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 20 August 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
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 271 408
Rank change year-on-year -66 +137 +28
Contract jobs citing Workday 314 240 109
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.69% 0.87% 0.33%
As % of the Vendors category 1.65% 1.84% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 158 72
10th Percentile £400 £400 £317
25th Percentile £480 £463 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £571
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +0.74% +1.02%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £741
90th Percentile £775 £825 £821
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £568
% change year-on-year +4.35% +1.32% -5.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 11 4
10th Percentile £23.69 £25.00 £23.58
25th Percentile £24.78 £28.50 £34.94
Median hourly rate £29.50 £37.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.33% -23.08% -1.52%
75th Percentile £31.41 £48.63 £55.00
90th Percentile £43.00 £63.75 -
UK median hourly rate £29.50 £37.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -21.33% -31.82% +11.11%

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 19,018 13,040 14,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.66% 47.25% 43.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,977 8,257 9,204
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -
75th Percentile £615 £615 £630
90th Percentile £700 £713 £734
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,019 643 726
10th Percentile £14.66 £14.75 £13.60
25th Percentile £18.00 £17.52 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -13.28% -26.68%
75th Percentile £65.58 £50.00 £63.45
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £31.93 £25.15 £28.00
% change year-on-year +26.94% -10.18% -32.15%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 20 August 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 -50 186 £600 +4.35% 106
South East -30 43 £525 - 29
North of England -26 34 £450 -33.33% 14
Midlands -44 26 £600 +9.09% 40
East Midlands +1 22 £600 +50.00% 3
North West -19 18 £548 - 9
South West -27 15 £480 -16.52% 8
Yorkshire -28 15 £413 -38.89% 3
East of England -38 10 £605 +9.91% 3
West Midlands -63 2 £625 +2.04% 37
North East - 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 7 (2.23%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.59%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.27%) Confluence
4 2 (0.64%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.32%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.32%) Mendix
5 1 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 20 (6.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.23%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 76 (24.20%) Workday HCM
2 15 (4.78%) iTrent
3 9 (2.87%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (2.55%) NetSuite
5 6 (1.91%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (1.91%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (1.59%) BambooHR
7 4 (1.27%) Teamcenter
8 3 (0.96%) PeopleSoft HCM
8 3 (0.96%) SAP HR
9 2 (0.64%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.64%) Infor CloudSuite
9 2 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.64%) Oracle Financials
9 2 (0.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.64%) Primavera
9 2 (0.64%) ResourceLink
9 2 (0.64%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.64%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 37 (11.78%) Azure
2 32 (10.19%) SaaS
3 29 (9.24%) SuccessFactors
4 25 (7.96%) Power Platform
5 20 (6.37%) Entra ID
6 17 (5.41%) AWS
7 13 (4.14%) Boomi
8 10 (3.18%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (3.18%) Snowflake
9 9 (2.87%) Azure Logic Apps
10 7 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.23%) GCP
10 7 (2.23%) iPaaS
11 6 (1.91%) Azure Service Bus
11 6 (1.91%) dbt
11 6 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.59%) Dagster
12 5 (1.59%) Prefect
12 5 (1.59%) Serverless
13 4 (1.27%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.96%) FTP
2 1 (0.32%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.32%) Power BI
2 13 (4.14%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.87%) Tableau
4 7 (2.23%) Looker
5 5 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (1.59%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.96%) Metadata
6 3 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.32%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.32%) Power Query
7 1 (0.32%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.32%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 23 (7.32%) JIRA
2 3 (0.96%) Git
General
1 123 (39.17%) Social Skills
2 118 (37.58%) Finance
3 66 (21.02%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 21 (6.69%) Legal
6 20 (6.37%) Banking
7 17 (5.41%) Retail
8 16 (5.10%) Manufacturing
9 11 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.87%) Law
11 7 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.91%) Aviation
12 6 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.91%) General Ledger
13 4 (1.27%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.27%) Marketing
13 4 (1.27%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.96%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 65 (20.70%) Analyst
2 53 (16.88%) Architect
3 51 (16.24%) Consultant
4 49 (15.61%) Lead
5 35 (11.15%) Workday Analyst
5 35 (11.15%) Workday Consultant
6 23 (7.32%) Senior
7 21 (6.69%) Workday Architect
8 20 (6.37%) Business Analyst
9 19 (6.05%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (5.10%) Project Manager
10 16 (5.10%) Workday Manager
11 15 (4.78%) Data Analyst
12 13 (4.14%) HR Analyst
13 11 (3.50%) Functional Consultant
13 11 (3.50%) Workday Functional Consultant
14 10 (3.18%) HR Data Analyst
14 10 (3.18%) Senior Analyst
15 9 (2.87%) Integration Architect
16 8 (2.55%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.92%) Middleware
1 28 (8.92%) REST
2 21 (6.69%) JSON
3 19 (6.05%) SOAP
4 18 (5.73%) XML
5 11 (3.50%) OAuth
6 10 (3.18%) Oracle Fusion
7 9 (2.87%) SAML
8 8 (2.55%) XSLT
9 7 (2.23%) LDAP
10 6 (1.91%) JDBC
10 6 (1.91%) Microsoft Graph
10 6 (1.91%) Web Services
11 5 (1.59%) Jakarta EE
11 5 (1.59%) OAuth2
11 5 (1.59%) OpenID
12 4 (1.27%) AngularJS
12 4 (1.27%) CSS
12 4 (1.27%) GraphQL
12 4 (1.27%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.05%) Onboarding
2 15 (4.78%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (4.78%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (2.87%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.55%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (2.23%) Data Structures
6 5 (1.59%) Learning Management System
6 5 (1.59%) Low-Code
6 5 (1.59%) Robotics
6 5 (1.59%) Social Media
7 4 (1.27%) e-Learning
8 3 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.64%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (0.64%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.64%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.64%) FMCG
9 2 (0.64%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.64%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.96%) Linux
1 3 (0.96%) Unix
1 3 (0.96%) Windows
2 1 (0.32%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (28.66%) Stakeholder Management
2 74 (23.57%) Problem-Solving
3 68 (21.66%) ERP
4 54 (17.20%) Analytics
5 47 (14.97%) Agile
6 46 (14.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 44 (14.01%) Migration
8 42 (13.38%) User Acceptance Testing
8 42 (13.38%) Validation
9 38 (12.10%) Data Modelling
10 36 (11.46%) Continuous Improvement
10 36 (11.46%) Decision-Making
11 35 (11.15%) Translating Business Requirements
12 33 (10.51%) Data Migration
13 28 (8.92%) Business Intelligence
13 28 (8.92%) Roadmaps
14 24 (7.64%) AI
15 23 (7.32%) Integration Patterns
15 23 (7.32%) Workflow
15 23 (7.32%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 18 (5.73%) SQL
2 17 (5.41%) Python
3 8 (2.55%) Java
3 8 (2.55%) PowerShell
4 7 (2.23%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.27%) C#
6 2 (0.64%) BeanShell
7 1 (0.32%) Bicep
7 1 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.32%) Korn
7 1 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 27 (8.60%) Security Cleared
2 14 (4.46%) SC Cleared
3 12 (3.82%) Degree
4 6 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (1.91%) CIPD
4 6 (1.91%) CISM
4 6 (1.91%) CISSP
5 5 (1.59%) ACCA
5 5 (1.59%) CIMA
6 4 (1.27%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.64%) IIBA
8 2 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.32%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.32%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (10.83%) GDPR
2 29 (9.24%) Data Quality
3 13 (4.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (3.50%) QA
5 10 (3.18%) PMO
6 6 (1.91%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.96%) NIST
8 3 (0.96%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.64%) IFRS
10 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.32%) GAAP
10 1 (0.32%) GRC
10 1 (0.32%) ITGC
10 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (3.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 87 (27.71%) SAP
2 50 (15.92%) Oracle
3 41 (13.06%) Microsoft
4 32 (10.19%) ServiceNow
5 14 (4.46%) Salesforce
6 13 (4.14%) MuleSoft
7 10 (3.18%) Adaptive Insights
8 8 (2.55%) Databricks
9 7 (2.23%) Kronos
10 5 (1.59%) Google
11 4 (1.27%) Anaplan
11 4 (1.27%) Cognizant
12 3 (0.96%) CyberArk
12 3 (0.96%) PeopleSoft
13 2 (0.64%) Ariba
13 2 (0.64%) Autodesk
13 2 (0.64%) Epicor
13 2 (0.64%) Infor
13 2 (0.64%) QAD
13 2 (0.64%) Sage