Due Diligence Contracts

Due Diligence
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Due Diligence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Due Diligence over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 492 589 656
Rank change year-on-year +97 +67 -71
Contract jobs citing Due Diligence 92 108 193
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.19% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.22% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 79 152
10th Percentile £315 £396 £250
25th Percentile £355 £456 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £507 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% -7.82% +7.84%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £638
90th Percentile £749 £745 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £463 £425
% change year-on-year -2.70% +8.82% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £41.78 £29.73
25th Percentile £62.50 £42.19 £36.44
Median hourly rate £65.00 £45.00 £48.25
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% -6.74% -
75th Percentile £67.50 £49.94 £59.44
90th Percentile - £51.63 £65.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £48.50 -
% change year-on-year +34.02% - -

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 contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

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 12 June 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
Top 12 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 12 June 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 +78 84 £518 -1.43% 284
London +80 52 £525 -2.78% 186
Work from Home +109 32 £500 -2.44% 78
UK excluding London +14 31 £450 -2.70% 107
North of England +16 10 £373 -17.22% 23
South East +12 10 £700 +50.54% 33
South West +4 8 £413 -13.16% 19
Yorkshire - 6 £550 - 8
North West +8 4 £350 -22.22% 14
West Midlands +15 2 £388 -16.22% 9
Midlands +12 2 £388 -16.22% 16
East of England +5 1 - - 7

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 3 (3.26%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.09%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (6.52%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (6.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.17%) SAP CO
2 2 (2.17%) SAP FI
2 2 (2.17%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.09%) Magento
3 1 (1.09%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (5.43%) Azure
3 3 (3.26%) AWS
3 3 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (3.26%) IaaS
4 1 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.09%) GitHub
4 1 (1.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.35%) WLAN
2 1 (1.09%) DHCP
2 1 (1.09%) DNS
2 1 (1.09%) LAN
2 1 (1.09%) MPLS
2 1 (1.09%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (1.09%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.09%) WAN
2 1 (1.09%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.09%) Big Data
1 1 (1.09%) Power BI
1 1 (1.09%) SQL Server
General
1 42 (45.65%) Finance
2 21 (22.83%) Social Skills
3 15 (16.30%) Telecoms
4 13 (14.13%) Legal
5 8 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (7.61%) Banking
6 7 (7.61%) Marketing
7 6 (6.52%) Public Sector
8 5 (5.43%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (5.43%) Manufacturing
8 5 (5.43%) Retail
9 3 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (3.26%) Publishing
10 2 (2.17%) Electronics
11 1 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.09%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (14.13%) Senior
2 12 (13.04%) Architect
3 11 (11.96%) Solutions Architect
4 10 (10.87%) DevSecOps Architect
4 10 (10.87%) Senior Manager
5 7 (7.61%) Consultant
5 7 (7.61%) Governance Manager
6 6 (6.52%) Information Governance Manager
6 6 (6.52%) Lead
7 5 (5.43%) Analyst
7 5 (5.43%) Bid Manager
7 5 (5.43%) Contracts Manager
7 5 (5.43%) Security Consultant
7 5 (5.43%) Security Manager
8 4 (4.35%) Problem Manager
8 4 (4.35%) Supplier Manager
8 4 (4.35%) Vendor Manager
9 3 (3.26%) Information Security Consultant
9 3 (3.26%) Senior Bid Manager
9 3 (3.26%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.09%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.04%) Product Ownership
2 9 (9.78%) Onboarding
3 6 (6.52%) Freedom of Information
4 4 (4.35%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.17%) Credit Risk
5 2 (2.17%) Fixed Income
5 2 (2.17%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.09%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.09%) Clustering
6 1 (1.09%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.09%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.09%) Equity Risk
6 1 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.09%) Housing Association
6 1 (1.09%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.09%) Reinsurance
6 1 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.09%) Windows
1 1 (1.09%) Windows Server
1 1 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (30.43%) Risk Management
2 16 (17.39%) Customer Experience
3 14 (15.22%) DevOps
3 14 (15.22%) Roadmaps
4 13 (14.13%) Information Security
5 12 (13.04%) Agile
6 11 (11.96%) Change Management
6 11 (11.96%) CI/CD
6 11 (11.96%) Impact Assessments
6 11 (11.96%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (10.87%) Application Security
7 10 (10.87%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (10.87%) Contract Negotiation
7 10 (10.87%) Data Protection
7 10 (10.87%) DevSecOps
7 10 (10.87%) Performance Management
7 10 (10.87%) SDLC
8 9 (9.78%) Risk Assessment
9 8 (8.70%) Architecture Roadmap
9 8 (8.70%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.17%) Scala
2 1 (1.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (10.87%) Security Cleared
2 8 (8.70%) Degree
3 4 (4.35%) CISM
3 4 (4.35%) CISSP
3 4 (4.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (3.26%) CIMA
4 3 (3.26%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (3.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (3.26%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (2.17%) CEH
5 2 (2.17%) CISA
5 2 (2.17%) CISMP
5 2 (2.17%) CRISC
5 2 (2.17%) CSSLP
5 2 (2.17%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.17%) GCIH
6 1 (1.09%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.09%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (18.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (13.04%) NIST
3 10 (10.87%) GDPR
4 9 (9.78%) GRC
5 3 (3.26%) NCSC
6 2 (2.17%) COBIT
7 1 (1.09%) IFRS
7 1 (1.09%) P3O
7 1 (1.09%) QA
7 1 (1.09%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 4 (4.35%) Active Directory
1 4 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.09%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.09%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.09%) Ansible
1 1 (1.09%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Clustering
1 1 (1.09%) SCCM
1 1 (1.09%) SCOM
1 1 (1.09%) SCOrch
1 1 (1.09%) SCVMM
1 1 (1.09%) Terraform
1 1 (1.09%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 9 (9.78%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.43%) SAP
3 4 (4.35%) BT
3 4 (4.35%) Cisco
3 4 (4.35%) VMware
4 2 (2.17%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.09%) Adobe
5 1 (1.09%) CA
5 1 (1.09%) Computacenter
5 1 (1.09%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.09%) EMC
5 1 (1.09%) Fujitsu
5 1 (1.09%) Juniper
5 1 (1.09%) OneTrust
5 1 (1.09%) Varonis
5 1 (1.09%) Workday