Due Diligence Contracts in London

Due Diligence
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 320 339 437
Rank change year-on-year +19 +98 +67
Contract jobs citing Due Diligence 33 52 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.26% 0.29% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.33% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 39 42
10th Percentile £409 £340 £450
25th Percentile £508 £463 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £778 £634 £733
90th Percentile £850 £728 £850
England median daily rate £605 £525 £535
% change year-on-year +15.24% -1.87% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £20.00 -
England median hourly rate £32.00 £42.50 -
% change year-on-year -24.71% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Due Diligence
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Due Diligence in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Due Diligence in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Due Diligence in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Due Diligence in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Due Diligence in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Due Diligence within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -5 5 £670 +7.63% 15
East London +16 2 £775 +287.50% 2
Due Diligence
England

Due Diligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.06%) CMS
3 1 (3.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (6.06%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (6.06%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (6.06%) Adobe Premiere
3 2 (6.06%) InDesign
3 2 (6.06%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.15%) Azure
2 3 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (6.06%) Figma
4 1 (3.03%) AWS
4 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.03%) IaaS
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.03%) PaaS
4 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.18%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) AppScan
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 22 (66.67%) Finance
2 9 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 5 (15.15%) Financial Institution
3 5 (15.15%) French Language
3 5 (15.15%) Legal
4 3 (9.09%) Italian Language
4 3 (9.09%) Spanish Language
5 2 (6.06%) Back Office
5 2 (6.06%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Banking
6 1 (3.03%) Law
6 1 (3.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (15.15%) Lead
2 4 (12.12%) Architect
2 4 (12.12%) Designer
2 4 (12.12%) IT Engineer
2 4 (12.12%) IT Security Engineer
2 4 (12.12%) Project Manager
2 4 (12.12%) Security Engineer
2 4 (12.12%) Senior
3 3 (9.09%) Relationships Manager
3 3 (9.09%) Security Manager
4 2 (6.06%) Account Manager
4 2 (6.06%) Analyst
4 2 (6.06%) Consultant
4 2 (6.06%) Operational Security Manager
4 2 (6.06%) Operations Manager
4 2 (6.06%) Procurement Manager
4 2 (6.06%) Security Operations Manager
4 2 (6.06%) Senior Designer
4 2 (6.06%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (6.06%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) Ajax
1 2 (6.06%) AngularJS
1 2 (6.06%) Bootstrap
1 2 (6.06%) LDAP
1 2 (6.06%) Node.js
1 2 (6.06%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Security Posture
2 5 (15.15%) Management Information System
2 5 (15.15%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.06%) Animation
3 2 (6.06%) CMDB
3 2 (6.06%) Motion Graphics
3 2 (6.06%) Photography
3 2 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.03%) Fixed Income
4 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (39.39%) Risk Management
2 9 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (21.21%) Change Management
3 7 (21.21%) Information Security
4 6 (18.18%) Data Loss Prevention
4 6 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
4 6 (18.18%) Privileged Access Management
4 6 (18.18%) Security Operations
4 6 (18.18%) SIEM
4 6 (18.18%) SOAR
4 6 (18.18%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 6 (18.18%) TOGAF
4 6 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
5 5 (15.15%) Contract Negotiation
5 5 (15.15%) IT Governance
5 5 (15.15%) Migration
6 4 (12.12%) Agile
6 4 (12.12%) ERP
6 4 (12.12%) Project Management
6 4 (12.12%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) Java
2 1 (3.03%) Python
2 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) CISSP
2 7 (21.21%) Degree
3 6 (18.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 6 (18.18%) CCSP
3 6 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (18.18%) GCIH
4 3 (9.09%) CISM
4 3 (9.09%) Master's Degree
5 2 (6.06%) CRISC
5 2 (6.06%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (3.03%) ACCA
6 1 (3.03%) CCAB
6 1 (3.03%) CIMA
6 1 (3.03%) CIPFA
6 1 (3.03%) CISA
6 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
6 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (27.27%) NIST
2 8 (24.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (21.21%) SLA
4 1 (3.03%) EU AI Act
4 1 (3.03%) GDPR
4 1 (3.03%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 8 (24.24%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.12%) Salesforce
3 3 (9.09%) SAP
3 3 (9.09%) Workday
4 2 (6.06%) Adobe
4 2 (6.06%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.03%) Bloomberg
5 1 (3.03%) Checkmarx
5 1 (3.03%) CyberArk
5 1 (3.03%) IBM
5 1 (3.03%) Veracode