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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 317 320 348
Rank change year-on-year +3 +28 +44
Permanent jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 915 1,076 1,732
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.92% 1.06% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 1.11% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 487 584 838
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,101 £38,800 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -8.65%
75th Percentile £66,272 £75,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £89,852 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -

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 84,952 96,876 150,957
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.60% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,894 57,115 82,331
10th Percentile £29,002 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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 12 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 12 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 +40 831 £50,000 -9.09% 352
UK excluding London -51 552 £45,000 -10.00% 287
Work from Home +65 416 £52,500 -8.70% 135
London +128 332 £65,000 -3.54% 78
North of England +37 160 £45,000 -11.74% 73
Midlands -49 121 £47,500 -9.52% 58
North West -10 97 £44,500 -1.11% 43
South East -73 86 £47,500 +11.76% 65
East Midlands +9 66 £50,000 -2.44% 17
East of England +33 65 £45,000 -14.29% 36
South West -4 60 £60,918 +48.94% 28
West Midlands -53 55 £37,500 -31.82% 41
Yorkshire +65 39 £45,000 -14.29% 22
North East +12 24 £45,000 -33.33% 10
Scotland -76 21 £42,202 -17.23% 23
Wales +20 20 £41,067 +32.47% 6
Northern Ireland +24 17 - - 5
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 (3.28%) SAS
2 27 (2.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (2.95%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.98%) Confluence
4 8 (0.87%) Apache
4 8 (0.87%) JBoss
5 4 (0.44%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.33%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.33%) GlassFish
6 3 (0.33%) IIS
7 2 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.22%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.11%) CMS
8 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 81 (8.85%) Microsoft Office
2 73 (7.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (2.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (1.64%) iTrent
2 13 (1.42%) Infor SunSystems
3 10 (1.09%) SAP QM
4 9 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.55%) Temenos T24
6 3 (0.33%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.33%) Oracle Applications
6 3 (0.33%) Oracle Manufacturing
6 3 (0.33%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.22%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.22%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.11%) Endur
8 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 222 (24.26%) AWS
2 149 (16.28%) Azure
3 119 (13.01%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (3.83%) Power Platform
5 33 (3.61%) Entra ID
6 32 (3.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 31 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
8 30 (3.28%) Serverless
9 19 (2.08%) GCP
10 17 (1.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 16 (1.75%) Amazon S3
12 15 (1.64%) Azure Functions
13 13 (1.42%) Mimecast
13 13 (1.42%) SaaS
14 12 (1.31%) Amazon EC2
14 12 (1.31%) AWS CloudFormation
14 12 (1.31%) AWS Lambda
14 12 (1.31%) OneDrive
15 11 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
16 10 (1.09%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 70 (7.65%) LAN
2 64 (6.99%) WAN
3 45 (4.92%) Firewall
4 32 (3.50%) SAN
5 28 (3.06%) DNS
6 27 (2.95%) Network Security
7 25 (2.73%) Wireless
8 24 (2.62%) VLAN
9 22 (2.40%) DHCP
10 17 (1.86%) Internet
10 17 (1.86%) VPN
11 16 (1.75%) VoIP
12 12 (1.31%) TCP/IP
12 12 (1.31%) WLAN
13 10 (1.09%) Unified Communications
14 9 (0.98%) MPLS
15 8 (0.87%) OSPF
16 7 (0.77%) BGP
16 7 (0.77%) Cisco ISE
17 6 (0.66%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (18.36%) Tableau
2 46 (5.03%) SQL Server
3 31 (3.39%) Power BI
4 23 (2.51%) Relational Database
5 19 (2.08%) MySQL
6 18 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
7 15 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (1.42%) BusinessObjects
9 12 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
10 11 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (0.98%) Big Data
11 9 (0.98%) Metadata
12 8 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (0.87%) NoSQL
13 7 (0.77%) Data Lake
13 7 (0.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 5 (0.55%) Oracle Database
15 4 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
15 4 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
15 4 (0.44%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 166 (18.14%) Git
2 32 (3.50%) JIRA
3 18 (1.97%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.75%) Selenium
5 13 (1.42%) Visual Studio
6 11 (1.20%) NUnit
6 11 (1.20%) WebDriver
7 5 (0.55%) Appium
7 5 (0.55%) DTrace
7 5 (0.55%) GDB
7 5 (0.55%) Postman
8 4 (0.44%) Protractor
8 4 (0.44%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.33%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.33%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.33%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.33%) Deequ
9 3 (0.33%) Metasploit
9 3 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.33%) sqlmap
General
1 468 (51.15%) Social Skills
2 268 (29.29%) Analytical Skills
3 161 (17.60%) Retail
4 154 (16.83%) Finance
5 139 (15.19%) Presentation Skills
6 102 (11.15%) Legal
7 79 (8.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 57 (6.23%) Banking
9 50 (5.46%) Manufacturing
10 31 (3.39%) Law
11 26 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
12 24 (2.62%) Military
13 23 (2.51%) Investment Banking
14 18 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
14 18 (1.97%) Pharmaceutical
14 18 (1.97%) Telecoms
15 17 (1.86%) Automotive
15 17 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
15 17 (1.86%) Marketing
16 15 (1.64%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 260 (28.42%) Analyst
2 220 (24.04%) Senior
3 121 (13.22%) Data Analyst
4 99 (10.82%) Senior Analyst
5 84 (9.18%) Senior Data Analyst
6 77 (8.42%) Lead
7 51 (5.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 47 (5.14%) Support Engineer
9 40 (4.37%) Data Scientist
9 40 (4.37%) Senior Data Scientist
10 37 (4.04%) Developer
11 35 (3.83%) Support Analyst
12 32 (3.50%) Architect
12 32 (3.50%) Lead Data Analyst
13 31 (3.39%) Applications Support
14 30 (3.28%) Audit Manager
14 30 (3.28%) Incident Manager
15 26 (2.84%) Service Analyst
16 24 (2.62%) Service Desk Analyst
17 23 (2.51%) Vulnerability Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (5.46%) .NET
2 40 (4.37%) Pandas
2 40 (4.37%) PySpark
2 40 (4.37%) scikit-learn
2 40 (4.37%) TensorFlow
3 29 (3.17%) Web Services
4 24 (2.62%) HTML
5 23 (2.51%) AngularJS
5 23 (2.51%) CSS
6 22 (2.40%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 15 (1.64%) JSON
7 15 (1.64%) XML
8 11 (1.20%) .NET Core
9 10 (1.09%) LDAP
9 10 (1.09%) REST
10 9 (0.98%) Middleware
11 7 (0.77%) ADSI
12 6 (0.66%) ARM Templates
12 6 (0.66%) Kafka
12 6 (0.66%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 74 (8.09%) Management Information System
2 49 (5.36%) Algorithms
3 35 (3.83%) Data Centre
4 29 (3.17%) CMDB
5 28 (3.06%) Onboarding
6 23 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (1.86%) Public Cloud
8 13 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
8 13 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.31%) Security Posture
10 11 (1.20%) Client/Server
10 11 (1.20%) Robotics
11 10 (1.09%) Biopharmaceutical
11 10 (1.09%) Housing Association
11 10 (1.09%) Market Risk
11 10 (1.09%) Replication
12 9 (0.98%) Cloud Native
12 9 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (0.98%) IoT
12 9 (0.98%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 143 (15.63%) Windows
2 62 (6.78%) Linux
3 54 (5.90%) Windows Server
4 31 (3.39%) Android
5 24 (2.62%) Unix
6 15 (1.64%) Windows 10
6 15 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (0.98%) AIX
8 9 (0.98%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.77%) Mac OS X
9 7 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (0.66%) CentOS
10 6 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (0.66%) Windows 7
11 5 (0.55%) Solaris
12 4 (0.44%) Mac OS
12 4 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.33%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.22%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 362 (39.56%) Problem-Solving
2 184 (20.11%) Statistics
3 181 (19.78%) Actionable Insight
4 171 (18.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 170 (18.58%) Mathematics
6 165 (18.03%) Visualisation
7 160 (17.49%) Data Analysis
8 158 (17.27%) ITIL
9 156 (17.05%) Storytelling
10 151 (16.50%) Analytics
11 132 (14.43%) Incident Management
12 121 (13.22%) Data Pipeline
13 120 (13.11%) Business Strategy
14 119 (13.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 118 (12.90%) Problem Management
16 116 (12.68%) Customer Intelligence
17 96 (10.49%) Decision-Making
18 91 (9.95%) Customer Service
19 81 (8.85%) Change Management
20 78 (8.52%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 275 (30.05%) SQL
2 238 (26.01%) Python
3 55 (6.01%) PowerShell
4 42 (4.59%) Java
5 33 (3.61%) C#
6 21 (2.30%) T-SQL
7 18 (1.97%) JavaScript
8 16 (1.75%) C
8 16 (1.75%) R
9 14 (1.53%) Bash
10 8 (0.87%) C++
10 8 (0.87%) PL/SQL
11 7 (0.77%) Shell Script
12 6 (0.66%) PHP
12 6 (0.66%) Scala
12 6 (0.66%) TypeScript
13 5 (0.55%) OCaml
13 5 (0.55%) Perl
13 5 (0.55%) SystemTap
13 5 (0.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 372 (40.66%) Degree
2 163 (17.81%) DBS Check
3 51 (5.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 49 (5.36%) CISSP
5 45 (4.92%) Master's Degree
6 39 (4.26%) Security Cleared
7 36 (3.93%) CISM
8 33 (3.61%) Cisco Certification
9 25 (2.73%) AWS Certification
9 25 (2.73%) SC Cleared
10 21 (2.30%) Azure Certification
11 19 (2.08%) CCNA
12 17 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (1.42%) CCNP
14 11 (1.20%) DV Cleared
14 11 (1.20%) HND
15 10 (1.09%) CISA
16 9 (0.98%) ACCA
16 9 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 9 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (10.27%) QA
2 63 (6.89%) SLA
3 34 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (3.72%) NIST
4 19 (2.08%) IFRS
5 17 (1.86%) GDPR
6 16 (1.75%) PCI DSS
7 15 (1.64%) Data Quality
8 9 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (0.98%) NEBOSH
9 8 (0.87%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.77%) COSHH
11 6 (0.66%) GRC
11 6 (0.66%) IEC 62304
11 6 (0.66%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
12 3 (0.33%) MiFID
12 3 (0.33%) UCITS
13 2 (0.22%) GMP
13 2 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 89 (9.73%) Active Directory
2 49 (5.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (3.83%) Docker
4 20 (2.19%) Hyper-V
5 14 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (1.53%) vSphere
6 3 (0.33%) NFS
6 3 (0.33%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.22%) Firmware
7 2 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.11%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 43 (4.70%) Terraform
2 42 (4.59%) Kubernetes
3 26 (2.84%) Ansible
4 21 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.09%) Grafana
5 10 (1.09%) SCCM
6 7 (0.77%) Foglight
7 5 (0.55%) Cisco Prime
7 5 (0.55%) Opsview
7 5 (0.55%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.55%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.44%) Cacti
9 3 (0.33%) Dell DRAC
9 3 (0.33%) Oracle Statspack
9 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.22%) Kibana
10 2 (0.22%) QRadar
10 2 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.22%) vRealize
Vendors
1 259 (28.31%) Microsoft
2 166 (18.14%) Databricks
3 66 (7.21%) VMware
4 43 (4.70%) SAP
5 41 (4.48%) ServiceNow
6 39 (4.26%) Google
7 35 (3.83%) Cisco
8 31 (3.39%) Oracle
9 26 (2.84%) HP
9 26 (2.84%) NCR
10 25 (2.73%) Citrix
11 22 (2.40%) Veeam
12 15 (1.64%) Dell
13 14 (1.53%) SolarWinds
14 13 (1.42%) Infor
15 12 (1.31%) Juniper
15 12 (1.31%) Sophos
16 10 (1.09%) Splunk
17 9 (0.98%) AppDynamics
17 9 (0.98%) Apple