Root Cause Analysis Jobs in the UK excluding London

Root Cause Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Root Cause Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Root Cause Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 327 326 309
Rank change year-on-year -1 -17 -34
Permanent jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 281 562 606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.71% 0.75% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 0.91% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 186 335 316
10th Percentile £21,250 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,063 £36,188 £36,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £62,813
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +15.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,721 61,614 54,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.53% 82.28% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 17,560 42,296 28,644
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

Root Cause Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Root Cause Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Root Cause Analysis in the UK excluding London

Root Cause Analysis
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Root Cause Analysis in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Root Cause Analysis in the UK excluding London

Root Cause Analysis
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Root Cause Analysis in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Root Cause Analysis in the UK excluding London

Root Cause Analysis
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -34 82 £42,000 -6.67% 58
Midlands 0 65 £42,500 -10.53% 41
South East +51 62 £52,500 +10.53% 55
North West -57 39 £39,750 -9.66% 39
West Midlands +28 33 £46,250 +23.33% 29
East Midlands +6 32 £30,000 -40.00% 12
Yorkshire +43 24 £42,000 -6.67% 16
East of England +10 24 £51,500 +14.44% 17
South West +76 22 £53,750 -11.77% 21
North East +44 19 £48,750 +8.33% 4
Scotland +119 17 £56,250 +33.29% 15
Northern Ireland +33 8 £30,000 - 1
Wales +22 1 £60,000 +46.10% 6
Isle of Man +13 1 £52,500 +45.83% 2
Root Cause Analysis
UK

Root Cause Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 34 (12.10%) Confluence
2 18 (6.41%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.07%) IIS
4 3 (1.07%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.36%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.36%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.36%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.36%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.36%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.36%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 11 (3.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.36%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.36%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.36%) Weka
Business Applications
1 8 (2.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.49%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (1.07%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.71%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.36%) Maximo
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.36%) Q-Pulse
5 1 (0.36%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.36%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.36%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 84 (29.89%) Azure
2 49 (17.44%) AWS
3 27 (9.61%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (7.83%) Entra ID
5 19 (6.76%) GCP
6 14 (4.98%) Azure Monitor
7 13 (4.63%) Power Platform
8 12 (4.27%) Serverless
9 10 (3.56%) Amazon ECS
9 10 (3.56%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (3.20%) SaaS
11 7 (2.49%) Google Workspace
11 7 (2.49%) IaaS
11 7 (2.49%) PaaS
12 6 (2.14%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 5 (1.78%) Boomi
13 5 (1.78%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
14 4 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (1.42%) GitHub
14 4 (1.42%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 26 (9.25%) Firewall
2 20 (7.12%) Network Security
2 20 (7.12%) VPN
2 20 (7.12%) WAN
3 19 (6.76%) LAN
4 13 (4.63%) DNS
5 11 (3.91%) Wireless
5 11 (3.91%) WLAN
6 10 (3.56%) Intrusion Detection
7 6 (2.14%) DHCP
7 6 (2.14%) TCP/IP
7 6 (2.14%) VoIP
8 5 (1.78%) SD-WAN
9 3 (1.07%) BGP
9 3 (1.07%) EIGRP
9 3 (1.07%) OSPF
9 3 (1.07%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.71%) Internet
10 2 (0.71%) MPLS
10 2 (0.71%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.69%) SQL Server
2 14 (4.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 14 (4.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 13 (4.63%) Power BI
4 11 (3.91%) Data Lake
5 10 (3.56%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (2.14%) Tableau
7 3 (1.07%) Dremio
7 3 (1.07%) Metadata
7 3 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.07%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.71%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.36%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.36%) DB2
9 1 (0.36%) GIS
9 1 (0.36%) MS Access
9 1 (0.36%) MySQL
9 1 (0.36%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.36%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 41 (14.59%) JIRA
2 9 (3.20%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.42%) GitLab
4 2 (0.71%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.71%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.71%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.71%) Git
5 1 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.36%) FitNesse
5 1 (0.36%) Katalon Studio
5 1 (0.36%) Newman
5 1 (0.36%) Postman
5 1 (0.36%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.36%) Selenium
General
1 113 (40.21%) Social Skills
2 65 (23.13%) Finance
3 64 (22.78%) Law
4 52 (18.51%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (8.90%) Manufacturing
6 18 (6.41%) Retail
7 16 (5.69%) Legal
8 12 (4.27%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (4.27%) Pharmaceutical
9 9 (3.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.85%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.85%) Electronics
10 8 (2.85%) Telecoms
11 7 (2.49%) Automotive
11 7 (2.49%) Public Sector
12 5 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.78%) Marketing
13 4 (1.42%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.07%) Military
Job Titles
1 81 (28.83%) Analyst
2 49 (17.44%) Support Analyst
3 47 (16.73%) IT Support
3 47 (16.73%) Senior
4 33 (11.74%) IT Analyst
5 31 (11.03%) IT Support Analyst
6 30 (10.68%) Support Engineer
7 25 (8.90%) Senior Manager
7 25 (8.90%) SQL Analyst
7 25 (8.90%) SQL Support Analyst
8 24 (8.54%) Applications Support
9 22 (7.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 22 (7.83%) Lead
10 20 (7.12%) IT Engineer
11 14 (4.98%) Administrator
12 12 (4.27%) Applications Support Analyst
13 11 (3.91%) Senior Analyst
14 10 (3.56%) Network Engineer
14 10 (3.56%) Quality Manager
14 10 (3.56%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.63%) Hugging Face
1 13 (4.63%) LangChain
1 13 (4.63%) PyTorch
1 13 (4.63%) TensorFlow
2 12 (4.27%) .NET
3 7 (2.49%) EDI
4 4 (1.42%) HTML
5 3 (1.07%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (1.07%) Kafka
5 3 (1.07%) Web Services
6 2 (0.71%) Loki
6 2 (0.71%) Middleware
6 2 (0.71%) Node.js
6 2 (0.71%) Playwright
6 2 (0.71%) REST
6 2 (0.71%) SAP Basis
7 1 (0.36%) Mustache
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.36%) RESTful
7 1 (0.36%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.98%) Management Information System
2 10 (3.56%) Data Centre
3 9 (3.20%) Data Structures
4 8 (2.85%) Social Media
5 7 (2.49%) Smartphone
6 6 (2.14%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (2.14%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.78%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.78%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (1.42%) Robotics
8 4 (1.42%) SCADA
8 4 (1.42%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.07%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.07%) Equities
9 3 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.07%) Life Science
9 3 (1.07%) Reference Data
10 2 (0.71%) Cyberattack
10 2 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.71%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 52 (18.51%) Windows
2 17 (6.05%) Linux
2 17 (6.05%) Windows Server
3 13 (4.63%) Mac OS
4 11 (3.91%) Apple iOS
4 11 (3.91%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.78%) Android
5 5 (1.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.07%) Solaris
6 3 (1.07%) Unix
7 2 (0.71%) CentOS
7 2 (0.71%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.71%) VMS
7 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (28.83%) Problem-Solving
2 74 (26.33%) Incident Management
3 65 (23.13%) Agile
3 65 (23.13%) ITIL
4 57 (20.28%) Continuous Improvement
5 52 (18.51%) Problem Management
6 48 (17.08%) Service Delivery
7 46 (16.37%) ITSM
8 40 (14.23%) Change Management
9 37 (13.17%) Customer Service
10 34 (12.10%) Service Management
11 32 (11.39%) Computer Science
12 30 (10.68%) Mentoring
13 27 (9.61%) Cybersecurity
14 26 (9.25%) Roadmaps
15 25 (8.90%) Analytics
15 25 (8.90%) DevOps
16 23 (8.19%) High Availability
17 22 (7.83%) Incident Response
18 21 (7.47%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 71 (25.27%) SQL
2 27 (9.61%) Python
3 16 (5.69%) Java
4 13 (4.63%) T-SQL
5 12 (4.27%) PowerShell
6 10 (3.56%) Bash
7 7 (2.49%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.42%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.71%) C
9 2 (0.71%) C++
9 2 (0.71%) Perl
9 2 (0.71%) Search Processing Language
9 2 (0.71%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.71%) X++
10 1 (0.36%) Bicep
10 1 (0.36%) C#
10 1 (0.36%) Go
10 1 (0.36%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.36%) VB
10 1 (0.36%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 45 (16.01%) Degree
2 20 (7.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (6.05%) Security Cleared
4 15 (5.34%) DBS Check
5 14 (4.98%) SC Cleared
6 13 (4.63%) Master's Degree
7 10 (3.56%) CISA
8 9 (3.20%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (2.49%) CCNP
10 6 (2.14%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.78%) CCNA
11 5 (1.78%) CISSP
12 4 (1.42%) GISP
12 4 (1.42%) HNC
12 4 (1.42%) MCSE
12 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (1.07%) CCDA
13 3 (1.07%) DV Cleared
13 3 (1.07%) HND
13 3 (1.07%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (15.66%) SLA
2 23 (8.19%) Data Quality
2 23 (8.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 20 (7.12%) GDPR
4 17 (6.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (4.27%) PCI DSS
6 9 (3.20%) NIST
7 7 (2.49%) Accessibility
8 5 (1.78%) Automotive SPICE
8 5 (1.78%) ISO 26262
8 5 (1.78%) QA
9 4 (1.42%) HIPAA
9 4 (1.42%) ISO 9001
10 3 (1.07%) GLP
10 3 (1.07%) Good Clinical Practice
11 2 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.71%) GRC
11 2 (0.71%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.36%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 32 (11.39%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.42%) Docker
2 4 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.07%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.71%) Firmware
4 2 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.71%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.36%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.36%) NFS
5 1 (0.36%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (7.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (6.41%) Grafana
3 17 (6.05%) Prometheus
4 9 (3.20%) Terraform
5 8 (2.85%) Jamf Pro
6 7 (2.49%) Ansible
6 7 (2.49%) Kubernetes
7 5 (1.78%) Functional Safety
7 5 (1.78%) SmoothWall
8 2 (0.71%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.71%) Puppet
8 2 (0.71%) SCCM
8 2 (0.71%) SCOM
9 1 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.36%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.36%) Consul
9 1 (0.36%) NetApp OnCommand
9 1 (0.36%) Packer
9 1 (0.36%) VxRail
Vendors
1 85 (30.25%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.12%) SAP
2 20 (7.12%) ServiceNow
3 18 (6.41%) Cisco
4 13 (4.63%) OpenAI
5 11 (3.91%) Apple
5 11 (3.91%) Google
5 11 (3.91%) VMware
6 10 (3.56%) Meraki
7 7 (2.49%) Citrix
7 7 (2.49%) Red Hat
8 6 (2.14%) Dell
8 6 (2.14%) Splunk
9 5 (1.78%) NetApp
9 5 (1.78%) Oracle
9 5 (1.78%) Talend
10 3 (1.07%) Bloomberg
10 3 (1.07%) Databricks
10 3 (1.07%) Reuters
11 2 (0.71%) Palo Alto