Due Diligence Contracts

Due Diligence
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Due Diligence skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Due Diligence over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 480 576 653
Rank change year-on-year +96 +77 -118
Contract jobs citing Due Diligence 96 108 197
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.19% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.21% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 81 153
10th Percentile £338 £400 £244
25th Percentile £450 £458 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £518
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.35% +3.60%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £625
90th Percentile £735 £775 £718
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £465 £425
% change year-on-year -0.54% +9.41% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £24.25 - -
25th Percentile £30.63 - £25.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 - £26.50
75th Percentile £55.63 - £27.75
90th Percentile £62.75 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Due Diligence is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,679 51,168 79,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.19% 89.82% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,608 35,479 55,636
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £479
% change year-on-year - +4.38% +9.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,436 1,692 1,900
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.94 £16.10 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.21%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Due Diligence in the UK

Due Diligence
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Due Diligence over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Due Diligence in the UK

Due Diligence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Due Diligence in the UK

Due Diligence
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Due Diligence over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Due Diligence in the UK

Due Diligence
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Due Diligence within the UK over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +110 87 £525 - 282
London +108 57 £525 -4.55% 183
Work from Home +115 32 £513 +2.50% 77
UK excluding London +40 29 £463 -0.54% 104
North of England +26 10 £525 +16.67% 34
South East +11 10 £700 +49.73% 29
Yorkshire +22 9 £550 - 11
South West +10 6 £413 -16.46% 12
Scotland +29 1 £475 +2.70% 9
West Midlands +22 1 £325 -29.73% 7
Midlands +21 1 £325 -29.73% 12
North West +11 1 £350 -22.22% 21
East of England +9 1 - - 8

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 2 (2.08%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (7.29%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (7.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (4.17%) SAP CO
2 4 (4.17%) SAP FI
2 4 (4.17%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (2.08%) SAP QM
4 1 (1.04%) Magento
4 1 (1.04%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.29%) Azure
2 3 (3.13%) AWS
2 3 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (3.13%) IaaS
2 3 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.08%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.13%) WLAN
2 2 (2.08%) DHCP
2 2 (2.08%) DNS
2 2 (2.08%) Firewall
2 2 (2.08%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (1.04%) Internet
3 1 (1.04%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.04%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.08%) Power BI
2 1 (1.04%) Big Data
2 1 (1.04%) SQL Server
General
1 45 (46.88%) Finance
2 22 (22.92%) Social Skills
3 14 (14.58%) Telecoms
4 12 (12.50%) Legal
5 7 (7.29%) Banking
5 7 (7.29%) Manufacturing
5 7 (7.29%) Retail
6 6 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (5.21%) Marketing
8 4 (4.17%) Public Sector
9 3 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.08%) Advertising
10 2 (2.08%) Electronics
11 1 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.04%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (13.54%) Senior
2 10 (10.42%) Consultant
2 10 (10.42%) Lead
2 10 (10.42%) Senior Manager
3 8 (8.33%) Analyst
4 7 (7.29%) Governance Manager
4 7 (7.29%) Security Consultant
5 6 (6.25%) Architect
5 6 (6.25%) Information Governance Manager
6 5 (5.21%) Bid Manager
6 5 (5.21%) Contracts Manager
6 5 (5.21%) DevSecOps Architect
6 5 (5.21%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (4.17%) Network Engineer
7 4 (4.17%) Problem Manager
7 4 (4.17%) Project Manager
7 4 (4.17%) Supplier Manager
7 4 (4.17%) Vendor Manager
8 3 (3.13%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.04%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.29%) Onboarding
1 7 (7.29%) Product Ownership
2 6 (6.25%) Freedom of Information
3 3 (3.13%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.08%) Credit Risk
4 2 (2.08%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.08%) Fixed Income
4 2 (2.08%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.04%) Clustering
5 1 (1.04%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.04%) Equity Risk
5 1 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.04%) IoT
5 1 (1.04%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.04%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.04%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.04%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.13%) Windows
2 2 (2.08%) Windows Server
2 2 (2.08%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (32.29%) Risk Management
2 14 (14.58%) Roadmaps
2 14 (14.58%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (13.54%) Change Management
3 13 (13.54%) Customer Experience
3 13 (13.54%) Information Security
4 12 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (12.50%) Data Protection
5 11 (11.46%) Impact Assessments
5 11 (11.46%) Performance Management
6 10 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (10.42%) Validation
7 9 (9.38%) Contract Negotiation
7 9 (9.38%) DevOps
7 9 (9.38%) Risk Assessment
8 8 (8.33%) Agile
8 8 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
9 7 (7.29%) Information Governance
9 7 (7.29%) Migration
9 7 (7.29%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.08%) PowerShell
1 2 (2.08%) Scala
Qualifications
1 10 (10.42%) Security Cleared
2 9 (9.38%) Degree
3 4 (4.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (3.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (3.13%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.08%) CIMA
5 2 (2.08%) CISA
5 2 (2.08%) CISM
5 2 (2.08%) CISSP
5 2 (2.08%) CRISC
5 2 (2.08%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.04%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (20.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (13.54%) NIST
3 10 (10.42%) GDPR
4 9 (9.38%) GRC
5 3 (3.13%) NCSC
6 2 (2.08%) PCI DSS
6 2 (2.08%) QA
7 1 (1.04%) P3O
7 1 (1.04%) PMO
7 1 (1.04%) SLA
7 1 (1.04%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 5 (5.21%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.04%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.04%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (2.08%) SCCM
1 2 (2.08%) SCOM
2 1 (1.04%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.04%) Nessus
2 1 (1.04%) SCOrch
2 1 (1.04%) SCVMM
2 1 (1.04%) vCenter Server
2 1 (1.04%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 8 (8.33%) Microsoft
1 8 (8.33%) SAP
2 4 (4.17%) BT
2 4 (4.17%) VMware
3 3 (3.13%) Cisco
4 2 (2.08%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (2.08%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.08%) Varonis
5 1 (1.04%) Adobe
5 1 (1.04%) Dell
5 1 (1.04%) EMC
5 1 (1.04%) Forcepoint
5 1 (1.04%) Fujitsu
5 1 (1.04%) HP
5 1 (1.04%) OneTrust
5 1 (1.04%) Remedy
5 1 (1.04%) Workday