Due Diligence Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Due Diligence
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Due Diligence skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 344 377
Rank change year-on-year +33 +33 +96
Contract jobs citing Due Diligence 56 26 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.37% 0.15% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.18% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 15 29
10th Percentile £339 £225 £300
25th Percentile £509 £313 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £375 £470
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -20.21% -3.59%
75th Percentile £550 £544 £575
90th Percentile £584 £644 £640
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £539
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.32% -6.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 6
10th Percentile - £56.43 -
25th Percentile £20.25 £57.44 £42.25
Median hourly rate £20.50 £60.75 £46.50
Median % change year-on-year -66.26% +30.65% -
75th Percentile £20.75 £64.94 £49.00
90th Percentile - £66.48 £50.88
UK median hourly rate £20.50 £60.75 £44.50
% change year-on-year -66.26% +36.52% -7.77%

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 13,584 14,732 19,159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.17% 82.94% 88.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,164 8,537 12,631
10th Percentile £235 £247 £262
25th Percentile £368 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £660 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,412 1,226 1,261
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £18.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.50 £43.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.67% +6.17% +76.09%
75th Percentile £42.25 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +47.06%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Due Diligence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Due Diligence

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 15 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Due Diligence in the UK excluding London

Due Diligence
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Due Diligence.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Due Diligence

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 15 September 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
Scotland +21 27 £525 - 4
North of England -9 12 £520 +98.00% 29
North West -10 7 £553 +110.48% 16
South West +27 6 £650 +73.33% 20
Midlands -12 6 £443 -6.84% 21
Yorkshire - 4 £520 - 10
East of England +7 3 £550 - 21
East Midlands 0 3 £343 -31.50% 9
West Midlands -13 3 £650 +44.44% 11
South East +20 1 - - 111
North East - 1 - - 3
Northern Ireland - 1 £450 - 1
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 3 (5.36%) Confluence
1 3 (5.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.79%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.79%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.14%) Azure
2 3 (5.36%) AWS
2 3 (5.36%) GitHub
2 3 (5.36%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.79%) Amazon Bedrock
4 1 (1.79%) Azure AI
4 1 (1.79%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.79%) GCP
4 1 (1.79%) Google Analytics
4 1 (1.79%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.36%) SAN
2 1 (1.79%) Firewall
2 1 (1.79%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.36%) Power BI
2 1 (1.79%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.79%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.79%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (1.79%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Cucumber
1 3 (5.36%) Git
1 3 (5.36%) Gradle
1 3 (5.36%) HP UFT
1 3 (5.36%) IntelliJ
1 3 (5.36%) Jenkins
1 3 (5.36%) JIRA
1 3 (5.36%) JUnit
1 3 (5.36%) Maven
1 3 (5.36%) Selenium
General
1 37 (66.07%) Finance
2 29 (51.79%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (46.43%) Banking
4 24 (42.86%) Documentation Skills
5 14 (25.00%) Social Skills
6 7 (12.50%) Legal
7 4 (7.14%) Public Sector
8 3 (5.36%) Retail
9 1 (1.79%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.79%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.79%) Law
9 1 (1.79%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.79%) Marketing
9 1 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.79%) Publishing
9 1 (1.79%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 32 (57.14%) Analyst
2 13 (23.21%) Fraud Analyst
3 5 (8.93%) Architect
3 5 (8.93%) Business Analyst
4 4 (7.14%) Integration Manager
4 4 (7.14%) Senior
5 3 (5.36%) Information Governance Specialist
5 3 (5.36%) Information Specialist
5 3 (5.36%) Integration Project Manager
5 3 (5.36%) Project Manager
5 3 (5.36%) Technical Architect
5 3 (5.36%) Test Manager
6 2 (3.57%) Consultant
6 2 (3.57%) ETL Analyst
6 2 (3.57%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 1 (1.79%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
7 1 (1.79%) Head of Information
7 1 (1.79%) Information Security Advisor
7 1 (1.79%) Security Advisor
7 1 (1.79%) Transition Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) EDI
1 1 (1.79%) SAP Basis
1 1 (1.79%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
1 4 (7.14%) Security Posture
2 3 (5.36%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.79%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.79%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.79%) Linux
1 1 (1.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 26 (46.43%) Case Management
3 23 (41.07%) Digital Banking
3 23 (41.07%) Fintech
3 23 (41.07%) Migration
3 23 (41.07%) Regulatory Compliance
3 23 (41.07%) Scenario Testing
4 13 (23.21%) Fraud Detection
5 10 (17.86%) Anti-Money Laundering
6 8 (14.29%) CRM
7 7 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (8.93%) Agile
9 5 (8.93%) Analytics
9 5 (8.93%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (8.93%) Business Transformation
9 5 (8.93%) Impact Assessments
9 5 (8.93%) Mentoring
10 4 (7.14%) Business Analysis
10 4 (7.14%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.14%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (5.36%) Degree
1 3 (5.36%) SC Cleared
1 3 (5.36%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.57%) PMP
3 1 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.79%) CEH
3 1 (1.79%) CISA
3 1 (1.79%) CISM
3 1 (1.79%) CISSP
3 1 (1.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.14%) GRC
1 4 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.36%) GDPR
2 3 (5.36%) NIST
2 3 (5.36%) QA
3 2 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (3.57%) ISO 9001
3 2 (3.57%) PMO
3 2 (3.57%) SOC 2
4 1 (1.79%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.79%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.79%) GMP
4 1 (1.79%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.79%) NCSC
4 1 (1.79%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 9 (16.07%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.57%) Capita
2 2 (3.57%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.79%) Foundry
3 1 (1.79%) Google
3 1 (1.79%) SAP
3 1 (1.79%) ServiceNow