Due Diligence Contracts in the UK excluding London

Due Diligence
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 310 371 404
Rank change year-on-year +61 +33 +42
Contract jobs citing Due Diligence 29 28 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.13% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.16% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 16 31
10th Percentile £315 £289 £363
25th Percentile £425 £347 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £522 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.15% +2.63% +11.76%
75th Percentile £606 £581 £575
90th Percentile £677 £638 £711
UK median daily rate £601 £509 £535
% change year-on-year +18.08% -4.91% +3.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.50 £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £32.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -50.77% - -
75th Percentile £34.50 £67.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £42.50 -
% change year-on-year -24.71% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,562 17,588 21,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.38% 84.75% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,253 10,507 14,891
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 821 2,055 1,305
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.32 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.22 £15.81
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.66% +4.29% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.52 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Due Diligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Due Diligence in the UK excluding London

Due Diligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Due Diligence in the UK excluding London

Due Diligence
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Due Diligence in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Due Diligence in the UK excluding London

Due Diligence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Due Diligence in the UK excluding London

Due Diligence
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
North of England +28 15 £602 +14.57% 49
North West +22 9 £618 +76.43% 16
Yorkshire +3 5 £520 -5.50% 32
South West +43 4 £217 -47.31% 20
Midlands +22 4 £525 +61.54% 22
Scotland +13 3 £323 -46.09% 10
South East +37 1 £450 -35.71% 78
West Midlands +15 1 £525 +61.54% 11
North East - 1 - - 1
East of England - 1 - - 13
Northern Ireland - 1 £450 - 2
Due Diligence
UK

Due Diligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 4 (13.79%) Confluence
2 2 (6.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) GitHub
2 2 (6.90%) AWS
2 2 (6.90%) Azure
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.90%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.45%) Akamai
3 1 (3.45%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) BGP
1 1 (3.45%) DHCP
1 1 (3.45%) DMVPN
1 1 (3.45%) DNS
1 1 (3.45%) DWDM
1 1 (3.45%) Firewall
1 1 (3.45%) HTTP
1 1 (3.45%) HTTPS
1 1 (3.45%) IGRP
1 1 (3.45%) Internet
1 1 (3.45%) IPsec
1 1 (3.45%) LAN
1 1 (3.45%) MPLS
1 1 (3.45%) NetScaler
1 1 (3.45%) Network Security
1 1 (3.45%) OSPF
1 1 (3.45%) SNMP
1 1 (3.45%) SSL
1 1 (3.45%) VPN
1 1 (3.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Cucumber
1 4 (13.79%) Git
1 4 (13.79%) Gradle
1 4 (13.79%) HP UFT
1 4 (13.79%) IntelliJ
1 4 (13.79%) Jenkins
1 4 (13.79%) JIRA
1 4 (13.79%) JUnit
1 4 (13.79%) Maven
1 4 (13.79%) Selenium
General
1 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 8 (27.59%) Finance
2 8 (27.59%) Legal
3 7 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (17.24%) Local Government
4 5 (17.24%) Public Sector
5 4 (13.79%) Retail
6 3 (10.34%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Law
7 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.45%) Marketing
7 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) Project Manager
2 5 (17.24%) Architect
2 5 (17.24%) Technical Architect
3 4 (13.79%) Senior
4 3 (10.34%) Consultant
4 3 (10.34%) Information Governance Specialist
4 3 (10.34%) Information Specialist
4 3 (10.34%) Project Consultant
4 3 (10.34%) Test Manager
5 2 (6.90%) HR Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Integration Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Network Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Payroll Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Procurement Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Procurement Project Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 1 (3.45%) Accountant
6 1 (3.45%) Project Supervisor
6 1 (3.45%) Sustainability Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) 802.1X
1 1 (3.45%) HTML
1 1 (3.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.45%) FMCG
2 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.45%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (20.69%) Technical Leadership
3 5 (17.24%) Case Management
3 5 (17.24%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (17.24%) Customer Service
3 5 (17.24%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (17.24%) Mentoring
3 5 (17.24%) Technical Architecture
4 4 (13.79%) Coaching
4 4 (13.79%) Code Coverage
4 4 (13.79%) Continuous Delivery
4 4 (13.79%) Data Privacy
4 4 (13.79%) DevOps
4 4 (13.79%) Document Management
4 4 (13.79%) QA Automation
4 4 (13.79%) Risk Management
4 4 (13.79%) TDD
4 4 (13.79%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.79%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (24.14%) Degree
2 5 (17.24%) SC Cleared
2 5 (17.24%) Security Cleared
3 3 (10.34%) Chartered Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) MRICS
4 2 (6.90%) CISA
4 2 (6.90%) CISM
4 2 (6.90%) CISSP
5 1 (3.45%) CCDP
5 1 (3.45%) CEH
5 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.45%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) QA
2 2 (6.90%) GDPR
3 1 (3.45%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (3.45%) GMP
3 1 (3.45%) HIPAA
3 1 (3.45%) ISO 14001
3 1 (3.45%) ISO 9001
3 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.45%) NIST
3 1 (3.45%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) SAP
3 2 (6.90%) Ariba
4 1 (3.45%) Arista
4 1 (3.45%) Blue Coat
4 1 (3.45%) Cisco
4 1 (3.45%) Citrix
4 1 (3.45%) F5
4 1 (3.45%) Juniper
4 1 (3.45%) Riverbed
4 1 (3.45%) Zscaler