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

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 191 227
Rank change year-on-year +68 +36 +80
Contract jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 255 233 227
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.98% 1.13% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% 1.35% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 139 170
10th Percentile £250 £300 £300
25th Percentile £361 £450 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £523 £563 £600
90th Percentile £600 £639 £701
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 14 3
10th Percentile £31.25 £13.74 £20.16
25th Percentile £31.64 £15.85 £20.40
Median hourly rate £50.00 £47.02 £23.86
Median % change year-on-year +6.35% +97.05% -22.93%
75th Percentile £63.00 £61.08 £45.97
90th Percentile £69.25 £61.60 £57.39
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £53.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -10.38% +112.00% -19.95%

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 11,664 17,222 20,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.66% 83.58% 89.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,264 10,282 14,009
10th Percentile £235 £250 £260
25th Percentile £375 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +3.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £690
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 845 2,110 1,238
10th Percentile £13.83 £12.40 £10.63
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.39 £15.22
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.82% +8.57% +75.00%
75th Percentile £60.63 £61.30 £64.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £36.13
% change year-on-year -24.66% +1.04% +40.67%

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 29 May 2025.

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 29 May 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 29 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
South East +55 64 £425 -15.00% 105
Scotland +55 55 £490 -21.37% 28
North of England -9 45 £422 -11.16% 98
South West +28 42 £525 -2.42% 51
North West +12 35 £407 -15.86% 62
Midlands -2 26 £368 -27.31% 73
West Midlands 0 17 £338 -35.41% 45
East of England +30 15 £331 -4.68% 49
Yorkshire -15 10 £475 +5.56% 30
East Midlands +8 9 £368 +14.11% 26
Northern Ireland - 5 - - 6
Wales -15 4 £413 +353.30% 14
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 19 (7.45%) Confluence
1 19 (7.45%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.53%) IIS
3 8 (3.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.78%) Apache
4 2 (0.78%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.78%) CICS
4 2 (0.78%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.39%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.39%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 15 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.78%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.39%) Fusion 360
4 1 (0.39%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 7 (2.75%) Kondor
2 2 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.78%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.39%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 40 (15.69%) Azure
2 16 (6.27%) SaaS
3 14 (5.49%) AWS
3 14 (5.49%) PaaS
4 10 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (3.53%) Entra ID
5 9 (3.53%) Power Platform
6 8 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.57%) IaaS
7 4 (1.57%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.18%) Azure AKS
8 3 (1.18%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (1.18%) GCP
8 3 (1.18%) Nutanix
9 2 (0.78%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (0.78%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.78%) Lucidchart
9 2 (0.78%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.39%) Google Compute Engine
10 1 (0.39%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 44 (17.25%) Broadband
2 18 (7.06%) DNS
3 17 (6.67%) VPN
4 16 (6.27%) DHCP
5 12 (4.71%) VoIP
6 10 (3.92%) PBX
7 7 (2.75%) Firewall
7 7 (2.75%) LAN
7 7 (2.75%) WAN
8 6 (2.35%) Wireless
9 4 (1.57%) SMTP
9 4 (1.57%) TCP/IP
10 3 (1.18%) Ethernet
10 3 (1.18%) MPLS
10 3 (1.18%) SDH
11 2 (0.78%) BGP
11 2 (0.78%) FTP
11 2 (0.78%) Internet
11 2 (0.78%) OSPF
11 2 (0.78%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.75%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.35%) Power BI
3 4 (1.57%) SAP HANA
3 4 (1.57%) Tableau
4 3 (1.18%) DB2
4 3 (1.18%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.78%) Big Data
5 2 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.78%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.39%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.39%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.39%) Impala
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.39%) Parquet
6 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.39%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 36 (14.12%) JIRA
2 14 (5.49%) Jenkins
2 14 (5.49%) Visual Studio
3 13 (5.10%) Git
4 12 (4.71%) Selenium
5 5 (1.96%) Postman
6 4 (1.57%) Cucumber
6 4 (1.57%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.57%) SoapUI
7 3 (1.18%) Subversion
7 3 (1.18%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.18%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.78%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.78%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.78%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.78%) GitLab
8 2 (0.78%) Maven
9 1 (0.39%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.39%) NetBeans
9 1 (0.39%) Toad
General
1 130 (50.98%) Social Skills
2 78 (30.59%) Finance
3 45 (17.65%) General Ledger
4 34 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (10.20%) Public Sector
6 20 (7.84%) Manufacturing
7 18 (7.06%) Telecoms
8 10 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.35%) Banking
10 5 (1.96%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.96%) Electronics
10 5 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.96%) Marketing
11 4 (1.57%) Legal
11 4 (1.57%) Retail
12 3 (1.18%) Automotive
12 3 (1.18%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.78%) Military
13 2 (0.78%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 71 (27.84%) Analyst
2 56 (21.96%) Senior
3 45 (17.65%) Senior Analyst
4 44 (17.25%) Financial Analyst
4 44 (17.25%) Senior Financial Analyst
5 28 (10.98%) Support Engineer
6 18 (7.06%) Administrator
7 17 (6.67%) Developer
8 15 (5.88%) Desktop Support
9 14 (5.49%) Delphi Developer
10 13 (5.10%) Service Manager
11 11 (4.31%) Desktop Engineer
11 11 (4.31%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 9 (3.53%) Applications Engineer
12 9 (3.53%) Wintel Administrator
13 8 (3.14%) Applications Support
13 8 (3.14%) Applications Support Engineer
13 8 (3.14%) VMWare Administrator
14 7 (2.75%) Incident Manager
14 7 (2.75%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.53%) .NET
2 7 (2.75%) Middleware
3 5 (1.96%) LDAP
4 4 (1.57%) HTML
4 4 (1.57%) SOAP
4 4 (1.57%) XML
5 3 (1.18%) Kafka
5 3 (1.18%) RESTful
5 3 (1.18%) X-Windows
6 2 (0.78%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (0.78%) Playwright
6 2 (0.78%) Web Services
7 1 (0.39%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.39%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.39%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.39%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.39%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.39%) POSIX
7 1 (0.39%) SAML
7 1 (0.39%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 45 (17.65%) Social Media
2 16 (6.27%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (4.31%) iPad
3 11 (4.31%) iPhone
4 10 (3.92%) Blackberry
4 10 (3.92%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (3.14%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 7 (2.75%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.75%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.35%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.96%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.96%) SCADA
9 4 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.57%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.18%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.18%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.18%) PKI
11 2 (0.78%) Mainframe
11 2 (0.78%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 61 (23.92%) Windows
2 24 (9.41%) Windows Server
3 16 (6.27%) Windows 10
4 15 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (5.49%) Linux
6 13 (5.10%) Unix
7 11 (4.31%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (3.14%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (2.75%) Mac OS
9 7 (2.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (1.18%) Android
10 3 (1.18%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.39%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (38.04%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (24.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 56 (21.96%) ITIL
4 45 (17.65%) Accounts Payable
5 44 (17.25%) Procure-to-Pay
6 43 (16.86%) Agile
7 36 (14.12%) Incident Management
8 31 (12.16%) Migration
9 25 (9.80%) Change Management
10 22 (8.63%) CI/CD
10 22 (8.63%) DevOps
11 21 (8.24%) Problem Management
11 21 (8.24%) Test Automation
12 20 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
13 19 (7.45%) Customer Service
14 18 (7.06%) Collaborative Working
14 18 (7.06%) Service Management
15 17 (6.67%) Incident Response
15 17 (6.67%) Performance Tuning
16 16 (6.27%) Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 42 (16.47%) SQL
2 29 (11.37%) PowerShell
3 28 (10.98%) Python
4 21 (8.24%) C#
5 15 (5.88%) PL/SQL
6 14 (5.49%) Delphi
7 12 (4.71%) Bash
8 10 (3.92%) Shell Script
9 8 (3.14%) Java
10 7 (2.75%) JavaScript
11 5 (1.96%) VBScript
12 4 (1.57%) C++
13 3 (1.18%) Bicep
13 3 (1.18%) Perl
13 3 (1.18%) VBA
14 2 (0.78%) VB
15 1 (0.39%) C
15 1 (0.39%) COBOL
15 1 (0.39%) JCL
15 1 (0.39%) Scala
Qualifications
1 72 (28.24%) Security Cleared
2 55 (21.57%) SC Cleared
3 44 (17.25%) ACCA
3 44 (17.25%) CIMA
4 22 (8.63%) Degree
4 22 (8.63%) ITIL Certification
5 19 (7.45%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (7.45%) DV Cleared
6 18 (7.06%) CCNP
7 9 (3.53%) CCNA
7 9 (3.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 8 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.57%) CISSP
10 4 (1.57%) ISTQB
11 3 (1.18%) ISEB
11 3 (1.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.78%) MCSE
12 2 (0.78%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.06%) SLA
2 9 (3.53%) QA
3 8 (3.14%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.57%) GDPR
5 3 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.18%) NIST
6 2 (0.78%) NCSC
7 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.39%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.39%) MISRA
7 1 (0.39%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.39%) SEPA
7 1 (0.39%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 40 (15.69%) Active Directory
2 28 (10.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (5.10%) Hyper-V
4 12 (4.71%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (3.53%) Docker
6 6 (2.35%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.96%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.78%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.78%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.78%) NFS
9 2 (0.78%) Samba
10 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.39%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (7.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (5.88%) Ansible
3 10 (3.92%) Kubernetes
4 9 (3.53%) Terraform
4 9 (3.53%) vCenter Server
5 8 (3.14%) SCCM
6 5 (1.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (1.96%) Microsoft Clustering
6 5 (1.96%) NetApp OnCommand
6 5 (1.96%) vMotion
6 5 (1.96%) WSUS
7 4 (1.57%) SCOM
7 4 (1.57%) yum
8 3 (1.18%) Grafana
8 3 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.78%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.78%) HP Data Protector
9 2 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.78%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.39%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 65 (25.49%) Microsoft
2 60 (23.53%) SAP
3 33 (12.94%) VMware
4 20 (7.84%) Cisco
5 19 (7.45%) Oracle
6 15 (5.88%) Juniper
7 14 (5.49%) ServiceNow
8 13 (5.10%) McAfee
9 11 (4.31%) Palo Alto
10 10 (3.92%) Ericsson
10 10 (3.92%) F5
10 10 (3.92%) Nokia
11 9 (3.53%) Avaya
11 9 (3.53%) Ribbon
12 8 (3.14%) HP
12 8 (3.14%) Sybase
13 7 (2.75%) Bloomberg
13 7 (2.75%) Red Hat
13 7 (2.75%) Refinitiv
13 7 (2.75%) Splunk