Root Cause Analysis Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Root Cause Analysis
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 322 255 320
Rank change year-on-year -67 +65 +87
Permanent jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 147 416 414
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.82% 1.23% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 1.35% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 83 195 244
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,750 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £39,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -8.70% +21.05%
75th Percentile £80,000 £66,294 £77,500
90th Percentile £91,000 £80,000 £89,852
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
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 16,956 30,887 39,758
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 94.19% 91.37% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,744 23,439 27,659
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Root Cause Analysis
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Root Cause Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Root Cause Analysis trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Root Cause Analysis
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Root Cause Analysis.

Root Cause Analysis salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Root Cause Analysis
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Root Cause Analysis over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Root Cause Analysis salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Root Cause Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 12 (8.16%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.04%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (2.04%) Skype for Business
4 2 (1.36%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.36%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (1.36%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.68%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (3.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.36%) Trello
4 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.68%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (1.36%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 46 (31.29%) Azure
2 24 (16.33%) AWS
3 20 (13.61%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (10.20%) Entra ID
5 13 (8.84%) Serverless
6 11 (7.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 10 (6.80%) GCP
8 7 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (4.08%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (3.40%) Power Platform
11 4 (2.72%) Amazon S3
11 4 (2.72%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (2.72%) OneDrive
11 4 (2.72%) Power Automate
12 3 (2.04%) Azure AKS
12 3 (2.04%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (2.04%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (2.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.84%) LAN
2 12 (8.16%) WAN
2 12 (8.16%) WLAN
3 11 (7.48%) Wireless
4 8 (5.44%) Firewall
5 4 (2.72%) DHCP
5 4 (2.72%) DNS
5 4 (2.72%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (2.04%) Network Security
6 3 (2.04%) Skype
6 3 (2.04%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.04%) Wireshark
7 2 (1.36%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (1.36%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (1.36%) IMAP
7 2 (1.36%) SAN
7 2 (1.36%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.36%) SMTP
7 2 (1.36%) SSL
8 1 (0.68%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (25.17%) Tableau
2 12 (8.16%) SQL Server
3 8 (5.44%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (5.44%) Data Lake
3 8 (5.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (5.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (3.40%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (2.72%) Power BI
6 3 (2.04%) DynamoDB
6 3 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.36%) Apache Hive
7 2 (1.36%) Big Data
7 2 (1.36%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.36%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.68%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.68%) MySQL
8 1 (0.68%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.68%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 37 (25.17%) Git
2 8 (5.44%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.40%) GitLab
3 5 (3.40%) JIRA
4 2 (1.36%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.68%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.68%) Gatling
5 1 (0.68%) JMeter
5 1 (0.68%) Locust
5 1 (0.68%) Postman
5 1 (0.68%) Selenium
5 1 (0.68%) WebDriver
General
1 79 (53.74%) Social Skills
2 56 (38.10%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (26.53%) Finance
4 30 (20.41%) Retail
5 17 (11.56%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (7.48%) Law
7 7 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (4.08%) Banking
9 5 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.72%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.72%) Public Sector
11 3 (2.04%) Billing
11 3 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.36%) Legal
13 1 (0.68%) Back Office
13 1 (0.68%) Electronics
13 1 (0.68%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 44 (29.93%) Senior
2 41 (27.89%) Analyst
3 27 (18.37%) Data Analyst
4 26 (17.69%) Senior Analyst
4 26 (17.69%) Senior Data Analyst
5 16 (10.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 14 (9.52%) Administrator
7 9 (6.12%) Data Scientist
7 9 (6.12%) Principal Data Scientist
7 9 (6.12%) Senior Data Scientist
8 8 (5.44%) Cloud Engineer
8 8 (5.44%) DBA
9 7 (4.76%) Site Engineer
9 7 (4.76%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 7 (4.76%) Software Engineer
9 7 (4.76%) SQL DBA
10 6 (4.08%) IT Engineer
11 5 (3.40%) IT Manager
11 5 (3.40%) Lead
11 5 (3.40%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.12%) Pandas
1 9 (6.12%) PySpark
1 9 (6.12%) scikit-learn
1 9 (6.12%) TensorFlow
2 7 (4.76%) Spring
3 5 (3.40%) Spring Boot
4 4 (2.72%) ARM Templates
5 3 (2.04%) AngularJS
5 3 (2.04%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (1.36%) EDI
6 2 (1.36%) Java EE
6 2 (1.36%) Kafka
6 2 (1.36%) Loki
6 2 (1.36%) React
6 2 (1.36%) RESTful
7 1 (0.68%) JSON
7 1 (0.68%) Laravel
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.68%) SOAP
7 1 (0.68%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.80%) Algorithms
1 10 (6.80%) Data Structures
1 10 (6.80%) Management Information System
2 9 (6.12%) Credit Risk
3 8 (5.44%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.08%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.04%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (2.04%) Social Media
6 2 (1.36%) Blackberry
6 2 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.36%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.36%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.36%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.36%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.68%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.68%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 24 (16.33%) Windows
2 13 (8.84%) Linux
3 10 (6.80%) Apple iOS
3 10 (6.80%) Mac OS
3 10 (6.80%) Windows 10
3 10 (6.80%) Windows Server
4 6 (4.08%) Unix
5 4 (2.72%) CentOS
5 4 (2.72%) Solaris
6 2 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.68%) Android
7 1 (0.68%) VMS
7 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (37.41%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (28.57%) Analytics
3 37 (25.17%) Visualisation
4 35 (23.81%) Storytelling
5 32 (21.77%) Data Pipeline
6 26 (17.69%) Customer Intelligence
7 24 (16.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (15.65%) ITIL
9 22 (14.97%) Mathematics
10 21 (14.29%) Statistics
11 20 (13.61%) Problem Management
12 19 (12.93%) Artificial Intelligence
12 19 (12.93%) Customer Service
13 18 (12.24%) Agile
13 18 (12.24%) DevOps
13 18 (12.24%) Incident Management
13 18 (12.24%) Service Delivery
14 16 (10.88%) Cybersecurity
15 15 (10.20%) Incident Response
16 14 (9.52%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 60 (40.82%) Python
2 53 (36.05%) SQL
3 15 (10.20%) Java
4 12 (8.16%) Bash
5 9 (6.12%) T-SQL
6 5 (3.40%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.72%) Bicep
7 4 (2.72%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.72%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.04%) C#
9 2 (1.36%) Go
9 2 (1.36%) Perl
10 1 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.68%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.68%) PHP
10 1 (0.68%) R
Qualifications
1 39 (26.53%) DBS Check
2 37 (25.17%) Degree
3 11 (7.48%) Master's Degree
3 11 (7.48%) Security Cleared
4 9 (6.12%) SC Cleared
5 5 (3.40%) CISSP
6 4 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.72%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.72%) RHCE
7 3 (2.04%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.04%) CEH
7 3 (2.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.36%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.68%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.68%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.68%) OSCP
9 1 (0.68%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.52%) Data Quality
2 11 (7.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (4.08%) GDPR
3 6 (4.08%) QA
4 4 (2.72%) HIPAA
4 4 (2.72%) SLA
5 3 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.04%) NIST
5 3 (2.04%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.36%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.36%) GRC
6 2 (1.36%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.68%) IEC 62304
7 1 (0.68%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 22 (14.97%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.08%) Docker
3 3 (2.04%) Firmware
3 3 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.36%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (11.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (10.88%) Kubernetes
3 14 (9.52%) Prometheus
4 13 (8.84%) Grafana
4 13 (8.84%) Terraform
5 5 (3.40%) Ansible
6 3 (2.04%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (2.04%) Progress Chef
6 3 (2.04%) Puppet
7 2 (1.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (1.36%) Kibana
7 2 (1.36%) Nagios
7 2 (1.36%) SCOM
8 1 (0.68%) Consul
8 1 (0.68%) Packer
8 1 (0.68%) SCCM
8 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 47 (31.97%) Microsoft
2 35 (23.81%) Databricks
3 10 (6.80%) Apple
4 8 (5.44%) Cisco
5 7 (4.76%) Meraki
5 7 (4.76%) Splunk
6 6 (4.08%) Red Hat
6 6 (4.08%) VMware
7 4 (2.72%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.04%) SolarWinds
8 3 (2.04%) Talend
9 2 (1.36%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.36%) Commvault
9 2 (1.36%) Dell
9 2 (1.36%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.36%) Infoblox
9 2 (1.36%) Infor
9 2 (1.36%) JD Edwards
9 2 (1.36%) NetApp
9 2 (1.36%) SAP