Root Cause Analysis Job Trends in the Midlands

Root Cause Analysis
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Root Cause Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 170 198
Rank change year-on-year +54 +28 -52
Permanent jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 108 70 39
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.39% 1.09% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.71% 1.21% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 80 33 26
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,350 £34,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £33,250 £38,156
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -17.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £52,813 £47,500 £67,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,433
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +15.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,316 5,806 4,932
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.35% 90.45% 86.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,499 2,544 4,063
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Root Cause Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Root Cause Analysis job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Root Cause Analysis
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Root Cause Analysis
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Root Cause Analysis in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Root Cause Analysis in the Midlands

Root Cause Analysis
Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 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
East Midlands +23 68 £30,000 -29.41% 32
West Midlands +38 40 £52,000 +46.48% 18
Root Cause Analysis
England

Root Cause Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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 9 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 8 (7.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (7.41%) Skype for Business
3 2 (1.85%) Confluence
4 1 (0.93%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.93%) Abaqus
2 1 (0.93%) CATIA
2 1 (0.93%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.93%) SAP CO
1 1 (0.93%) SAP FI
1 1 (0.93%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 42 (38.89%) SaaS
2 26 (24.07%) Azure
3 13 (12.04%) AWS
4 10 (9.26%) Azure Sentinel
5 8 (7.41%) GCP
5 8 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (6.48%) Power Platform
7 5 (4.63%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (4.63%) Datadog
7 5 (4.63%) GitHub
7 5 (4.63%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (3.70%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (3.70%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (3.70%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.85%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.93%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.93%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.93%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 37 (34.26%) Remote Desktop
2 8 (7.41%) Skype
3 5 (4.63%) WAN
4 4 (3.70%) LAN
5 3 (2.78%) Firewall
5 3 (2.78%) VPN
6 2 (1.85%) DNS
6 2 (1.85%) HTTP
6 2 (1.85%) Network Security
6 2 (1.85%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.85%) SSH
6 2 (1.85%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.85%) WLAN
7 1 (0.93%) DMVPN
7 1 (0.93%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.93%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.26%) Relational Database
2 8 (7.41%) DTS
2 8 (7.41%) SQL Server
3 7 (6.48%) Power BI
3 7 (6.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (5.56%) Data Lake
4 6 (5.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (2.78%) Metadata
6 1 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (5.56%) JIRA
2 4 (3.70%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.78%) Oracle Forms
General
1 60 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 58 (53.70%) Retail
3 49 (45.37%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (20.37%) Finance
5 12 (11.11%) Law
6 10 (9.26%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.85%) Legal
8 2 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (34.26%) 2nd Line Support
2 27 (25.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 18 (16.67%) Analyst
4 13 (12.04%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
4 13 (12.04%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 13 (12.04%) ERP Analyst
4 13 (12.04%) ERP Support
4 13 (12.04%) SaaS Analyst
4 13 (12.04%) Software Analyst
4 13 (12.04%) Software Support Analyst
4 13 (12.04%) Support Analyst
5 12 (11.11%) Applications Support
5 12 (11.11%) Developer
5 12 (11.11%) Support Engineer
6 10 (9.26%) 2nd Line Support Technician
6 10 (9.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (9.26%) Support Technician
7 8 (7.41%) Infrastructure Support
7 8 (7.41%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 6 (5.56%) Applications Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.19%) AngularJS
1 11 (10.19%) Razor View Engine
2 10 (9.26%) JSON
2 10 (9.26%) React
2 10 (9.26%) REST
3 5 (4.63%) ARM Templates
4 3 (2.78%) Middleware
5 1 (0.93%) .NET
5 1 (0.93%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.93%) Ajax
5 1 (0.93%) CSS
5 1 (0.93%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.93%) HTML
5 1 (0.93%) jQuery
5 1 (0.93%) KnockoutJS
5 1 (0.93%) LDAP
5 1 (0.93%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.93%) WCF
5 1 (0.93%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 55 (50.93%) Onboarding
2 10 (9.26%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (9.26%) Operational Technology
3 8 (7.41%) CMDB
3 8 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (7.41%) Video Conferencing
4 6 (5.56%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.85%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.85%) Cyber Security Posture
5 2 (1.85%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.85%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.85%) SCADA
5 2 (1.85%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.93%) Acoustics
6 1 (0.93%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.33%) Windows
1 9 (8.33%) Windows Server
2 8 (7.41%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (56.48%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (52.78%) Continuous Improvement
3 54 (50.00%) Customer Service
4 48 (44.44%) Mentoring
5 40 (37.04%) Analytical Thinking
6 39 (36.11%) Logistics
7 37 (34.26%) CRM
7 37 (34.26%) Data Privacy
7 37 (34.26%) E-Commerce
7 37 (34.26%) ERP
8 16 (14.81%) ITIL
9 15 (13.89%) Performance Tuning
10 11 (10.19%) Cybersecurity
10 11 (10.19%) Problem Management
11 10 (9.26%) API Integration
11 10 (9.26%) Client Onboarding
11 10 (9.26%) Customer Experience
11 10 (9.26%) Incident Response
11 10 (9.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 9 (8.33%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (51.85%) SQL
2 48 (44.44%) C#
3 23 (21.30%) PowerShell
4 7 (6.48%) T-SQL
5 5 (4.63%) Bicep
6 4 (3.70%) Bash
6 4 (3.70%) Python
7 1 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.93%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (9.26%) Degree
2 5 (4.63%) PMI Certification
2 5 (4.63%) PMP
3 4 (3.70%) CISSP
3 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.85%) CCNA
5 2 (1.85%) CEH
5 2 (1.85%) CISM
5 2 (1.85%) CISMP
5 2 (1.85%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (1.85%) GSEC
5 2 (1.85%) OSCP
5 2 (1.85%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.93%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.93%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (30.56%) QA
2 10 (9.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (5.56%) Data Quality
4 5 (4.63%) SLA
5 3 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.78%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.85%) GDPR
6 2 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (1.85%) NIST
7 1 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (9.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (7.41%) Active Directory
2 8 (7.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (7.41%) Nagios
1 8 (7.41%) ZABBIX
2 5 (4.63%) Terraform
3 3 (2.78%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.85%) Nessus
5 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 23 (21.30%) Microsoft
2 13 (12.04%) SolarWinds
3 10 (9.26%) VMware
4 8 (7.41%) BMC
4 8 (7.41%) Citrix
4 8 (7.41%) Darktrace
4 8 (7.41%) Google
4 8 (7.41%) Proofpoint
4 8 (7.41%) Red Hat
4 8 (7.41%) Tanium
4 8 (7.41%) Trend Micro
5 5 (4.63%) LogicMonitor
6 3 (2.78%) Cisco
6 3 (2.78%) Oracle
7 2 (1.85%) Qualys
7 2 (1.85%) SAP
8 1 (0.93%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.93%) Juniper
8 1 (0.93%) Meraki