.90%) SAP
6 5 (3.25%) F5
6 5 (3.25%) IBM
6 5 (3.25%) Palo Alto
6 5 (3.25%) Workday
7 4 (2.60%) Actix
7 4 (2.60%) CheckPoint
7 4 (2.60%) Ericsson
7 4 (2.60%) ForgeRock
7 4 (2.60%) Nokia
7 4 (2.60%) Remedy
7 4 (2.60%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.60%) UiPath
7 4 (2.60%) VMware