Root Cause Analysis Contracts in the UK excluding London

Root Cause Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 21 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 187 217 304
Rank change year-on-year +30 +87 -39
Contract jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 236 229 210
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.11% 1.01% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 1.13% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 177 136
10th Percentile £302 £300 £210
25th Percentile £448 £331 £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.56% -5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £577 £600 £561
90th Percentile £649 £713 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 5
10th Percentile £14.04 £20.24 £18.30
25th Percentile £15.85 £20.59 £25.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £25.18 £30.96
Median % change year-on-year +98.57% -18.67% +23.84%
75th Percentile £60.55 £37.44 £46.25
90th Percentile £61.60 £53.98 £66.50
UK median hourly rate £51.50 £25.75 £31.23
% change year-on-year +100.00% -17.55% +20.12%

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 17,630 20,207 27,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.67% 89.05% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,358 13,864 18,970
10th Percentile £250 £260 £246
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £586
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,185 1,244 1,334
10th Percentile £12.50 £10.90 £12.49
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £47.96
90th Percentile £72.90 £75.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Root Cause Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Root Cause Analysis in the UK excluding London

Root Cause Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Root Cause Analysis in the UK excluding London.

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

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 21 June 2024.

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

Root Cause Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Root Cause Analysis in the UK excluding London.

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

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 21 June 2024.

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 21 June 2024. 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
South West +31 61 £550 +3.29% 27
North of England +29 60 £475 -5.00% 57
South East +14 54 £500 +17.65% 34
Midlands -6 41 £488 +2.63% 43
Yorkshire +26 34 £450 -10.00% 27
West Midlands +8 29 £520 -20.00% 28
North West +12 26 £475 -5.00% 25
Wales +39 21 £91 -84.83% 6
East of England 0 18 £350 -22.22% 15
East Midlands -13 12 £450 +28.57% 15
Scotland +41 9 £623 +38.33% 10
Root Cause Analysis
UK

Root Cause Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 (2.97%) Confluence
2 4 (1.69%) IIS
2 4 (1.69%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.69%) Tomcat
3 3 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.27%) Jupyter
3 3 (1.27%) nginx
4 2 (0.85%) SAS
5 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.42%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.42%) WebLogic
Applications
1 15 (6.36%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.42%) CATIA
4 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.42%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.42%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 6 (2.54%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 6 (2.54%) SAP FI-AP
1 6 (2.54%) Teamcenter
2 2 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.85%) SAP CO
2 2 (0.85%) SAP FI
2 2 (0.85%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.85%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.42%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 26 (11.02%) Azure
2 22 (9.32%) AWS
3 11 (4.66%) Power Platform
4 8 (3.39%) SuccessFactors
5 6 (2.54%) Amazon EKS
6 5 (2.12%) OpenShift
7 4 (1.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (1.69%) AWS CloudTrail
7 4 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (1.27%) CloudBees
8 3 (1.27%) GCP
8 3 (1.27%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 3 (1.27%) PaaS
8 3 (1.27%) SaaS
9 2 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.85%) IaaS
9 2 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.42%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.66%) Firewall
2 7 (2.97%) TCP/IP
3 6 (2.54%) DHCP
3 6 (2.54%) DNS
4 3 (1.27%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (1.27%) Junos
4 3 (1.27%) VPN
5 2 (0.85%) LAN
6 1 (0.42%) 4G
6 1 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.42%) LTE
6 1 (0.42%) PBX
6 1 (0.42%) SMTP
6 1 (0.42%) tcpdump
6 1 (0.42%) VLAN
6 1 (0.42%) VoIP
6 1 (0.42%) WAN
6 1 (0.42%) Wireless
6 1 (0.42%) Wireless Security
6 1 (0.42%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.93%) Ingres
2 11 (4.66%) Power BI
3 9 (3.81%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.54%) Tableau
5 5 (2.12%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.69%) SAP BW
6 4 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.27%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (1.27%) ClickHouse
7 3 (1.27%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.27%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.42%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.42%) Big Data
9 1 (0.42%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.42%) MS Access
9 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database 12c
9 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (5.08%) Jenkins
2 11 (4.66%) Git
2 11 (4.66%) JIRA
3 9 (3.81%) Maven
4 8 (3.39%) JMeter
4 8 (3.39%) Selenium
5 6 (2.54%) Cucumber
6 5 (2.12%) Gradle
7 3 (1.27%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.27%) Hudson
8 2 (0.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.85%) Subversion
8 2 (0.85%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.85%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.42%) ChangeMan
9 1 (0.42%) IDA Disassembler
9 1 (0.42%) NeoLoad
9 1 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio
General
1 112 (47.46%) Social Skills
2 36 (15.25%) Telecoms
3 34 (14.41%) Public Sector
4 24 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (8.90%) Finance
6 17 (7.20%) Mandarin Language
7 14 (5.93%) Manufacturing
8 10 (4.24%) Marketing
9 7 (2.97%) Electronics
10 5 (2.12%) Retail
11 4 (1.69%) Banking
12 3 (1.27%) Front Office
13 2 (0.85%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.85%) Automotive
13 2 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.42%) Health Technology
14 1 (0.42%) Legal
14 1 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (13.14%) Analyst
2 22 (9.32%) Problem Manager
3 20 (8.47%) Lead
3 20 (8.47%) Senior
4 14 (5.93%) DBA
5 13 (5.51%) Administrator
5 13 (5.51%) Architect
5 13 (5.51%) Incident Manager
6 12 (5.08%) Ingres DBA
7 11 (4.66%) Cyber Defence Analyst
8 9 (3.81%) Data Centre Engineer
8 9 (3.81%) Incident and Problem Manager
8 9 (3.81%) Support Engineer
9 8 (3.39%) Consultant
9 8 (3.39%) Coordinator
9 8 (3.39%) Test Analyst
10 7 (2.97%) Technical Coordinator
10 7 (2.97%) Technical Support
11 6 (2.54%) SOC Engineer
11 6 (2.54%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.51%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (2.54%) .NET
2 6 (2.54%) EDI
2 6 (2.54%) IDoc
2 6 (2.54%) Itk
3 5 (2.12%) Web Services
4 4 (1.69%) Gherkin
4 4 (1.69%) Kafka
4 4 (1.69%) LDAP
4 4 (1.69%) Middleware
4 4 (1.69%) REST
4 4 (1.69%) SAP Business Workflow
5 3 (1.27%) Apache Beam
5 3 (1.27%) ISPF
5 3 (1.27%) Keycloak
5 3 (1.27%) Node.js
5 3 (1.27%) React
6 2 (0.85%) Jest
7 1 (0.42%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.42%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 53 (22.46%) Management Information System
2 48 (20.34%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 47 (19.92%) Cyber Defence
4 45 (19.07%) Cyber Threat
5 24 (10.17%) Data Centre
6 15 (6.36%) Virtual Team
7 9 (3.81%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.97%) Driving Licence
9 6 (2.54%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (2.12%) Data Structures
10 5 (2.12%) Mainframe
11 4 (1.69%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.69%) Security Posture
12 3 (1.27%) CMDB
12 3 (1.27%) iPad
12 3 (1.27%) iPhone
13 2 (0.85%) Client/Server
13 2 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 2 (0.85%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 30 (12.71%) Windows
2 23 (9.75%) Linux
3 13 (5.51%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.81%) Unix
5 6 (2.54%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (2.54%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (2.12%) Windows 10
7 3 (1.27%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.27%) zOS
8 1 (0.42%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (27.97%) Incident Management
2 62 (26.27%) Mentoring
3 56 (23.73%) Incident Response
3 56 (23.73%) Problem-Solving
4 53 (22.46%) Cybersecurity
5 52 (22.03%) SIEM
6 50 (21.19%) SOAR
7 47 (19.92%) Case Management
7 47 (19.92%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 47 (19.92%) Information Security
7 47 (19.92%) Threat Intelligence
7 47 (19.92%) Use Case
8 45 (19.07%) CRM
8 45 (19.07%) Protective Monitoring
9 43 (18.22%) ITIL
10 38 (16.10%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 34 (14.41%) Problem Management
12 30 (12.71%) Agile
13 26 (11.02%) Project Delivery
14 20 (8.47%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.59%) Python
2 15 (6.36%) SQL
3 12 (5.08%) Java
3 12 (5.08%) JavaScript
4 10 (4.24%) Bash
4 10 (4.24%) PowerShell
5 8 (3.39%) C++
5 8 (3.39%) Groovy
5 8 (3.39%) Ruby
6 7 (2.97%) Shell Script
7 6 (2.54%) ABAP
8 4 (1.69%) C
9 3 (1.27%) C#
9 3 (1.27%) Go
9 3 (1.27%) JCL
9 3 (1.27%) Scala
9 3 (1.27%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.85%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.85%) VBA
10 2 (0.85%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 103 (43.64%) Security Cleared
2 61 (25.85%) DV Cleared
3 46 (19.49%) SC Cleared
4 15 (6.36%) Degree
5 6 (2.54%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (2.54%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (2.12%) CCNA
7 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.27%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.85%) CEH
9 2 (0.85%) CISSP
9 2 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.85%) ISEB
9 2 (0.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.85%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.42%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.42%) CCNP
10 1 (0.42%) MCDST
10 1 (0.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (21.19%) NIST
2 45 (19.07%) NIST 800
3 33 (13.98%) SLA
4 7 (2.97%) QA
5 6 (2.54%) ISO 9001
6 5 (2.12%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.69%) NCSC
8 3 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.42%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.42%) GDPR
System Software
1 12 (5.08%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.81%) Docker
3 8 (3.39%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.27%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 3 (1.27%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.27%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 3 (1.27%) vSphere
6 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.42%) Snort
6 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (5.51%) Kibana
2 12 (5.08%) Ansible
2 12 (5.08%) logstash
3 8 (3.39%) Terraform
4 6 (2.54%) Kubernetes
5 4 (1.69%) Trend Micro Deep Security
6 3 (1.27%) Control-M
6 3 (1.27%) Grafana
6 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.27%) WSUS
7 2 (0.85%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.85%) Nagios
7 2 (0.85%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.42%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
8 1 (0.42%) OPNET
8 1 (0.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.42%) SCCM
8 1 (0.42%) SCOM
Vendors
1 89 (37.71%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.05%) SAP
3 11 (4.66%) Splunk
4 10 (4.24%) Tanium
5 8 (3.39%) Cisco
5 8 (3.39%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.97%) VMware
7 6 (2.54%) OpenText
8 5 (2.12%) Autodesk
9 4 (1.69%) Juniper
10 3 (1.27%) CA
10 3 (1.27%) CyberArk
10 3 (1.27%) McAfee
10 3 (1.27%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.85%) Actian
11 2 (0.85%) BMC
11 2 (0.85%) Huawei
11 2 (0.85%) Oracle
11 2 (0.85%) Remedy
12 1 (0.42%) Google