Root Cause Analysis Contract Job Trends in West Lothian

Root Cause Analysis
Scotland > West Lothian

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Lothian requiring Root Cause Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Lothian 4.00% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £440 £479 £536
% change year-on-year -8.14% -10.68% +7.25%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Lothian

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 West Lothian.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 19 9 57
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian 76.00% 56.25% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 2 30
10th Percentile £54 £430 £104
25th Percentile £158 £438 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year -53.76% -2.11% +18.75%
75th Percentile £391 £503 £569
90th Percentile £498 £516 £590
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £480
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £19.05
25th Percentile - - £20.25
Median hourly rate - £12.50 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year - -52.83% +65.63%
75th Percentile - - £39.38
90th Percentile - - £44.55
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.59 £19.50
% change year-on-year -15.22% +20.97% +10.05%

Root Cause Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

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

Root Cause Analysis job vacancy trend in West Lothian

Root Cause Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in West Lothian

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing Root Cause Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing Root Cause Analysis

Root Cause Analysis
Contract Job Locations in West Lothian

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 West Lothian region over the 6 months to 8 February 2026. 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
Livingston - 1 £525 - 2
Root Cause Analysis
Scotland

Root Cause Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Lothian 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Specialist
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Avaya
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Extreme Networks
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds