Root Cause Analysis Job Trends in the East Midlands

Root Cause Analysis
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Root Cause Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 98 128
Rank change year-on-year -7 +30 -9
Permanent jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 57 33 69
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.22% 1.68% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.71% 1.87% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 51 26 31
10th Percentile - - £36,250
25th Percentile £24,750 £21,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £30,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -40.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £50,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £72,500 - £63,750
England median annual salary £58,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.48% +5.00% -9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Root Cause Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,333 1,763 3,843
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 71.10% 89.81% 76.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,094 893 2,717
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -12.00%

Root Cause Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Root Cause Analysis relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Root Cause Analysis job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Root Cause Analysis
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Root Cause Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Root Cause Analysis

Root Cause Analysis
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Root Cause Analysis in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Root Cause Analysis in the East Midlands

Root Cause Analysis
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Root Cause Analysis within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derbyshire +4 16 £25,500 +13.33% 2
Nottinghamshire -8 16 £60,000 - 7
Northamptonshire +24 15 £52,500 +31.25% 2
Lincolnshire - 4 £32,500 - 3
Leicestershire -42 3 £61,500 +26.80% 2
Root Cause Analysis
England

Root Cause Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (24.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (26.32%) Azure
2 10 (17.54%) IaaS
3 9 (15.79%) Azure AKS
4 8 (14.04%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 8 (14.04%) Azure Key Vault
4 8 (14.04%) Azure Storage
5 6 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (7.02%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (7.02%) GitHub
6 4 (7.02%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (3.51%) Entra ID
7 2 (3.51%) Google Workspace
7 2 (3.51%) PaaS
7 2 (3.51%) SaaS
8 1 (1.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (1.75%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (1.75%) AWS
8 1 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.75%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.75%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 12 (21.05%) DNS
2 8 (14.04%) Wireless
3 5 (8.77%) VPN
3 5 (8.77%) WAN
4 4 (7.02%) DHCP
4 4 (7.02%) SD-WAN
4 4 (7.02%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.51%) VoIP
6 1 (1.75%) Firewall
6 1 (1.75%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.26%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.51%) MongoDB
2 2 (3.51%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.75%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (24.56%) JIRA
2 1 (1.75%) Cucumber
2 1 (1.75%) Git
2 1 (1.75%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.75%) JMeter
2 1 (1.75%) LoadRunner
General
1 25 (43.86%) Law
2 19 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 12 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (14.04%) Finance
5 6 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (8.77%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (7.02%) Front Office
7 4 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (7.02%) Military
8 2 (3.51%) Games
8 2 (3.51%) Legal
9 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 21 (36.84%) IT Support
2 17 (29.82%) Support Engineer
3 12 (21.05%) Analyst
4 11 (19.30%) IT Engineer
4 11 (19.30%) IT Support Engineer
5 10 (17.54%) IT Analyst
6 9 (15.79%) Azure Engineer
7 8 (14.04%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 8 (14.04%) Cloud Engineer
8 7 (12.28%) Support Analyst
9 6 (10.53%) IT Support Analyst
9 6 (10.53%) Technical Engineer
9 6 (10.53%) Technical Support
9 6 (10.53%) Technical Support Engineer
10 4 (7.02%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 4 (7.02%) IT Security Analyst
10 4 (7.02%) IT Support Technician
10 4 (7.02%) IT Technician
10 4 (7.02%) Security Analyst
10 4 (7.02%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.51%) Middleware
2 1 (1.75%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.75%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.04%) Driving Licence
2 4 (7.02%) CMDB
2 4 (7.02%) CSOC
2 4 (7.02%) Culture of Ownership
2 4 (7.02%) Onboarding
2 4 (7.02%) Security Posture
3 3 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.51%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (3.51%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.51%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (3.51%) Social Media
5 1 (1.75%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.75%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.75%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.75%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 10 (17.54%) Windows
2 3 (5.26%) Linux
3 2 (3.51%) Solaris
3 2 (3.51%) Unix
4 1 (1.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (43.86%) Agile
2 22 (38.60%) Incident Management
3 19 (33.33%) ITSM
4 17 (29.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (24.56%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (19.30%) High Availability
7 10 (17.54%) Containerisation
8 9 (15.79%) Process Improvement
9 8 (14.04%) ITIL
9 8 (14.04%) Load Balancing
10 7 (12.28%) Decision-Making
11 6 (10.53%) ERP
11 6 (10.53%) Mentoring
11 6 (10.53%) User Experience
12 5 (8.77%) Change Management
12 5 (8.77%) Cybersecurity
12 5 (8.77%) Incident Response
12 5 (8.77%) Logistics
12 5 (8.77%) Problem Management
12 5 (8.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 18 (31.58%) SQL
2 10 (17.54%) PowerShell
3 4 (7.02%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (3.51%) Bash
4 2 (3.51%) Python
4 2 (3.51%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.75%) Bicep
5 1 (1.75%) Java
5 1 (1.75%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 9 (15.79%) Azure Certification
3 8 (14.04%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.26%) Degree
5 2 (3.51%) CompTIA CySA+
5 2 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.51%) DBS Check
5 2 (3.51%) SANS
6 1 (1.75%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.75%) CCNA
6 1 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.75%) CISSP
6 1 (1.75%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (29.82%) SLA
2 2 (3.51%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (3.51%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.75%) Docker
2 1 (1.75%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (15.79%) Kubernetes
2 4 (7.02%) Terraform
3 2 (3.51%) Grafana
3 2 (3.51%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.51%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.75%) Ansible
Vendors
1 11 (19.30%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.26%) Cisco
3 2 (3.51%) Google
3 2 (3.51%) Meraki
3 2 (3.51%) Oracle
3 2 (3.51%) Sybase
4 1 (1.75%) LogicMonitor
4 1 (1.75%) SolarWinds
4 1 (1.75%) VMware
4 1 (1.75%) Zoho