Due Diligence Contracts in Scotland

Due Diligence
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 126 160
Rank change year-on-year +11 +34 +13
Contract jobs citing Due Diligence 3 3 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.18% 0.14% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.15% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 6
10th Percentile - £490 £164
25th Percentile £315 £531 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £323 £600 £463
Median % change year-on-year -46.09% +29.73% +12.80%
75th Percentile £332 - £485
90th Percentile - - £531
UK median daily rate £601 £509 £537
% change year-on-year +18.08% -5.26% +3.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,954 2,625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.24% 88.74% 92.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 917 1,182 1,886
10th Percentile £263 £225 £260
25th Percentile £375 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £559
90th Percentile £606 £672 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 96 55
10th Percentile £16.21 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.92 £11.78
Median hourly rate £21.80 £18.79 £17.21
Median % change year-on-year +15.99% +9.18% -56.98%
75th Percentile £24.78 £40.94 £50.74
90th Percentile £50.06 £60.75 £65.94
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.58 £36.00
% change year-on-year -18.48% -1.18% +44.00%

Due Diligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Due Diligence in Scotland

Due Diligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Due Diligence in Scotland

Due Diligence
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 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
Edinburgh - 1 £330 - 2
Due Diligence
UK

Due Diligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Information Governance Specialist
1 3 (100.00%) Information Specialist
2 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Coaching
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 3 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft