Root Cause Analysis Contracts

Root Cause Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 205 223 287
Rank change year-on-year +18 +64 +32
Contract jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 380 453 556
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.30% 1.04% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 1.20% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 286 397
10th Percentile £310 £313 £313
25th Percentile £400 £428 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £550 £588 £613
90th Percentile £675 £650 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £498 £460
% change year-on-year -14.57% +8.15% +2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 8
10th Percentile £29.90 £14.04 £20.00
25th Percentile £31.64 £15.85 £20.59
Median hourly rate £50.00 £53.03 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +37.74% +4.82%
75th Percentile £59.38 £61.60 £62.75
90th Percentile £69.50 £62.89 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £53.03 £23.86
% change year-on-year -5.71% +122.25% -35.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Root Cause Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Root Cause Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Root Cause Analysis in the UK

Root Cause Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Root Cause Analysis.

Daily rate trend for Root Cause Analysis in the UK

Root Cause Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Root Cause Analysis over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Root Cause Analysis in the UK

Root Cause Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Root Cause Analysis.

Hourly rate trend for Root Cause Analysis in the UK

Root Cause Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Root Cause Analysis over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Root Cause Analysis in the UK

Root Cause Analysis
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 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
England +19 326 £465 -7.00% 506
UK excluding London +37 203 £425 -14.57% 320
London -18 128 £488 -11.36% 253
Work from Home +27 111 £475 -3.85% 209
South East +63 62 £425 -12.82% 87
South West +37 42 £513 -2.38% 38
North of England -4 37 £418 -15.21% 67
North West +22 30 £414 -16.02% 43
Midlands +6 27 £438 -14.63% 61
West Midlands -3 18 £513 -2.38% 34
East of England +29 15 £331 -11.67% 35
Scotland +18 14 £479 -23.05% 19
East Midlands +11 9 £438 +35.66% 25
Yorkshire -21 7 £475 +5.56% 22
Northern Ireland - 5 - - 16
Wales -19 1 £413 +353.30% 8

Root Cause Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 29 (7.63%) Confluence
2 24 (6.32%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.89%) Apache
3 11 (2.89%) IIS
4 9 (2.37%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.05%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.05%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.53%) JBoss
6 2 (0.53%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (0.53%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.26%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.26%) CICS
7 1 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.26%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.26%) SAS
7 1 (0.26%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 22 (5.79%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.79%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.26%) CANalyzer
5 1 (0.26%) Final Cut Pro
5 1 (0.26%) Fusion 360
5 1 (0.26%) QuarkXPress
5 1 (0.26%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.11%) Kondor
2 6 (1.58%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.53%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.53%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.26%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.26%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.26%) Shopify
5 1 (0.26%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.26%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 74 (19.47%) Azure
2 57 (15.00%) AWS
3 27 (7.11%) PaaS
4 21 (5.53%) SaaS
5 18 (4.74%) GCP
6 17 (4.47%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (4.21%) IaaS
8 14 (3.68%) Power Platform
9 12 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (2.37%) Entra ID
10 9 (2.37%) Snowflake
11 7 (1.84%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (1.58%) GitHub
12 6 (1.58%) PowerApps
13 4 (1.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 4 (1.05%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (1.05%) Datadog
13 4 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (1.05%) Nutanix
13 4 (1.05%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.84%) DNS
2 25 (6.58%) VPN
3 22 (5.79%) DHCP
4 17 (4.47%) BGP
4 17 (4.47%) OSPF
5 15 (3.95%) VoIP
6 13 (3.42%) Firewall
6 13 (3.42%) VLAN
7 12 (3.16%) Network Security
7 12 (3.16%) TCP/IP
8 11 (2.89%) TACACS
9 10 (2.63%) PBX
9 10 (2.63%) Wireless
10 9 (2.37%) SSL
11 8 (2.11%) LAN
11 8 (2.11%) MPLS
11 8 (2.11%) WAN
12 7 (1.84%) SMTP
13 6 (1.58%) EIGRP
13 6 (1.58%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.05%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (2.63%) Tableau
3 9 (2.37%) Power BI
4 8 (2.11%) MySQL
5 6 (1.58%) DB2
5 6 (1.58%) Flink
5 6 (1.58%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
6 5 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (1.05%) Big Data
7 4 (1.05%) DynamoDB
7 4 (1.05%) SAP HANA
8 3 (0.79%) Apache Iceberg
8 3 (0.79%) Hadoop
8 3 (0.79%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.79%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.53%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 50 (13.16%) JIRA
2 24 (6.32%) Git
3 17 (4.47%) Visual Studio
4 15 (3.95%) Selenium
5 14 (3.68%) Jenkins
6 10 (2.63%) Postman
7 6 (1.58%) Cypress.io
8 4 (1.05%) GitLab
8 4 (1.05%) JMeter
8 4 (1.05%) LoadRunner
8 4 (1.05%) Serenity BDD
8 4 (1.05%) SoapUI
8 4 (1.05%) Subversion
8 4 (1.05%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.79%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.79%) Maven
9 3 (0.79%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.79%) WebDriver
10 2 (0.53%) MSTest
10 2 (0.53%) NUnit
General
1 152 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 73 (19.21%) Finance
3 64 (16.84%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (9.21%) Public Sector
5 24 (6.32%) Banking
5 24 (6.32%) Manufacturing
6 23 (6.05%) Telecoms
7 11 (2.89%) Legal
8 9 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.11%) Marketing
9 8 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.58%) Military
11 5 (1.32%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.32%) Electronics
12 4 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.05%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.79%) Automotive
13 3 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.79%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 51 (13.42%) Analyst
2 43 (11.32%) Developer
3 31 (8.16%) Support Engineer
4 20 (5.26%) Administrator
4 20 (5.26%) Consultant
4 20 (5.26%) Lead
5 19 (5.00%) Senior
6 17 (4.47%) Service Manager
7 16 (4.21%) Delphi Developer
8 15 (3.95%) Business Analyst
8 15 (3.95%) Desktop Support
9 14 (3.68%) Applications Support
9 14 (3.68%) Desktop Engineer
10 13 (3.42%) Data Analyst
10 13 (3.42%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 12 (3.16%) Applications Engineer
11 12 (3.16%) DevOps Engineer
12 11 (2.89%) Applications Support Engineer
13 10 (2.63%) Support Analyst
14 9 (2.37%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (7.11%) .NET
2 14 (3.68%) Kafka
3 13 (3.42%) HTML
4 11 (2.89%) LDAP
5 10 (2.63%) Middleware
5 10 (2.63%) Web Services
6 9 (2.37%) CSS
6 9 (2.37%) jQuery
7 7 (1.84%) REST
8 6 (1.58%) 802.1X
8 6 (1.58%) RESTful
8 6 (1.58%) XML
9 5 (1.32%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (1.32%) SOAP
10 4 (1.05%) J2EE
10 4 (1.05%) React
10 4 (1.05%) WebSphere MQ
11 3 (0.79%) JSON
11 3 (0.79%) SAML
11 3 (0.79%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.21%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (3.68%) Management Information System
3 12 (3.16%) Data Protection Act
3 12 (3.16%) iPad
3 12 (3.16%) iPhone
4 10 (2.63%) Blackberry
4 10 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (2.63%) Video Conferencing
5 9 (2.37%) Onboarding
5 9 (2.37%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.37%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 8 (2.11%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.11%) Low-Code
7 7 (1.84%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.58%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.58%) Clustering
9 5 (1.32%) SCADA
10 4 (1.05%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.79%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 82 (21.58%) Windows
2 29 (7.63%) Windows Server
3 25 (6.58%) Linux
4 20 (5.26%) Unix
5 17 (4.47%) Windows 10
5 17 (4.47%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (3.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (3.16%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (2.37%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (1.84%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.79%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.53%) Android
11 1 (0.26%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.26%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.26%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.26%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (45.26%) Problem-Solving
2 78 (20.53%) Agile
3 65 (17.11%) ITIL
4 58 (15.26%) DevOps
5 57 (15.00%) Incident Management
6 46 (12.11%) Migration
7 45 (11.84%) Problem Management
8 40 (10.53%) CI/CD
9 38 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 36 (9.47%) Change Management
10 36 (9.47%) Test Automation
11 35 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
12 31 (8.16%) Collaborative Working
13 29 (7.63%) Microservices
14 28 (7.37%) Data Analysis
14 28 (7.37%) Incident Response
15 27 (7.11%) Computer Science
16 26 (6.84%) Containerisation
16 26 (6.84%) Service Management
17 24 (6.32%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 90 (23.68%) SQL
2 73 (19.21%) Python
3 46 (12.11%) C#
4 41 (10.79%) PowerShell
5 23 (6.05%) JavaScript
6 22 (5.79%) Java
6 22 (5.79%) PL/SQL
7 21 (5.53%) Bash
8 16 (4.21%) Delphi
9 11 (2.89%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.58%) Perl
11 5 (1.32%) VBScript
12 4 (1.05%) C++
13 3 (0.79%) ABAP
13 3 (0.79%) Bicep
13 3 (0.79%) Search Processing Language
13 3 (0.79%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.79%) VB
13 3 (0.79%) VBA
14 2 (0.53%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 103 (27.11%) Security Cleared
2 81 (21.32%) SC Cleared
3 44 (11.58%) Degree
4 27 (7.11%) Cisco Certification
5 25 (6.58%) ITIL Certification
6 23 (6.05%) CCNP
7 22 (5.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (5.79%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.63%) CCNA
8 10 (2.63%) CISSP
9 9 (2.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 7 (1.84%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.32%) ISTQB
11 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.05%) CCIE
12 4 (1.05%) CISM
12 4 (1.05%) ISEB
13 3 (0.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.79%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.53%) SLA
2 18 (4.74%) QA
3 13 (3.42%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.63%) GDPR
6 9 (2.37%) NIST
7 5 (1.32%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.05%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.79%) NCSC
10 2 (0.53%) GRC
10 2 (0.53%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.53%) ITGC
11 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.26%) COBIT
11 1 (0.26%) MISRA C
11 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 52 (13.68%) Active Directory
2 30 (7.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (5.00%) Docker
4 14 (3.68%) Hyper-V
5 13 (3.42%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (1.84%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.32%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (1.05%) NFS
8 4 (1.05%) Samba
9 3 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.53%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.53%) IAG
10 2 (0.53%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.26%) Firmware
11 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (7.11%) Ansible
2 26 (6.84%) Kubernetes
2 26 (6.84%) Terraform
3 18 (4.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (2.63%) vCenter Server
5 8 (2.11%) Grafana
5 8 (2.11%) SCCM
6 7 (1.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (1.58%) yum
8 5 (1.32%) Prometheus
8 5 (1.32%) SCOM
8 5 (1.32%) WSUS
9 4 (1.05%) Microsoft Clustering
9 4 (1.05%) NetApp OnCommand
9 4 (1.05%) Perfmon
9 4 (1.05%) Puppet
9 4 (1.05%) vMotion
10 3 (0.79%) Nagios
10 3 (0.79%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 83 (21.84%) Microsoft
2 49 (12.89%) Oracle
3 40 (10.53%) VMware
4 28 (7.37%) Cisco
4 28 (7.37%) SAP
5 24 (6.32%) ServiceNow
6 21 (5.53%) Palo Alto
7 18 (4.74%) F5
7 18 (4.74%) Splunk
8 16 (4.21%) Juniper
9 13 (3.42%) McAfee
10 12 (3.16%) IBM
11 11 (2.89%) Ericsson
11 11 (2.89%) Nokia
12 10 (2.63%) Red Hat
12 10 (2.63%) Sybase
13 9 (2.37%) Avaya
13 9 (2.37%) CheckPoint
13 9 (2.37%) Ribbon
14 8 (2.11%) OutSystems