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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 131 165
Rank change year-on-year +14 +34 +29
Contract jobs citing Workday HCM 14 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.71% 0.044% 0.12%
As % of the Business Applications category 7.18% 0.58% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 3
10th Percentile £536 - -
25th Percentile £625 £563 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £575 £450
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% +27.78% -15.89%
75th Percentile £725 £588 £500
90th Percentile £775 - £515
London median daily rate £650 £538 £625
% change year-on-year +20.93% -14.00% +13.64%

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 195 171 209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 9.92% 7.47% 6.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 105 125
10th Percentile £282 £411 £368
25th Percentile £394 £510 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £675
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -11.11% +17.39%
75th Percentile £708 £676 £738
90th Percentile £835 £768 £800
London median daily rate £573 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -0.43% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 0
10th Percentile £22.65 £14.48 -
25th Percentile £37.13 £19.31 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £24.40 -
Median % change year-on-year +156.20% - -
75th Percentile £63.75 £28.39 -
90th Percentile - £32.36 -
London median hourly rate £44.50 £31.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year +43.55% +10.71% -36.00%

Workday HCM
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Workday HCM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Workday HCM 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 3 September 2025.

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 3 September 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +21 13 £675 +17.39% 4
West End of London - 1 £750 -
City of Westminster - 1 £750 -
Workday HCM
London

Workday HCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 4 (28.57%) SharePoint
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (7.14%) SAP CO
2 1 (7.14%) SAP FI
2 1 (7.14%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
1 3 (21.43%) Entra ID
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (21.43%) PaaS
2 1 (7.14%) SuccessFactors
General
1 12 (85.71%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) Analyst
1 3 (21.43%) Architect
1 3 (21.43%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (14.29%) Lead
2 2 (14.29%) Programme Director
2 2 (14.29%) Programme Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Senior
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Workday Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Data Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) HR Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) HR Data Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.14%) PMO Lead
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Data Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow Architect
3 1 (7.14%) SQL Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) .NET
1 3 (21.43%) Lightning Web Components
1 3 (21.43%) RESTful
1 3 (21.43%) Web Services
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) CMDB
1 1 (7.14%) Digital Media
1 1 (7.14%) FMCG
1 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 3 (21.43%) ArchiMate
3 3 (21.43%) Architecture Roadmap
3 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
3 3 (21.43%) CRM
3 3 (21.43%) IT Governance
3 3 (21.43%) ITIL
3 3 (21.43%) ITSM
3 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
3 3 (21.43%) SDLC
3 3 (21.43%) Security Architecture
3 3 (21.43%) Service Management
3 3 (21.43%) Systems Analysis
3 3 (21.43%) Technical Architecture
3 3 (21.43%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (21.43%) TOGAF
4 2 (14.29%) Data Analysis
4 2 (14.29%) Process Improvement
4 2 (14.29%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
1 1 (7.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) COBIT
1 3 (21.43%) GDPR
1 3 (21.43%) PMO
1 3 (21.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) Workday
2 3 (21.43%) Databricks
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) Salesforce
2 3 (21.43%) ServiceNow
3 2 (14.29%) Adaptive Insights
4 1 (7.14%) Oracle
4 1 (7.14%) SAP