Due Diligence Contracts

Due Diligence
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Due Diligence skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Due Diligence over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 489 586 663
Rank change year-on-year +97 +77 -119
Contract jobs citing Due Diligence 90 114 197
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.19% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.21% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 84 148
10th Percentile £340 £387 £250
25th Percentile £458 £456 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £528 £519
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% +1.64% +3.80%
75th Percentile £623 £656 £625
90th Percentile £723 £793 £679
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £470 £425
% change year-on-year +6.38% +10.59% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £24.25 - -
25th Percentile £30.63 - £25.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 - £26.50
75th Percentile £55.63 - £27.75
90th Percentile £62.75 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Due Diligence is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,600 53,916 80,351
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.32% 89.91% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,240 37,368 56,382
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,433 1,775 1,932
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +48.00% -
75th Percentile £59.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.29% +75.00% -8.34%

Due Diligence
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Due Diligence in the UK

Due Diligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Due Diligence in the UK

Due Diligence
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Due Diligence over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Due Diligence in the UK

Due Diligence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Due Diligence in the UK

Due Diligence
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Due Diligence over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Due Diligence in the UK

Due Diligence
Top 10 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
England +94 79 £525 -0.94% 236
London +106 53 £525 -4.55% 148
Work from Home +113 32 £525 +7.14% 70
UK excluding London +52 27 £500 +6.38% 100
North of England +28 10 £525 +16.67% 22
South East +23 10 £700 +48.15% 31
Yorkshire +28 9 £550 - 6
South West +21 4 £413 -16.46% 18
Scotland +29 3 £600 +29.73% 10
North West +13 1 £350 -22.22% 16

Due Diligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (3.33%) Confluence
2 2 (2.22%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (7.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (7.78%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (7.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (6.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (4.44%) SAP CO
2 4 (4.44%) SAP FI
2 4 (4.44%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (2.22%) SAP QM
4 1 (1.11%) Magento
4 1 (1.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.78%) Azure
2 3 (3.33%) AWS
2 3 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (3.33%) IaaS
2 3 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.22%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.33%) WLAN
2 2 (2.22%) DHCP
2 2 (2.22%) DNS
2 2 (2.22%) Firewall
2 2 (2.22%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (1.11%) Internet
3 1 (1.11%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.22%) Power BI
2 1 (1.11%) Big Data
2 1 (1.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.22%) JIRA
General
1 45 (50.00%) Finance
2 19 (21.11%) Social Skills
3 11 (12.22%) Legal
3 11 (12.22%) Telecoms
4 7 (7.78%) Banking
4 7 (7.78%) Manufacturing
4 7 (7.78%) Retail
5 6 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.56%) Marketing
6 5 (5.56%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.22%) Advertising
8 2 (2.22%) Electronics
9 1 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.11%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (14.44%) Senior
2 12 (13.33%) Consultant
3 11 (12.22%) Lead
4 10 (11.11%) Senior Manager
5 9 (10.00%) Security Consultant
6 8 (8.89%) Analyst
7 6 (6.67%) Governance Manager
7 6 (6.67%) Information Governance Manager
8 5 (5.56%) Bid Manager
8 5 (5.56%) Information Security Consultant
9 4 (4.44%) Contracts Manager
9 4 (4.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (4.44%) Network Engineer
9 4 (4.44%) Problem Manager
9 4 (4.44%) Project Manager
10 3 (3.33%) Data Analyst
10 3 (3.33%) Information Analyst
10 3 (3.33%) Network Manager
10 3 (3.33%) Security Analyst
10 3 (3.33%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.11%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.67%) Freedom of Information
2 5 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.44%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.33%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.22%) Credit Risk
5 2 (2.22%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.22%) Fixed Income
5 2 (2.22%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (2.22%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.11%) Clustering
6 1 (1.11%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.11%) Equity Risk
6 1 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.11%) IoT
6 1 (1.11%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.11%) Reinsurance
6 1 (1.11%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.11%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.33%) Windows
2 2 (2.22%) Linux
2 2 (2.22%) Windows Server
2 2 (2.22%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (2.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 13 (14.44%) Change Management
2 13 (14.44%) Information Security
3 12 (13.33%) Roadmaps
3 12 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (12.22%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (12.22%) Data Protection
4 11 (12.22%) Impact Assessments
4 11 (12.22%) Performance Management
5 10 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (11.11%) Contract Negotiation
5 10 (11.11%) Validation
6 9 (10.00%) Customer Experience
7 8 (8.89%) Identity Access Management
7 8 (8.89%) Risk Assessment
8 7 (7.78%) Information Governance
8 7 (7.78%) Migration
8 7 (7.78%) Project Management
9 6 (6.67%) Decision-Making
9 6 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.22%) PowerShell
1 2 (2.22%) Scala
Qualifications
1 10 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 8 (8.89%) Degree
3 4 (4.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (3.33%) CISM
4 3 (3.33%) CISSP
4 3 (3.33%) CRISC
4 3 (3.33%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.22%) CIMA
5 2 (2.22%) CISA
5 2 (2.22%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (21.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (14.44%) NIST
3 10 (11.11%) GDPR
4 8 (8.89%) GRC
5 3 (3.33%) QA
6 2 (2.22%) NCSC
6 2 (2.22%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.11%) PMO
7 1 (1.11%) SLA
7 1 (1.11%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 5 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.11%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (2.22%) SCCM
1 2 (2.22%) SCOM
2 1 (1.11%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.11%) Nessus
2 1 (1.11%) SCOrch
2 1 (1.11%) SCVMM
2 1 (1.11%) vCenter Server
2 1 (1.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 9 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.89%) SAP
3 4 (4.44%) BT
3 4 (4.44%) VMware
4 3 (3.33%) Cisco
5 2 (2.22%) Atlassian
5 2 (2.22%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (2.22%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.22%) Varonis
6 1 (1.11%) Adobe
6 1 (1.11%) Dell
6 1 (1.11%) EMC
6 1 (1.11%) Forcepoint
6 1 (1.11%) Fujitsu
6 1 (1.11%) HP
6 1 (1.11%) OneTrust
6 1 (1.11%) Remedy
6 1 (1.11%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.11%) Workday