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 2 February 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
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 361 352
Rank change year-on-year +71 -9 +63
Contract jobs citing Workday 281 116 200
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.86% 0.44% 0.52%
As % of the Vendors category 1.87% 0.96% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 63 130
10th Percentile £413 £363 £425
25th Percentile £500 £500 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £578
Median % change year-on-year - +3.90% -1.70%
75th Percentile £688 £781 £638
90th Percentile £763 £855 £738
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £568
% change year-on-year - +5.73% -3.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 11
10th Percentile £35.31 - £43.88
25th Percentile £38.77 £31.76 £47.25
Median hourly rate £41.86 £43.38 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.52% -21.84% +184.62%
75th Percentile £44.94 £78.25 £61.94
90th Percentile £64.96 £86.00 £62.00
UK median hourly rate £41.86 £43.38 £55.53
% change year-on-year -3.52% -21.88% +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 15,059 12,146 16,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 45.89% 46.29% 43.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,886 7,299 10,775
10th Percentile £300 £285 £250
25th Percentile £410 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £707 £717 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 724 349 849
10th Percentile £15.08 £15.59 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.51 £15.50
Median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.67% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £51.08 £63.75 £57.33
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £23.75 £28.21 £30.00
% change year-on-year -15.80% -5.98% -3.69%

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 2 February 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 2 February 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 2 February 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 +55 143 £625 +3.91% 66
North of England -24 45 £569 +16.72% 19
South East +10 44 £625 +25.00% 29
Midlands -27 33 £525 -35.38% 8
Yorkshire -29 33 £700 +86.67% 2
West Midlands -18 28 £525 -35.38% 8
North West -27 11 £521 +1.71% 7
East Midlands -19 5 £438 -
East of England -31 5 £550 +4.76% 5
South West -16 4 £625 +19.05% 6
North East -15 1 - - 10
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 9 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.07%) Confluence
3 3 (1.07%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (1.07%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (1.07%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.71%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 20 (7.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.14%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.71%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 58 (20.64%) Workday HCM
2 11 (3.91%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 10 (3.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 8 (2.85%) Oracle Payables
4 8 (2.85%) Oracle Receivables
5 7 (2.49%) NetSuite
5 7 (2.49%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (2.14%) SAP HR
7 4 (1.42%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (1.07%) BambooHR
8 3 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (1.07%) iTrent
9 2 (0.71%) Oracle FAH
9 2 (0.71%) Oracle Financials
10 1 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.36%) Oracle HRMS
10 1 (0.36%) SAP BPC
10 1 (0.36%) SAP ERP
10 1 (0.36%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 33 (11.74%) Azure
2 19 (6.76%) OCI
2 19 (6.76%) SaaS
3 18 (6.41%) SuccessFactors
4 14 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (4.27%) Entra ID
6 11 (3.91%) Power Platform
7 7 (2.49%) PaaS
8 6 (2.14%) OneDrive
9 5 (1.78%) Boomi
9 5 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.07%) AWS
11 3 (1.07%) IaaS
11 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.71%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.71%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (0.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.71%) Tricentis Tosca
13 1 (0.36%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.36%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.56%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (2.85%) Power BI
3 6 (2.14%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.07%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.07%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.71%) DTS
5 2 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.71%) Tableau
6 1 (0.36%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.36%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.36%) Pinecone
6 1 (0.36%) Power Query
6 1 (0.36%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.36%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 23 (8.19%) JIRA
2 4 (1.42%) Selenium
3 3 (1.07%) Cucumber
3 3 (1.07%) Postman
4 2 (0.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (0.71%) TestRail
5 1 (0.36%) Git
5 1 (0.36%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.36%) JMeter
5 1 (0.36%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.36%) Zephyr
General
1 122 (43.42%) Finance
2 87 (30.96%) Social Skills
3 46 (16.37%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (4.98%) Influencing Skills
5 12 (4.27%) Banking
6 11 (3.91%) Legal
7 10 (3.56%) General Ledger
8 9 (3.20%) Public Sector
9 7 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.14%) Law
10 6 (2.14%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.42%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.42%) Retail
12 3 (1.07%) Local Government
13 2 (0.71%) French Language
13 2 (0.71%) Japanese Language
13 2 (0.71%) Marketing
13 2 (0.71%) Military
13 2 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (17.79%) Consultant
2 46 (16.37%) Lead
2 46 (16.37%) Workday Consultant
3 37 (13.17%) Architect
4 36 (12.81%) Analyst
5 22 (7.83%) Project Manager
5 22 (7.83%) Solutions Architect
6 18 (6.41%) Workday Analyst
7 16 (5.69%) Implementation Consultant
7 16 (5.69%) Workday Architect
7 16 (5.69%) Workday Implementation Consultant
7 16 (5.69%) Workday Manager
8 15 (5.34%) Payroll Consultant
9 14 (4.98%) Administrator
9 14 (4.98%) Data Analyst
9 14 (4.98%) Workday Specialist
10 11 (3.91%) Business Analyst
10 11 (3.91%) HR Analyst
11 10 (3.56%) Project Officer
11 10 (3.56%) Workday Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.41%) Oracle Fusion
2 15 (5.34%) XML
3 13 (4.63%) Middleware
4 7 (2.49%) SOAP
5 6 (2.14%) REST
6 5 (1.78%) JSON
6 5 (1.78%) Web Services
7 3 (1.07%) EDI
7 3 (1.07%) XML Messaging
7 3 (1.07%) XSLT
8 2 (0.71%) .NET
8 2 (0.71%) ADO
8 2 (0.71%) OAuth
8 2 (0.71%) SAML
9 1 (0.36%) CSS
9 1 (0.36%) HTML
9 1 (0.36%) LDAP
9 1 (0.36%) Node.js
9 1 (0.36%) RESTful
9 1 (0.36%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.61%) Legacy Systems
2 14 (4.98%) Onboarding
3 13 (4.63%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (3.91%) Product Ownership
5 10 (3.56%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.49%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.42%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.07%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.71%) Life Science
11 1 (0.36%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.36%) Derivative
11 1 (0.36%) FMCG
11 1 (0.36%) Legacy Applications
11 1 (0.36%) Replication
11 1 (0.36%) Taxonomies
11 1 (0.36%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.71%) Linux
1 2 (0.71%) Windows
2 1 (0.36%) VMS
2 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (30.96%) Stakeholder Management
2 75 (26.69%) ERP
3 54 (19.22%) Migration
4 51 (18.15%) Agile
5 49 (17.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 45 (16.01%) Problem-Solving
7 39 (13.88%) Data Migration
8 30 (10.68%) Analytics
9 24 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
10 23 (8.19%) Change Management
10 23 (8.19%) Process Improvement
10 23 (8.19%) Roadmaps
11 20 (7.12%) Project Management
11 20 (7.12%) Validation
12 19 (6.76%) Project Delivery
13 18 (6.41%) Decision-Making
13 18 (6.41%) Waterfall
14 17 (6.05%) PRINCE2
15 16 (5.69%) End-to-End Testing
16 15 (5.34%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.34%) SQL
2 8 (2.85%) Python
3 5 (1.78%) Java
4 4 (1.42%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.07%) C#
5 3 (1.07%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.07%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.71%) Korn
6 2 (0.71%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.36%) ABAP
7 1 (0.36%) Groovy
7 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.36%) XPath
Qualifications
1 23 (8.19%) SC Cleared
1 23 (8.19%) Security Cleared
2 17 (6.05%) PMP
3 16 (5.69%) PMI Certification
4 11 (3.91%) Degree
5 6 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.14%) ISTQB
6 5 (1.78%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 4 (1.42%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.07%) ACCA
8 3 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.07%) CIMA
9 2 (0.71%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.71%) CIPD
10 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.36%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.36%) CISA
10 1 (0.36%) GIAC
10 1 (0.36%) SnowPro
10 1 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.76%) GDPR
2 10 (3.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 9 (3.20%) QA
4 7 (2.49%) SLA
5 6 (2.14%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.78%) Basel III
6 5 (1.78%) GAAP
7 4 (1.42%) HIPAA
7 4 (1.42%) PMO
8 3 (1.07%) IFRS
8 3 (1.07%) IFRS 9
9 2 (0.71%) GxP
9 2 (0.71%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 7 (2.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.42%) HP ALM
2 3 (1.07%) Control-M
3 1 (0.36%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 71 (25.27%) SAP
2 58 (20.64%) Oracle
3 32 (11.39%) ServiceNow
4 22 (7.83%) Microsoft
5 9 (3.20%) MuleSoft
6 5 (1.78%) Anaplan
6 5 (1.78%) Informatica
6 5 (1.78%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.42%) HP
7 4 (1.42%) Hyperion
8 3 (1.07%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.07%) Snow
9 2 (0.71%) Adaptive Insights
9 2 (0.71%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.71%) IBM
9 2 (0.71%) PeopleSoft
9 2 (0.71%) Virgin Media
10 1 (0.36%) Ariba
10 1 (0.36%) Dell
10 1 (0.36%) Kronos