Due Diligence Job Trends in the North West

Due Diligence
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Due Diligence skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 179 173
Rank change year-on-year +5 -6 +120
Permanent jobs citing Due Diligence 7 28 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.11% 0.54% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.60% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 4
10th Percentile £46,100 £52,834 £41,900
25th Percentile £71,750 £54,793 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,500 £64,686 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year +78.56% +22.63% -12.08%
75th Percentile £158,250 £92,500 £69,625
90th Percentile £183,300 £93,750 £81,100
England median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +16.28%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,141 4,689 3,469
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.40% 90.17% 89.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,474 2,328 2,662
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £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 West

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

Due Diligence job vacancy trend in the North West

Due Diligence
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Due Diligence

Due Diligence
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Due Diligence in the North West over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Due Diligence in the North West

Due Diligence
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +18 5 £115,500 +32.00% 18
Merseyside -9 2 - - 1
Due Diligence
England

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Network Security
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
3 4 (57.14%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (57.14%) Public Sector
4 1 (14.29%) Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Architect
2 4 (57.14%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Information Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Self-Motivation
1 4 (57.14%) Virtual Team
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) B2B
2 4 (57.14%) AI
2 4 (57.14%) Analytics
2 4 (57.14%) Business Development
2 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (57.14%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Customer Experience
2 4 (57.14%) Customer Insight
2 4 (57.14%) Decision-Making
2 4 (57.14%) Financial Modelling
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Project Management
2 4 (57.14%) Strategic Thinking
2 4 (57.14%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Retention
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (14.29%) Kaizen
3 1 (14.29%) Pricing Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (14.29%) NIST
1 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) LexisNexis