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 22 April 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
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 324 398
Rank change year-on-year +21 +74 +21
Contract jobs citing Workday 317 149 149
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.80% 0.61% 0.40%
As % of the Vendors category 1.88% 1.28% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 94 101
10th Percentile £450 £425 £330
25th Percentile £513 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £588 £561
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% +4.77% -4.55%
75th Percentile £716 £759 £625
90th Percentile £775 £863 £738
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £533
% change year-on-year +4.35% +7.88% -9.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 4
10th Percentile £25.60 - £23.58
25th Percentile £29.44 £31.76 £34.94
Median hourly rate £36.68 £53.50 £52.25
Median % change year-on-year -31.44% +2.39% +167.95%
75th Percentile £44.94 £74.88 £62.00
90th Percentile £47.81 £86.00 -
UK median hourly rate £36.68 £53.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year -31.44% -13.71% +217.95%

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 16,860 11,625 15,587
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.53% 47.39% 42.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,985 7,529 9,950
10th Percentile £313 £293 £255
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -3.26%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £631
90th Percentile £706 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £517
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.87% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 891 443 986
10th Percentile £15.34 £14.99 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £18.13 £14.16
Median hourly rate £30.00 £28.75 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +27.78% -44.44%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £55.08
90th Percentile £78.75 £79.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.76 £22.50
% change year-on-year +8.07% +23.38% -48.86%

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 22 April 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 22 April 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 22 April 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 +51 199 £628 +4.58% 37
North of England -33 52 £538 +10.36% 9
Yorkshire -24 36 £700 +33.33% 2
South East -37 26 £418 -20.38% 17
Midlands -52 19 £538 +34.38% 4
West Midlands -43 17 £550 - 3
North West -36 15 £518 +42.76% 6
East of England -37 6 £606 -10.19% 5
South West -35 5 £713 +23.91% 4
North East -21 1 - - 1
East Midlands -37 1 £475 +18.75% 1
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 10 (3.15%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.89%) Confluence
3 5 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.58%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.95%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.95%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (6.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.47%) MS Visio
3 7 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.63%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 76 (23.97%) Workday HCM
2 12 (3.79%) iTrent
3 11 (3.47%) Oracle Payables
3 11 (3.47%) Oracle Receivables
3 11 (3.47%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 10 (3.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 9 (2.84%) NetSuite
6 7 (2.21%) BambooHR
6 7 (2.21%) SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (1.26%) Oracle General Ledger
7 4 (1.26%) SAP HR
8 3 (0.95%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (0.95%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.95%) Dynamics SL
8 3 (0.95%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.95%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.95%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.63%) Oracle FAH
9 2 (0.63%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 33 (10.41%) Azure
2 26 (8.20%) Power Platform
3 25 (7.89%) SuccessFactors
4 21 (6.62%) Entra ID
5 17 (5.36%) OCI
6 16 (5.05%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (4.73%) SaaS
8 10 (3.15%) AWS
9 9 (2.84%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.58%) Boomi
10 5 (1.58%) Dagster
10 5 (1.58%) dbt
10 5 (1.58%) IaaS
10 5 (1.58%) OneDrive
10 5 (1.58%) Prefect
10 5 (1.58%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.26%) PaaS
12 3 (0.95%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (0.95%) Serverless
13 2 (0.63%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.95%) FTP
2 1 (0.32%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.26%) Power BI
2 15 (4.73%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.84%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (1.89%) Tableau
5 5 (1.58%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (1.58%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.58%) Looker
6 4 (1.26%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.95%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.63%) DTS
8 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.32%) Data Mart
9 1 (0.32%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 34 (10.73%) JIRA
2 4 (1.26%) Selenium
3 3 (0.95%) Cucumber
3 3 (0.95%) Postman
4 2 (0.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (0.63%) TestRail
5 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.32%) JMeter
5 1 (0.32%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.32%) Zephyr
General
1 136 (42.90%) Finance
2 97 (30.60%) Social Skills
3 68 (21.45%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (7.57%) Banking
5 19 (5.99%) Legal
6 12 (3.79%) General Ledger
6 12 (3.79%) Public Sector
7 10 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (2.84%) Financial Institution
9 8 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.52%) Retail
10 7 (2.21%) Publishing
11 6 (1.89%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.58%) Law
12 5 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.58%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.26%) Local Government
14 2 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.63%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 56 (17.67%) Analyst
2 49 (15.46%) Architect
3 47 (14.83%) Lead
4 46 (14.51%) Consultant
5 43 (13.56%) Workday Consultant
6 32 (10.09%) Workday Analyst
7 27 (8.52%) Solutions Architect
8 25 (7.89%) Project Manager
9 22 (6.94%) Workday Architect
10 18 (5.68%) Workday Manager
11 17 (5.36%) Business Analyst
11 17 (5.36%) Data Analyst
11 17 (5.36%) Workday Specialist
12 16 (5.05%) Project Officer
12 16 (5.05%) Senior
13 14 (4.42%) HR Analyst
14 13 (4.10%) Implementation Consultant
14 13 (4.10%) Workday Implementation Consultant
15 11 (3.47%) Programme Manager
15 11 (3.47%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.62%) Middleware
2 19 (5.99%) XML
3 18 (5.68%) Oracle Fusion
3 18 (5.68%) REST
4 16 (5.05%) SOAP
5 11 (3.47%) JSON
6 8 (2.52%) Web Services
7 7 (2.21%) OAuth
8 6 (1.89%) CSS
8 6 (1.89%) HTML
8 6 (1.89%) JDBC
8 6 (1.89%) LDAP
8 6 (1.89%) SAML
9 5 (1.58%) AngularJS
9 5 (1.58%) J2EE
9 5 (1.58%) OpenID
9 5 (1.58%) XSLT
10 4 (1.26%) Microsoft Graph
11 3 (0.95%) EDI
11 3 (0.95%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 32 (10.09%) Legacy Systems
2 16 (5.05%) Onboarding
3 12 (3.79%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.15%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.84%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (2.52%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.63%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (0.63%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.63%) FMCG
9 2 (0.63%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.63%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.63%) Life Science
9 2 (0.63%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.32%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.32%) Derivative
10 1 (0.32%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.58%) Linux
1 5 (1.58%) Windows
2 3 (0.95%) Unix
3 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (25.24%) ERP
2 76 (23.97%) Stakeholder Management
3 60 (18.93%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (16.09%) Migration
5 49 (15.46%) Agile
6 39 (12.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 36 (11.36%) Analytics
8 35 (11.04%) Data Migration
9 33 (10.41%) Change Management
9 33 (10.41%) Decision-Making
10 32 (10.09%) Continuous Improvement
11 30 (9.46%) Business Intelligence
11 30 (9.46%) Data Modelling
11 30 (9.46%) Process Improvement
11 30 (9.46%) Validation
12 29 (9.15%) Project Management
13 28 (8.83%) Workflow
14 22 (6.94%) End-to-End Testing
14 22 (6.94%) Risk Management
14 22 (6.94%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 20 (6.31%) SQL
2 13 (4.10%) Python
3 11 (3.47%) Java
4 8 (2.52%) JavaScript
4 8 (2.52%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.63%) C#
5 2 (0.63%) Korn
5 2 (0.63%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.32%) ABAP
6 1 (0.32%) BeanShell
6 1 (0.32%) Groovy
6 1 (0.32%) XPath
Qualifications
1 27 (8.52%) Security Cleared
2 21 (6.62%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.42%) PMP
4 13 (4.10%) PMI Certification
5 10 (3.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.89%) CISM
6 6 (1.89%) CISSP
7 5 (1.58%) Degree
8 3 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.95%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.63%) CIPD
9 2 (0.63%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.63%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.32%) ACCA
10 1 (0.32%) CIMA
10 1 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (10.09%) GDPR
2 17 (5.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 16 (5.05%) Data Quality
3 16 (5.05%) QA
4 7 (2.21%) PMO
5 6 (1.89%) GAAP
5 6 (1.89%) HIPAA
6 5 (1.58%) Basel III
7 4 (1.26%) IFRS
7 4 (1.26%) SLA
8 3 (0.95%) IFRS 9
8 3 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.95%) NIST
8 3 (0.95%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.63%) GxP
9 2 (0.63%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 13 (4.10%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.95%) Control-M
1 3 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.63%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 75 (23.66%) SAP
2 63 (19.87%) Oracle
3 43 (13.56%) ServiceNow
4 39 (12.30%) Microsoft
5 9 (2.84%) Databricks
6 6 (1.89%) Adaptive Insights
6 6 (1.89%) MuleSoft
7 5 (1.58%) Anaplan
8 4 (1.26%) IFS
8 4 (1.26%) Informatica
8 4 (1.26%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.95%) Ariba
9 3 (0.95%) CyberArk
9 3 (0.95%) Epicor
9 3 (0.95%) Infor
9 3 (0.95%) Kronos
9 3 (0.95%) QAD
9 3 (0.95%) Sage
9 3 (0.95%) Snow
9 3 (0.95%) Zuora