Workday Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Workday
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 29 December 2025, 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
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 68 95
Rank change year-on-year -14 +27 +41
Contract jobs citing Workday 23 18 7
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.44% 1.59% 0.41%
As % of the Vendors category 3.19% 3.31% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 3
10th Percentile £463 £346 £365
25th Percentile - £438 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +31.25% -28.09%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £450
90th Percentile £750 £800 £465
England median daily rate £575 £600 £573
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.71% -3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 4
10th Percentile - - £44.59
25th Percentile £31.25 - £45.66
Median hourly rate £37.50 £55.00 £51.63
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +6.54% -
75th Percentile £43.75 - £55.52
90th Percentile - - £55.54
England median hourly rate £40.44 £55.00 £51.06
% change year-on-year -26.48% +7.73% +149.05%

All Vendors
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 720 544 713
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 45.00% 48.18% 42.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 230 406
10th Percentile £197 £220 £208
25th Percentile £363 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £592
90th Percentile £688 £700 £725
England median daily rate £507 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.43% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 104 101
10th Percentile £16.01 - £13.29
25th Percentile £17.40 £15.62 £14.16
Median hourly rate £19.91 £20.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% -42.86% +35.27%
75th Percentile £42.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £85.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £23.75 £30.00 £45.94
% change year-on-year -20.83% -34.70% +70.15%

Workday
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Workday job vacancy trend in the East of England

Workday
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Workday.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Workday

Workday
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Workday in the East of England over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Workday in the East of England

Workday
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Workday.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Workday

Workday
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Workday within the East of England region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
Bedfordshire -10 12 £550 -2.22% 13
Hertfordshire -16 6 £613 +28.95% 13
Cambridgeshire -1 5 £650 +108.00% 15
Workday
England

Workday
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Business Applications
1 6 (26.09%) Workday HCM
2 1 (4.35%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (26.09%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (4.35%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.35%) SaaS
General
1 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Aviation
3 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (52.17%) Architect
2 11 (47.83%) Technical Architect
2 11 (47.83%) Workday Architect
3 4 (17.39%) Junior
3 4 (17.39%) Junior Software Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Junior Support Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Software Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Software Support Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Support Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Support Specialist
4 2 (8.70%) Lead
4 2 (8.70%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Communications Manager
5 1 (4.35%) SaaS Project Manager
5 1 (4.35%) SAP Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) SAP HCM Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) SAP Technical Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Senior
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Communications Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) JSON
1 4 (17.39%) XML
2 1 (4.35%) SOAP
2 1 (4.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Data Structures
1 1 (4.35%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Roadmaps
2 8 (34.78%) Analytics
2 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (26.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (21.74%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (17.39%) Software Engineering
6 3 (13.04%) Change Management
6 3 (13.04%) Project Delivery
6 3 (13.04%) Project Governance
6 3 (13.04%) Prototyping
7 2 (8.70%) ERP
7 2 (8.70%) Knowledge Transfer
7 2 (8.70%) Migration
7 2 (8.70%) User Experience
8 1 (4.35%) Business Change Management
8 1 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (4.35%) IT Strategy
8 1 (4.35%) Project Planning
8 1 (4.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (4.35%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) Java
2 1 (4.35%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) SAP
2 5 (21.74%) Oracle
3 1 (4.35%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow