Root Cause Analysis Contracts in the North of England

Root Cause Analysis
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 129 125 167
Rank change year-on-year -4 +42 +26
Contract jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 37 61 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.12% 1.28% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 1.49% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 35 41
10th Percentile £324 £370 £300
25th Percentile £358 £439 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £493 £525
Median % change year-on-year -15.21% -6.10% +5.00%
75th Percentile £488 £500 £700
90th Percentile £500 £569 £743
England median daily rate £465 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -7.00% - -4.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £30.05 - -
25th Percentile £46.25 - -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £12.84 -
Median % change year-on-year +289.41% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £53.03 £57.00
% change year-on-year -5.71% -6.96% +55.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,966 4,089 5,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 90.02% 85.76% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,506 3,674
10th Percentile £263 £300 £302
25th Percentile £378 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 355 207
10th Percentile £13.83 £11.03 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £12.45 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -36.82% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.76 £44.41 £45.05
90th Percentile £82.56 £53.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Root Cause Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Root Cause Analysis in the North of England

Root Cause Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Root Cause Analysis in the North of England

Root Cause Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Root Cause Analysis in the North of England

Root Cause Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Root Cause Analysis in the North of England

Root Cause Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Hourly rate histogram for Root Cause Analysis in the North of England

Root Cause Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of 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
North West +22 30 £414 -16.02% 44
Yorkshire -21 7 £475 +5.56% 24
Root Cause Analysis
England

Root Cause Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (10.81%) SharePoint
3 3 (8.11%) IIS
4 2 (5.41%) Confluence
5 1 (2.70%) Apache Spark
5 1 (2.70%) CICS
5 1 (2.70%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.41%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (18.92%) Kondor
2 1 (2.70%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 6 (16.22%) Azure
2 5 (13.51%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (10.81%) Entra ID
4 3 (8.11%) SaaS
5 2 (5.41%) AWS
5 2 (5.41%) Lucidchart
5 2 (5.41%) OneDrive
5 2 (5.41%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.70%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (2.70%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 9 (24.32%) DNS
2 8 (21.62%) DHCP
3 1 (2.70%) Firewall
3 1 (2.70%) Intranet
3 1 (2.70%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (2.70%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) Power BI
1 2 (5.41%) Tableau
2 1 (2.70%) Big Data
2 1 (2.70%) Data Mining
2 1 (2.70%) Data Vault
2 1 (2.70%) DB2
2 1 (2.70%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 5 (13.51%) JIRA
2 2 (5.41%) Git
2 2 (5.41%) Selenium
General
1 11 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 8 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (18.92%) Public Sector
4 5 (13.51%) Finance
4 5 (13.51%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.41%) Banking
5 2 (5.41%) Health Technology
6 1 (2.70%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Publishing
6 1 (2.70%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (27.03%) Analyst
2 7 (18.92%) Applications Engineer
2 7 (18.92%) Applications Support
2 7 (18.92%) Applications Support Engineer
2 7 (18.92%) Support Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) Administrator
3 6 (16.22%) VMWare Administrator
3 6 (16.22%) Wintel Administrator
4 5 (13.51%) Business Analyst
4 5 (13.51%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Systems Support
4 5 (13.51%) Systems Support Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Incident Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Lead
5 2 (5.41%) SAP Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Support Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Test Automation Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Test Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Architect
6 1 (2.70%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) Playwright
2 1 (2.70%) Kafka
2 1 (2.70%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.41%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.41%) NHS
4 1 (2.70%) Blog
4 1 (2.70%) CMDB
4 1 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.70%) Mainframe
4 1 (2.70%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (24.32%) Windows
2 8 (21.62%) Windows Server
2 8 (21.62%) Windows Server 2016
2 8 (21.62%) Windows Server 2019
3 7 (18.92%) Unix
4 6 (16.22%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (2.70%) Amazon Linux
5 1 (2.70%) Android
5 1 (2.70%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.70%) Linux
5 1 (2.70%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (37.84%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (32.43%) Agile
2 12 (32.43%) ITIL
3 11 (29.73%) Incident Management
3 11 (29.73%) Service Delivery
4 10 (27.03%) Change Management
5 7 (18.92%) Cash Management
6 6 (16.22%) Active Listening
6 6 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (16.22%) Migration
6 6 (16.22%) Patch Management
7 5 (13.51%) Customer Requirements
7 5 (13.51%) Manufacturing Engineering
7 5 (13.51%) Problem Management
7 5 (13.51%) Product Management
8 4 (10.81%) Business Change Management
8 4 (10.81%) Continuous Integration
8 4 (10.81%) Decision-Making
8 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (10.81%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (21.62%) SQL
2 5 (13.51%) PowerShell
3 4 (10.81%) Python
4 1 (2.70%) VB
4 1 (2.70%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 10 (27.03%) Security Cleared
2 9 (24.32%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.41%) Degree
3 2 (5.41%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (5.41%) PMI Certification
3 2 (5.41%) PMP
4 1 (2.70%) CCNA
4 1 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.70%) MCP
4 1 (2.70%) MCSA
4 1 (2.70%) MCSE
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.70%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) SLA
2 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.70%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.70%) NCSC
System Software
1 11 (29.73%) Active Directory
2 8 (21.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (18.92%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (16.22%) Hyper-V
5 4 (10.81%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (2.70%) BitLocker
6 1 (2.70%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (2.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (18.92%) vCenter Server
2 4 (10.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (10.81%) WSUS
3 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Clustering
3 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (8.11%) NetApp OnCommand
3 3 (8.11%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (8.11%) vMotion
4 2 (5.41%) HP Data Protector
4 2 (5.41%) NetBackup
5 1 (2.70%) Nagios
5 1 (2.70%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (2.70%) SCCM
5 1 (2.70%) vRealize
5 1 (2.70%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 10 (27.03%) Microsoft
2 8 (21.62%) VMware
3 7 (18.92%) Bloomberg
3 7 (18.92%) Refinitiv
3 7 (18.92%) Sybase
4 5 (13.51%) SAP
5 4 (10.81%) ServiceNow
6 2 (5.41%) Brio
6 2 (5.41%) Dell
6 2 (5.41%) Veritas
7 1 (2.70%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.70%) McAfee
7 1 (2.70%) Oracle
7 1 (2.70%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.70%) Red Hat
7 1 (2.70%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.70%) Symantec
7 1 (2.70%) Veeam