Root Cause Analysis Job Trends in England

Root Cause Analysis
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Root Cause Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 263 334
Rank change year-on-year +62 +71 -19
Permanent jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 569 537 409
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.07% 1.11% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 1.23% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 357 246 289
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +16.16%
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £58,250
% change year-on-year +4.55% -5.58% +16.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 43,077 43,814 44,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.14% 90.86% 89.76%
Number of salaries quoted 25,929 21,493 34,060
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £79,563
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Root Cause Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Root Cause Analysis job vacancy trend in England

Root Cause Analysis
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Root Cause Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Root Cause Analysis

Root Cause Analysis
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Root Cause Analysis in England over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Root Cause Analysis in England

Root Cause Analysis
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
London +37 211 £70,000 +3.70% 70
Midlands +54 110 £47,500 +18.75% 55
North of England +21 90 £60,000 +55.84% 55
South East +37 85 £57,500 -11.54% 108
East Midlands +21 69 £30,000 -29.41% 32
North West +41 52 £61,623 +60.06% 25
South West +23 42 £50,000 +49.25% 43
West Midlands +22 41 £52,500 +47.89% 22
Yorkshire -8 32 £60,000 +122.22% 24
East of England +7 21 £47,500 -13.64% 44
North East -1 6 £36,625 -43.65% 6
Root Cause Analysis
UK

Root Cause Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 38 (6.68%) SharePoint
2 32 (5.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.93%) Confluence
4 8 (1.41%) Skype for Business
5 6 (1.05%) IIS
6 4 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.53%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.35%) nginx
9 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2003
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 10 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (1.76%) MS Visio
2 9 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) Abaqus
4 1 (0.18%) CATIA
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.18%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (0.88%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.35%) SAP CO
2 2 (0.35%) SAP FI
2 2 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.18%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 218 (38.31%) Azure
2 93 (16.34%) AWS
3 62 (10.90%) Microsoft 365
4 55 (9.67%) SaaS
5 49 (8.61%) Entra ID
6 48 (8.44%) Azure DevOps
7 36 (6.33%) GitHub
8 31 (5.45%) AWS CloudFormation
8 31 (5.45%) GCP
9 26 (4.57%) GitHub Actions
10 22 (3.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 22 (3.87%) Serverless
11 21 (3.69%) Azure Sentinel
11 21 (3.69%) Power Platform
12 17 (2.99%) Amazon S3
13 16 (2.81%) AWS Lambda
13 16 (2.81%) Azure Monitor
14 15 (2.64%) Amazon SQS
15 14 (2.46%) OneDrive
16 13 (2.28%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 55 (9.67%) Firewall
2 54 (9.49%) VPN
3 47 (8.26%) WAN
4 43 (7.56%) DNS
5 42 (7.38%) LAN
6 41 (7.21%) TCP/IP
7 37 (6.50%) Remote Desktop
8 30 (5.27%) Network Security
9 25 (4.39%) DHCP
10 24 (4.22%) VoIP
11 20 (3.51%) Wireless
12 19 (3.34%) BGP
12 19 (3.34%) Cisco Nexus
12 19 (3.34%) SD-WAN
12 19 (3.34%) VLAN
13 16 (2.81%) Unified Communications
14 15 (2.64%) OSPF
14 15 (2.64%) WebEx
15 14 (2.46%) Telepresence
16 13 (2.28%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (7.21%) SQL Server
2 20 (3.51%) Power BI
3 19 (3.34%) NoSQL
4 17 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (2.99%) Relational Database
5 15 (2.64%) Data Lake
5 15 (2.64%) DynamoDB
6 12 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (1.93%) Metadata
8 10 (1.76%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (1.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (1.41%) DTS
10 8 (1.41%) MySQL
11 7 (1.23%) MongoDB
12 6 (1.05%) Tableau
13 4 (0.70%) BusinessObjects
13 4 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.70%) SAP HANA
14 3 (0.53%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 35 (6.15%) Git
2 24 (4.22%) JIRA
3 19 (3.34%) Jenkins
4 16 (2.81%) Selenium
5 15 (2.64%) GitLab
6 13 (2.28%) Cypress.io
7 8 (1.41%) WebDriver
8 6 (1.05%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.53%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.35%) Jaeger
10 2 (0.35%) MLflow
10 2 (0.35%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.35%) TestRail
11 1 (0.18%) Android Studio
11 1 (0.18%) mountebank
11 1 (0.18%) Postman
11 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 279 (49.03%) Social Skills
2 171 (30.05%) Analytical Skills
3 108 (18.98%) Finance
4 78 (13.71%) Retail
5 50 (8.79%) Law
6 41 (7.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 33 (5.80%) Manufacturing
8 29 (5.10%) Telecoms
9 27 (4.75%) Public Sector
10 17 (2.99%) Legal
11 15 (2.64%) Electronics
12 13 (2.28%) Banking
12 13 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (1.41%) Marketing
15 7 (1.23%) German Language
15 7 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.88%) Automotive
16 5 (0.88%) Front Office
16 5 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 95 (16.70%) Senior
2 88 (15.47%) Analyst
3 85 (14.94%) Support Engineer
4 61 (10.72%) Lead
5 43 (7.56%) Applications Support
6 42 (7.38%) 2nd Line Support
7 33 (5.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 33 (5.80%) Technical Support
8 32 (5.62%) Developer
9 30 (5.27%) Platform Engineer
9 30 (5.27%) Support Analyst
10 29 (5.10%) Technical Engineer
10 29 (5.10%) Technical Support Engineer
11 27 (4.75%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 26 (4.57%) IT Manager
12 26 (4.57%) Security Analyst
13 25 (4.39%) DevOps Engineer
13 25 (4.39%) IT Engineer
14 22 (3.87%) Azure Engineer
14 22 (3.87%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (7.21%) REST
2 27 (4.75%) React
3 22 (3.87%) .NET
4 19 (3.34%) SOAP
5 14 (2.46%) .NET Core
5 14 (2.46%) AngularJS
5 14 (2.46%) Elastic Stack
5 14 (2.46%) JSON
6 13 (2.28%) Playwright
6 13 (2.28%) RESTful
7 12 (2.11%) ASP.NET
7 12 (2.11%) Blazor
8 11 (1.93%) ASP.NET Core
8 11 (1.93%) AWS CDK
8 11 (1.93%) Razor View Engine
9 10 (1.76%) ARM Templates
10 6 (1.05%) GraphQL
10 6 (1.05%) OAuth
10 6 (1.05%) Web Services
11 5 (0.88%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 86 (15.11%) Onboarding
2 47 (8.26%) Self-Motivation
3 31 (5.45%) Cloud Native
4 30 (5.27%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (4.39%) CMDB
6 23 (4.04%) Management Information System
7 20 (3.51%) Hybrid Cloud
8 18 (3.16%) Security Posture
9 17 (2.99%) Data Centre
9 17 (2.99%) Video Conferencing
10 16 (2.81%) Cyber Defence
10 16 (2.81%) Cyber Threat
10 16 (2.81%) Driving Licence
11 15 (2.64%) Operational Technology
12 14 (2.46%) Product Ownership
13 13 (2.28%) Data Structures
13 13 (2.28%) Virtual Team
14 11 (1.93%) Security Operations Centre
15 8 (1.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
16 7 (1.23%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 116 (20.39%) Windows
2 70 (12.30%) Windows Server
3 53 (9.31%) Linux
4 16 (2.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (2.28%) Apple iOS
6 12 (2.11%) Unix
7 10 (1.76%) Android
7 10 (1.76%) Windows 10
8 8 (1.41%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.88%) CentOS
10 5 (0.88%) VMS
11 4 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.53%) Solaris
12 3 (0.53%) SUSE
12 3 (0.53%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.35%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.35%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.35%) Windows XP
14 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (43.76%) Problem-Solving
2 169 (29.70%) Continuous Improvement
3 123 (21.62%) ITIL
4 111 (19.51%) Mentoring
5 109 (19.16%) DevOps
5 109 (19.16%) Incident Response
6 106 (18.63%) Customer Service
7 86 (15.11%) Incident Management
7 86 (15.11%) Problem Management
8 77 (13.53%) Agile
9 76 (13.36%) CI/CD
10 74 (13.01%) Analytical Thinking
11 73 (12.83%) Cybersecurity
12 72 (12.65%) Infrastructure as Code
13 64 (11.25%) Service Management
14 56 (9.84%) Service Delivery
15 53 (9.31%) AI
16 51 (8.96%) Containerisation
16 51 (8.96%) ITSM
17 50 (8.79%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 129 (22.67%) SQL
2 95 (16.70%) PowerShell
3 82 (14.41%) C#
4 71 (12.48%) Python
5 32 (5.62%) Bash
6 17 (2.99%) Bicep
7 15 (2.64%) Java
8 14 (2.46%) JavaScript
9 7 (1.23%) T-SQL
10 6 (1.05%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.35%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.35%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.18%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.18%) Groovy
13 1 (0.18%) Korn
13 1 (0.18%) Swift
13 1 (0.18%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.18%) X++
Qualifications
1 99 (17.40%) Degree
2 66 (11.60%) Security Cleared
3 36 (6.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 33 (5.80%) Cisco Certification
5 29 (5.10%) CISSP
6 27 (4.75%) SC Cleared
7 25 (4.39%) CCNP
8 20 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (3.34%) PMI Certification
10 18 (3.16%) PMP
11 16 (2.81%) DV Cleared
12 15 (2.64%) AWS Certification
13 13 (2.28%) CompTIA Security+
14 11 (1.93%) AWS Certified Developer
14 11 (1.93%) Azure Certification
14 11 (1.93%) CCIE
14 11 (1.93%) Master's Degree
15 10 (1.76%) GIAC
16 9 (1.58%) NVQ Level 4
17 8 (1.41%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (16.87%) QA
2 47 (8.26%) SLA
3 28 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (4.75%) NIST
5 23 (4.04%) GDPR
6 22 (3.87%) Cyber Essentials
7 16 (2.81%) Accessibility
8 15 (2.64%) Data Quality
9 10 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (1.76%) PCI DSS
10 8 (1.41%) PMO
11 7 (1.23%) GRC
12 5 (0.88%) GMP
12 5 (0.88%) ISO 13485
12 5 (0.88%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 3 (0.53%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.35%) COBIT
14 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 78 (13.71%) Active Directory
2 57 (10.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (7.03%) Docker
4 22 (3.87%) Hyper-V
5 16 (2.81%) vSphere
6 12 (2.11%) NFS
7 10 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (1.58%) Firmware
9 8 (1.41%) ProxySG
9 8 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.35%) KVM
12 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.18%) vCloud
12 1 (0.18%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 78 (13.71%) Terraform
2 50 (8.79%) Kubernetes
3 42 (7.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 37 (6.50%) Ansible
5 24 (4.22%) Prometheus
6 22 (3.87%) Grafana
7 14 (2.46%) Cisco CUCM
8 10 (1.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 10 (1.76%) Nagios
8 10 (1.76%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (1.58%) SCCM
10 8 (1.41%) ZABBIX
11 6 (1.05%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.88%) SmoothWall
13 4 (0.70%) Argo
13 4 (0.70%) Nessus
14 3 (0.53%) FortiGate
14 3 (0.53%) McAfee ePO
14 3 (0.53%) SCOM
14 3 (0.53%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 177 (31.11%) Microsoft
2 71 (12.48%) Cisco
3 65 (11.42%) VMware
4 40 (7.03%) ServiceNow
5 29 (5.10%) Oracle
6 25 (4.39%) Fortinet
7 24 (4.22%) SolarWinds
8 20 (3.51%) Red Hat
9 18 (3.16%) Google
10 17 (2.99%) SAP
11 15 (2.64%) Palo Alto
12 13 (2.28%) BMC
13 12 (2.11%) F5
13 12 (2.11%) Splunk
14 10 (1.76%) Blue Coat
14 10 (1.76%) CheckPoint
14 10 (1.76%) Darktrace
15 9 (1.58%) Citrix
15 9 (1.58%) Commvault
15 9 (1.58%) Infoblox