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 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 466 598 550
Rank change year-on-year +132 -48 +220
Permanent jobs citing Due Diligence 252 335 411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.45% 0.30% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.37% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 90 190 192
10th Percentile £38,754 £31,066 £47,500
25th Percentile £50,313 £37,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -10.34%
75th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £85,563
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,825 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £46,350 £54,750
% change year-on-year +7.87% -15.34% -8.75%

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 51,945 90,976 87,859
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 92.70% 82.55% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 25,967 62,719 53,482
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,790 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% -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 £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -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 14 June 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 14 June 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 +109 230 £65,000 +8.33% 442
UK excluding London +153 124 £50,000 +7.87% 103
London +57 98 £65,000 -10.34% 337
Work from Home +120 87 £60,372 +6.57% 175
South East +100 57 £62,500 +51.52% 26
Midlands +75 19 £38,754 +10.91% 23
North of England +32 16 £26,010 -55.73% 27
South West +119 12 £60,000 +111.82% 9
West Midlands +64 12 £38,754 +17.86% 11
East of England +44 9 £50,000 - 8
North West +9 9 £26,010 -55.73% 20
Scotland +115 7 £60,743 +21.49% 5
East Midlands +50 7 - - 12
Yorkshire +57 5 £26,010 -42.20% 3
Wales +46 4 - -
North East +43 2 - - 4

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 (0.40%) CMS
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (2.78%) Maya
2 6 (2.38%) AutoCAD
2 6 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (2.78%) SAP IBP
1 7 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.59%) Relativity
3 3 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.79%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.40%) Actimize
5 1 (0.40%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.40%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 44 (17.46%) Azure
2 34 (13.49%) GCP
3 21 (8.33%) AWS
4 4 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (1.59%) SaaS
5 2 (0.79%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.40%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (0.40%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.40%) dbt
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.40%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.40%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.40%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.40%) ShareGate
6 1 (0.40%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 27 (10.71%) Firewall
2 26 (10.32%) Cisco ISE
2 26 (10.32%) Ethernet
2 26 (10.32%) LAN
2 26 (10.32%) SD-WAN
2 26 (10.32%) WAN
3 4 (1.59%) Internet
4 3 (1.19%) 5G
4 3 (1.19%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (2.78%) SAP BW
2 3 (1.19%) EDRMS
3 2 (0.79%) Tableau
4 1 (0.40%) Big Data
4 1 (0.40%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.40%) Power BI
4 1 (0.40%) SQL Server
General
1 133 (52.78%) Finance
2 99 (39.29%) Social Skills
3 96 (38.10%) Legal
4 59 (23.41%) Law
5 48 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
6 30 (11.90%) Banking
7 23 (9.13%) Local Government
7 23 (9.13%) Public Sector
8 21 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (6.75%) Financial Institution
9 17 (6.75%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (5.56%) Telecoms
11 12 (4.76%) Games
11 12 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (3.17%) Automotive
13 7 (2.78%) Billing
13 7 (2.78%) Manufacturing
13 7 (2.78%) Marketing
14 5 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (1.98%) Retail
Job Titles
1 54 (21.43%) Senior
2 48 (19.05%) Analyst
3 36 (14.29%) Lead
4 34 (13.49%) Architect
5 25 (9.92%) Network Architect
6 23 (9.13%) Civil Engineer
6 23 (9.13%) Development Engineer
6 23 (9.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (5.95%) Security Analyst
8 14 (5.56%) Principal Engineer
9 12 (4.76%) Risk Manager
10 11 (4.37%) Senior Analyst
11 9 (3.57%) Information Analyst
11 9 (3.57%) Information Officer
11 9 (3.57%) Information Security Analyst
11 9 (3.57%) Risk Analyst
12 8 (3.17%) Risk Officer
12 8 (3.17%) Senior Development Engineer
12 8 (3.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 7 (2.78%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (10.32%) JSON
2 7 (2.78%) Middleware
3 5 (1.98%) React
4 4 (1.59%) Kafka
4 4 (1.59%) Node.js
4 4 (1.59%) REST
4 4 (1.59%) Spring
5 2 (0.79%) EDI
5 2 (0.79%) web3js
6 1 (0.40%) .NET
6 1 (0.40%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.40%) DCOM
6 1 (0.40%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 43 (17.06%) Management Information System
2 34 (13.49%) Data Centre
3 26 (10.32%) Public Cloud
4 24 (9.52%) NHS
5 17 (6.75%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (5.95%) Product Ownership
7 13 (5.16%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (3.97%) Security Posture
9 8 (3.17%) PMI
10 7 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.78%) Reinsurance
11 5 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.59%) IoT
12 4 (1.59%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.59%) Onboarding
12 4 (1.59%) Reference Data
13 3 (1.19%) Blockchain
13 3 (1.19%) Derivative
13 3 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
13 3 (1.19%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.19%) Windows
2 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (36.11%) Risk Management
2 75 (29.76%) Agile
3 69 (27.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 61 (24.21%) Roadmaps
5 53 (21.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 52 (20.63%) Mentoring
7 49 (19.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 46 (18.25%) Regulatory Compliance
9 45 (17.86%) Information Security
9 45 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
10 43 (17.06%) Analytics
11 41 (16.27%) Risk Assessment
12 38 (15.08%) Project Delivery
13 36 (14.29%) Coaching
14 34 (13.49%) Cybersecurity
14 34 (13.49%) Project Management
15 30 (11.90%) Artificial Intelligence
16 27 (10.71%) Decision-Making
17 26 (10.32%) OWASP
18 25 (9.92%) Quantitative Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (15.08%) Python
2 8 (3.17%) SQL
3 6 (2.38%) R
4 5 (1.98%) Java
5 3 (1.19%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.79%) Bash
7 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.40%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 28 (11.11%) CISSP
1 28 (11.11%) Degree
2 27 (10.71%) SC Cleared
2 27 (10.71%) Security Cleared
3 26 (10.32%) CISM
4 25 (9.92%) CRISC
5 21 (8.33%) MRICS
6 15 (5.95%) Postgraduate
7 8 (3.17%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.59%) ACCA
8 4 (1.59%) CIMA
9 3 (1.19%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.19%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.79%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.40%) CEH
11 1 (0.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.40%) OSCP
11 1 (0.40%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (10.32%) Accessibility
3 21 (8.33%) SOC 2
4 18 (7.14%) NIST
5 11 (4.37%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 6 (2.38%) COBIT
8 6 (2.38%) GDPR
8 6 (2.38%) GRC
9 2 (0.79%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.40%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 26 (10.32%) VMware NSX
2 1 (0.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 27 (10.71%) Terraform
2 26 (10.32%) Ansible
2 26 (10.32%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.40%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 28 (11.11%) SAP
2 27 (10.71%) Google
2 27 (10.71%) VMware
3 26 (10.32%) Blue Coat
3 26 (10.32%) CheckPoint
3 26 (10.32%) Cisco
3 26 (10.32%) F5
4 20 (7.94%) IBM
4 20 (7.94%) Microsoft
5 7 (2.78%) Ariba
5 7 (2.78%) Citrix
6 3 (1.19%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.40%) Databricks
7 1 (0.40%) LexisNexis
7 1 (0.40%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.40%) Veeam
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