Fault Analysis Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Fault Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Fault Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 387 - 399
Rank change year-on-year - - +99
Contract jobs citing Fault Analysis 9 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.050% - 0.030%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.058% - 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile £275 - £294
25th Percentile £354 - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - £363
Median % change year-on-year - - +133.87%
75th Percentile £694 - £438
90th Percentile £788 - £500
UK median daily rate £250 - £325
% change year-on-year - - +3.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £15.33 - -
UK median hourly rate £15.33 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Fault 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,503 13,646 17,745
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 86.93% 85.69% 88.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,453 7,857 11,502
10th Percentile £215 £243 £250
25th Percentile £369 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,742 870 1,250
10th Percentile £14.35 £15.10 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £19.43 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.85 £32.39 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year -29.45% -26.30% +40.82%
75th Percentile £45.46 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £72.50 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.71% +25.00%

Fault Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Fault Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Fault Analysis job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Fault Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Fault Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Fault Analysis

Fault Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fault Analysis in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Fault Analysis in the UK excluding London

Fault Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Fault Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Fault Analysis

Fault Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fault Analysis within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 December 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
Northern Ireland - 7 - -
North of England - 1 £225 - 2
North West - 1 £225 - 1
Scotland - 1 £800 - 3
Fault Analysis
UK

Fault Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) VoIP
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) Internet
2 1 (11.11%) Intranet
General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) ICT Support
1 6 (66.67%) ICT Support Technician
1 6 (66.67%) ICT Technician
1 6 (66.67%) Support Technician
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) IT Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) IT Support
2 1 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) IT Technician
2 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Smartphone
2 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
2 1 (11.11%) SCADA
2 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (77.78%) IT Strategy
2 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
3 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
3 1 (11.11%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) HND
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
1 7 (77.78%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (77.78%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Avaya
1 7 (77.78%) Citrix
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) AVEVA
2 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow