Due Diligence Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Due Diligence
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Due Diligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 115 144
Rank change year-on-year -1 +29 +53
Contract jobs citing Due Diligence 3 13 5
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.18% 0.61% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.67% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 3
10th Percentile £619 £428 £450
25th Percentile £628 £557 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year +10.42% - -17.47%
75th Percentile £703 £629 £688
90th Percentile £716 £707 £740
Central London median daily rate £663 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +10.42% - -17.47%

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 1,593 1,943 2,550
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.48% 91.91% 89.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,098 1,192 1,777
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £419 £463 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £595
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -3.36% +3.48%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £767 £783 £811
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £585
% change year-on-year -4.35% -1.71% +1.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 17 17
10th Percentile £16.85 £16.70 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.18 £23.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £26.57 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.48% +54.55% -36.05%
75th Percentile £36.00 £112.00 £46.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £59.30
Central London median hourly rate £26.57 £35.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year -24.09% +30.84% -37.06%

Due Diligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Due Diligence relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Due Diligence job vacancy trend in the City of London

Due Diligence
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Due Diligence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Due Diligence

Due Diligence
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Due Diligence.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Due Diligence

Due Diligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Back Office
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) General Ledger
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Strategy Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Deadline-Driven
2 1 (33.33%) Fund Accounting
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (33.33%) Storytelling
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) eFront
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft