Workday HCM Contract Job Trends in Central London

Workday Human Capital Management (HCM)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Workday HCM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 - 140
Rank change year-on-year - - +40
Contract jobs citing Workday HCM 9 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.46% - 0.038%
As % of the Business Applications category 4.79% - 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £513 - -
25th Percentile £563 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +57.58%
75th Percentile £725 - £675
90th Percentile £731 - -
London median daily rate £700 £602 £568
% change year-on-year +16.38% +5.99% -2.99%

All Business Application Skills
Central London

Workday HCM falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 188 181 171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 9.52% 8.45% 6.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 101 112
10th Percentile £325 £425 £413
25th Percentile £409 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £575 £623
Median % change year-on-year -10.29% -7.63% +10.67%
75th Percentile £681 £738 £703
90th Percentile £728 £856 £775
London median daily rate £550 £565 £600
% change year-on-year -2.65% -5.83% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £30.40 -
London median hourly rate £40.49 £33.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year +22.70% -61.18% +142.86%

Workday HCM
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Workday HCM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Workday HCM job vacancy trend in Central London

Workday HCM
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Workday HCM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Workday HCM

Workday HCM
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Workday HCM in Central London over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Workday HCM in Central London

Workday HCM
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Workday HCM within the Central London region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
City of London - 9 £700 - 2
Southwark - 1 £725 -
Workday HCM
London

Workday HCM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
1 1 (11.11%) Selenium
1 1 (11.11%) TestRail
General
1 9 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Workday Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Lead
2 1 (11.11%) PMO Lead
2 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Test Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Workday Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Agile
1 2 (22.22%) Budget Management
1 2 (22.22%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
1 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
1 2 (22.22%) Resource Allocation
1 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (22.22%) Time Management
1 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
2 1 (11.11%) Analytics
2 1 (11.11%) Change Control
2 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (11.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
2 1 (11.11%) ERP
2 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
2 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (11.11%) Programme Governance
2 1 (11.11%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) ISTQB
1 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
1 1 (11.11%) PMP
1 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) PMO
1 1 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Workday
2 1 (11.11%) HP
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) SAP