Workday Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Workday
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 13 November 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
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 65 83
Rank change year-on-year +2 +18 +42
Contract jobs citing Workday 3 4 8
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.48% 0.56% 0.82%
As % of the Vendors category 1.17% 1.57% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - £340
25th Percentile £463 £513 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £590
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -11.02% +31.11%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £613
90th Percentile - - £623
Scotland median daily rate £463 £775 £570
% change year-on-year -40.32% +35.96% +26.67%

All Vendors
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 256 255 401
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 40.83% 35.42% 41.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 124 236
10th Percentile £333 £156 £164
25th Percentile £414 £240 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £444 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.10% -6.63% -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £646 £611
Scotland median daily rate £450 £438 £500
% change year-on-year +2.86% -12.50% +10.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 24 5
10th Percentile £16.31 £14.11 -
25th Percentile - £19.28 -
Median hourly rate £17.87 £23.59 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -24.25% +33.13% -2.82%
75th Percentile £35.75 £24.18 £22.87
90th Percentile £63.50 - £46.05
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £22.88 £17.72
% change year-on-year -3.83% +29.09% -

Workday
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Workday job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Workday
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Workday

Workday
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
1 1 (33.33%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Corporate Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Implementation Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Implementation Project Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Project Implementation Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Delivery Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) HR Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Payroll Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Project Implementation Delivery Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Workday Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Workday Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Workday Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Project Planning
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Security
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Wealth Management
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Planview