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 26 September 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
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 341 284 412
Rank change year-on-year -57 +128 +20
Contract jobs citing Workday 319 246 115
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.69% 0.88% 0.35%
As % of the Vendors category 1.65% 1.85% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 160 66
10th Percentile £363 £400 £393
25th Percentile £463 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £713 £702 £775
90th Percentile £799 £825 £825
UK median daily rate £600 £565 £600
% change year-on-year +6.19% -5.83% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 12 3
10th Percentile - £25.08 £23.80
25th Percentile £17.17 £29.02 £35.50
Median hourly rate £23.21 £37.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.11% -31.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £30.50 £43.75 -
90th Percentile £31.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £23.21 £37.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -38.11% -31.82% -0.90%

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 19,315 13,283 14,567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.49% 47.54% 44.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,934 8,451 8,770
10th Percentile £309 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.28% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £622 £621 £630
90th Percentile £713 £706 £732
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,173 631 569
10th Percentile £14.01 £14.84 £14.50
25th Percentile £16.72 £18.00 £15.62
Median hourly rate £27.30 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.55% -28.14% -20.16%
75th Percentile £63.75 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.79 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £25.75 £25.15 £32.50
% change year-on-year +2.39% -22.62% -25.87%

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 26 September 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 26 September 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 26 September 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 -66 168 £600 +4.35% 380
South East -42 56 £575 +9.52% 77
North of England -42 34 £450 -33.33% 68
Midlands -42 26 £600 +14.29% 85
East Midlands +2 21 £600 +14.29% 8
South West -23 20 £480 -8.57% 24
North West -26 19 £658 - 42
Yorkshire -30 14 £413 -38.89% 18
East of England -48 13 £590 +7.27% 16
West Midlands -60 4 £438 -18.60% 77
North East -39 1 - - 8
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 (2.19%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.63%) Confluence
2 2 (0.63%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.31%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.31%) Mendix
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 26 (8.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.51%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.88%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 84 (26.33%) Workday HCM
2 17 (5.33%) iTrent
3 9 (2.82%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (2.51%) SAP HR
5 7 (2.19%) NetSuite
6 6 (1.88%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (1.88%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (1.25%) Teamcenter
8 3 (0.94%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.94%) PeopleSoft HCM
9 2 (0.63%) BambooHR
9 2 (0.63%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.63%) Dynamics GP
9 2 (0.63%) Dynamics SL
9 2 (0.63%) Infor CloudSuite
9 2 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.63%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.63%) SAP HCM
9 2 (0.63%) Unit4 Business World
10 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 40 (12.54%) Azure
2 32 (10.03%) SaaS
3 31 (9.72%) SuccessFactors
4 27 (8.46%) Power Platform
5 15 (4.70%) Boomi
6 13 (4.08%) Entra ID
7 12 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (3.13%) AWS
8 10 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (3.13%) Snowflake
9 9 (2.82%) Azure Logic Apps
10 8 (2.51%) iPaaS
11 7 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (2.19%) GCP
12 6 (1.88%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (1.25%) AtomSphere
13 4 (1.25%) Azure Functions
13 4 (1.25%) OneDrive
13 4 (1.25%) Power Automate
13 4 (1.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.57%) FTP
2 2 (0.63%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.21%) Power BI
2 8 (2.51%) Oracle Reports
2 8 (2.51%) Tableau
3 7 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.25%) Looker
4 4 (1.25%) Metadata
5 2 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.63%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.31%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.31%) Power Query
6 1 (0.31%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.31%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.31%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 22 (6.90%) JIRA
2 3 (0.94%) Git
General
1 131 (41.07%) Finance
2 128 (40.13%) Social Skills
3 63 (19.75%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (9.40%) Public Sector
5 22 (6.90%) Manufacturing
6 18 (5.64%) Banking
7 17 (5.33%) Retail
8 15 (4.70%) Legal
9 11 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.82%) Law
11 8 (2.51%) General Ledger
12 7 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.88%) Aviation
13 6 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.57%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.25%) Marketing
16 2 (0.63%) Dutch Language
16 2 (0.63%) French Language
Job Titles
1 62 (19.44%) Consultant
2 61 (19.12%) Analyst
3 55 (17.24%) Lead
4 50 (15.67%) Architect
5 45 (14.11%) Workday Consultant
6 31 (9.72%) Workday Analyst
7 23 (7.21%) Senior
8 20 (6.27%) Workday Architect
9 19 (5.96%) Business Analyst
10 18 (5.64%) Solutions Architect
11 16 (5.02%) Project Manager
12 15 (4.70%) Data Analyst
13 14 (4.39%) Workday Manager
14 13 (4.08%) HR Analyst
14 13 (4.08%) Integration Architect
15 11 (3.45%) Administrator
16 10 (3.13%) HR Data Analyst
16 10 (3.13%) Senior Analyst
17 8 (2.51%) Financial Analyst
17 8 (2.51%) Project Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.78%) Middleware
2 24 (7.52%) XML
3 22 (6.90%) REST
4 19 (5.96%) SOAP
5 18 (5.64%) JSON
6 14 (4.39%) XSLT
7 12 (3.76%) Web Services
8 10 (3.13%) OAuth
9 9 (2.82%) Oracle Fusion
10 7 (2.19%) OAuth2
10 7 (2.19%) SAML
11 6 (1.88%) Microsoft Graph
12 4 (1.25%) GraphQL
12 4 (1.25%) JWT
12 4 (1.25%) LDAP
13 3 (0.94%) .NET
13 3 (0.94%) CSS
13 3 (0.94%) HTML
13 3 (0.94%) Jakarta EE
13 3 (0.94%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.70%) Onboarding
2 14 (4.39%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (4.08%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (4.08%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.76%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.51%) Data Structures
6 5 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.57%) Learning Management System
6 5 (1.57%) Robotics
6 5 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.57%) Social Media
7 4 (1.25%) e-Learning
8 3 (0.94%) Cloud Native
8 3 (0.94%) Low-Code
8 3 (0.94%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.63%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.63%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.63%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (33.23%) Stakeholder Management
2 74 (23.20%) ERP
3 71 (22.26%) Problem-Solving
4 58 (18.18%) Analytics
5 52 (16.30%) User Acceptance Testing
6 51 (15.99%) Agile
7 50 (15.67%) Validation
8 48 (15.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 40 (12.54%) Migration
10 38 (11.91%) Continuous Improvement
11 37 (11.60%) Decision-Making
12 30 (9.40%) Data Migration
12 30 (9.40%) Data Modelling
12 30 (9.40%) Translating Business Requirements
13 27 (8.46%) Roadmaps
13 27 (8.46%) Workshop Facilitation
14 26 (8.15%) AI
15 25 (7.84%) Business Intelligence
16 22 (6.90%) Data Governance
16 22 (6.90%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 17 (5.33%) SQL
2 10 (3.13%) Python
3 7 (2.19%) Java
3 7 (2.19%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.57%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.25%) C#
6 2 (0.63%) XPath
7 1 (0.31%) BeanShell
7 1 (0.31%) Bicep
7 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.31%) Korn
7 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 34 (10.66%) Security Cleared
2 20 (6.27%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.39%) Degree
4 11 (3.45%) CIPD
5 6 (1.88%) ACCA
5 6 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.88%) CIMA
6 4 (1.25%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.25%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (0.94%) CISM
7 3 (0.94%) CISSP
7 3 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.63%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.63%) IIBA
8 2 (0.63%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.63%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.63%) PMP
9 1 (0.31%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.31%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (12.23%) Data Quality
2 29 (9.09%) GDPR
3 13 (4.08%) QA
4 8 (2.51%) PMO
5 6 (1.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.94%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.31%) GRC
8 1 (0.31%) IFRS
8 1 (0.31%) ITGC
8 1 (0.31%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (2.19%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 95 (29.78%) SAP
2 61 (19.12%) Oracle
3 45 (14.11%) Microsoft
4 23 (7.21%) ServiceNow
5 15 (4.70%) MuleSoft
6 13 (4.08%) Adaptive Insights
6 13 (4.08%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.57%) Google
7 5 (1.57%) Kronos
8 4 (1.25%) Anaplan
8 4 (1.25%) Cognizant
8 4 (1.25%) Databricks
9 3 (0.94%) PeopleSoft
10 2 (0.63%) Ariba
10 2 (0.63%) Epicor
10 2 (0.63%) IFS
10 2 (0.63%) Infor
10 2 (0.63%) QAD
10 2 (0.63%) Sage
10 2 (0.63%) Zuora