Due Diligence Contracts

Due Diligence
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 458 493 606
Rank change year-on-year +35 +113 +52
Contract jobs citing Due Diligence 62 89 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.20% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.24% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 61 84
10th Percentile £409 £340 £404
25th Percentile £511 £458 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £603 £518 £533
Median % change year-on-year +16.57% -2.82% +2.80%
75th Percentile £741 £625 £675
90th Percentile £805 £725 £793
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £473
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.82% +11.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £24.25 -
25th Percentile £29.50 £30.63 -
Median hourly rate £32.00 £42.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.71% - -
75th Percentile £34.50 £55.63 -
90th Percentile - £62.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -50.77% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

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 1 May 2025.

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
Top 14 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 1 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
England +39 60 £605 +15.24% 340
London +19 33 £700 +33.33% 241
UK excluding London +62 26 £525 +5.00% 146
North of England +24 15 £602 +14.57% 23
Work from Home +21 11 £670 +27.62% 124
North West +25 9 £618 +76.43% 16
Yorkshire +4 5 £520 -5.50% 5
South West +46 4 £217 -47.31% 25
Midlands - 4 £525 - 16
South East +37 1 £450 -35.71% 66
West Midlands - 1 £525 - 10
North East - 1 - - 2
East of England - 1 - - 9
Northern Ireland - 1 £450 - 2

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 5 (8.06%) Confluence
2 3 (4.84%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.23%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (11.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (8.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (3.23%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (3.23%) Adobe Premiere
3 2 (3.23%) InDesign
3 2 (3.23%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (11.29%) Azure
2 4 (6.45%) GitHub
3 3 (4.84%) AWS
3 3 (4.84%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (3.23%) Figma
4 2 (3.23%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.61%) Akamai
5 1 (1.61%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.61%) GCP
5 1 (1.61%) IaaS
5 1 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.61%) PaaS
5 1 (1.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.29%) Network Security
2 1 (1.61%) BGP
2 1 (1.61%) DHCP
2 1 (1.61%) DMVPN
2 1 (1.61%) DNS
2 1 (1.61%) DWDM
2 1 (1.61%) GLBP
2 1 (1.61%) HTTP
2 1 (1.61%) HTTPS
2 1 (1.61%) IGRP
2 1 (1.61%) Internet
2 1 (1.61%) LAN
2 1 (1.61%) MPLS
2 1 (1.61%) Multicast
2 1 (1.61%) NetScaler
2 1 (1.61%) OSPF
2 1 (1.61%) SNMP
2 1 (1.61%) SSL
2 1 (1.61%) VPN
2 1 (1.61%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.23%) Power BI
2 1 (1.61%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 5 (8.06%) JIRA
2 4 (6.45%) Cucumber
2 4 (6.45%) Git
2 4 (6.45%) Gradle
2 4 (6.45%) HP UFT
2 4 (6.45%) IntelliJ
2 4 (6.45%) Jenkins
2 4 (6.45%) JUnit
2 4 (6.45%) Maven
2 4 (6.45%) Selenium
3 1 (1.61%) AppScan
General
1 33 (53.23%) Finance
2 22 (35.48%) Social Skills
3 13 (20.97%) Legal
4 9 (14.52%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (8.06%) Financial Institution
5 5 (8.06%) French Language
5 5 (8.06%) Local Government
5 5 (8.06%) Retail
6 3 (4.84%) Italian Language
6 3 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (4.84%) Spanish Language
7 2 (3.23%) Back Office
7 2 (3.23%) Banking
7 2 (3.23%) Law
7 2 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (3.23%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.61%) Billing
8 1 (1.61%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.61%) Marketing
8 1 (1.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (17.74%) Project Manager
2 9 (14.52%) Architect
3 6 (9.68%) Consultant
3 6 (9.68%) Lead
3 6 (9.68%) Senior
4 5 (8.06%) Technical Architect
5 4 (6.45%) Designer
5 4 (6.45%) IT Engineer
5 4 (6.45%) IT Security Engineer
5 4 (6.45%) Procurement Manager
5 4 (6.45%) Security Engineer
5 4 (6.45%) Security Manager
6 3 (4.84%) Analyst
6 3 (4.84%) Procurement Project Manager
6 3 (4.84%) Project Consultant
6 3 (4.84%) Relationships Manager
6 3 (4.84%) Test Manager
7 2 (3.23%) Account Manager
7 2 (3.23%) Business Analyst
7 2 (3.23%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.23%) Ajax
1 2 (3.23%) AngularJS
1 2 (3.23%) Bootstrap
1 2 (3.23%) LDAP
1 2 (3.23%) Node.js
1 2 (3.23%) Web Services
2 1 (1.61%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.61%) HTML
2 1 (1.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.90%) Onboarding
2 7 (11.29%) Security Posture
3 6 (9.68%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.84%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.23%) Animation
5 2 (3.23%) CMDB
5 2 (3.23%) Motion Graphics
5 2 (3.23%) Photography
5 2 (3.23%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.61%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.61%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.61%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (27.42%) Risk Management
2 14 (22.58%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (19.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (14.52%) Information Security
5 8 (12.90%) Project Management
6 7 (11.29%) Change Management
6 7 (11.29%) Penetration Testing
6 7 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (11.29%) SIEM
6 7 (11.29%) Vulnerability Management
7 6 (9.68%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (9.68%) Customer Service
7 6 (9.68%) Data Loss Prevention
7 6 (9.68%) Privileged Access Management
7 6 (9.68%) Security Operations
7 6 (9.68%) SOAR
7 6 (9.68%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (9.68%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 6 (9.68%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.29%) Java
2 2 (3.23%) SQL
3 1 (1.61%) Python
3 1 (1.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (22.58%) Degree
2 10 (16.13%) CISSP
3 7 (11.29%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (9.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 6 (9.68%) CCSP
4 6 (9.68%) GCIH
4 6 (9.68%) SC Cleared
4 6 (9.68%) Security Cleared
5 5 (8.06%) CISM
6 3 (4.84%) Chartered Engineer
6 3 (4.84%) CISA
6 3 (4.84%) CRISC
6 3 (4.84%) Master's Degree
6 3 (4.84%) MRICS
7 2 (3.23%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (1.61%) ACCA
8 1 (1.61%) CCAB
8 1 (1.61%) CCDP
8 1 (1.61%) CIMA
8 1 (1.61%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.13%) NIST
2 9 (14.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (11.29%) SLA
4 4 (6.45%) QA
5 3 (4.84%) GDPR
6 2 (3.23%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.61%) EU AI Act
7 1 (1.61%) GMP
7 1 (1.61%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.61%) ISO 14001
7 1 (1.61%) ISO 9001
7 1 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.61%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.61%) HP Fortify
1 1 (1.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.29%) SAP
3 5 (8.06%) Salesforce
4 3 (4.84%) Workday
5 2 (3.23%) Adobe
5 2 (3.23%) Ariba
5 2 (3.23%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.61%) Arista
6 1 (1.61%) Bloomberg
6 1 (1.61%) Blue Coat
6 1 (1.61%) Cisco
6 1 (1.61%) Citrix
6 1 (1.61%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.61%) Databricks
6 1 (1.61%) F5
6 1 (1.61%) IBM
6 1 (1.61%) Juniper
6 1 (1.61%) Riverbed
6 1 (1.61%) Veracode
6 1 (1.61%) Zscaler