Root Cause Analysis Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Root Cause Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Root Cause Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 189 282
Rank change year-on-year +53 +93 -35
Contract jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 345 178 124
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.87% 1.21% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% 1.38% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 101 70
10th Percentile £304 £205 £316
25th Percentile £384 £350 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £438 £498
Median % change year-on-year +5.37% -12.06% +12.56%
75th Percentile £549 £500 £538
90th Percentile £602 £676 £636
UK median daily rate £465 £450 £510
% change year-on-year +3.33% -11.76% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 2 10
10th Percentile £19.00 £22.03 £49.88
25th Percentile £20.79 £23.19 £54.92
Median hourly rate £35.50 £25.75 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.86% -56.35% +218.89%
75th Percentile £75.00 £27.69 £75.37
90th Percentile £84.50 £28.48 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £28.06 £25.75 £59.00
% change year-on-year +8.95% -56.35% +202.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,748 12,863 17,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.53% 87.30% 87.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,628 7,576 11,104
10th Percentile £220 £239 £250
25th Percentile £375 £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 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,756 743 1,254
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.58 £30.88 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% -30.62% +48.33%
75th Percentile £51.21 £63.93 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.42 £73.35 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.53% +21.43%

Root Cause Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Root Cause Analysis job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Root Cause Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Root Cause Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Root Cause Analysis in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Root Cause Analysis in the UK excluding London

Root Cause Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Root Cause Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Root Cause Analysis in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Root Cause Analysis in the UK excluding London

Root Cause 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 Root Cause Analysis within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 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
North of England +31 114 £476 +26.72% 177
Yorkshire +25 80 £490 +8.89% 75
South East +6 78 £438 +5.68% 235
Midlands +4 74 £475 +3.26% 156
West Midlands +3 56 £475 -32.14% 83
East of England +6 38 £619 +86.79% 143
South West -15 33 £550 +22.22% 98
North West -5 31 £400 +14.29% 91
Scotland +15 27 £425 -2.86% 44
East Midlands -6 18 £418 +19.29% 63
Wales 0 4 £258 -54.53% 28
North East - 2 £400 - 12
Northern Ireland - 2 £363 - 13
Root Cause Analysis
UK

Root Cause 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.03%) Confluence
3 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.87%) IIS
4 3 (0.87%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.58%) CICS
5 2 (0.58%) CMS
5 2 (0.58%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.29%) Apache
6 1 (0.29%) JBoss
6 1 (0.29%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 14 (4.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.45%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.29%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 7 (2.03%) SAP HCM
1 7 (2.03%) SAP Payroll
2 3 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.58%) VisionPLUS
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.29%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 96 (27.83%) AWS
2 67 (19.42%) GCP
3 65 (18.84%) Azure
4 37 (10.72%) Serverless
5 20 (5.80%) Entra ID
6 15 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (4.35%) GitHub
7 12 (3.48%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (3.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 11 (3.19%) AWS CloudFormation
8 11 (3.19%) AWS KMS
8 11 (3.19%) OCI
8 11 (3.19%) OpenShift
8 11 (3.19%) Power Platform
9 10 (2.90%) Datadog
9 10 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (2.61%) SaaS
11 8 (2.32%) Amazon EC2
11 8 (2.32%) Amazon S3
11 8 (2.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 47 (13.62%) DNS
2 34 (9.86%) Firewall
3 25 (7.25%) Network Security
4 23 (6.67%) SSL
4 23 (6.67%) VPN
5 18 (5.22%) TCP/IP
6 13 (3.77%) FTP
6 13 (3.77%) HTTP
6 13 (3.77%) SMTP
7 11 (3.19%) DHCP
8 9 (2.61%) WAN
9 7 (2.03%) Wireless
10 6 (1.74%) LAN
10 6 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (1.45%) AMQP
11 5 (1.45%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (1.45%) MPLS
11 5 (1.45%) SD-WAN
12 4 (1.16%) Skype
12 4 (1.16%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (11.59%) NoSQL
2 27 (7.83%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (4.64%) Relational Database
4 12 (3.48%) SQL Server
5 11 (3.19%) Power BI
6 9 (2.61%) MySQL
6 9 (2.61%) RDBMS
7 8 (2.32%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (2.03%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.45%) Metadata
10 4 (1.16%) Tableau
11 3 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.87%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.58%) Apache Cassandra
12 2 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.58%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.58%) Metadata Repository
12 2 (0.58%) Oracle Database 11g
12 2 (0.58%) Oracle Database 12c
12 2 (0.58%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 57 (16.52%) Jenkins
2 51 (14.78%) GitLab
3 28 (8.12%) Liquibase
4 25 (7.25%) Git
5 15 (4.35%) JIRA
6 7 (2.03%) CircleCI
6 7 (2.03%) Postman
7 6 (1.74%) JMeter
8 5 (1.45%) Gatling
8 5 (1.45%) LoadRunner
8 5 (1.45%) Maven
9 3 (0.87%) Selenium
10 2 (0.58%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.58%) MSI
11 1 (0.29%) AdminStudio
11 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.29%) InstallShield
11 1 (0.29%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.29%) Mocha
11 1 (0.29%) Xcode
General
1 164 (47.54%) Social Skills
2 85 (24.64%) Analytical Skills
2 85 (24.64%) Finance
3 51 (14.78%) Banking
4 28 (8.12%) Public Sector
5 27 (7.83%) Financial Institution
6 22 (6.38%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (6.09%) Telecoms
8 17 (4.93%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (2.32%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.16%) Legal
12 3 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.87%) Law
13 2 (0.58%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.58%) Back Office
13 2 (0.58%) Military
13 2 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.58%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 80 (23.19%) Analyst
2 45 (13.04%) Senior
3 27 (7.83%) DevOps Engineer
4 24 (6.96%) Support Engineer
5 21 (6.09%) Software Engineer
6 18 (5.22%) IT Support
7 17 (4.93%) Cloud Engineer
7 17 (4.93%) Consultant
8 16 (4.64%) GCP Engineer
8 16 (4.64%) Support Analyst
8 16 (4.64%) Technical Analyst
9 14 (4.06%) Senior Software Engineer
9 14 (4.06%) SOC Analyst
10 13 (3.77%) AWS Engineer
11 12 (3.48%) Platform Engineer
12 11 (3.19%) IT Analyst
12 11 (3.19%) Senior DevOps
12 11 (3.19%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 10 (2.90%) Administrator
13 10 (2.90%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (13.04%) REST
2 42 (12.17%) RESTful
3 39 (11.30%) Elastic Stack
4 19 (5.51%) LDAP
5 10 (2.90%) Middleware
5 10 (2.90%) SOAP
6 8 (2.32%) OAuth
6 8 (2.32%) Web Services
6 8 (2.32%) XML
7 7 (2.03%) OpenID
7 7 (2.03%) SAML
8 6 (1.74%) .NET
8 6 (1.74%) React
9 5 (1.45%) .NET Core
9 5 (1.45%) AngularJS
9 5 (1.45%) GraphQL
9 5 (1.45%) Kafka
10 4 (1.16%) .NET Framework
11 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Graph
11 3 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.72%) Cloud Native
2 34 (9.86%) Public Cloud
3 33 (9.57%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (7.54%) Management Information System
5 16 (4.64%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (4.06%) Cyber Threat
6 14 (4.06%) Cyberattack
6 14 (4.06%) Data Centre
6 14 (4.06%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (4.06%) Security Operations Centre
7 12 (3.48%) CSOC
8 11 (3.19%) Onboarding
9 10 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (2.61%) Replication
11 7 (2.03%) Driving Licence
11 7 (2.03%) PKI
12 5 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.45%) iPad
12 5 (1.45%) iPhone
12 5 (1.45%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 81 (23.48%) Linux
2 64 (18.55%) Windows
3 16 (4.64%) Windows 10
4 15 (4.35%) Unix
5 14 (4.06%) Windows Server
6 8 (2.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (1.74%) CentOS
8 5 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.16%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.16%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.87%) Android
10 3 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.29%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (31.59%) Problem-Solving
2 101 (29.28%) CI/CD
3 99 (28.70%) DevOps
4 81 (23.48%) Continuous Improvement
5 75 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
6 71 (20.58%) Infrastructure as Code
7 69 (20.00%) Agile
8 66 (19.13%) ITIL
9 65 (18.84%) Incident Response
10 64 (18.55%) High Availability
11 52 (15.07%) Change Management
12 51 (14.78%) Containerisation
12 51 (14.78%) Microservices
13 40 (11.59%) Computer Science
13 40 (11.59%) Observability
14 37 (10.72%) Incident Management
14 37 (10.72%) Infrastructure Automation
14 37 (10.72%) Problem Management
15 35 (10.14%) Cost Optimisation
15 35 (10.14%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 112 (32.46%) Python
2 52 (15.07%) PowerShell
3 42 (12.17%) Go
4 35 (10.14%) Bash
5 34 (9.86%) Java
6 33 (9.57%) SQL
7 18 (5.22%) Shell Script
8 11 (3.19%) JavaScript
9 10 (2.90%) Perl
10 7 (2.03%) ABAP
11 6 (1.74%) C#
11 6 (1.74%) PL/SQL
12 4 (1.16%) JCL
13 3 (0.87%) COBOL
13 3 (0.87%) Korn
13 3 (0.87%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.58%) PHP
15 1 (0.29%) C
15 1 (0.29%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.29%) Swift
Qualifications
1 79 (22.90%) Security Cleared
2 62 (17.97%) Degree
3 49 (14.20%) SC Cleared
4 40 (11.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (9.57%) Master's Degree
6 23 (6.67%) DV Cleared
7 21 (6.09%) AWS Certification
8 11 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (2.90%) A+ Certification
10 9 (2.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 9 (2.61%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (2.32%) Azure Certification
11 8 (2.32%) ISTQB
11 8 (2.32%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (2.03%) CCNP
12 7 (2.03%) CISSP
13 6 (1.74%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 5 (1.45%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 5 (1.45%) CCNA
14 5 (1.45%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.54%) SLA
2 16 (4.64%) QA
3 12 (3.48%) GDPR
3 12 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (3.48%) NIST
4 11 (3.19%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.03%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.16%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.58%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.29%) COSHH
9 1 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.29%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.29%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.29%) NCSC
9 1 (0.29%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.29%) PSD2
9 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 66 (19.13%) Docker
2 38 (11.01%) Active Directory
3 17 (4.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (3.19%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.16%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.16%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.58%) vSphere
7 1 (0.29%) Firmware
7 1 (0.29%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 1 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 84 (24.35%) Terraform
2 72 (20.87%) Ansible
3 68 (19.71%) Grafana
3 68 (19.71%) Kubernetes
4 56 (16.23%) Prometheus
5 13 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (3.19%) vCenter Server
7 10 (2.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 7 (2.03%) SCCM
9 6 (1.74%) WSUS
10 5 (1.45%) Puppet
11 4 (1.16%) Progress Chef
11 4 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.87%) EMC NetWorker
13 2 (0.58%) Argo
13 2 (0.58%) BMC PATROL
13 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Clustering
13 2 (0.58%) NetApp OnCommand
13 2 (0.58%) vMotion
14 1 (0.29%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 78 (22.61%) Microsoft
2 58 (16.81%) Splunk
3 33 (9.57%) Oracle
4 31 (8.99%) ServiceNow
5 27 (7.83%) Cisco
6 21 (6.09%) Google
7 18 (5.22%) VMware
8 14 (4.06%) SAP
9 11 (3.19%) Palo Alto
10 10 (2.90%) Dynatrace
10 10 (2.90%) F5
11 9 (2.61%) AppDynamics
11 9 (2.61%) CheckPoint
12 6 (1.74%) Veeam
13 5 (1.45%) Computacenter
13 5 (1.45%) McAfee
13 5 (1.45%) SolarWinds
13 5 (1.45%) Starlink
13 5 (1.45%) Workday
14 4 (1.16%) Fortinet