Hybrid/Remote Root Cause Analysis Job Trends

Root Cause Analysis
UK > Work from Home

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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 273 262
Rank change year-on-year +71 -11 +44
Permanent jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 278 158 386
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.30% 0.96% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 1.03% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 201 104 155
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,500 £34,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,188 £37,300
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,875 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.84% +3.75% -16.67%
75th Percentile £70,250 £72,813 £64,375
90th Percentile £83,750 £91,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £48,650
% change year-on-year +10.00% +2.77% -15.02%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,644 15,382 28,524
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.79% 93.39% 88.95%
Number of salaries quoted 12,905 9,093 21,741
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.72%

Root Cause Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Root Cause Analysis and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Root Cause Analysis job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Root Cause Analysis
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Root Cause Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Root Cause Analysis

Root Cause Analysis
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Root Cause Analysis over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Root Cause Analysis salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Root Cause Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 30 (10.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (6.12%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.24%) Anypoint
3 9 (3.24%) Mule
4 7 (2.52%) IIS
5 5 (1.80%) Apache
5 5 (1.80%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.80%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.80%) Jupyter
6 4 (1.44%) Confluence
7 1 (0.36%) JBoss
7 1 (0.36%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 12 (4.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.72%) Simulink
4 1 (0.36%) EngageOne
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.80%) SAP CO
1 5 (1.80%) SAP FI
1 5 (1.80%) SAP FI/CO
2 4 (1.44%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (1.08%) SAP HR
4 2 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.36%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.36%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.36%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 112 (40.29%) Azure
2 63 (22.66%) AWS
3 43 (15.47%) Entra ID
4 42 (15.11%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (9.35%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (8.27%) Azure Monitor
6 23 (8.27%) GitHub
6 23 (8.27%) IaaS
7 22 (7.91%) PaaS
8 19 (6.83%) Serverless
9 18 (6.47%) SaaS
10 17 (6.12%) Power Platform
11 14 (5.04%) Azure Functions
11 14 (5.04%) Azure Key Vault
12 12 (4.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 11 (3.96%) AWS CloudFormation
13 11 (3.96%) GCP
13 11 (3.96%) OneDrive
14 10 (3.60%) Azure AKS
15 9 (3.24%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 39 (14.03%) VPN
2 19 (6.83%) DNS
2 19 (6.83%) Firewall
3 15 (5.40%) WAN
4 13 (4.68%) DHCP
5 12 (4.32%) Broadband
5 12 (4.32%) Network Security
6 11 (3.96%) LAN
6 11 (3.96%) SSL
7 10 (3.60%) SD-WAN
7 10 (3.60%) VoIP
8 8 (2.88%) TCP/IP
9 6 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (1.80%) VLAN
10 5 (1.80%) Wireless
11 4 (1.44%) Cisco ISE
12 3 (1.08%) Unified Communications
13 2 (0.72%) Cisco ASA
13 2 (0.72%) NGFW
13 2 (0.72%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.68%) Azure SQL Database
1 13 (4.68%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.32%) Power BI
3 8 (2.88%) Data Lake
4 6 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.80%) Amazon Athena
5 5 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.80%) Power Query
6 4 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.44%) Db2
6 4 (1.44%) DB2 UDB
6 4 (1.44%) DynamoDB
6 4 (1.44%) QlikView
6 4 (1.44%) Redis
6 4 (1.44%) Star Schema
7 3 (1.08%) MySQL
7 3 (1.08%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.72%) Big Data
8 2 (0.72%) Metadata
9 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 21 (7.55%) Git
2 12 (4.32%) JIRA
3 10 (3.60%) GitLab
4 7 (2.52%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.80%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (1.08%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.72%) MSI
7 2 (0.72%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.36%) git-flow
8 1 (0.36%) JUnit
8 1 (0.36%) Maven
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.36%) Vite
General
1 106 (38.13%) Social Skills
2 63 (22.66%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (14.39%) Finance
4 33 (11.87%) Law
5 30 (10.79%) Public Sector
6 19 (6.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.24%) Retail
8 8 (2.88%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.52%) Legal
9 7 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.16%) Games
10 6 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.80%) Aviation
11 5 (1.80%) Banking
11 5 (1.80%) Electronics
12 4 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.08%) Welsh Language
14 2 (0.72%) Local Government
14 2 (0.72%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 67 (24.10%) Analyst
2 48 (17.27%) Senior
3 35 (12.59%) Lead
4 26 (9.35%) Support Engineer
5 22 (7.91%) Business Analyst
6 17 (6.12%) Applications Support
7 16 (5.76%) IT Engineer
8 15 (5.40%) Developer
8 15 (5.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (5.40%) IT Support
9 14 (5.04%) Azure Engineer
9 14 (5.04%) IT Support Engineer
10 13 (4.68%) Cloud Engineer
10 13 (4.68%) DevOps Engineer
11 12 (4.32%) Architect
11 12 (4.32%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 12 (4.32%) IT Manager
11 12 (4.32%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (4.32%) Support Analyst
12 11 (3.96%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.60%) OAuth
2 9 (3.24%) ARM Templates
2 9 (3.24%) JWT
2 9 (3.24%) MUnit
2 9 (3.24%) OAuth2
2 9 (3.24%) RAML
3 7 (2.52%) .NET
4 6 (2.16%) PySpark
5 5 (1.80%) JSON
5 5 (1.80%) YAML
6 4 (1.44%) .NET Core
6 4 (1.44%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.44%) AWS CDK
6 4 (1.44%) Pandas
6 4 (1.44%) React
7 3 (1.08%) CSS
7 3 (1.08%) HTML
7 3 (1.08%) HTML5
7 3 (1.08%) jQuery
7 3 (1.08%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.71%) Security Posture
2 18 (6.47%) Cloud Native
3 16 (5.76%) Product Ownership
4 13 (4.68%) Management Information System
4 13 (4.68%) Public Cloud
5 12 (4.32%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (4.32%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (4.32%) Onboarding
5 12 (4.32%) Podcast
6 10 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (3.24%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (3.24%) Social Media
8 7 (2.52%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.16%) Cloud Security Posture
9 6 (2.16%) Distributed Architecture
9 6 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.80%) Clustering
10 5 (1.80%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.80%) Driving Licence
10 5 (1.80%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 53 (19.06%) Windows
2 23 (8.27%) Windows Server
3 22 (7.91%) Linux
4 14 (5.04%) VMS
5 11 (3.96%) Apple iOS
6 9 (3.24%) Android
7 6 (2.16%) Windows 10
8 5 (1.80%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (1.44%) Unix
10 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.36%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.36%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (34.53%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (32.37%) Continuous Improvement
3 77 (27.70%) CI/CD
4 58 (20.86%) DevOps
5 57 (20.50%) Infrastructure as Code
5 57 (20.50%) Mentoring
6 55 (19.78%) Agile
7 53 (19.06%) ITIL
8 49 (17.63%) Incident Management
9 46 (16.55%) Analytics
10 44 (15.83%) Observability
11 41 (14.75%) Service Delivery
12 39 (14.03%) Cloud Security
12 39 (14.03%) Decision-Making
13 38 (13.67%) Stakeholder Management
14 35 (12.59%) Incident Response
15 34 (12.23%) Cybersecurity
16 31 (11.15%) Service Management
17 30 (10.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 28 (10.07%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 66 (23.74%) SQL
2 56 (20.14%) Python
3 51 (18.35%) PowerShell
4 31 (11.15%) Bash
5 26 (9.35%) Bicep
6 19 (6.83%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (3.24%) DataWeave
7 9 (3.24%) Java
8 7 (2.52%) JavaScript
9 6 (2.16%) Go
10 5 (1.80%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.44%) C#
12 3 (1.08%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.72%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.72%) PHP
13 2 (0.72%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.36%) C
14 1 (0.36%) C++
14 1 (0.36%) Delphi
14 1 (0.36%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 41 (14.75%) Security Cleared
2 36 (12.95%) Degree
2 36 (12.95%) SC Cleared
3 23 (8.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (7.91%) Azure Certification
5 13 (4.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.88%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.16%) DBS Check
7 6 (2.16%) IRCA
8 5 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.80%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.80%) SAP Certification
9 4 (1.44%) CISSP
9 4 (1.44%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.08%) A+ Certification
10 3 (1.08%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.08%) CCNA
10 3 (1.08%) GIAC
10 3 (1.08%) ISACA
10 3 (1.08%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.19%) SLA
2 18 (6.47%) Data Quality
2 18 (6.47%) GDPR
2 18 (6.47%) PCI DSS
3 17 (6.12%) QA
4 16 (5.76%) NIST
5 15 (5.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (2.52%) ISO 9001
7 6 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.08%) EMIR
8 3 (1.08%) MiFID
8 3 (1.08%) PMO
9 2 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.72%) JTAG
10 1 (0.36%) GxP
10 1 (0.36%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.36%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.36%) NCSC
10 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 32 (11.51%) Active Directory
2 29 (10.43%) Docker
3 24 (8.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (4.68%) Firmware
5 12 (4.32%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (4.32%) vSphere
6 9 (3.24%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 53 (19.06%) Terraform
2 33 (11.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 25 (8.99%) Kubernetes
4 14 (5.04%) Grafana
5 11 (3.96%) Ansible
6 10 (3.60%) Prometheus
7 9 (3.24%) CloudHub
8 5 (1.80%) Failover Clustering
8 5 (1.80%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.44%) Puppet
10 3 (1.08%) Argo
10 3 (1.08%) Kibana
10 3 (1.08%) Nagios
11 1 (0.36%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.36%) Istio
11 1 (0.36%) linkerd
11 1 (0.36%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.36%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 119 (42.81%) Microsoft
2 28 (10.07%) VMware
3 24 (8.63%) ServiceNow
4 22 (7.91%) Cisco
5 20 (7.19%) SAP
6 13 (4.68%) Apple
7 12 (4.32%) ScienceLogic
8 11 (3.96%) Salesforce
9 9 (3.24%) MuleSoft
10 8 (2.88%) Google
10 8 (2.88%) Samsung
11 6 (2.16%) Databricks
11 6 (2.16%) Fortinet
11 6 (2.16%) Meraki
11 6 (2.16%) Palo Alto
12 5 (1.80%) Informatica
12 5 (1.80%) Red Hat
13 4 (1.44%) Dell
13 4 (1.44%) EMC
13 4 (1.44%) JD Edwards