Due Diligence Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Due Diligence
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Due Diligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 118 140
Rank change year-on-year -8 +22 +32
Contract jobs citing Due Diligence 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.097% 0.099% 0.040%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.11% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £425
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +41.18% +6.25%
75th Percentile - - £438
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £563 £575 £475
% change year-on-year -2.17% +21.05% -16.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,816 1,793 2,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.86% 88.67% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,183 1,051 1,470
10th Percentile £268 £298 £213
25th Percentile £400 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 54 105
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.92 £18.95
25th Percentile £17.35 £29.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.68% +13.49% +138.10%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.00 £64.50
90th Percentile £87.09 £69.03 £74.08
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £51.00 £51.96
% change year-on-year -56.86% -1.85% +38.56%

Due Diligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Due Diligence job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Due Diligence
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Due Diligence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Due Diligence

Due Diligence
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Due Diligence.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Due Diligence

Due Diligence
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Oxfordshire - 2 £525 - 4
Due Diligence
South East

Due Diligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco IPT
General
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Data Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Officer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Case Management
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Register
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) EU AI Act
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (100.00%) PERC