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 27 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
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 295 326 399
Rank change year-on-year +31 +73 +24
Contract jobs citing Workday 314 154 148
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.78% 0.63% 0.40%
As % of the Vendors category 1.86% 1.33% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 99 98
10th Percentile £420 £425 £326
25th Percentile £509 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £560
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +7.07% -4.62%
75th Percentile £725 £763 £625
90th Percentile £775 £863 £733
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £533
% change year-on-year - +12.57% -9.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 4
10th Percentile £25.26 - £23.58
25th Percentile £28.50 £31.76 £34.94
Median hourly rate £31.50 £53.50 £52.25
Median % change year-on-year -41.12% +2.39% +167.95%
75th Percentile £44.94 £74.88 £62.00
90th Percentile £48.76 £86.00 -
UK median hourly rate £31.50 £53.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year -41.12% -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 16,881 11,616 15,635
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.16% 47.47% 42.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,001 7,518 9,942
10th Percentile £313 £288 £256
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £518
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.35% -3.63%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £631
90th Percentile £711 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £515
% change year-on-year -2.91% - -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 886 458 990
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.78 £18.13 £14.18
Median hourly rate £30.32 £27.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.25% +22.22% -43.75%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.09 £56.25
90th Percentile £79.75 £76.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.50 £27.13 £22.50
% change year-on-year +12.44% +20.56% -48.70%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 +24 196 £629 +4.79% 19
North of England -28 52 £498 +2.05% 4
Yorkshire -28 40 £506 -3.57% 1
South East -45 28 £418 -20.38% 11
Midlands -47 18 £550 +37.50% 2
West Midlands -46 15 £550 - 2
North West -35 11 £498 +37.24% 3
East of England -39 6 £606 -10.19% 3
South West -26 5 £713 +23.91% 2
East Midlands -38 2 £663 +65.63%
North East -20 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 8 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.91%) Confluence
3 5 (1.59%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.59%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.96%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (6.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.50%) MS Visio
3 7 (2.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.64%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 74 (23.57%) Workday HCM
2 11 (3.50%) iTrent
2 11 (3.50%) Oracle Payables
2 11 (3.50%) Oracle Receivables
2 11 (3.50%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 10 (3.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 9 (2.87%) NetSuite
5 7 (2.23%) BambooHR
5 7 (2.23%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (1.27%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.96%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.96%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.96%) Dynamics SL
7 3 (0.96%) Infor CloudSuite
7 3 (0.96%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.96%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.64%) Oracle FAH
8 2 (0.64%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.64%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 29 (9.24%) Azure
2 25 (7.96%) SuccessFactors
3 23 (7.32%) Power Platform
4 20 (6.37%) Entra ID
4 20 (6.37%) SaaS
5 13 (4.14%) OCI
6 11 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (3.18%) AWS
8 9 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.59%) Boomi
9 5 (1.59%) Dagster
9 5 (1.59%) dbt
9 5 (1.59%) IaaS
9 5 (1.59%) Prefect
9 5 (1.59%) Snowflake
10 4 (1.27%) PaaS
11 3 (0.96%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.96%) OneDrive
11 3 (0.96%) Serverless
12 2 (0.64%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.96%) FTP
2 1 (0.32%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.32%) Power BI
2 15 (4.78%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.87%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (1.91%) Tableau
5 5 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (1.59%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.59%) Looker
6 4 (1.27%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.96%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.64%) DTS
8 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.32%) Data Mart
9 1 (0.32%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 36 (11.46%) JIRA
2 4 (1.27%) Selenium
3 3 (0.96%) Cucumber
3 3 (0.96%) Postman
4 2 (0.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (0.64%) TestRail
5 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.32%) JMeter
5 1 (0.32%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.32%) Zephyr
General
1 133 (42.36%) Finance
2 100 (31.85%) Social Skills
3 66 (21.02%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (7.32%) Banking
5 19 (6.05%) Legal
6 12 (3.82%) General Ledger
7 11 (3.50%) Public Sector
8 10 (3.18%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.87%) Financial Institution
10 8 (2.55%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.55%) Retail
11 7 (2.23%) Law
11 7 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.23%) Publishing
12 5 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.59%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.96%) Aviation
13 3 (0.96%) Local Government
14 2 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 53 (16.88%) Analyst
2 50 (15.92%) Architect
3 47 (14.97%) Consultant
4 44 (14.01%) Lead
4 44 (14.01%) Workday Consultant
5 28 (8.92%) Workday Analyst
6 26 (8.28%) Project Manager
6 26 (8.28%) Solutions Architect
7 23 (7.32%) Workday Architect
8 19 (6.05%) Workday Manager
9 18 (5.73%) Business Analyst
9 18 (5.73%) Senior
10 16 (5.10%) Project Officer
10 16 (5.10%) Workday Specialist
11 14 (4.46%) HR Analyst
12 13 (4.14%) Data Analyst
13 12 (3.82%) Implementation Consultant
13 12 (3.82%) Workday Implementation Consultant
14 11 (3.50%) Technical Leader
15 10 (3.18%) Workday Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.69%) Middleware
2 19 (6.05%) XML
3 18 (5.73%) Oracle Fusion
3 18 (5.73%) REST
4 16 (5.10%) SOAP
5 11 (3.50%) JSON
6 8 (2.55%) Web Services
7 7 (2.23%) OAuth
8 6 (1.91%) CSS
8 6 (1.91%) HTML
8 6 (1.91%) JDBC
8 6 (1.91%) LDAP
8 6 (1.91%) SAML
9 5 (1.59%) AngularJS
9 5 (1.59%) J2EE
9 5 (1.59%) OpenID
9 5 (1.59%) XSLT
10 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Graph
11 3 (0.96%) EDI
11 3 (0.96%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.87%) Legacy Systems
2 16 (5.10%) Onboarding
3 12 (3.82%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.18%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.87%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (2.55%) Data Structures
7 7 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.64%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (0.64%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.64%) FMCG
9 2 (0.64%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.64%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.64%) Life Science
9 2 (0.64%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.64%) Robotics
9 2 (0.64%) Social Media
10 1 (0.32%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.59%) Linux
1 5 (1.59%) Windows
2 3 (0.96%) Unix
3 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (27.07%) ERP
2 73 (23.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 59 (18.79%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (16.24%) Agile
5 43 (13.69%) Migration
6 38 (12.10%) Analytics
7 34 (10.83%) Decision-Making
8 33 (10.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (10.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 31 (9.87%) Data Modelling
9 31 (9.87%) Process Improvement
10 30 (9.55%) Business Intelligence
11 29 (9.24%) Change Management
12 28 (8.92%) Data Migration
12 28 (8.92%) Validation
12 28 (8.92%) Workflow
13 27 (8.60%) Project Management
14 23 (7.32%) Risk Management
14 23 (7.32%) Roadmaps
15 22 (7.01%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 20 (6.37%) SQL
2 13 (4.14%) Python
3 11 (3.50%) Java
4 8 (2.55%) JavaScript
4 8 (2.55%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.64%) C#
5 2 (0.64%) Korn
5 2 (0.64%) 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 (8.60%) Security Cleared
2 21 (6.69%) SC Cleared
3 12 (3.82%) PMP
4 11 (3.50%) PMI Certification
5 8 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.55%) Degree
6 6 (1.91%) CISM
6 6 (1.91%) CISSP
7 3 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.96%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.64%) CIPD
8 2 (0.64%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 2 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.64%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.32%) ACCA
9 1 (0.32%) CIMA
9 1 (0.32%) IIBA
9 1 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (10.19%) GDPR
2 17 (5.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 16 (5.10%) QA
4 15 (4.78%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.23%) PMO
6 6 (1.91%) GAAP
6 6 (1.91%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.59%) Basel III
8 4 (1.27%) IFRS
8 4 (1.27%) SLA
9 3 (0.96%) IFRS 9
9 3 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.96%) NIST
9 3 (0.96%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.64%) GxP
10 2 (0.64%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 12 (3.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.96%) Control-M
1 3 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.64%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 72 (22.93%) SAP
2 58 (18.47%) Oracle
3 41 (13.06%) ServiceNow
4 36 (11.46%) Microsoft
5 9 (2.87%) Databricks
6 8 (2.55%) MuleSoft
7 6 (1.91%) Adaptive Insights
8 5 (1.59%) Anaplan
8 5 (1.59%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.27%) IFS
9 4 (1.27%) Informatica
10 3 (0.96%) Ariba
10 3 (0.96%) Cognizant
10 3 (0.96%) CyberArk
10 3 (0.96%) Epicor
10 3 (0.96%) Infor
10 3 (0.96%) Kronos
10 3 (0.96%) QAD
10 3 (0.96%) Sage
10 3 (0.96%) Zuora