Workday HCM Contracts in England

Workday Human Capital Management (HCM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Workday HCM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Workday HCM over the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 456 509 573
Rank change year-on-year +53 +64 +111
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Workday HCM 57 15 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.045% 0.089%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.45% 0.64% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 7 22
10th Percentile £413 £350 £434
25th Percentile £481 £431 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £619
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -7.07% +12.50%
75th Percentile £725 £722 £731
90th Percentile £825 £895 £978
UK median daily rate £600 £613 £606
% change year-on-year -2.04% +1.03% +10.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £55.00 -

All Business Application Skills
England

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 England.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,322 2,329 2,922
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.37% 7.02% 6.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,414 1,359 1,747
10th Percentile £358 £363 £363
25th Percentile £441 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -1.79% -1.75%
75th Percentile £669 £688 £680
90th Percentile £775 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 73 62
10th Percentile £12.84 £25.20 £23.30
25th Percentile £25.54 £35.36 £49.00
Median hourly rate £44.75 £45.00 £56.17
Median % change year-on-year -0.56% -19.89% +32.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.60 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.25 £67.20 £88.75
UK median hourly rate £35.48 £45.00 £53.33
% change year-on-year -21.16% -15.62% +18.52%

Workday HCM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Workday HCM in England

Workday HCM
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Workday HCM

Workday HCM
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Workday HCM in England over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Workday HCM in England

Workday HCM
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Workday HCM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Workday HCM

Workday HCM
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 23 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +47 42 £650 +20.93% 41
East of England +12 7 £554 +51.71%
South East +21 3 £630 - 20
South West - 2 £688 - 7
Workday HCM
UK

Workday HCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 5 (8.77%) SharePoint
2 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.51%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (8.77%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (7.02%) MS Visio
4 3 (5.26%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (7.02%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.75%) Maximo
2 1 (1.75%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.75%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.75%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (1.75%) SAP HCM
2 1 (1.75%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.53%) Azure
2 4 (7.02%) Entra ID
2 4 (7.02%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (7.02%) PaaS
2 4 (7.02%) SaaS
3 2 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.75%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.75%) Smartsheet
4 1 (1.75%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.75%) Power BI
1 1 (1.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (3.51%) JIRA
2 1 (1.75%) Git
2 1 (1.75%) Jenkins
General
1 30 (52.63%) Finance
2 26 (45.61%) Social Skills
3 11 (19.30%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (8.77%) Manufacturing
5 5 (8.77%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (7.02%) Aviation
7 2 (3.51%) Advertising
7 2 (3.51%) Law
7 2 (3.51%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.75%) Banking
8 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.75%) Legal
8 1 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 12 (21.05%) Architect
2 11 (19.30%) Analyst
3 9 (15.79%) Workday Analyst
3 9 (15.79%) Workday Architect
4 8 (14.04%) Consultant
4 8 (14.04%) Workday Consultant
5 5 (8.77%) Project Manager
5 5 (8.77%) Technical Architect
6 4 (7.02%) Developer
6 4 (7.02%) Functional Consultant
6 4 (7.02%) Lead
6 4 (7.02%) Senior
6 4 (7.02%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (7.02%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (7.02%) Workday Developer
6 4 (7.02%) Workday Functional Consultant
6 4 (7.02%) Workday Manager
7 3 (5.26%) Workday Project Manager
8 2 (3.51%) Workday Integration Consultant
8 2 (3.51%) Workday Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.53%) Web Services
2 4 (7.02%) .NET
2 4 (7.02%) Lightning Web Components
2 4 (7.02%) RESTful
3 1 (1.75%) J2EE
3 1 (1.75%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.75%) REST
3 1 (1.75%) SOAP
3 1 (1.75%) XML
3 1 (1.75%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.02%) AI Agents
2 3 (5.26%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.51%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.75%) CMDB
4 1 (1.75%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.75%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.75%) FMCG
4 1 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (24.56%) Roadmaps
2 13 (22.81%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (15.79%) Analytics
3 9 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (14.04%) Project Delivery
4 8 (14.04%) SDLC
4 8 (14.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (12.28%) Business Analysis
5 7 (12.28%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (12.28%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (10.53%) Agile
6 6 (10.53%) CRM
6 6 (10.53%) Data Analysis
6 6 (10.53%) Workshop Facilitation
7 5 (8.77%) Data Migration
7 5 (8.77%) Line Management
7 5 (8.77%) PRINCE2
7 5 (8.77%) Process Improvement
7 5 (8.77%) Requirements Gathering
7 5 (8.77%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.51%) SQL
2 1 (1.75%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.75%) VBA
2 1 (1.75%) XPath
Qualifications
1 5 (8.77%) Degree
1 5 (8.77%) PMI Certification
1 5 (8.77%) PMP
2 2 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (3.51%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.02%) COBIT
1 4 (7.02%) SLA
2 3 (5.26%) GDPR
2 3 (5.26%) PMO
2 3 (5.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.75%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 57 (100.00%) Workday
2 9 (15.79%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.02%) Salesforce
3 4 (7.02%) SAP
3 4 (7.02%) ServiceNow
4 3 (5.26%) Adaptive Insights
4 3 (5.26%) Databricks
5 1 (1.75%) Oracle