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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 124 161
Rank change year-on-year -1 +37 +39
Contract jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 43 62 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.31% 1.35% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 1.58% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 36 40
10th Percentile £326 £372 £286
25th Percentile £353 £448 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -5.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £488 £500 £691
90th Percentile £519 £531 £743
England median daily rate £474 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.25% - -4.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £32.75 - -
25th Percentile £47.19 - -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £12.84 -
Median % change year-on-year +289.41% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £56.50 - -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £53.02 £52.00
% change year-on-year -5.69% +1.95% +65.08%

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 2,955 3,922 5,050
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 89.84% 85.13% 90.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,898 2,403 3,468
10th Percentile £263 £300 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £645 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 364 203
10th Percentile £13.50 £11.07 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.94 £12.50 £15.36
Median hourly rate £27.50 £17.72 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +55.19% -36.03% +45.79%
75th Percentile £57.93 £45.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £59.25 £65.00
England median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £36.77
% change year-on-year -21.23% -0.73% +47.08%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +18 33 £401 -17.25% 144
Yorkshire -16 10 £475 +5.56% 103
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 4 (9.30%) IIS
1 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (9.30%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.98%) Confluence
3 2 (4.65%) CICS
4 1 (2.33%) Apache Spark
4 1 (2.33%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.65%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (16.28%) Kondor
2 1 (2.33%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (2.33%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (2.33%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (2.33%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (2.33%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (2.33%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (2.33%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (2.33%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.63%) Azure
1 5 (11.63%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (9.30%) Entra ID
3 3 (6.98%) AWS
4 2 (4.65%) Lucidchart
4 2 (4.65%) OneDrive
4 2 (4.65%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.65%) SaaS
5 1 (2.33%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (2.33%) dbt
5 1 (2.33%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 9 (20.93%) DNS
2 8 (18.60%) DHCP
3 1 (2.33%) Broadband
3 1 (2.33%) Internet
3 1 (2.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.65%) DB2
1 2 (4.65%) Power BI
1 2 (4.65%) Tableau
2 1 (2.33%) Big Data
2 1 (2.33%) Data Mining
2 1 (2.33%) Data Vault
2 1 (2.33%) Hadoop
2 1 (2.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (2.33%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.33%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (13.95%) JIRA
2 3 (6.98%) Git
2 3 (6.98%) Selenium
3 1 (2.33%) Cucumber
3 1 (2.33%) Eclipse
3 1 (2.33%) IntelliJ
3 1 (2.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.33%) Maven
3 1 (2.33%) REST Assured
General
1 15 (34.88%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (16.28%) Finance
3 7 (16.28%) Public Sector
4 5 (11.63%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.65%) Banking
5 2 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.65%) Financial Institution
5 2 (4.65%) General Ledger
5 2 (4.65%) Health Technology
6 1 (2.33%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Publishing
6 1 (2.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (25.58%) Analyst
2 7 (16.28%) Administrator
2 7 (16.28%) Applications Engineer
2 7 (16.28%) Applications Support
2 7 (16.28%) Applications Support Engineer
2 7 (16.28%) Support Engineer
2 7 (16.28%) VMWare Administrator
2 7 (16.28%) Wintel Administrator
3 6 (13.95%) Business Analyst
4 5 (11.63%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (11.63%) Systems Support
4 5 (11.63%) Systems Support Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) Incident Manager
6 2 (4.65%) Lead
6 2 (4.65%) SAP Analyst
6 2 (4.65%) Test Automation Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) Test Engineer
7 1 (2.33%) Automation Tester
7 1 (2.33%) Data Business Analyst
7 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365 Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.65%) Playwright
2 1 (2.33%) Kafka
2 1 (2.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.60%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 4 (9.30%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.98%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.65%) Mainframe
4 2 (4.65%) NHS
4 2 (4.65%) Social Media
5 1 (2.33%) CMDB
5 1 (2.33%) Hedge funds
5 1 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.33%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.33%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 9 (20.93%) Windows
1 9 (20.93%) Windows Server
1 9 (20.93%) Windows Server 2016
1 9 (20.93%) Windows Server 2019
2 7 (16.28%) Unix
2 7 (16.28%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (4.65%) Linux
4 1 (2.33%) Amazon Linux
4 1 (2.33%) Android
4 1 (2.33%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.33%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (37.21%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (32.56%) Agile
3 13 (30.23%) Incident Management
3 13 (30.23%) ITIL
4 11 (25.58%) Service Delivery
5 9 (20.93%) Change Management
6 8 (18.60%) Cash Management
7 7 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (16.28%) Patch Management
8 6 (13.95%) Active Listening
8 6 (13.95%) Migration
9 5 (11.63%) CI/CD
9 5 (11.63%) Customer Requirements
9 5 (11.63%) Data Protection
9 5 (11.63%) DevOps
9 5 (11.63%) Manufacturing Engineering
9 5 (11.63%) Problem Management
9 5 (11.63%) Product Management
9 5 (11.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (20.93%) SQL
2 5 (11.63%) PowerShell
3 4 (9.30%) Python
4 1 (2.33%) COBOL
4 1 (2.33%) Java
4 1 (2.33%) JCL
4 1 (2.33%) VB
4 1 (2.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (25.58%) Security Cleared
2 10 (23.26%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.98%) Degree
4 2 (4.65%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (4.65%) PMI Certification
4 2 (4.65%) PMP
5 1 (2.33%) ACCA
5 1 (2.33%) CCNA
5 1 (2.33%) CIMA
5 1 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.33%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.33%) MCP
5 1 (2.33%) MCSA
5 1 (2.33%) MCSE
5 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.30%) SLA
2 1 (2.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.33%) NCSC
2 1 (2.33%) SEPA
System Software
1 12 (27.91%) Active Directory
2 9 (20.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (18.60%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (16.28%) Hyper-V
5 4 (9.30%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (2.33%) BitLocker
6 1 (2.33%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (2.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (18.60%) vCenter Server
2 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Clustering
2 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (9.30%) NetApp OnCommand
2 4 (9.30%) vMotion
2 4 (9.30%) WSUS
3 3 (6.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (6.98%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (4.65%) HP Data Protector
4 2 (4.65%) NetBackup
5 1 (2.33%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (2.33%) Nagios
5 1 (2.33%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (2.33%) SCCM
5 1 (2.33%) vRealize
5 1 (2.33%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 11 (25.58%) Microsoft
2 9 (20.93%) VMware
3 7 (16.28%) Bloomberg
3 7 (16.28%) Refinitiv
3 7 (16.28%) Sybase
4 6 (13.95%) SAP
5 5 (11.63%) ServiceNow
6 3 (6.98%) Oracle
7 2 (4.65%) Brio
7 2 (4.65%) Dell
7 2 (4.65%) Veritas
8 1 (2.33%) Cisco
8 1 (2.33%) McAfee
8 1 (2.33%) Meraki
8 1 (2.33%) Peregrine
8 1 (2.33%) Red Hat
8 1 (2.33%) Remedy
8 1 (2.33%) SolarWinds
8 1 (2.33%) Symantec
8 1 (2.33%) Veeam