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 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 193 229 275
Rank change year-on-year +36 +46 +46
Contract jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 429 434 522
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.43% 1.00% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% 1.17% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 285 363
10th Percentile £308 £304 £313
25th Percentile £400 £413 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -0.99%
75th Percentile £555 £588 £613
90th Percentile £675 £659 £734
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 £495 £455
% change year-on-year -11.62% +8.79% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 16 9
10th Percentile £28.25 £14.35 £20.00
25th Percentile £31.25 £15.85 £20.79
Median hourly rate £32.50 £51.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.89% +106.00% -19.25%
75th Percentile £50.00 £60.03 £52.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £61.60 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -5.00% +100.00% -12.22%

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 27,390 36,950 49,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 91.03% 85.01% 89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,318 23,542 34,326
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.33% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,304 2,585 1,699
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.65 £11.45
25th Percentile £17.45 £16.06 £15.83
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +34.62%
75th Percentile £55.00 £61.30 £64.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.04 £38.12 £32.50
% change year-on-year -34.32% +17.29% +54.76%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 24 June 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 +32 330 £481 -3.75% 1,746
UK excluding London +39 239 £438 -11.62% 944
Work from Home +66 162 £465 -5.97% 747
London +41 141 £500 -4.76% 899
South East +49 57 £438 -12.50% 233
Scotland +45 54 £500 -19.68% 71
North of England +7 40 £425 -10.53% 259
South West +16 38 £525 -4.55% 120
North West +12 30 £414 -12.84% 155
Midlands -6 26 £350 -27.84% 117
West Midlands -7 16 £300 -41.89% 76
East of England +19 14 £431 +23.21% 103
East Midlands +2 10 £359 -24.42% 41
Yorkshire -21 10 £475 +5.56% 83
Northern Ireland - 7 £525 - 23
Wales -9 5 £283 +210.44% 25

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 23 (5.36%) Confluence
2 17 (3.96%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.63%) Apache
4 6 (1.40%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.40%) CICS
4 6 (1.40%) IIS
4 6 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.93%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.47%) JBoss
6 2 (0.47%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (0.47%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.23%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.23%) SAS
7 1 (0.23%) Tomcat
Applications
1 25 (5.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.70%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.23%) Fusion 360
5 1 (0.23%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.86%) Kondor
2 5 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.47%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.23%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.23%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.23%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 83 (19.35%) Azure
2 68 (15.85%) AWS
3 26 (6.06%) GCP
4 16 (3.73%) PaaS
4 16 (3.73%) SaaS
5 15 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (3.03%) Power Platform
7 12 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (1.63%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.17%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (1.17%) dbt
9 5 (1.17%) IaaS
9 5 (1.17%) OCI
9 5 (1.17%) OpenShift
10 4 (0.93%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (0.93%) GitHub
10 4 (0.93%) Nutanix
10 4 (0.93%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 44 (10.26%) Broadband
2 21 (4.90%) VPN
3 17 (3.96%) DNS
4 16 (3.73%) BGP
5 15 (3.50%) OSPF
5 15 (3.50%) VLAN
6 14 (3.26%) DHCP
6 14 (3.26%) Firewall
6 14 (3.26%) TCP/IP
7 12 (2.80%) VoIP
8 10 (2.33%) PBX
8 10 (2.33%) TACACS
8 10 (2.33%) Wireless
9 9 (2.10%) Network Security
10 8 (1.86%) LAN
10 8 (1.86%) WAN
11 7 (1.63%) SSL
12 5 (1.17%) MPLS
13 4 (0.93%) Ethernet
13 4 (0.93%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.36%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.80%) DB2
3 11 (2.56%) Power BI
4 9 (2.10%) NoSQL
4 9 (2.10%) Tableau
5 8 (1.86%) Relational Database
5 8 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (1.63%) Big Data
6 7 (1.63%) BigQuery
6 7 (1.63%) Oracle Database
7 6 (1.40%) MySQL
8 5 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.93%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.93%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.70%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.70%) Sybase ASE
11 2 (0.47%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.47%) IMS/DB
11 2 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 50 (11.66%) JIRA
2 28 (6.53%) Git
3 22 (5.13%) Jenkins
4 16 (3.73%) Selenium
5 9 (2.10%) SoapUI
5 9 (2.10%) Visual Studio
6 7 (1.63%) Postman
7 6 (1.40%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.40%) Maven
8 5 (1.17%) Artifactory
8 5 (1.17%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.93%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.93%) JMeter
9 4 (0.93%) LoadRunner
9 4 (0.93%) REST Assured
9 4 (0.93%) Serenity BDD
10 3 (0.70%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.70%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.70%) Subversion
10 3 (0.70%) TeamCity
General
1 198 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 123 (28.67%) Finance
3 63 (14.69%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (10.49%) General Ledger
5 31 (7.23%) Banking
6 29 (6.76%) Public Sector
7 19 (4.43%) Telecoms
8 17 (3.96%) Manufacturing
9 11 (2.56%) Marketing
9 11 (2.56%) Military
10 9 (2.10%) Legal
11 8 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.86%) Financial Institution
11 8 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.17%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.17%) Electronics
12 5 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.17%) Retail
13 3 (0.70%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.70%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 106 (24.71%) Analyst
2 73 (17.02%) Senior
3 46 (10.72%) Senior Analyst
4 44 (10.26%) Financial Analyst
4 44 (10.26%) Senior Financial Analyst
5 35 (8.16%) Developer
6 27 (6.29%) Support Engineer
7 22 (5.13%) Lead
8 19 (4.43%) Business Analyst
9 18 (4.20%) Consultant
10 16 (3.73%) Desktop Support
11 15 (3.50%) Administrator
11 15 (3.50%) DevOps Engineer
12 14 (3.26%) Data Analyst
13 12 (2.80%) Applications Support
14 11 (2.56%) Tester
15 10 (2.33%) Desktop Engineer
15 10 (2.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 10 (2.33%) Network Engineer
15 10 (2.33%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (6.29%) .NET
2 13 (3.03%) Kafka
2 13 (3.03%) XML
3 12 (2.80%) REST
4 10 (2.33%) HTML
4 10 (2.33%) LDAP
4 10 (2.33%) SOAP
5 9 (2.10%) Web Services
6 8 (1.86%) CSS
6 8 (1.86%) jQuery
6 8 (1.86%) Middleware
7 7 (1.63%) Elastic Stack
8 6 (1.40%) JSON
8 6 (1.40%) OAuth
8 6 (1.40%) OpenID
8 6 (1.40%) SAML
9 5 (1.17%) OAuth2
9 5 (1.17%) OpenTelemetry
9 5 (1.17%) React
9 5 (1.17%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 49 (11.42%) Social Media
2 19 (4.43%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (3.73%) Onboarding
4 14 (3.26%) Data Protection Act
4 14 (3.26%) Management Information System
5 13 (3.03%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (2.33%) iPad
7 10 (2.33%) iPhone
7 10 (2.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 9 (2.10%) Blackberry
8 9 (2.10%) Mainframe
8 9 (2.10%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (1.86%) Low-Code
9 8 (1.86%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.40%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.40%) Replication
10 6 (1.40%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.17%) SCADA
11 5 (1.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 67 (15.62%) Windows
2 26 (6.06%) Linux
2 26 (6.06%) Windows Server
3 20 (4.66%) Unix
4 15 (3.50%) Windows 10
5 14 (3.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (2.10%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (1.63%) Mac OS
8 7 (1.63%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.93%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.70%) Android
10 3 (0.70%) CentOS
11 1 (0.23%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.23%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.23%) Solaris
11 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 94 (21.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 86 (20.05%) Agile
4 73 (17.02%) DevOps
5 59 (13.75%) CI/CD
5 59 (13.75%) ITIL
6 58 (13.52%) Incident Management
7 48 (11.19%) Test Automation
8 45 (10.49%) Accounts Payable
9 44 (10.26%) Migration
9 44 (10.26%) Procure-to-Pay
10 37 (8.62%) Continuous Improvement
11 31 (7.23%) Change Management
12 30 (6.99%) Incident Response
13 28 (6.53%) Containerisation
14 27 (6.29%) Computer Science
14 27 (6.29%) High Availability
14 27 (6.29%) Microservices
15 26 (6.06%) Problem Management
16 25 (5.83%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 87 (20.28%) SQL
2 77 (17.95%) Python
3 38 (8.86%) C#
3 38 (8.86%) PowerShell
4 29 (6.76%) Bash
5 26 (6.06%) Java
6 18 (4.20%) JavaScript
7 14 (3.26%) PL/SQL
8 12 (2.80%) Shell Script
9 8 (1.86%) Delphi
10 7 (1.63%) JCL
11 5 (1.17%) COBOL
11 5 (1.17%) REXX
11 5 (1.17%) VBScript
12 4 (0.93%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.70%) ActionScript
13 3 (0.70%) ActionScript 2.0
13 3 (0.70%) CLIST
13 3 (0.70%) Go
13 3 (0.70%) VB
Qualifications
1 91 (21.21%) Security Cleared
2 70 (16.32%) SC Cleared
3 44 (10.26%) ACCA
3 44 (10.26%) CIMA
4 43 (10.02%) Degree
5 24 (5.59%) Cisco Certification
6 23 (5.36%) DV Cleared
7 21 (4.90%) CCNP
8 19 (4.43%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (3.26%) ITIL Certification
10 10 (2.33%) CCNA
10 10 (2.33%) CISSP
11 9 (2.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 8 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (1.40%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.93%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (0.93%) ISTQB
15 3 (0.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.66%) Data Quality
2 19 (4.43%) QA
3 15 (3.50%) GDPR
3 15 (3.50%) SLA
4 14 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (2.56%) NIST
6 5 (1.17%) MiFID
6 5 (1.17%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.93%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.93%) NCSC
8 3 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.70%) GRC
9 2 (0.47%) Basel III
9 2 (0.47%) EMIR
9 2 (0.47%) ITGC
10 1 (0.23%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 44 (10.26%) Active Directory
2 28 (6.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (4.66%) Docker
4 12 (2.80%) Hyper-V
4 12 (2.80%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.17%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (0.93%) Firmware
7 3 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.47%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.47%) IAG
8 2 (0.47%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.47%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.47%) vSphere
9 1 (0.23%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.23%) NFS
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.23%) RACF
9 1 (0.23%) Samba
Systems Management
1 33 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 30 (6.99%) Terraform
3 29 (6.76%) Ansible
4 14 (3.26%) Grafana
4 14 (3.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (1.86%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.86%) SCCM
5 8 (1.86%) vCenter Server
6 7 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.93%) Perfmon
7 4 (0.93%) Puppet
7 4 (0.93%) SCOM
8 3 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.70%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (0.70%) Tivoli NetView
8 3 (0.70%) vMotion
8 3 (0.70%) yum
9 2 (0.47%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.47%) NetApp OnCommand
9 2 (0.47%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 74 (17.25%) Microsoft
2 71 (16.55%) SAP
3 44 (10.26%) Oracle
4 32 (7.46%) VMware
5 29 (6.76%) Cisco
5 29 (6.76%) ServiceNow
6 22 (5.13%) Splunk
7 20 (4.66%) Juniper
7 20 (4.66%) Palo Alto
8 14 (3.26%) F5
9 12 (2.80%) IBM
10 11 (2.56%) Dynatrace
10 11 (2.56%) Ericsson
10 11 (2.56%) McAfee
10 11 (2.56%) Nokia
10 11 (2.56%) Sybase
11 9 (2.10%) Avaya
11 9 (2.10%) Ribbon
11 9 (2.10%) SolarWinds
12 8 (1.86%) Bloomberg