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 10 October 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
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 350 278 410
Rank change year-on-year -72 +132 -3
Contract jobs citing Workday 312 250 108
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.67% 0.89% 0.33%
As % of the Vendors category 1.62% 1.87% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 157 66
10th Percentile £363 £400 £393
25th Percentile £466 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £553 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.60% -7.92% +9.09%
75th Percentile £713 £675 £775
90th Percentile £813 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 12 2
10th Percentile - £25.08 -
25th Percentile £17.17 £29.02 -
Median hourly rate £17.86 £37.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.39% -31.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £23.45 £43.75 -
90th Percentile £46.16 - -
UK median hourly rate £17.86 £37.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -52.39% -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 19,263 13,400 14,411
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.64% 47.77% 44.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,779 8,523 8,624
10th Percentile £310 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £507 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.58% -3.43% -
75th Percentile £625 £619 £628
90th Percentile £715 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,262 647 522
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.99 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.58 £18.00 £15.65
Median hourly rate £25.75 £25.08 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.69% -28.36% -20.18%
75th Percentile £60.81 £43.21 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.54 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £24.19 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -3.24% -23.08% -25.50%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 10 October 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 -70 165 £625 +8.70% 412
South East -49 54 £588 -6.00% 66
North of England -46 34 £450 -33.33% 63
Midlands -42 26 £600 +14.29% 61
East Midlands +5 22 £600 +14.29% 5
North West -31 20 £658 - 30
South West -13 19 £480 -8.57% 10
Yorkshire -19 14 £413 -38.89% 19
East of England -48 13 £590 +7.27% 18
West Midlands -64 3 £250 -53.49% 56
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 (2.24%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.64%) Confluence
3 1 (0.32%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.32%) Mendix
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 20 (6.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.92%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.64%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 90 (28.85%) Workday HCM
2 11 (3.53%) iTrent
3 10 (3.21%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (2.88%) NetSuite
5 8 (2.56%) SAP HR
6 6 (1.92%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (1.92%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (1.60%) PeopleSoft HCM
8 4 (1.28%) Teamcenter
9 3 (0.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 3 (0.96%) SAP HCM
10 2 (0.64%) Dynamics AX
10 2 (0.64%) Dynamics GP
10 2 (0.64%) Dynamics SL
10 2 (0.64%) Infor CloudSuite
10 2 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.64%) Sage X3
10 2 (0.64%) Unit4 Business World
11 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
11 1 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 40 (12.82%) Azure
2 29 (9.29%) SaaS
3 28 (8.97%) SuccessFactors
4 24 (7.69%) Power Platform
5 15 (4.81%) Boomi
6 13 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (3.53%) Entra ID
8 10 (3.21%) AWS
8 10 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (2.88%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (2.88%) Snowflake
10 8 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (2.56%) iPaaS
11 7 (2.24%) GCP
12 5 (1.60%) Azure Service Bus
12 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (1.60%) Power Automate
13 4 (1.28%) AtomSphere
13 4 (1.28%) OneDrive
14 3 (0.96%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.60%) FTP
2 2 (0.64%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.45%) Power BI
2 7 (2.24%) Tableau
3 5 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.60%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.28%) Metadata
5 3 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.64%) Looker
7 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.32%) Power Query
7 1 (0.32%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.32%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 21 (6.73%) JIRA
2 3 (0.96%) Git
General
1 133 (42.63%) Finance
2 128 (41.03%) Social Skills
3 60 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (9.62%) Public Sector
5 22 (7.05%) Manufacturing
6 17 (5.45%) Retail
7 16 (5.13%) Banking
8 14 (4.49%) Legal
9 10 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.88%) General Ledger
11 7 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.24%) Law
12 6 (1.92%) Aviation
12 6 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.60%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.28%) Marketing
15 2 (0.64%) Dutch Language
15 2 (0.64%) French Language
Job Titles
1 63 (20.19%) Consultant
2 56 (17.95%) Lead
3 54 (17.31%) Analyst
4 50 (16.03%) Architect
5 43 (13.78%) Workday Consultant
6 30 (9.62%) Workday Analyst
7 24 (7.69%) Senior
8 21 (6.73%) Workday Architect
9 19 (6.09%) Solutions Architect
10 18 (5.77%) Business Analyst
11 16 (5.13%) Project Manager
11 16 (5.13%) Workday Manager
12 13 (4.17%) Integration Architect
13 11 (3.53%) Administrator
14 10 (3.21%) Data Analyst
14 10 (3.21%) HR Analyst
14 10 (3.21%) Senior Analyst
15 9 (2.88%) Project Consultant
16 8 (2.56%) Financial Analyst
17 7 (2.24%) HR Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.97%) Middleware
2 22 (7.05%) XML
3 20 (6.41%) REST
4 17 (5.45%) JSON
4 17 (5.45%) SOAP
5 14 (4.49%) XSLT
6 12 (3.85%) Web Services
7 10 (3.21%) OAuth
7 10 (3.21%) Oracle Fusion
8 7 (2.24%) OAuth2
8 7 (2.24%) SAML
9 4 (1.28%) GraphQL
9 4 (1.28%) JWT
9 4 (1.28%) LDAP
9 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Graph
10 3 (0.96%) Jakarta EE
10 3 (0.96%) JDBC
10 3 (0.96%) OpenID
10 3 (0.96%) Terraform
11 2 (0.64%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.45%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (4.49%) Onboarding
3 12 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (3.85%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.21%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.56%) Data Structures
6 5 (1.60%) Learning Management System
6 5 (1.60%) Robotics
6 5 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.60%) Social Media
7 4 (1.28%) e-Learning
8 3 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.96%) Low-Code
8 3 (0.96%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.64%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.64%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.64%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.64%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.32%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (36.22%) Stakeholder Management
2 75 (24.04%) ERP
3 67 (21.47%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (17.31%) Analytics
5 53 (16.99%) User Acceptance Testing
5 53 (16.99%) Validation
6 47 (15.06%) Agile
7 44 (14.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 41 (13.14%) Migration
9 34 (10.90%) Decision-Making
10 33 (10.58%) Continuous Improvement
11 31 (9.94%) Data Migration
11 31 (9.94%) Workshop Facilitation
12 30 (9.62%) Translating Business Requirements
13 27 (8.65%) Data Modelling
14 25 (8.01%) AI
14 25 (8.01%) Roadmaps
15 24 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
16 23 (7.37%) Enterprise Architecture
17 21 (6.73%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (5.45%) SQL
2 8 (2.56%) Python
3 7 (2.24%) Java
4 5 (1.60%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.60%) PowerShell
5 3 (0.96%) C#
6 2 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.64%) Korn
6 2 (0.64%) XPath
7 1 (0.32%) ABAP
7 1 (0.32%) BeanShell
7 1 (0.32%) Bicep
7 1 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 28 (8.97%) Security Cleared
2 16 (5.13%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.49%) Degree
4 11 (3.53%) CIPD
5 7 (2.24%) ACCA
5 7 (2.24%) CIMA
6 4 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.28%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.28%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (0.96%) CISM
7 3 (0.96%) CISSP
7 3 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.96%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.64%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.64%) IIBA
8 2 (0.64%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.64%) PMP
9 1 (0.32%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (10.90%) Data Quality
2 26 (8.33%) GDPR
3 13 (4.17%) QA
4 8 (2.56%) PMO
5 5 (1.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.96%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.64%) IFRS
7 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.32%) GRC
8 1 (0.32%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.32%) ITGC
8 1 (0.32%) SLA
8 1 (0.32%) Solvency II
System Software
1 6 (1.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 91 (29.17%) SAP
2 61 (19.55%) Oracle
3 47 (15.06%) Microsoft
4 22 (7.05%) ServiceNow
5 15 (4.81%) MuleSoft
6 14 (4.49%) Adaptive Insights
6 14 (4.49%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.60%) Google
7 5 (1.60%) Kronos
7 5 (1.60%) PeopleSoft
8 4 (1.28%) Cognizant
9 3 (0.96%) Anaplan
10 2 (0.64%) Databricks
10 2 (0.64%) Epicor
10 2 (0.64%) IFS
10 2 (0.64%) Infor
10 2 (0.64%) QAD
10 2 (0.64%) Sage
10 2 (0.64%) Zuora
11 1 (0.32%) Informatica