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root cause analysis (RCA) jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, root cause analysis (RCA) appears in 324 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Site Reliability Engineer has the most postings mentioning root cause analysis (RCA), with demand share up 24.6% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
324
Demand vs prior month
up 24.6% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 6.5% of skill postings
Site Reliability Engineer
Top hiring metro
Bengaluru

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Frequently asked questions about root cause analysis (RCA)

+Is root cause analysis (RCA) in demand in 2026?

Yes. root cause analysis (RCA) appears in 324 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Site Reliability Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning root cause analysis (RCA) (6.5% of all postings mentioning root cause analysis (RCA)).

+What jobs require root cause analysis (RCA)?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning root cause analysis (RCA) are Technical Support Manager (27.3% of that role’s postings mention root cause analysis (RCA)), Systems Integration and Test Engineer (12.5% of that role’s postings mention root cause analysis (RCA)), Core Infrastructure Engineer (9.3% of that role’s postings mention root cause analysis (RCA)).

+What skills are commonly paired with root cause analysis (RCA)?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), root cause analysis (RCA) most often appears alongside Python, incident management, observability, automation, SQL.

+Where is root cause analysis (RCA) most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring root cause analysis (RCA) are Bengaluru, Pune, Hyderabad, Singapore, Sunnyvale, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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+Which skills come before and after root cause analysis (RCA)?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring root cause analysis (RCA) — last 90 days

Career paths around root cause analysis (RCA)

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before root cause analysis (RCA)

Before root cause analysis (RCA)kubernetes → root cause analysis (RCA): 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairJenkins → root cause analysis (RCA): 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairdocker → root cause analysis (RCA): 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairMaven → root cause analysis (RCA): 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairAnsible → root cause analysis (RCA): 2 observed employer moves with this skill paircloud technologies → root cause analysis (RCA): 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairOpenShift → root cause analysis (RCA): 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairOAuth2 → root cause analysis (RCA): 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairroot causeanalysis(RCA)kubernetes: 3 moveskubernetes3 movesJenkins: 3 movesJenkins3 movesdocker: 2 movesdocker2 movesMaven: 2 movesMaven2 movesAnsible: 2 movesAnsible2 movescloud technologies: 1 movescloud technologies1 movesOpenShift: 1 movesOpenShift1 movesOAuth2: 1 movesOAuth21 moves

Skills after root cause analysis (RCA)

After root cause analysis (RCA)root cause analysis (RCA) → python: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairroot cause analysis (RCA) → Tableau: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairroot cause analysis (RCA) → Agile: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairroot cause analysis (RCA) → Postman: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairroot cause analysis (RCA) → Support procedures: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairroot cause analysis (RCA) → OOP: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairroot cause analysis (RCA) → data warehouses: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairroot cause analysis (RCA) → UAT testing: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairroot causeanalysis(RCA)python: 3 movespython3 movesTableau: 2 movesTableau2 movesAgile: 2 movesAgile2 movesPostman: 2 movesPostman2 movesSupport procedures: 1 movesSupport procedures1 movesOOP: 1 movesOOP1 movesdata warehouses: 1 movesdata warehouses1 movesUAT testing: 1 movesUAT testing1 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: kubernetes3
Before: Jenkins3
Before: docker2
Before: Maven2
Before: Ansible2
Before: cloud technologies1
Before: OpenShift1
Before: OAuth21
After: python3
After: Tableau2
After: Agile2
After: Postman2
After: Support procedures1
After: OOP1
After: data warehouses1
After: UAT testing1

Roles most likely to require root cause analysis (RCA)

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Technical Support Manager627.3%
Systems Integration and Test Engineer312.5%
Core Infrastructure Engineer49.3%
Production Engineer35.9%
Quality Assurance Associate55.7%
Automation QA Engineer35.6%
Reliability Engineer14.5%
Solution Consultant14.5%
Quality Assurance Manager124.5%
Systems/Software Engineer14.3%

Roles with the most root cause analysis (RCA) postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Site Reliability Engineer216.5%
Software Engineer164.9%
Quality Assurance Manager123.7%
Security Engineer113.4%
Engineering Manager103.1%
Technical Program Manager103.1%
DevOps Engineer82.5%
Automation Engineer72.2%
Quality Assurance Specialist72.2%
Data Scientist61.9%

Top companies posting jobs requiring root cause analysis (RCA)

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring root cause analysis (RCA)
CompanyPostings · 90 days
GeVernova8
MSD7
JCI6
Gitlab6
Cisco6
Coreweave5
Nimble Storage5
Twilio4
Illumio4
Oracle4

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for root cause analysis (RCA)

NamePostingsShare
Bengaluru123.7%
Pune113.4%
Hyderabad92.8%
Singapore51.5%
Sunnyvale51.5%
Costa Mesa41.2%
Mumbai41.2%
New York City41.2%
Austin30.9%

Skills commonly paired with root cause analysis (RCA)

Python (74)incident management (58)observability (57)automation (51)SQL (49)CI/CD (42)monitoring (39)incident response (36)AWS (32)Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) (30)

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning root cause analysis (RCA) by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s root cause analysis (RCA) postings by all root cause analysis (RCA) postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.1% to 0.1%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,595 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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