Workday Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Workday
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring knowledge or experience of Workday products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Workday over the 6 months leading up to 15 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Workday, Inc.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 51 -
Rank change year-on-year -16 - -
Contract jobs citing Workday 4 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.58% 1.42% -
As % of the Vendors category 1.27% 2.48% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £510 - -
25th Percentile £511 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile £538 - -
North West median daily rate £518 £363 £500
% change year-on-year +42.76% -27.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £86.00 -
North West median hourly rate £41.86 £86.00 -
% change year-on-year -51.33% - -

All Vendors
Cheshire

Workday falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 314 242 273
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 45.44% 57.21% 54.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 163 187
10th Percentile £321 £314 £276
25th Percentile £385 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £486 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -7.43% +16.67%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £580
90th Percentile £653 £640 £622
North West median daily rate £469 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.20% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 19 15
10th Percentile £18.89 £19.00 £11.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £41.13 £14.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £70.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -64.07% +295.03% -12.10%
75th Percentile £34.46 £86.00 -
90th Percentile £70.60 - £23.11
North West median hourly rate £30.49 £32.50 £16.06
% change year-on-year -6.18% +102.37% -57.17%

Workday
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Workday job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Workday
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Workday.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Workday

Workday
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Workday.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Workday

Workday
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Workday within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 15 April 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
Knutsford - 4 £525 -
Workday
North West

Workday
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Programme Manager
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Manager
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Programme Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 3 (75.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 3 (75.00%) Culture Change
2 3 (75.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (50.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (50.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) ServiceNow
1 3 (75.00%) Snow