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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 225 284 316
Rank change year-on-year +59 +32 +27
Contract jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 447 513 753
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.04% 0.92% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 1.02% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 349 458
10th Percentile £302 £300 £300
25th Percentile £421 £380 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £503
Median % change year-on-year - -0.50% +5.79%
75th Percentile £589 £613 £625
90th Percentile £666 £731 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £461
% change year-on-year +11.11% -2.44% +18.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 7 8
10th Percentile £14.04 £20.00 £21.90
25th Percentile £15.85 £20.40 £26.06
Median hourly rate £53.00 £25.00 £31.23
Median % change year-on-year +112.00% -19.95% +17.85%
75th Percentile £60.55 £58.50 £44.38
90th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £48.28
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.02 £23.86 £30.96
% change year-on-year +97.05% -22.93% +23.84%

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 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +44 384 £500 - 373
UK excluding London +39 235 £500 +11.11% 293
London +43 169 £535 +4.39% 77
Work from Home +63 124 £495 -1.00% 153
North of England +36 63 £475 -5.00% 69
South West +38 61 £550 +4.76% 35
South East +12 53 £500 +14.29% 56
Midlands -7 38 £493 +3.68% 78
Yorkshire +29 35 £450 -10.00% 22
West Midlands +2 30 £516 -20.58% 52
North West +20 28 £484 -3.20% 33
Wales +37 22 £91 -84.83% 3
East of England -3 16 £348 -22.78% 30
Scotland +31 10 £623 +38.33% 22
East Midlands -13 8 £323 -7.86% 26

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 22 (4.92%) Confluence
1 22 (4.92%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.57%) nginx
3 6 (1.34%) IIS
4 4 (0.89%) OpenStack
4 4 (0.89%) Tomcat
5 3 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.67%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.22%) Alfresco
6 1 (0.22%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.22%) Camunda
6 1 (0.22%) CMS
6 1 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.22%) JBoss
6 1 (0.22%) LiveLink
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
Applications
1 25 (5.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (4.47%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.01%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.89%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.22%) CATIA
5 1 (0.22%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.22%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 10 (2.24%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 10 (2.24%) SAP FI-AP
2 6 (1.34%) Teamcenter
3 5 (1.12%) Siebel CRM
4 4 (0.89%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.45%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.45%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.45%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.22%) SAP APO
6 1 (0.22%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.22%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.22%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 56 (12.53%) Azure
2 50 (11.19%) AWS
3 25 (5.59%) Power Platform
4 19 (4.25%) GCP
5 14 (3.13%) SaaS
6 11 (2.46%) PaaS
7 9 (2.01%) Azure Sentinel
7 9 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (1.79%) SuccessFactors
9 7 (1.57%) Amazon EKS
9 7 (1.57%) GitHub
9 7 (1.57%) IaaS
9 7 (1.57%) Nutanix
10 6 (1.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 6 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.12%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (1.12%) OpenShift
11 5 (1.12%) Rubrik
11 5 (1.12%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 35 (7.83%) Firewall
2 20 (4.47%) TCP/IP
3 19 (4.25%) DNS
3 19 (4.25%) WAN
4 16 (3.58%) DHCP
5 15 (3.36%) LAN
5 15 (3.36%) VPN
6 13 (2.91%) Wireless
7 10 (2.24%) BGP
8 8 (1.79%) OSPF
8 8 (1.79%) VLAN
9 6 (1.34%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (1.34%) IPsec
9 6 (1.34%) WLAN
10 5 (1.12%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (1.12%) Kerberos
10 5 (1.12%) NAS
10 5 (1.12%) SAN
11 4 (0.89%) tcpdump
11 4 (0.89%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (5.59%) Power BI
2 16 (3.58%) Relational Database
2 16 (3.58%) Tableau
3 14 (3.13%) Ingres
4 10 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.01%) Elasticsearch
6 8 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.57%) SQL Server
7 7 (1.57%) Sybase ASE
8 6 (1.34%) RDBMS
9 5 (1.12%) DB2
9 5 (1.12%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.89%) Apache Cassandra
10 4 (0.89%) Apache Hive
10 4 (0.89%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.89%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.89%) SAP BW
11 3 (0.67%) Big Data
11 3 (0.67%) Siebel EIM
11 3 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 37 (8.28%) JIRA
2 32 (7.16%) Jenkins
3 25 (5.59%) Git
4 14 (3.13%) JMeter
4 14 (3.13%) Selenium
5 13 (2.91%) Maven
6 11 (2.46%) Cucumber
7 10 (2.24%) GitLab
8 7 (1.57%) TeamCity
9 6 (1.34%) Gradle
10 5 (1.12%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.89%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.89%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.89%) IDA Disassembler
12 3 (0.67%) Burp Suite
12 3 (0.67%) Hudson
13 2 (0.45%) Gerrit
13 2 (0.45%) Serenity BDD
13 2 (0.45%) TestNG
13 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 187 (41.83%) Social Skills
2 69 (15.44%) Finance
3 67 (14.99%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (10.96%) Public Sector
5 37 (8.28%) Telecoms
6 29 (6.49%) Banking
7 24 (5.37%) Manufacturing
8 18 (4.03%) Mandarin Language
9 12 (2.68%) Investment Banking
10 11 (2.46%) Marketing
11 10 (2.24%) Front Office
12 7 (1.57%) Electronics
13 5 (1.12%) Back Office
13 5 (1.12%) Retail
14 4 (0.89%) Billing
14 4 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.89%) Legal
14 4 (0.89%) Wholesale Banking
15 3 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 93 (20.81%) Analyst
2 31 (6.94%) Senior
3 28 (6.26%) Problem Manager
4 27 (6.04%) Business Analyst
5 26 (5.82%) Lead
6 21 (4.70%) Incident Manager
7 20 (4.47%) DBA
8 19 (4.25%) Architect
9 17 (3.80%) Support Engineer
10 16 (3.58%) Administrator
11 15 (3.36%) Consultant
12 14 (3.13%) Developer
13 12 (2.68%) Coordinator
13 12 (2.68%) Cyber Defence Analyst
13 12 (2.68%) Ingres DBA
13 12 (2.68%) Test Analyst
14 10 (2.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 10 (2.24%) Security Engineer
15 9 (2.01%) Data Centre Engineer
15 9 (2.01%) Data Migration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.47%) Elastic Stack
2 10 (2.24%) EDI
2 10 (2.24%) IDoc
2 10 (2.24%) LDAP
3 8 (1.79%) .NET
3 8 (1.79%) SAP Business Workflow
4 7 (1.57%) Kafka
4 7 (1.57%) Node.js
4 7 (1.57%) Web Services
5 6 (1.34%) Itk
5 6 (1.34%) React
5 6 (1.34%) Spring
5 6 (1.34%) Spring Boot
6 5 (1.12%) Gherkin
6 5 (1.12%) REST
6 5 (1.12%) SailPoint
7 4 (0.89%) Keycloak
7 4 (0.89%) Middleware
7 4 (0.89%) OLE
8 3 (0.67%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 68 (15.21%) Management Information System
2 60 (13.42%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 57 (12.75%) Cyber Defence
3 57 (12.75%) Cyber Threat
4 25 (5.59%) Data Centre
5 18 (4.03%) Virtual Team
6 14 (3.13%) Onboarding
6 14 (3.13%) Replication
7 11 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (2.24%) Cloud Native
8 10 (2.24%) PKI
9 9 (2.01%) iPhone
9 9 (2.01%) Security Operations Centre
10 8 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (1.57%) Clustering
11 7 (1.57%) Driving Licence
11 7 (1.57%) Product Ownership
12 6 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (1.34%) iPad
13 5 (1.12%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 63 (14.09%) Windows
2 51 (11.41%) Linux
3 28 (6.26%) Unix
4 19 (4.25%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.01%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.34%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.34%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (1.12%) Oracle Linux
7 5 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.12%) Solaris
8 4 (0.89%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.67%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.45%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.22%) AIX
11 1 (0.22%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (27.74%) Problem-Solving
2 105 (23.49%) Incident Management
3 79 (17.67%) Cybersecurity
4 76 (17.00%) Incident Response
5 75 (16.78%) Agile
6 71 (15.88%) Information Security
6 71 (15.88%) ITIL
7 69 (15.44%) Mentoring
8 67 (14.99%) SIEM
9 59 (13.20%) Use Case
10 58 (12.98%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 58 (12.98%) Threat Intelligence
11 56 (12.53%) Case Management
11 56 (12.53%) CRM
12 54 (12.08%) Protective Monitoring
13 52 (11.63%) SOAR
14 51 (11.41%) DevOps
14 51 (11.41%) Problem Management
15 50 (11.19%) MITRE ATT&CK
16 44 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 64 (14.32%) Python
2 54 (12.08%) SQL
3 34 (7.61%) Java
3 34 (7.61%) PowerShell
4 19 (4.25%) JavaScript
5 16 (3.58%) Bash
6 15 (3.36%) Shell Script
7 10 (2.24%) ABAP
8 9 (2.01%) C++
8 9 (2.01%) Ruby
9 8 (1.79%) C#
9 8 (1.79%) Groovy
9 8 (1.79%) Perl
10 7 (1.57%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.12%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.89%) C
13 3 (0.67%) Go
13 3 (0.67%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.67%) Scala
13 3 (0.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 147 (32.89%) Security Cleared
2 86 (19.24%) SC Cleared
3 76 (17.00%) DV Cleared
4 46 (10.29%) Degree
5 20 (4.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (2.91%) CISSP
7 12 (2.68%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (2.24%) CEH
8 10 (2.24%) ITIL Certification
9 9 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.79%) CCNA
11 6 (1.34%) CCNP
11 6 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (1.12%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.67%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.67%) CISM
13 3 (0.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 2 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 2 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.45%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (12.30%) NIST
2 47 (10.51%) NIST 800
3 45 (10.07%) QA
3 45 (10.07%) SLA
4 33 (7.38%) Data Quality
5 10 (2.24%) GDPR
6 8 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.34%) ISO 9001
8 5 (1.12%) Accessibility
8 5 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.89%) NCSC
10 3 (0.67%) EMIR
10 3 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 2 (0.45%) PMO
12 1 (0.22%) COPPA
12 1 (0.22%) Dodd-Frank
12 1 (0.22%) GRC
12 1 (0.22%) ISO17020
System Software
1 30 (6.71%) Active Directory
2 23 (5.15%) Docker
3 16 (3.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 4 (0.89%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.89%) Snort
7 3 (0.67%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.67%) vSphere
8 2 (0.45%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.22%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.22%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.22%) XenApp
9 1 (0.22%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 29 (6.49%) Ansible
1 29 (6.49%) Terraform
2 24 (5.37%) Kibana
3 19 (4.25%) Kubernetes
4 18 (4.03%) logstash
5 15 (3.36%) Grafana
6 8 (1.79%) SCCM
7 6 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (1.12%) EMC NetWorker
8 5 (1.12%) FortiGate
8 5 (1.12%) ITRS Geneos
8 5 (1.12%) Netcool
8 5 (1.12%) Prometheus
8 5 (1.12%) Tivoli
8 5 (1.12%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 5 (1.12%) WSUS
9 4 (0.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.89%) Puppet
9 4 (0.89%) Trend Micro Deep Security
10 3 (0.67%) OPNET
Vendors
1 124 (27.74%) Microsoft
2 33 (7.38%) SAP
3 30 (6.71%) ServiceNow
4 26 (5.82%) Cisco
5 20 (4.47%) VMware
6 18 (4.03%) Oracle
7 17 (3.80%) Google
8 16 (3.58%) Splunk
9 15 (3.36%) IBM
10 12 (2.68%) Juniper
11 10 (2.24%) OpenText
11 10 (2.24%) Palo Alto
12 9 (2.01%) CyberArk
12 9 (2.01%) Tanium
13 7 (1.57%) SolarWinds
13 7 (1.57%) Sybase
14 6 (1.34%) Dell
14 6 (1.34%) Qualys
15 5 (1.12%) EMC
15 5 (1.12%) Sun