Root Cause Analysis Contracts

Root Cause Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Root Cause Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Root Cause Analysis over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 224 285 319
Rank change year-on-year +61 +34 +11
Contract jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 439 549 740
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.02% 0.95% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 1.06% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 384 437
10th Percentile £306 £309 £287
25th Percentile £424 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.48% +6.84%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £625
90th Percentile £650 £731 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £460 £465
% change year-on-year +8.70% -1.08% +19.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 8 6
10th Percentile £13.74 £20.00 £25.88
25th Percentile £15.85 £20.59 £27.43
Median hourly rate £53.02 £38.50 £36.73
Median % change year-on-year +37.70% +4.82% +42.64%
75th Percentile £61.08 £62.75 £45.63
90th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £49.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £53.03 £23.86 £36.73
% change year-on-year +122.25% -35.04% +66.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Root Cause Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,090 51,996 79,100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.82% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,884 36,030 55,497
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,721 1,893
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

Root Cause Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Root Cause Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Root Cause Analysis in the UK

Root Cause Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Root Cause Analysis.

Daily rate trend for Root Cause Analysis in the UK

Root Cause Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Root Cause Analysis over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Root Cause Analysis in the UK

Root Cause Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Root Cause Analysis.

Hourly rate trend for Root Cause Analysis in the UK

Root Cause Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Root Cause Analysis over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Root Cause Analysis in the UK

Root Cause Analysis
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Root Cause Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +32 375 £500 - 352
UK excluding London +30 220 £500 +8.70% 285
London +46 176 £550 +4.76% 89
Work from Home +48 125 £493 -1.40% 150
North of England +44 61 £493 -1.40% 70
South West +37 51 £525 - 30
South East +5 44 £488 - 63
Midlands -3 43 £513 +6.22% 55
Yorkshire +29 36 £450 +20.00% 22
West Midlands +8 35 £525 -12.50% 38
North West +23 25 £493 -6.10% 41
Wales +31 21 £91 -80.22% 6
East of England +3 15 £375 -11.14% 38
Scotland +37 11 £623 +36.81% 24
East Midlands -4 8 £323 -7.86% 17

Root Cause Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 26 (5.92%) Confluence
2 25 (5.69%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.59%) nginx
4 6 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.91%) IIS
5 4 (0.91%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.68%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.46%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.23%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.23%) CMS
8 1 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.23%) JBoss
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.23%) WebLogic
Applications
1 27 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (5.01%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.05%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.23%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 10 (2.28%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 10 (2.28%) SAP FI-AP
2 7 (1.59%) Siebel CRM
3 6 (1.37%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.91%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.46%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.46%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.46%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.46%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.23%) SAP APO
6 1 (0.23%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.23%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.23%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 56 (12.76%) AWS
2 54 (12.30%) Azure
3 23 (5.24%) Power Platform
4 22 (5.01%) GCP
5 11 (2.51%) Cloud Computing
5 11 (2.51%) IaaS
6 10 (2.28%) PaaS
6 10 (2.28%) SaaS
7 9 (2.05%) Azure Sentinel
7 9 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (2.05%) Nutanix
8 8 (1.82%) SuccessFactors
9 7 (1.59%) Amazon EKS
9 7 (1.59%) Amazon S3
9 7 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.59%) GitHub
9 7 (1.59%) Rubrik
9 7 (1.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 6 (1.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (1.14%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 38 (8.66%) Firewall
2 22 (5.01%) WAN
3 20 (4.56%) TCP/IP
4 19 (4.33%) DNS
4 19 (4.33%) LAN
5 17 (3.87%) VPN
6 16 (3.64%) DHCP
7 15 (3.42%) Wireless
8 9 (2.05%) BGP
9 8 (1.82%) Cisco ASA
9 8 (1.82%) VLAN
9 8 (1.82%) WLAN
10 7 (1.59%) Kerberos
10 7 (1.59%) NAS
10 7 (1.59%) OSPF
10 7 (1.59%) SAN
11 6 (1.37%) IPsec
12 4 (0.91%) DMZ
12 4 (0.91%) Internet
12 4 (0.91%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.24%) Power BI
2 15 (3.42%) Relational Database
3 14 (3.19%) Ingres
3 14 (3.19%) Tableau
4 10 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
5 9 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.37%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.37%) Sybase ASE
7 5 (1.14%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.14%) RDBMS
7 5 (1.14%) Siebel EIM
8 4 (0.91%) Apache Cassandra
8 4 (0.91%) Apache Hive
8 4 (0.91%) DB2
8 4 (0.91%) Hadoop
8 4 (0.91%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.91%) SAP BW
9 3 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 41 (9.34%) JIRA
2 36 (8.20%) Jenkins
3 28 (6.38%) Git
4 12 (2.73%) GitLab
5 10 (2.28%) JMeter
6 9 (2.05%) TeamCity
7 8 (1.82%) Maven
7 8 (1.82%) Selenium
8 6 (1.37%) Cucumber
8 6 (1.37%) Gradle
9 4 (0.91%) Artifactory
9 4 (0.91%) IDA Disassembler
9 4 (0.91%) WebDriver
10 3 (0.68%) Burp Suite
10 3 (0.68%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.68%) Hudson
11 2 (0.46%) Gerrit
11 2 (0.46%) Serenity BDD
11 2 (0.46%) TestNG
11 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 180 (41.00%) Social Skills
2 75 (17.08%) Finance
3 73 (16.63%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (10.93%) Public Sector
5 35 (7.97%) Telecoms
6 31 (7.06%) Banking
7 23 (5.24%) Manufacturing
8 17 (3.87%) Mandarin Language
9 14 (3.19%) Investment Banking
10 12 (2.73%) Front Office
11 11 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (2.51%) Marketing
12 7 (1.59%) Electronics
12 7 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.14%) Back Office
13 5 (1.14%) Retail
14 4 (0.91%) Billing
14 4 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.91%) Legal
14 4 (0.91%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 92 (20.96%) Analyst
2 30 (6.83%) Business Analyst
3 27 (6.15%) Senior
4 26 (5.92%) Lead
4 26 (5.92%) Problem Manager
5 23 (5.24%) Incident Manager
6 19 (4.33%) DBA
7 18 (4.10%) Architect
8 17 (3.87%) Support Engineer
9 16 (3.64%) Administrator
10 15 (3.42%) Developer
11 13 (2.96%) Consultant
11 13 (2.96%) Cyber Defence Analyst
12 12 (2.73%) Coordinator
12 12 (2.73%) Data Business Analyst
12 12 (2.73%) Data Migration Analyst
12 12 (2.73%) Data Migration Business Analyst
12 12 (2.73%) Ingres DBA
12 12 (2.73%) Migration Analyst
13 10 (2.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.73%) Elastic Stack
1 12 (2.73%) LDAP
2 10 (2.28%) EDI
2 10 (2.28%) IDoc
3 8 (1.82%) .NET
3 8 (1.82%) Kafka
3 8 (1.82%) Node.js
3 8 (1.82%) SAP Business Workflow
4 7 (1.59%) Spring
4 7 (1.59%) Spring Boot
5 6 (1.37%) Itk
5 6 (1.37%) React
5 6 (1.37%) REST
6 5 (1.14%) Keycloak
6 5 (1.14%) Web Services
7 4 (0.91%) Middleware
7 4 (0.91%) OLE
8 3 (0.68%) ADO
8 3 (0.68%) CSS
8 3 (0.68%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (12.76%) Management Information System
2 51 (11.62%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 48 (10.93%) Cyber Defence
3 48 (10.93%) Cyber Threat
4 26 (5.92%) Data Centre
5 16 (3.64%) Virtual Team
6 14 (3.19%) Onboarding
6 14 (3.19%) Replication
7 10 (2.28%) Cloud Native
8 9 (2.05%) Clustering
8 9 (2.05%) iPhone
8 9 (2.05%) PKI
9 8 (1.82%) Security Operations Centre
9 8 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.59%) Driving Licence
10 7 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.59%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (1.59%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (1.37%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 65 (14.81%) Windows
2 58 (13.21%) Linux
3 27 (6.15%) Unix
4 24 (5.47%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.82%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.59%) Oracle Linux
6 7 (1.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.59%) Solaris
7 6 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.14%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.91%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.46%) CentOS
10 2 (0.46%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.23%) AIX
11 1 (0.23%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (28.93%) Problem-Solving
2 95 (21.64%) Incident Management
3 76 (17.31%) ITIL
4 74 (16.86%) Cybersecurity
5 72 (16.40%) Agile
6 64 (14.58%) Incident Response
7 61 (13.90%) Information Security
8 60 (13.67%) Mentoring
9 59 (13.44%) SIEM
10 53 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
10 53 (12.07%) DevOps
11 50 (11.39%) Use Case
12 49 (11.16%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 49 (11.16%) Threat Intelligence
13 48 (10.93%) CRM
13 48 (10.93%) Protective Monitoring
14 47 (10.71%) Case Management
14 47 (10.71%) Problem Management
15 43 (9.79%) SOAR
16 41 (9.34%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 62 (14.12%) Python
2 49 (11.16%) SQL
3 34 (7.74%) PowerShell
4 29 (6.61%) Java
5 18 (4.10%) Bash
6 15 (3.42%) Shell Script
7 14 (3.19%) JavaScript
8 10 (2.28%) ABAP
9 9 (2.05%) C++
9 9 (2.05%) Ruby
10 8 (1.82%) Groovy
11 7 (1.59%) C#
11 7 (1.59%) Perl
12 6 (1.37%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.91%) C
13 4 (0.91%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.68%) Go
14 3 (0.68%) Scala
14 3 (0.68%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.46%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 147 (33.49%) Security Cleared
2 98 (22.32%) SC Cleared
3 66 (15.03%) DV Cleared
4 43 (9.79%) Degree
5 19 (4.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (2.73%) CISSP
7 9 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.05%) CEH
7 9 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (2.05%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.37%) CCNA
10 5 (1.14%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.91%) CCNP
11 4 (0.91%) MCSE
12 3 (0.68%) CISM
12 3 (0.68%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 2 (0.46%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (10.71%) QA
2 46 (10.48%) NIST
3 45 (10.25%) SLA
4 38 (8.66%) Data Quality
4 38 (8.66%) NIST 800
5 12 (2.73%) GDPR
6 8 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (1.37%) ISO 9001
9 5 (1.14%) NCSC
10 4 (0.91%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 3 (0.68%) EMIR
11 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 3 (0.68%) ISO17020
12 2 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.46%) PMO
13 1 (0.23%) COPPA
13 1 (0.23%) Dodd-Frank
13 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 30 (6.83%) Active Directory
2 28 (6.38%) Docker
3 17 (3.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.91%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.91%) Snort
5 4 (0.91%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 3 (0.68%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.68%) vSphere
7 2 (0.46%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.23%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.23%) XenApp
8 1 (0.23%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 33 (7.52%) Ansible
1 33 (7.52%) Terraform
2 24 (5.47%) Kubernetes
3 18 (4.10%) Kibana
4 17 (3.87%) Grafana
5 9 (2.05%) logstash
6 8 (1.82%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.82%) SCCM
7 7 (1.59%) EMC NetWorker
7 7 (1.59%) FortiGate
7 7 (1.59%) Netcool
7 7 (1.59%) Tivoli
7 7 (1.59%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 6 (1.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (1.37%) Puppet
9 5 (1.14%) ITRS Geneos
9 5 (1.14%) WSUS
10 4 (0.91%) Trend Micro Deep Security
11 3 (0.68%) SCOM
Vendors
1 122 (27.79%) Microsoft
2 32 (7.29%) SAP
3 28 (6.38%) Cisco
3 28 (6.38%) ServiceNow
4 22 (5.01%) VMware
5 20 (4.56%) Splunk
6 18 (4.10%) Google
6 18 (4.10%) Oracle
7 16 (3.64%) IBM
8 11 (2.51%) CyberArk
8 11 (2.51%) Juniper
9 10 (2.28%) OpenText
9 10 (2.28%) Palo Alto
10 8 (1.82%) Qualys
11 7 (1.59%) Dell
11 7 (1.59%) EMC
11 7 (1.59%) HP
11 7 (1.59%) Isilon
11 7 (1.59%) Serena
11 7 (1.59%) Siebel