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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 493 598 589
Rank change year-on-year +105 -9 +208
Permanent jobs citing Due Diligence 217 322 426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.33% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.38% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 92 196 195
10th Percentile £38,754 £31,114 £47,500
25th Percentile £50,938 £38,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% -3.08% -
75th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £86,125
90th Percentile £99,250 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,750 £47,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -17.39% -4.17%

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 51,770 84,704 95,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.86% 85.53% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26,375 59,701 56,503
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -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 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Due Diligence in the UK

Due Diligence
Top 15 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 15 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 +58 194 £65,000 +6.12% 422
London +55 96 £70,000 -12.50% 307
UK excluding London +114 94 £48,750 +2.63% 183
Work from Home +86 59 £60,743 +7.23% 169
South East +84 46 £25,000 -39.39% 91
Midlands +57 16 £38,754 +4.74% 18
Scotland +120 12 £60,743 +21.49% 7
West Midlands +56 12 £38,754 +17.86% 8
North of England +24 8 - - 27
North West -19 7 - - 18
South West +114 5 £60,000 +111.82% 19
East of England +33 4 £50,000 -20.00% 18
East Midlands +29 4 - - 8
Wales +42 3 - -
Yorkshire +57 1 - - 5

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 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (3.23%) Maya
1 7 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (3.23%) SAP IBP
1 7 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.84%) Relativity
3 3 (1.38%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.46%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 44 (20.28%) Azure
2 35 (16.13%) GCP
3 18 (8.29%) AWS
4 5 (2.30%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (0.92%) dbt
5 2 (0.92%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.46%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (0.46%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.46%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.46%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.46%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.46%) SaaS
6 1 (0.46%) ShareGate
6 1 (0.46%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 27 (12.44%) Firewall
2 26 (11.98%) Cisco ISE
2 26 (11.98%) Ethernet
2 26 (11.98%) LAN
2 26 (11.98%) SD-WAN
2 26 (11.98%) WAN
3 4 (1.84%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (3.23%) SAP BW
2 3 (1.38%) EDRMS
3 1 (0.46%) Power BI
3 1 (0.46%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.46%) Tableau
General
1 104 (47.93%) Finance
2 94 (43.32%) Social Skills
3 74 (34.10%) Legal
4 50 (23.04%) Law
5 43 (19.82%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (11.98%) Banking
7 21 (9.68%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (6.91%) Financial Institution
8 15 (6.91%) Telecoms
9 14 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (5.53%) Games
11 9 (4.15%) Manufacturing
12 8 (3.69%) Public Sector
12 8 (3.69%) Retail
13 7 (3.23%) Automotive
14 6 (2.76%) Local Government
15 5 (2.30%) Police
16 4 (1.84%) Billing
16 4 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
17 2 (0.92%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 57 (26.27%) Analyst
2 56 (25.81%) Senior
3 34 (15.67%) Architect
4 25 (11.52%) Network Architect
5 22 (10.14%) Lead
6 20 (9.22%) Senior Analyst
7 15 (6.91%) Security Analyst
8 12 (5.53%) Onboarding Analyst
9 11 (5.07%) Risk Analyst
10 9 (4.15%) Information Analyst
10 9 (4.15%) Information Officer
10 9 (4.15%) Information Security Analyst
10 9 (4.15%) Security Manager
10 9 (4.15%) Senior Manager
11 8 (3.69%) Risk Manager
11 8 (3.69%) Risk Officer
12 7 (3.23%) Financial Analyst
12 7 (3.23%) IT Architect
12 7 (3.23%) SAP Architect
12 7 (3.23%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (11.98%) JSON
2 7 (3.23%) Middleware
3 2 (0.92%) web3js
4 1 (0.46%) .NET
4 1 (0.46%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.46%) DCOM
4 1 (0.46%) EDI
4 1 (0.46%) J2EE
4 1 (0.46%) React
Miscellaneous
1 45 (20.74%) Management Information System
2 33 (15.21%) Data Centre
3 26 (11.98%) Public Cloud
4 15 (6.91%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (6.45%) Onboarding
6 13 (5.99%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (4.61%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (3.69%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (3.69%) PMI
8 8 (3.69%) Security Posture
9 7 (3.23%) NHS
9 7 (3.23%) Reinsurance
10 5 (2.30%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.84%) IoT
12 3 (1.38%) Derivative
12 3 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (1.38%) Market Risk
13 2 (0.92%) Blockchain
13 2 (0.92%) Taxonomies
13 2 (0.92%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.38%) Windows
2 1 (0.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (28.11%) Risk Management
2 53 (24.42%) Agile
3 46 (21.20%) Information Security
4 45 (20.74%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (20.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 38 (17.51%) Roadmaps
6 37 (17.05%) Coaching
7 36 (16.59%) Risk Assessment
8 34 (15.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 32 (14.75%) Cybersecurity
9 32 (14.75%) Mentoring
9 32 (14.75%) Project Delivery
10 31 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
11 29 (13.36%) Analytics
11 29 (13.36%) Stakeholder Management
12 24 (11.06%) Anti-Money Laundering
12 24 (11.06%) Project Management
13 23 (10.60%) Thought Leadership
14 22 (10.14%) OWASP
15 21 (9.68%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 36 (16.59%) Python
2 6 (2.76%) R
2 6 (2.76%) SQL
3 1 (0.46%) Java
3 1 (0.46%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.46%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.46%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 27 (12.44%) CISSP
1 27 (12.44%) Degree
1 27 (12.44%) SC Cleared
1 27 (12.44%) Security Cleared
2 25 (11.52%) CISM
3 21 (9.68%) CRISC
3 21 (9.68%) MRICS
4 8 (3.69%) PMI Certification
5 4 (1.84%) ACCA
5 4 (1.84%) CIMA
5 4 (1.84%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.38%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.92%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.46%) CEH
8 1 (0.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.46%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (19.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (8.76%) NIST
3 16 (7.37%) SOC 2
4 14 (6.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (4.61%) GDPR
6 9 (4.15%) Accessibility
6 9 (4.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 6 (2.76%) COBIT
9 5 (2.30%) PCI DSS
10 4 (1.84%) GRC
11 1 (0.46%) GMP
System Software
1 26 (11.98%) VMware NSX
2 1 (0.46%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 27 (12.44%) Terraform
2 26 (11.98%) Ansible
2 26 (11.98%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.46%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 27 (12.44%) Cisco
1 27 (12.44%) Google
1 27 (12.44%) SAP
1 27 (12.44%) VMware
2 26 (11.98%) Blue Coat
2 26 (11.98%) CheckPoint
2 26 (11.98%) F5
3 20 (9.22%) IBM
3 20 (9.22%) Microsoft
4 7 (3.23%) Ariba
5 6 (2.76%) Citrix
6 2 (0.92%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.46%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.46%) Dell
7 1 (0.46%) LexisNexis
7 1 (0.46%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.46%) Veeam