Due Diligence Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Due Diligence
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Due Diligence skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 175 188
Rank change year-on-year +9 +13 +39
Permanent jobs citing Due Diligence 5 6 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.12% 0.18% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.19% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile £53,950 - -
25th Percentile £58,000 - £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -6.25% +12.28%
75th Percentile £70,000 - £82,500
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £62,500 £75,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +42.86% -4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,245 3,106 3,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.48% 91.78% 89.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,770 1,383 2,439
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £45,000 £39,043
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

Due Diligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Due Diligence job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Due Diligence
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Due Diligence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Due Diligence

Due Diligence
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Due Diligence in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Due Diligence in the Thames Valley

Due Diligence
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Due Diligence within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 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
Buckinghamshire - 3 £58,000 -
Oxfordshire - 2 £70,000 -
Due Diligence
South East

Due Diligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) 5G
1 1 (20.00%) Intranet
1 1 (20.00%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Browser DevTools
General
1 3 (60.00%) Legal
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Billing
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Head of Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Support
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) REST
1 1 (20.00%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Information Security
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Information Security Governance
2 2 (40.00%) Information Security Management
2 2 (40.00%) Internal Audit
2 2 (40.00%) ISMS
2 2 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (40.00%) Security Management
2 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (20.00%) Active Listening
3 1 (20.00%) High Availability
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Product Management
3 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Tech Ops
3 1 (20.00%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 2 (40.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (20.00%) CISA
3 1 (20.00%) CISSP
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (20.00%) CRISC
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (60.00%) GDPR
1 3 (60.00%) GRC
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (60.00%) NIST
2 1 (20.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (20.00%) SLA
2 1 (20.00%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Control-M
1 1 (20.00%) Kibana
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Dynatrace
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft