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 18 June 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
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 308 405
Rank change year-on-year -5 +97 +25
Contract jobs citing Workday 311 174 145
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.72% 0.70% 0.38%
As % of the Vendors category 1.78% 1.48% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 109 92
10th Percentile £400 £395 £313
25th Percentile £491 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +0.09% -4.25%
75th Percentile £713 £750 £650
90th Percentile £775 £825 £750
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £552
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.17% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 4
10th Percentile £24.58 £25.00 £23.58
25th Percentile £26.63 £25.38 £34.94
Median hourly rate £30.75 £31.76 £52.25
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -39.22% +106.93%
75th Percentile £31.50 £42.63 £62.00
90th Percentile £45.30 £57.60 -
UK median hourly rate £30.75 £31.76 £62.00
% change year-on-year -3.18% -48.77% +145.54%

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 17,469 11,785 15,834
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.64% 47.50% 41.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,179 7,482 10,009
10th Percentile £313 £280 £270
25th Percentile £413 £402 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £513 £518
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -0.97% -1.43%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 935 533 1,063
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.84 £12.27
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.79 £14.49
Median hourly rate £33.99 £26.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.26% +10.42% -40.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £53.75 £59.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.98 £25.15 £23.90
% change year-on-year +35.11% +5.23% -44.90%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 18 June 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 +17 202 £625 +8.70% 48
North of England -35 45 £495 -10.00% 8
Yorkshire -33 32 £450 -33.33% 3
South East -40 29 £366 -30.24% 24
Midlands -47 17 £600 +26.32% 11
North West -29 12 £548 +28.82% 4
South West -18 10 £700 +21.74% 22
West Midlands -50 9 £600 -2.04% 3
East Midlands -17 7 £663 +65.63% 8
East of England -31 3 £575 -23.33% 5
North East - 1 - - 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 7 (2.25%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.93%) Confluence
3 5 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.61%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.96%) WebSphere
Applications
1 19 (6.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.22%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 61 (19.61%) Workday HCM
2 12 (3.86%) Oracle Payables
2 12 (3.86%) Oracle Receivables
3 11 (3.54%) iTrent
3 11 (3.54%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 10 (3.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 8 (2.57%) NetSuite
6 7 (2.25%) SAP S/4HANA
7 5 (1.61%) BambooHR
8 4 (1.29%) Oracle General Ledger
9 3 (0.96%) Dynamics AX
9 3 (0.96%) Dynamics GP
9 3 (0.96%) Dynamics SL
9 3 (0.96%) Infor CloudSuite
9 3 (0.96%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.96%) PeopleSoft HCM
9 3 (0.96%) Sage X3
10 2 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
10 2 (0.64%) Oracle Financials
10 2 (0.64%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 31 (9.97%) Azure
2 26 (8.36%) Power Platform
3 25 (8.04%) SaaS
4 24 (7.72%) SuccessFactors
5 19 (6.11%) Entra ID
6 13 (4.18%) Boomi
6 13 (4.18%) OCI
7 12 (3.86%) AWS
8 8 (2.57%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (2.57%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (2.25%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (1.61%) Dagster
10 5 (1.61%) dbt
10 5 (1.61%) IaaS
10 5 (1.61%) Prefect
10 5 (1.61%) Serverless
10 5 (1.61%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.29%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (1.29%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.96%) FTP
2 1 (0.32%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (8.04%) Power BI
2 14 (4.50%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.89%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (1.93%) Tableau
5 5 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (1.61%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.61%) Looker
6 4 (1.29%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.64%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.32%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.32%) DTS
8 1 (0.32%) Power Query
8 1 (0.32%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 36 (11.58%) JIRA
2 2 (0.64%) Cucumber
2 2 (0.64%) Git
2 2 (0.64%) Postman
2 2 (0.64%) Selenium
3 1 (0.32%) JMeter
General
1 121 (38.91%) Finance
2 113 (36.33%) Social Skills
3 65 (20.90%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (7.72%) Banking
5 22 (7.07%) Legal
6 13 (4.18%) General Ledger
6 13 (4.18%) Manufacturing
6 13 (4.18%) Public Sector
7 9 (2.89%) Financial Institution
7 9 (2.89%) Law
8 8 (2.57%) Publishing
9 6 (1.93%) Aviation
9 6 (1.93%) Retail
10 5 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.29%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.64%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 62 (19.94%) Analyst
2 57 (18.33%) Lead
3 46 (14.79%) Consultant
4 41 (13.18%) Architect
5 38 (12.22%) Workday Consultant
6 31 (9.97%) Workday Analyst
7 22 (7.07%) Project Manager
7 22 (7.07%) Senior
8 19 (6.11%) Workday Manager
9 18 (5.79%) Business Analyst
10 17 (5.47%) Solutions Architect
11 16 (5.14%) Data Analyst
12 15 (4.82%) HR Analyst
13 13 (4.18%) Project Officer
13 13 (4.18%) Workday Architect
14 11 (3.54%) Functional Consultant
14 11 (3.54%) Technical Leader
14 11 (3.54%) Workday Specialist
15 10 (3.22%) Workday Functional Consultant
15 10 (3.22%) Workday Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (10.29%) Middleware
2 26 (8.36%) XML
3 24 (7.72%) REST
4 23 (7.40%) Oracle Fusion
5 20 (6.43%) SOAP
6 19 (6.11%) JSON
7 9 (2.89%) OAuth
8 8 (2.57%) SAML
9 7 (2.25%) Web Services
9 7 (2.25%) XSLT
10 6 (1.93%) CSS
10 6 (1.93%) HTML
10 6 (1.93%) JDBC
10 6 (1.93%) LDAP
10 6 (1.93%) Microsoft Graph
11 5 (1.61%) AngularJS
11 5 (1.61%) J2EE
11 5 (1.61%) OpenID
12 4 (1.29%) .NET
13 3 (0.96%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.40%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (3.86%) Onboarding
3 9 (2.89%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (2.89%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.57%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.25%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.61%) Robotics
6 5 (1.61%) Social Media
7 4 (1.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.29%) Low-Code
8 3 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.96%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.64%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (0.64%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.64%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.64%) FMCG
9 2 (0.64%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.64%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.61%) Linux
1 5 (1.61%) Windows
2 3 (0.96%) Unix
3 1 (0.32%) VMS
3 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (24.76%) ERP
2 69 (22.19%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (21.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 50 (16.08%) Agile
5 41 (13.18%) Analytics
6 35 (11.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 35 (11.25%) Validation
7 34 (10.93%) Data Modelling
7 34 (10.93%) Migration
8 32 (10.29%) Business Intelligence
8 32 (10.29%) Decision-Making
9 31 (9.97%) Continuous Improvement
10 30 (9.65%) User Acceptance Testing
11 29 (9.32%) Workflow
12 28 (9.00%) Integration Patterns
13 27 (8.68%) Translating Business Requirements
14 25 (8.04%) Data Migration
15 22 (7.07%) AI
15 22 (7.07%) Process Improvement
16 21 (6.75%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (7.40%) SQL
2 14 (4.50%) Python
3 10 (3.22%) JavaScript
3 10 (3.22%) PowerShell
4 9 (2.89%) Java
5 3 (0.96%) C#
6 2 (0.64%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.32%) BeanShell
7 1 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.32%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 23 (7.40%) Security Cleared
2 14 (4.50%) SC Cleared
3 10 (3.22%) Degree
4 9 (2.89%) PMP
5 8 (2.57%) PMI Certification
6 7 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.93%) CISM
7 6 (1.93%) CISSP
8 2 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.64%) IIBA
8 2 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.64%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.32%) ACCA
9 1 (0.32%) CIMA
9 1 (0.32%) CIPD
9 1 (0.32%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.97%) GDPR
2 17 (5.47%) Data Quality
2 17 (5.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 12 (3.86%) QA
4 8 (2.57%) PMO
5 6 (1.93%) GAAP
5 6 (1.93%) HIPAA
6 5 (1.61%) Basel III
6 5 (1.61%) SLA
7 4 (1.29%) IFRS
8 3 (0.96%) IFRS 9
8 3 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.96%) NIST
8 3 (0.96%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.64%) GxP
9 2 (0.64%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.32%) GRC
System Software
1 12 (3.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.96%) Control-M
1 3 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.64%) Terraform
3 1 (0.32%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 83 (26.69%) SAP
2 60 (19.29%) Oracle
3 41 (13.18%) Microsoft
4 37 (11.90%) ServiceNow
5 13 (4.18%) MuleSoft
6 10 (3.22%) Salesforce
7 9 (2.89%) Databricks
8 8 (2.57%) Kronos
9 7 (2.25%) Adaptive Insights
10 4 (1.29%) Anaplan
10 4 (1.29%) Cognizant
10 4 (1.29%) IFS
10 4 (1.29%) Informatica
10 4 (1.29%) PeopleSoft
11 3 (0.96%) CyberArk
11 3 (0.96%) Epicor
11 3 (0.96%) Infor
11 3 (0.96%) QAD
11 3 (0.96%) Sage
11 3 (0.96%) Zuora