Due Diligence
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Due Diligence skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Due Diligence over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 593 592 810
Rank change year-on-year -1 +218 -84
Permanent jobs citing Due Diligence 323 425 443
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.42% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.44% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 197 196 247
10th Percentile £31,114 £46,875 £42,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £53,750 £50,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% -1.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £84,063 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,925 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.39% -4.17% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Due Diligence 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 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
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 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Due Diligence
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Due Diligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Due Diligence in the UK

Due Diligence
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Due Diligence.

Salary trend for Due Diligence in the UK

Due Diligence
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Due Diligence over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Due Diligence in the UK

Due Diligence
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Due Diligence within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 +47 292 £61,250 -4.30% 276
UK excluding London -48 159 £46,925 -18.39% 114
London +67 146 £80,000 +23.08% 173
Work from Home +25 108 £56,650 -11.48% 86
South East -18 58 £41,250 -28.26% 31
North of England +47 40 £57,500 -14.81% 36
North West +16 25 £57,500 -17.86% 24
Midlands -15 25 £37,000 -26.00% 10
East of England +24 13 £62,500 - 12
East Midlands -9 13 £53,250 -29.00% 5
West Midlands 0 12 £32,882 -34.24% 5
Yorkshire +75 9 £66,500 +2.31% 10
South West -19 9 £28,326 -50.74% 16
Scotland -100 6 £50,000 - 10
North East - 6 - - 2
Channel Islands - 5 - -
Wales - 2 £35,000 - 1
Isle of Man - 1 - - 1

Due Diligence
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 9 (2.79%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (0.62%) CMS
4 1 (0.31%) Confluence
4 1 (0.31%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 43 (13.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.72%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.17%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.62%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.31%) MicroStation
6 1 (0.31%) ProjectWise
6 1 (0.31%) Revit
Business Applications
1 8 (2.48%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.31%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 20 (6.19%) Azure
2 19 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (5.57%) Power Platform
4 12 (3.72%) SaaS
5 7 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (1.86%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.24%) AWS
8 3 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.62%) GCP
9 2 (0.62%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (0.31%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.31%) IaaS
10 1 (0.31%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.81%) 5G
1 22 (6.81%) Broadband
2 7 (2.17%) Firewall
3 6 (1.86%) Network Security
4 4 (1.24%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.24%) VPN
4 4 (1.24%) WAN
4 4 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.93%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (0.62%) DHCP
6 2 (0.62%) DNS
6 2 (0.62%) Extranet
6 2 (0.62%) Internet
6 2 (0.62%) Intranet
6 2 (0.62%) LAN
6 2 (0.62%) VLAN
6 2 (0.62%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.33%) Power BI
2 7 (2.17%) Spotfire
2 7 (2.17%) Tableau
3 4 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.24%) PowerPivot
4 3 (0.93%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.31%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.31%) MySQL
5 1 (0.31%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.31%) Power Query
5 1 (0.31%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.17%) RStudio
2 3 (0.93%) JIRA
3 1 (0.31%) Git
3 1 (0.31%) QADirector
General
1 197 (60.99%) Finance
2 146 (45.20%) Social Skills
3 71 (21.98%) Legal
4 63 (19.50%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (14.55%) Marketing
6 42 (13.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 41 (12.69%) Law
8 23 (7.12%) Pharmaceutical
9 18 (5.57%) Retail
10 16 (4.95%) Aerospace
10 16 (4.95%) Banking
11 14 (4.33%) Manufacturing
11 14 (4.33%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (4.33%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (3.41%) Automotive
13 8 (2.48%) Aviation
14 7 (2.17%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.86%) Back Office
15 6 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.55%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 42 (13.00%) Analyst
2 27 (8.36%) Senior
3 21 (6.50%) Project Manager
4 18 (5.57%) IT Manager
5 17 (5.26%) Consultant
6 16 (4.95%) Development Manager
7 14 (4.33%) Security Manager
8 13 (4.02%) Business Development Manager
8 13 (4.02%) Business Manager
8 13 (4.02%) IT Security Manager
9 12 (3.72%) Architect
9 12 (3.72%) Senior Manager
10 11 (3.41%) Management Consultant
10 11 (3.41%) Transformation Consultant
11 10 (3.10%) Data Manager
11 10 (3.10%) Security Analyst
12 9 (2.79%) Administrator
12 9 (2.79%) QA Manager
13 8 (2.48%) Finance Manager
13 8 (2.48%) Finance Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.62%) .NET
1 2 (0.62%) RESTful
2 1 (0.31%) ADO
2 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (0.31%) CSS
2 1 (0.31%) HTML
2 1 (0.31%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (0.31%) React
2 1 (0.31%) Web Services
2 1 (0.31%) XML
2 1 (0.31%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.60%) Onboarding
2 22 (6.81%) PMI
3 20 (6.19%) Management Information System
4 18 (5.57%) Life Science
5 11 (3.41%) FMCG
5 11 (3.41%) Security Posture
6 10 (3.10%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (3.10%) Biopharmaceutical
6 10 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.48%) IoT
8 7 (2.17%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.86%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (1.86%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.86%) Educational Technology
10 5 (1.55%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.93%) Marketing Technology
13 2 (0.62%) Driving Licence
13 2 (0.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.24%) Windows
2 2 (0.62%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.31%) AIX
3 1 (0.31%) Linux
3 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (17.96%) Risk Management
3 56 (17.34%) Project Management
4 45 (13.93%) Stakeholder Management
5 42 (13.00%) Information Security
6 41 (12.69%) Mentoring
6 41 (12.69%) Roadmaps
7 35 (10.84%) Analytics
8 34 (10.53%) Agile
9 33 (10.22%) Collaborative Working
9 33 (10.22%) Market Research
10 32 (9.91%) Competitive Intelligence
11 31 (9.60%) Regulatory Change
12 29 (8.98%) Anti-Money Laundering
13 28 (8.67%) Matrix Organization
14 26 (8.05%) Collaborative Culture
14 26 (8.05%) KYC
14 26 (8.05%) Strategic Roadmap
14 26 (8.05%) Value Proposition
15 25 (7.74%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.79%) Python
2 4 (1.24%) R
3 2 (0.62%) SQL
4 1 (0.31%) Bash
4 1 (0.31%) C#
4 1 (0.31%) Java
4 1 (0.31%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 95 (29.41%) Degree
2 51 (15.79%) Master's Degree
3 34 (10.53%) MBA
4 23 (7.12%) ACCA
5 22 (6.81%) PMI Certification
6 21 (6.50%) CISSP
6 21 (6.50%) DBS Check
7 18 (5.57%) CIMA
8 11 (3.41%) CFA
9 10 (3.10%) PhD
10 8 (2.48%) CISM
11 6 (1.86%) CISA
12 5 (1.55%) ISACA
13 3 (0.93%) CRISC
13 3 (0.93%) Security Cleared
14 2 (0.62%) CCNA
14 2 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.62%) GIAC
15 1 (0.31%) HNC
15 1 (0.31%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (11.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (9.60%) QA
3 27 (8.36%) NIST
4 21 (6.50%) GDPR
5 17 (5.26%) GRC
6 9 (2.79%) PCI DSS
7 8 (2.48%) GAAP
7 8 (2.48%) GMP
8 7 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (2.17%) Data Quality
8 7 (2.17%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.93%) ITGC
9 3 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.93%) SLA
10 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.31%) COBIT
11 1 (0.31%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.62%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.62%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.31%) Nessus
Vendors
1 57 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 22 (6.81%) Virgin Media
3 8 (2.48%) QAD
4 7 (2.17%) Alteryx
5 6 (1.86%) IBM
6 5 (1.55%) SAP
7 4 (1.24%) Ariba
7 4 (1.24%) Cisco
7 4 (1.24%) HP
7 4 (1.24%) VMware
8 2 (0.62%) Apple
8 2 (0.62%) Cadence
8 2 (0.62%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (0.62%) Google
8 2 (0.62%) NetApp
8 2 (0.62%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.62%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.31%) Databricks
9 1 (0.31%) Fiserv
9 1 (0.31%) ServiceNow