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 19 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
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 386 356
Rank change year-on-year +106 -30 +85
Contract jobs citing Workday 288 102 193
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.91% 0.38% 0.53%
As % of the Vendors category 1.96% 0.83% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 57 118
10th Percentile £413 £363 £421
25th Percentile £500 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £564
Median % change year-on-year - +6.36% -3.98%
75th Percentile £688 £788 £637
90th Percentile £775 £840 £738
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £560
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -4.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 11
10th Percentile £30.91 £41.06 £43.88
25th Percentile £36.89 - £47.25
Median hourly rate £41.15 £55.00 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.19% -0.90% +184.62%
75th Percentile £44.94 £86.00 £61.94
90th Percentile £59.96 - £62.00
UK median hourly rate £41.15 £55.00 £55.53
% change year-on-year -25.19% -0.95% +184.77%

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 14,657 12,244 16,060
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 46.27% 45.94% 43.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,628 7,384 10,379
10th Percentile £300 £292 £250
25th Percentile £410 £410 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £708 £715 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 691 355 710
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.62 £13.24
25th Percentile £17.96 £18.17 £16.74
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% -17.81% +14.38%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.43 £60.36
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.75 £72.63
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.50 £36.25
% change year-on-year -13.36% -24.14% +27.19%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +74 146 £625 -0.24% 37
South East +18 43 £625 +36.61% 49
North of England -21 42 £569 +8.38% 29
Midlands -13 34 £525 -35.38% 24
West Midlands -11 29 £525 -35.38% 8
Yorkshire -21 29 £700 +86.67% 16
North West -22 12 £521 -13.13% 8
East of England -20 11 £550 +4.76% 20
East Midlands -21 5 £438 - 15
South West - 4 £575 - 21
North East -15 1 - - 5
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 (2.78%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.04%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (1.04%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (1.04%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.69%) Confluence
4 2 (0.69%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 24 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.08%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.69%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 62 (21.53%) Workday HCM
2 11 (3.82%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 9 (3.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 7 (2.43%) NetSuite
4 7 (2.43%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (2.43%) Oracle Receivables
4 7 (2.43%) SAP HR
4 7 (2.43%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (1.39%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (1.04%) BambooHR
6 3 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (1.04%) iTrent
7 2 (0.69%) Oracle FAH
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle HRMS
8 1 (0.35%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.35%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 33 (11.46%) Azure
2 21 (7.29%) SaaS
3 20 (6.94%) SuccessFactors
4 19 (6.60%) OCI
5 13 (4.51%) Entra ID
6 12 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (3.82%) Power Platform
8 8 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (2.43%) PaaS
10 6 (2.08%) OneDrive
11 5 (1.74%) Boomi
12 4 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (1.04%) AWS
13 3 (1.04%) IaaS
13 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
14 2 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
14 2 (0.69%) Azure Logic Apps
14 2 (0.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 2 (0.69%) GCP
14 2 (0.69%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.47%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (2.78%) Power BI
3 6 (2.08%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.04%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.69%) DTS
5 2 (0.69%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.69%) Tableau
6 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.35%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.35%) Pinecone
6 1 (0.35%) Power Query
6 1 (0.35%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.35%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 18 (6.25%) JIRA
2 4 (1.39%) Selenium
3 3 (1.04%) Cucumber
3 3 (1.04%) Postman
4 2 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (0.69%) TestRail
5 1 (0.35%) Git
5 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.35%) JMeter
5 1 (0.35%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 127 (44.10%) Finance
2 93 (32.29%) Social Skills
3 43 (14.93%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (6.60%) Influencing Skills
5 11 (3.82%) Banking
5 11 (3.82%) Legal
6 9 (3.13%) General Ledger
6 9 (3.13%) Public Sector
7 8 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.78%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.08%) Law
10 5 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.39%) Retail
12 3 (1.04%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.04%) French Language
12 3 (1.04%) Local Government
13 2 (0.69%) German Language
13 2 (0.69%) Marketing
13 2 (0.69%) Military
Job Titles
1 50 (17.36%) Consultant
2 47 (16.32%) Workday Consultant
3 46 (15.97%) Lead
4 40 (13.89%) Architect
5 36 (12.50%) Analyst
6 23 (7.99%) Project Manager
6 23 (7.99%) Solutions Architect
7 21 (7.29%) Workday Analyst
8 18 (6.25%) Workday Architect
9 15 (5.21%) Implementation Consultant
9 15 (5.21%) Payroll Consultant
9 15 (5.21%) Workday Implementation Consultant
9 15 (5.21%) Workday Manager
9 15 (5.21%) Workday Specialist
10 14 (4.86%) Administrator
10 14 (4.86%) Data Analyst
11 11 (3.82%) HR Analyst
12 9 (3.13%) Senior
12 9 (3.13%) Workday Project Manager
13 8 (2.78%) HR Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.25%) Oracle Fusion
2 14 (4.86%) XML
3 13 (4.51%) Middleware
4 6 (2.08%) REST
4 6 (2.08%) SOAP
5 5 (1.74%) JSON
6 3 (1.04%) EDI
6 3 (1.04%) Web Services
6 3 (1.04%) XML Messaging
7 2 (0.69%) .NET
7 2 (0.69%) ADO
8 1 (0.35%) CSS
8 1 (0.35%) HTML
8 1 (0.35%) LDAP
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
8 1 (0.35%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.64%) Legacy Systems
2 15 (5.21%) Onboarding
3 14 (4.86%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (4.51%) Management Information System
5 12 (4.17%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.74%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.39%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.04%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.35%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.35%) Derivative
10 1 (0.35%) FMCG
10 1 (0.35%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.35%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.35%) Life Science
10 1 (0.35%) Replication
10 1 (0.35%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.35%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.35%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.69%) Linux
1 2 (0.69%) Windows
2 1 (0.35%) VMS
2 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
2 73 (25.35%) ERP
3 57 (19.79%) Migration
4 52 (18.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 51 (17.71%) Agile
6 46 (15.97%) Problem-Solving
7 38 (13.19%) Data Migration
8 32 (11.11%) Analytics
9 31 (10.76%) Roadmaps
10 26 (9.03%) Change Management
11 22 (7.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 22 (7.64%) Process Improvement
11 22 (7.64%) Project Delivery
11 22 (7.64%) Project Management
12 20 (6.94%) Validation
13 18 (6.25%) Decision-Making
13 18 (6.25%) PRINCE2
14 17 (5.90%) Waterfall
15 16 (5.56%) Test Automation
16 15 (5.21%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 13 (4.51%) SQL
2 9 (3.13%) Python
3 7 (2.43%) Java
4 6 (2.08%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.04%) C#
5 3 (1.04%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.04%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.69%) Korn
6 2 (0.69%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.35%) ABAP
7 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.35%) XPath
Qualifications
1 23 (7.99%) SC Cleared
1 23 (7.99%) Security Cleared
2 16 (5.56%) Degree
2 16 (5.56%) PMP
3 15 (5.21%) PMI Certification
4 7 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.08%) ISTQB
6 5 (1.74%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 4 (1.39%) ACCA
7 4 (1.39%) CIMA
7 4 (1.39%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.69%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.69%) CIPD
10 1 (0.35%) APMG
10 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.35%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.35%) GIAC
10 1 (0.35%) SnowPro
10 1 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.94%) GDPR
2 10 (3.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 8 (2.78%) SLA
4 7 (2.43%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.43%) QA
5 5 (1.74%) Basel III
5 5 (1.74%) GAAP
6 4 (1.39%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.04%) IFRS
7 3 (1.04%) IFRS 9
7 3 (1.04%) PMO
8 2 (0.69%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.69%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.35%) GxP
System Software
1 8 (2.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.39%) HP ALM
2 3 (1.04%) Control-M
3 1 (0.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 74 (25.69%) SAP
2 59 (20.49%) Oracle
3 29 (10.07%) ServiceNow
4 21 (7.29%) Microsoft
5 9 (3.13%) MuleSoft
6 5 (1.74%) Anaplan
6 5 (1.74%) Informatica
6 5 (1.74%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.39%) HP
7 4 (1.39%) Hyperion
8 3 (1.04%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.04%) Snow
9 2 (0.69%) Adaptive Insights
9 2 (0.69%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.69%) IBM
9 2 (0.69%) PeopleSoft
9 2 (0.69%) Virgin Media
10 1 (0.35%) Ariba
10 1 (0.35%) Dell
10 1 (0.35%) Google