Due Diligence Job Trends in the North of England

Due Diligence
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Due Diligence skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 253 255
Rank change year-on-year +8 +2 +139
Permanent jobs citing Due Diligence 18 34 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.17% 0.37% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.41% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 7 9 10
10th Percentile £28,200 £52,834 £39,475
25th Percentile £34,500 £54,793 £41,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,686 £60,750
Median % change year-on-year -14.97% +6.48% +3.40%
75th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £138,500 £93,750 £80,875
England median annual salary £75,000 £73,250 £69,491
% change year-on-year +2.39% +5.41% +9.87%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Due Diligence falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,573 8,340 7,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 81.25% 90.17% 89.69%
Number of salaries quoted 4,539 3,744 5,511
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,542 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% -1.82% -1.87%
75th Percentile £66,367 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Due Diligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Due Diligence relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Due Diligence job vacancy trend in the North of England

Due Diligence
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Due Diligence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Due Diligence

Due Diligence
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Due Diligence in the North of England over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Due Diligence in the North of England

Due Diligence
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Due Diligence within the North of England region over the 6 months to 5 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -1 7 £115,500 +78.56% 8
North East - 7 £95,000 - 1
Yorkshire -9 4 £47,500 - 2
Due Diligence
England

Due Diligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) SaaS
2 2 (11.11%) Azure
3 1 (5.56%) AWS
3 1 (5.56%) Azure AI
3 1 (5.56%) Azure App Service
3 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.56%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (5.56%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (5.56%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.56%) Firebase
3 1 (5.56%) GCP
3 1 (5.56%) GitHub
3 1 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (5.56%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) DNS
1 1 (5.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (83.33%) Finance
2 14 (77.78%) Social Skills
3 11 (61.11%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (55.56%) Presentation Skills
4 10 (55.56%) Public Sector
5 2 (11.11%) Legal
6 1 (5.56%) Back Office
6 1 (5.56%) Marketing
6 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (61.11%) Architect
2 10 (55.56%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Head of Finance
4 1 (5.56%) .NET Developer
4 1 (5.56%) .NET Web Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Administrator
4 1 (5.56%) Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Information Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Information Security Architect
4 1 (5.56%) IT Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) IT Security Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Security Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Security Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) .NET
1 1 (5.56%) .NET Framework
1 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET Web Forms
1 1 (5.56%) OAuth
1 1 (5.56%) OAuth2
1 1 (5.56%) OpenID
1 1 (5.56%) React
1 1 (5.56%) React Native
1 1 (5.56%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 10 (55.56%) Self-Motivation
1 10 (55.56%) Virtual Team
2 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.56%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (5.56%) Legacy Code
3 1 (5.56%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Financial Modelling
2 11 (61.11%) AI
2 11 (61.11%) B2B
2 11 (61.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (55.56%) Analytics
3 10 (55.56%) Business Development
3 10 (55.56%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 10 (55.56%) Customer Experience
3 10 (55.56%) Customer Insight
3 10 (55.56%) Decision-Making
3 10 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (55.56%) Project Management
3 10 (55.56%) Strategic Thinking
3 10 (55.56%) Technical Architecture
4 3 (16.67%) Budgeting
4 3 (16.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 2 (11.11%) Business Case
5 2 (11.11%) Business Forecasting
5 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (11.11%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) C#
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
1 1 (5.56%) T-SQL
1 1 (5.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) CISSP
2 1 (5.56%) CISA
2 1 (5.56%) CRISC
2 1 (5.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (11.11%) NIST
2 1 (5.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (5.56%) GDPR
2 1 (5.56%) GRC
2 1 (5.56%) PCI DSS
2 1 (5.56%) SLA
2 1 (5.56%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Foundry
1 1 (5.56%) LexisNexis
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft