Due Diligence Jobs

Due Diligence
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Due Diligence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Due Diligence over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 482 598 584
Rank change year-on-year +116 -14 +200
Permanent jobs citing Due Diligence 235 329 420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.42% 0.32% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.38% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 87 194 188
10th Percentile £38,902 £31,114 £47,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £37,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.17% -1.15% -
75th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £87,313
90th Percentile £95,500 £102,125 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% -8.33%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,902 86,889 92,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.67% 84.13% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,611 60,763 54,796
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Due Diligence in the UK

Due Diligence
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Due Diligence over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Due Diligence in the UK

Due Diligence
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Due Diligence within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +81 210 £65,000 +4.00% 855
UK excluding London +147 111 £50,000 +5.26% 797
London +60 94 £65,000 -16.13% 185
Work from Home +73 70 £60,743 +7.23% 272
South East +81 51 £46,250 +12.12% 288
Midlands +77 16 £38,754 +4.74% 133
North of England +23 13 £26,010 -56.65% 154
Scotland +124 12 £60,743 +21.49% 27
West Midlands +58 12 £38,754 +17.86% 67
South West +104 8 £60,000 +111.82% 84
East of England +44 8 £50,000 - 106
North West -9 8 - - 74
Yorkshire +55 4 £26,010 -60.89% 62
East Midlands +37 4 - - 57
Wales +49 3 - - 17
North East +41 1 - - 19

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 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (2.98%) Maya
2 6 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.28%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (2.98%) SAP IBP
1 7 (2.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.70%) Relativity
3 2 (0.85%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.43%) Actimize
4 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 47 (20.00%) Azure
2 36 (15.32%) GCP
3 19 (8.09%) AWS
4 4 (1.70%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.43%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.43%) dbt
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.43%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.43%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.43%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.43%) SaaS
6 1 (0.43%) ShareGate
6 1 (0.43%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 29 (12.34%) Firewall
2 28 (11.91%) Cisco ISE
2 28 (11.91%) Ethernet
2 28 (11.91%) LAN
2 28 (11.91%) SD-WAN
2 28 (11.91%) WAN
3 4 (1.70%) Internet
4 1 (0.43%) 5G
4 1 (0.43%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.98%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (2.98%) SAP BW
2 3 (1.28%) EDRMS
3 2 (0.85%) Tableau
4 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.43%) Power BI
4 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
General
1 120 (51.06%) Finance
2 96 (40.85%) Social Skills
3 81 (34.47%) Legal
4 52 (22.13%) Law
5 45 (19.15%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (12.34%) Banking
7 21 (8.94%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (6.81%) Financial Institution
8 16 (6.81%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (6.38%) Public Sector
10 14 (5.96%) Telecoms
11 13 (5.53%) Local Government
12 12 (5.11%) Games
13 7 (2.98%) Automotive
13 7 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (2.98%) Manufacturing
14 5 (2.13%) Billing
14 5 (2.13%) Retail
15 4 (1.70%) Police
16 3 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 55 (23.40%) Analyst
1 55 (23.40%) Senior
2 36 (15.32%) Architect
2 36 (15.32%) Lead
3 27 (11.49%) Network Architect
4 17 (7.23%) Senior Analyst
5 16 (6.81%) Security Analyst
6 13 (5.53%) Civil Engineer
6 13 (5.53%) Development Engineer
6 13 (5.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (4.68%) Risk Analyst
8 10 (4.26%) Information Analyst
8 10 (4.26%) Information Security Analyst
8 10 (4.26%) Risk Manager
9 9 (3.83%) Information Officer
9 9 (3.83%) Onboarding Analyst
9 9 (3.83%) Principal Engineer
10 8 (3.40%) Risk Officer
11 7 (2.98%) IT Analyst
11 7 (2.98%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (11.91%) JSON
2 7 (2.98%) Middleware
3 3 (1.28%) React
4 2 (0.85%) EDI
4 2 (0.85%) Kafka
4 2 (0.85%) Node.js
4 2 (0.85%) REST
4 2 (0.85%) Spring
4 2 (0.85%) web3js
5 1 (0.43%) .NET
5 1 (0.43%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.43%) DCOM
5 1 (0.43%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 42 (17.87%) Management Information System
2 35 (14.89%) Data Centre
3 28 (11.91%) Public Cloud
4 15 (6.38%) Product Ownership
4 15 (6.38%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (5.96%) NHS
6 13 (5.53%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (4.26%) Onboarding
7 10 (4.26%) Security Posture
8 8 (3.40%) PMI
9 7 (2.98%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (2.98%) Reinsurance
10 5 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.70%) IoT
11 4 (1.70%) Mobile App
12 3 (1.28%) Blockchain
12 3 (1.28%) Derivative
12 3 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (1.28%) Market Risk
13 2 (0.85%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.28%) Windows
2 1 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (36.17%) Risk Management
2 71 (30.21%) Agile
3 55 (23.40%) Roadmaps
3 55 (23.40%) Stakeholder Management
4 47 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 46 (19.57%) Information Security
6 44 (18.72%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (17.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 40 (17.02%) Mentoring
8 40 (17.02%) Risk Assessment
9 39 (16.60%) Regulatory Compliance
10 38 (16.17%) Coaching
11 35 (14.89%) Analytics
12 34 (14.47%) Cybersecurity
12 34 (14.47%) Project Delivery
13 27 (11.49%) Project Management
14 24 (10.21%) ITIL
14 24 (10.21%) OWASP
15 23 (9.79%) Quantitative Risk Management
15 23 (9.79%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 39 (16.60%) Python
2 7 (2.98%) SQL
3 6 (2.55%) R
4 3 (1.28%) Java
5 2 (0.85%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.43%) Bash
6 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.43%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 29 (12.34%) SC Cleared
1 29 (12.34%) Security Cleared
2 28 (11.91%) CISSP
3 26 (11.06%) CISM
4 25 (10.64%) Degree
5 23 (9.79%) CRISC
6 21 (8.94%) MRICS
7 8 (3.40%) PMI Certification
8 7 (2.98%) Postgraduate
9 4 (1.70%) ACCA
9 4 (1.70%) CIMA
10 3 (1.28%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.28%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.85%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.43%) CEH
12 1 (0.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.43%) OSCP
12 1 (0.43%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (18.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (8.51%) NIST
3 19 (8.09%) SOC 2
4 16 (6.81%) Accessibility
5 11 (4.68%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (3.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (2.98%) GDPR
7 7 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 6 (2.55%) COBIT
9 5 (2.13%) GRC
10 4 (1.70%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.43%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 28 (11.91%) VMware NSX
2 1 (0.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 29 (12.34%) Terraform
2 28 (11.91%) Ansible
2 28 (11.91%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.43%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 29 (12.34%) Cisco
1 29 (12.34%) Google
1 29 (12.34%) VMware
2 28 (11.91%) Blue Coat
2 28 (11.91%) CheckPoint
2 28 (11.91%) F5
3 27 (11.49%) SAP
4 21 (8.94%) Microsoft
5 20 (8.51%) IBM
6 7 (2.98%) Ariba
6 7 (2.98%) Citrix
7 3 (1.28%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.43%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.43%) Databricks
8 1 (0.43%) Dell
8 1 (0.43%) LexisNexis
8 1 (0.43%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.43%) Veeam