Due Diligence Contracts in the City of London

Due Diligence
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Due Diligence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Due Diligence over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 110 165
Rank change year-on-year -7 +55 +19
Contract jobs citing Due Diligence 5 15 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.28% 0.69% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.76% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 9
10th Percentile £480 £340 £511
25th Percentile £570 £460 £535
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £670 £623 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.63% +3.75% +15.83%
75th Percentile £725 £681 £719
90th Percentile £770 £734 £780
Central London median daily rate £670 £623 £600
% change year-on-year +7.63% +3.75% +15.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Due Diligence falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,638 1,975 3,332
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.28% 90.51% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,036 1,399 2,240
10th Percentile £363 £361 £356
25th Percentile £463 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £568 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -5.42% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 25
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.35
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -13.58%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -13.58%

Due Diligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Due Diligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Due Diligence in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Due Diligence in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Due Diligence in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Due Diligence in the City of London over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Due Diligence in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Due Diligence in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Due Diligence in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Back Office
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Business Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Information Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) SDLC Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
2 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Fund Management
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security
2 1 (20.00%) Investment Management
2 1 (20.00%) IT Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) SDLC
2 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CISM
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
1 1 (20.00%) CRISC
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) EU AI Act
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
1 1 (20.00%) SLA