Root Cause Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Root Cause Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Root Cause Analysis over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 317 332 354
Rank change year-on-year +15 +22 +33
Permanent jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 933 1,031 1,766
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.93% 1.04% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 1.09% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 487 568 843
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,101 £38,014 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -5.94%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,963 £63,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £89,852 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £48,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +12.94% -

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Root Cause Analysis in the UK

Root Cause Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Root Cause Analysis over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Root Cause Analysis in the UK

Root Cause Analysis
Top 18 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 18 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +35 851 £50,000 -9.09% 376
UK excluding London -40 555 £45,000 -6.25% 302
Work from Home +60 428 £51,250 -6.82% 136
London +137 348 £65,000 -3.38% 98
North of England +44 161 £45,000 -11.74% 67
Midlands -45 125 £47,500 -9.52% 60
North West -8 98 £44,000 -2.22% 37
South East -65 87 £47,500 +11.76% 80
East Midlands +17 69 £50,000 - 12
East of England +26 65 £45,000 -14.29% 39
South West -8 58 £60,918 +48.94% 27
West Midlands -57 56 £37,500 -28.57% 48
Yorkshire +67 38 £45,000 -14.29% 19
North East +15 25 £45,000 -33.33% 13
Wales +13 20 £41,067 +32.47% 6
Scotland -85 20 £42,202 -17.23% 25
Northern Ireland +22 17 - - 4
Isle of Man - 2 £36,000 -

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 30 (3.22%) SAS
2 28 (3.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (2.79%) SharePoint
4 9 (0.96%) Apache
4 9 (0.96%) Confluence
5 8 (0.86%) JBoss
6 4 (0.43%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.32%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.32%) GlassFish
7 3 (0.32%) IIS
8 2 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.21%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.11%) CMS
9 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 80 (8.57%) Microsoft Office
2 73 (7.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.21%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (1.61%) iTrent
2 13 (1.39%) Infor SunSystems
3 9 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.96%) SAP QM
4 5 (0.54%) Temenos T24
5 3 (0.32%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle Manufacturing
5 3 (0.32%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.21%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.11%) Endur
7 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 231 (24.76%) AWS
2 148 (15.86%) Azure
3 118 (12.65%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (3.97%) Power Platform
5 32 (3.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 32 (3.43%) Entra ID
6 31 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (3.22%) Serverless
8 17 (1.82%) GCP
8 17 (1.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 16 (1.71%) Amazon S3
10 15 (1.61%) Azure Functions
11 13 (1.39%) Mimecast
11 13 (1.39%) SaaS
12 12 (1.29%) Amazon EC2
12 12 (1.29%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
12 12 (1.29%) Azure Data Factory
12 12 (1.29%) OneDrive
13 10 (1.07%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 69 (7.40%) LAN
2 63 (6.75%) WAN
3 45 (4.82%) Firewall
4 32 (3.43%) SAN
5 27 (2.89%) DNS
6 26 (2.79%) Network Security
7 25 (2.68%) Wireless
8 24 (2.57%) VLAN
9 22 (2.36%) DHCP
10 17 (1.82%) Internet
10 17 (1.82%) VPN
11 16 (1.71%) VoIP
12 12 (1.29%) TCP/IP
12 12 (1.29%) WLAN
13 10 (1.07%) Unified Communications
14 9 (0.96%) MPLS
15 8 (0.86%) OSPF
16 7 (0.75%) BGP
16 7 (0.75%) Cisco ISE
17 6 (0.64%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (19.83%) Tableau
2 47 (5.04%) SQL Server
3 33 (3.54%) Power BI
4 23 (2.47%) Relational Database
5 19 (2.04%) MySQL
6 18 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (1.39%) BusinessObjects
9 12 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
10 11 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (1.07%) Metadata
12 8 (0.86%) Big Data
12 8 (0.86%) Data Lake
12 8 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (0.86%) NoSQL
12 8 (0.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (0.54%) Oracle Database
14 4 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.43%) PowerPivot
14 4 (0.43%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 183 (19.61%) Git
2 32 (3.43%) JIRA
3 18 (1.93%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.71%) Selenium
5 13 (1.39%) Visual Studio
6 11 (1.18%) NUnit
6 11 (1.18%) WebDriver
7 5 (0.54%) Appium
7 5 (0.54%) DTrace
7 5 (0.54%) GDB
7 5 (0.54%) Postman
8 4 (0.43%) Protractor
8 4 (0.43%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.32%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.32%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.32%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.32%) Deequ
9 3 (0.32%) Metasploit
9 3 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.32%) sqlmap
General
1 484 (51.88%) Social Skills
2 280 (30.01%) Analytical Skills
3 172 (18.44%) Retail
4 151 (16.18%) Finance
5 150 (16.08%) Presentation Skills
6 100 (10.72%) Legal
7 80 (8.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 56 (6.00%) Banking
9 49 (5.25%) Manufacturing
10 32 (3.43%) Law
11 25 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
12 24 (2.57%) Military
13 23 (2.47%) Investment Banking
14 18 (1.93%) Automotive
14 18 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
14 18 (1.93%) Marketing
14 18 (1.93%) Pharmaceutical
14 18 (1.93%) Telecoms
15 17 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
16 14 (1.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 270 (28.94%) Analyst
2 235 (25.19%) Senior
3 133 (14.26%) Data Analyst
4 109 (11.68%) Senior Analyst
5 96 (10.29%) Senior Data Analyst
6 77 (8.25%) Lead
7 52 (5.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 48 (5.14%) Support Engineer
9 45 (4.82%) Data Scientist
9 45 (4.82%) Senior Data Scientist
10 37 (3.97%) Developer
11 35 (3.75%) Support Analyst
12 32 (3.43%) Applications Support
12 32 (3.43%) Lead Data Analyst
13 30 (3.22%) Architect
13 30 (3.22%) Audit Manager
13 30 (3.22%) Incident Manager
14 26 (2.79%) Service Analyst
15 24 (2.57%) Service Desk Analyst
16 23 (2.47%) Vulnerability Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (5.36%) .NET
2 45 (4.82%) Pandas
2 45 (4.82%) PySpark
2 45 (4.82%) scikit-learn
2 45 (4.82%) TensorFlow
3 29 (3.11%) Web Services
4 24 (2.57%) HTML
5 23 (2.47%) AngularJS
5 23 (2.47%) CSS
6 22 (2.36%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 15 (1.61%) JSON
7 15 (1.61%) XML
8 11 (1.18%) .NET Core
9 10 (1.07%) LDAP
9 10 (1.07%) REST
10 9 (0.96%) Middleware
11 7 (0.75%) ADSI
12 6 (0.64%) ARM Templates
13 5 (0.54%) FIX Protocol
13 5 (0.54%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 74 (7.93%) Management Information System
2 54 (5.79%) Algorithms
3 35 (3.75%) Data Centre
4 29 (3.11%) CMDB
5 28 (3.00%) Onboarding
6 23 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (1.82%) Public Cloud
8 13 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
8 13 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.29%) Client/Server
10 10 (1.07%) Housing Association
10 10 (1.07%) Market Risk
10 10 (1.07%) Replication
10 10 (1.07%) Security Posture
11 9 (0.96%) Biopharmaceutical
11 9 (0.96%) Cloud Native
11 9 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (0.96%) IoT
11 9 (0.96%) Product Ownership
11 9 (0.96%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 145 (15.54%) Windows
2 62 (6.65%) Linux
3 56 (6.00%) Windows Server
4 31 (3.32%) Android
5 24 (2.57%) Unix
6 16 (1.71%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (1.61%) Windows 10
8 12 (1.29%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (0.96%) AIX
9 9 (0.96%) Apple iOS
10 8 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (0.75%) Mac OS X
11 7 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (0.64%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.54%) CentOS
13 5 (0.54%) Solaris
14 4 (0.43%) Mac OS
14 4 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.32%) Ubuntu
16 2 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (40.41%) Problem-Solving
2 201 (21.54%) Statistics
3 197 (21.11%) Actionable Insight
4 187 (20.04%) Mathematics
5 182 (19.51%) Visualisation
6 173 (18.54%) Storytelling
7 172 (18.44%) Continuous Improvement
7 172 (18.44%) Data Analysis
8 164 (17.58%) Analytics
9 159 (17.04%) ITIL
10 133 (14.26%) Data Pipeline
10 133 (14.26%) Incident Management
11 132 (14.15%) Business Strategy
12 131 (14.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 128 (13.72%) Customer Intelligence
14 118 (12.65%) Problem Management
15 101 (10.83%) Decision-Making
16 90 (9.65%) Customer Service
17 81 (8.68%) Change Management
18 79 (8.47%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 294 (31.51%) SQL
2 254 (27.22%) Python
3 55 (5.89%) PowerShell
4 40 (4.29%) Java
5 33 (3.54%) C#
6 21 (2.25%) T-SQL
7 18 (1.93%) JavaScript
8 16 (1.71%) C
8 16 (1.71%) R
9 12 (1.29%) Bash
10 8 (0.86%) C++
10 8 (0.86%) PL/SQL
11 7 (0.75%) Shell Script
12 6 (0.64%) PHP
12 6 (0.64%) Scala
12 6 (0.64%) TypeScript
13 5 (0.54%) OCaml
13 5 (0.54%) Perl
13 5 (0.54%) SystemTap
13 5 (0.54%) VBA
Qualifications
1 386 (41.37%) Degree
2 180 (19.29%) DBS Check
3 50 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
3 50 (5.36%) Master's Degree
4 49 (5.25%) CISSP
5 40 (4.29%) Security Cleared
6 37 (3.97%) CISM
7 32 (3.43%) Cisco Certification
8 26 (2.79%) SC Cleared
9 24 (2.57%) AWS Certification
10 20 (2.14%) Azure Certification
11 19 (2.04%) CCNA
12 16 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (1.39%) CCNP
14 11 (1.18%) DV Cleared
14 11 (1.18%) HND
15 10 (1.07%) CISA
16 9 (0.96%) ACCA
16 9 (0.96%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
16 9 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (9.97%) QA
2 63 (6.75%) SLA
3 33 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 32 (3.43%) NIST
5 19 (2.04%) IFRS
6 17 (1.82%) Data Quality
7 16 (1.71%) GDPR
8 15 (1.61%) PCI DSS
9 9 (0.96%) NEBOSH
10 8 (0.86%) Accessibility
10 8 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.75%) COSHH
12 6 (0.64%) GRC
12 6 (0.64%) IEC 62304
12 6 (0.64%) ISO 9001
13 4 (0.43%) MiFID
13 4 (0.43%) UCITS
14 3 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
15 2 (0.21%) GMP
15 2 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 89 (9.54%) Active Directory
2 50 (5.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (3.54%) Docker
4 20 (2.14%) Hyper-V
5 14 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (1.50%) vSphere
6 3 (0.32%) Terminal Services
6 3 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.21%) Firmware
7 2 (0.21%) NFS
8 1 (0.11%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 44 (4.72%) Terraform
2 40 (4.29%) Kubernetes
3 24 (2.57%) Ansible
4 21 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (1.29%) SCCM
6 10 (1.07%) Grafana
7 7 (0.75%) Foglight
8 6 (0.64%) vCenter Server
9 5 (0.54%) Cisco Prime
9 5 (0.54%) Opsview
9 5 (0.54%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.43%) Cacti
11 3 (0.32%) Dell DRAC
11 3 (0.32%) Oracle Statspack
11 3 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.21%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 2 (0.21%) Kibana
12 2 (0.21%) QRadar
12 2 (0.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.21%) vRealize
Vendors
1 260 (27.87%) Microsoft
2 184 (19.72%) Databricks
3 68 (7.29%) VMware
4 41 (4.39%) ServiceNow
5 40 (4.29%) SAP
6 38 (4.07%) Google
7 35 (3.75%) Cisco
8 31 (3.32%) Oracle
9 26 (2.79%) Citrix
9 26 (2.79%) HP
9 26 (2.79%) NCR
10 22 (2.36%) Veeam
11 15 (1.61%) Dell
12 14 (1.50%) SolarWinds
13 13 (1.39%) Infor
14 12 (1.29%) Juniper
14 12 (1.29%) Sophos
15 9 (0.96%) AppDynamics
15 9 (0.96%) Apple
15 9 (0.96%) Splunk