Workday Contract Job Trends in England

Workday
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 4 January 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
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 395 371
Rank change year-on-year +111 -24 +54
Contract jobs citing Workday 285 101 190
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.91% 0.37% 0.52%
As % of the Vendors category 1.93% 0.80% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 56 114
10th Percentile £409 £363 £452
25th Percentile £491 £522 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £681 £791 £638
90th Percentile £775 £844 £738
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 9
10th Percentile £31.14 £41.06 £43.71
25th Percentile £31.25 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £40.44 £55.00 £51.06
Median % change year-on-year -26.48% +7.73% +149.05%
75th Percentile £44.94 £86.00 £55.56
90th Percentile £49.94 - £63.90
UK median hourly rate £40.44 £55.00 £53.28
% change year-on-year -26.48% +3.23% +159.89%

All Vendors
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 14,763 12,621 15,954
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 46.93% 45.93% 43.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,649 7,638 10,365
10th Percentile £300 £291 £250
25th Percentile £409 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.53% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £614 £625 £638
90th Percentile £711 £725 £730
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 687 359 614
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.25 £14.07
25th Percentile £18.15 £17.08 £19.15
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £44.75
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% -32.96% +62.73%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.75 £76.45
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.35 £44.50
% change year-on-year -12.89% -38.54% +66.48%

Workday
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Workday job vacancy trend in England

Workday
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Workday

Workday
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Workday in England over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Workday in England

Workday
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Workday

Workday
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Workday in England over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Workday in England

Workday
Contract 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 within the England region over the 6 months to 4 January 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
London +85 147 £600 -12.73% 52
South East +18 43 £625 +142.72% 26
North of England -29 36 £532 +1.24% 9
Midlands -18 32 £525 -35.38% 6
West Midlands -21 27 £525 -35.38% 4
Yorkshire -28 23 £725 +93.33% 6
East of England -15 16 £550 +4.76%
North West -16 12 £521 -13.13% 1
East Midlands -20 5 £438 - 2
South West - 3 £525 - 5
North East -13 1 - - 2
Workday
UK

Workday
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (2.81%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (1.05%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.70%) Oracle Coherence
4 2 (0.70%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 25 (8.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.46%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.11%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.70%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 60 (21.05%) Workday HCM
2 8 (2.81%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 7 (2.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 7 (2.46%) SAP HR
3 7 (2.46%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (2.11%) NetSuite
5 5 (1.75%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (1.75%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (1.05%) BambooHR
6 3 (1.05%) iTrent
6 3 (1.05%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.70%) Oracle FAH
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle HRMS
8 1 (0.35%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 33 (11.58%) Azure
2 23 (8.07%) SaaS
3 21 (7.37%) SuccessFactors
4 15 (5.26%) OCI
5 13 (4.56%) Entra ID
6 12 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (3.86%) Power Platform
8 7 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (2.46%) PaaS
9 6 (2.11%) OneDrive
10 5 (1.75%) Boomi
11 4 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (1.05%) AWS
12 3 (1.05%) IaaS
12 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (0.70%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (0.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 2 (0.70%) GCP
14 1 (0.35%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (2.81%) Power BI
3 3 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (1.05%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.70%) DTS
4 2 (0.70%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.70%) Tableau
5 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.35%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.35%) Pinecone
5 1 (0.35%) Power Query
5 1 (0.35%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.35%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 13 (4.56%) JIRA
2 2 (0.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 2 (0.70%) Selenium
2 2 (0.70%) TestRail
3 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.35%) Git
3 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.35%) Postman
3 1 (0.35%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 121 (42.46%) Finance
2 90 (31.58%) Social Skills
3 41 (14.39%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (7.02%) Influencing Skills
5 11 (3.86%) Legal
6 10 (3.51%) Public Sector
7 9 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.81%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.46%) Banking
9 7 (2.46%) General Ledger
9 7 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.11%) Law
11 5 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.40%) Retail
13 3 (1.05%) French Language
13 3 (1.05%) Local Government
14 2 (0.70%) Back Office
14 2 (0.70%) German Language
14 2 (0.70%) Japanese Language
14 2 (0.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 51 (17.89%) Consultant
2 47 (16.49%) Workday Consultant
3 39 (13.68%) Architect
4 38 (13.33%) Lead
5 36 (12.63%) Analyst
6 22 (7.72%) Workday Analyst
7 21 (7.37%) Project Manager
7 21 (7.37%) Solutions Architect
8 20 (7.02%) Workday Architect
9 16 (5.61%) Payroll Consultant
10 15 (5.26%) Workday Manager
10 15 (5.26%) Workday Specialist
11 14 (4.91%) Administrator
11 14 (4.91%) Data Analyst
12 13 (4.56%) Implementation Consultant
12 13 (4.56%) Workday Implementation Consultant
13 11 (3.86%) HR Analyst
13 11 (3.86%) Senior
14 8 (2.81%) HR Data Analyst
14 8 (2.81%) Workday Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.91%) Oracle Fusion
1 14 (4.91%) XML
2 11 (3.86%) Middleware
3 7 (2.46%) JSON
4 5 (1.75%) Web Services
5 4 (1.40%) REST
5 4 (1.40%) SOAP
6 3 (1.05%) XML Messaging
7 2 (0.70%) .NET
7 2 (0.70%) EDI
7 2 (0.70%) XSLT
8 1 (0.35%) J2EE
8 1 (0.35%) LDAP
8 1 (0.35%) Node.js
8 1 (0.35%) OAuth
8 1 (0.35%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.35%) SAML
8 1 (0.35%) Spring
8 1 (0.35%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.35%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.02%) Legacy Systems
2 15 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 14 (4.91%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (4.56%) Management Information System
5 12 (4.21%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.75%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.75%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.05%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.70%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.70%) Reinsurance
11 1 (0.35%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.35%) Derivative
11 1 (0.35%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.35%) Life Science
11 1 (0.35%) Replication
11 1 (0.35%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.35%) Taxonomies
11 1 (0.35%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.70%) Linux
1 2 (0.70%) Windows
2 1 (0.35%) VMS
2 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (31.93%) Stakeholder Management
2 66 (23.16%) ERP
3 54 (18.95%) Migration
4 52 (18.25%) Agile
5 49 (17.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 47 (16.49%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (12.63%) Roadmaps
8 35 (12.28%) Data Migration
9 31 (10.88%) Analytics
10 27 (9.47%) Change Management
11 25 (8.77%) Project Delivery
12 23 (8.07%) Project Management
13 21 (7.37%) Validation
14 20 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (7.02%) Process Improvement
15 16 (5.61%) PRINCE2
16 15 (5.26%) Waterfall
17 14 (4.91%) Decision-Making
17 14 (4.91%) Identity Access Management
17 14 (4.91%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.21%) SQL
2 9 (3.16%) Java
2 9 (3.16%) Python
3 7 (2.46%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.05%) C#
4 3 (1.05%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.70%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.70%) Korn
5 2 (0.70%) PL/SQL
5 2 (0.70%) XPath
6 1 (0.35%) ABAP
6 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (6.67%) SC Cleared
1 19 (6.67%) Security Cleared
2 17 (5.96%) Degree
3 14 (4.91%) PMP
4 13 (4.56%) PMI Certification
5 7 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.46%) ISTQB
6 5 (1.75%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 4 (1.40%) ACCA
7 4 (1.40%) CIMA
7 4 (1.40%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.70%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.70%) CIPD
10 1 (0.35%) APMG
10 1 (0.35%) CISA
10 1 (0.35%) CISSP
10 1 (0.35%) GIAC
10 1 (0.35%) PhD
10 1 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.02%) GDPR
2 11 (3.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 9 (3.16%) SLA
4 8 (2.81%) QA
5 7 (2.46%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.75%) Basel III
7 4 (1.40%) GAAP
7 4 (1.40%) HIPAA
8 3 (1.05%) IFRS
8 3 (1.05%) IFRS 9
8 3 (1.05%) PMO
9 2 (0.70%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.70%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.35%) GxP
System Software
1 9 (3.16%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.05%) Control-M
1 3 (1.05%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 69 (24.21%) SAP
2 52 (18.25%) Oracle
3 29 (10.18%) ServiceNow
4 20 (7.02%) Microsoft
5 9 (3.16%) MuleSoft
6 5 (1.75%) Anaplan
6 5 (1.75%) Informatica
6 5 (1.75%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.40%) Hyperion
8 3 (1.05%) HP
8 3 (1.05%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.05%) Snow
9 2 (0.70%) Adaptive Insights
9 2 (0.70%) Ariba
9 2 (0.70%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.70%) IBM
9 2 (0.70%) Virgin Media
10 1 (0.35%) Dell
10 1 (0.35%) Google
10 1 (0.35%) PeopleSoft