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 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
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 294 334 382
Rank change year-on-year +40 +48 +43
Contract jobs citing Workday 316 148 168
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.81% 0.61% 0.45%
As % of the Vendors category 1.87% 1.29% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 93 113
10th Percentile £450 £380 £358
25th Percentile £513 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% +4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £709 £763 £625
90th Percentile £775 £863 £725
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £564
% change year-on-year +4.35% +1.93% -3.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 6
10th Percentile £28.88 - £28.63
25th Percentile £30.94 £31.76 £41.69
Median hourly rate £41.86 £53.50 £48.56
Median % change year-on-year -21.77% +10.18% +136.85%
75th Percentile £44.94 £74.88 £59.40
90th Percentile £48.76 £86.00 £62.00
UK median hourly rate £41.86 £53.50 £56.53
% change year-on-year -21.77% -5.36% +175.74%

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 16,929 11,516 15,822
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 43.16% 47.30% 42.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,058 7,485 10,120
10th Percentile £313 £296 £255
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.19%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £705 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.53% -0.39% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 877 426 971
10th Percentile £15.36 £14.99 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.50 £14.27
Median hourly rate £27.50 £28.88 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +24.38% -38.91%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.63 £55.68
90th Percentile £77.80 £80.67 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £28.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -0.21% +24.44% -46.17%

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 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 10 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 10 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 +32 193 £628 +4.58% 49
North of England -42 53 £538 +10.36% 4
Yorkshire -20 39 £700 +55.56%
South East -30 29 £461 -19.83% 26
Midlands -49 21 £538 +34.38% 3
West Midlands -47 18 £550 - 2
North West -28 13 £518 +21.76% 2
South West -26 5 £713 +23.91% 6
East of England -45 5 £575 -4.17% 2
East Midlands -35 2 £413 +3.13% 1
North East -19 1 - - 2
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 11 (3.48%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.90%) Confluence
2 6 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.58%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.95%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.95%) WebSphere
Applications
1 22 (6.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.80%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.63%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 77 (24.37%) Workday HCM
2 11 (3.48%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 10 (3.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 9 (2.85%) iTrent
4 9 (2.85%) Oracle Payables
4 9 (2.85%) Oracle Receivables
5 8 (2.53%) BambooHR
6 7 (2.22%) NetSuite
7 5 (1.58%) SAP S/4HANA
8 4 (1.27%) Oracle General Ledger
8 4 (1.27%) SAP HR
9 3 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
10 2 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
10 2 (0.63%) Oracle FAH
10 2 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
10 2 (0.63%) Primavera
10 2 (0.63%) ResourceLink
10 2 (0.63%) SAP BPC
11 1 (0.32%) Infor CloudSuite
11 1 (0.32%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 30 (9.49%) Azure
2 23 (7.28%) Power Platform
3 21 (6.65%) SuccessFactors
4 17 (5.38%) Entra ID
4 17 (5.38%) OCI
5 16 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (4.43%) SaaS
7 7 (2.22%) AWS
7 7 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.90%) OneDrive
9 5 (1.58%) Boomi
9 5 (1.58%) Dagster
9 5 (1.58%) dbt
9 5 (1.58%) Prefect
9 5 (1.58%) Snowflake
10 4 (1.27%) IaaS
11 3 (0.95%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.95%) PaaS
11 3 (0.95%) Serverless
12 2 (0.63%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.95%) FTP
2 1 (0.32%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.33%) Power BI
2 15 (4.75%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.85%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (1.90%) Tableau
5 5 (1.58%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (1.58%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.58%) Looker
6 4 (1.27%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.95%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.63%) DTS
8 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.32%) Data Mart
9 1 (0.32%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 35 (11.08%) JIRA
2 4 (1.27%) Selenium
3 3 (0.95%) Cucumber
3 3 (0.95%) Postman
4 2 (0.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (0.63%) TestRail
5 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.32%) JMeter
5 1 (0.32%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.32%) Zephyr
General
1 134 (42.41%) Finance
2 91 (28.80%) Social Skills
3 64 (20.25%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (6.96%) Banking
5 17 (5.38%) Legal
6 12 (3.80%) Public Sector
7 10 (3.16%) General Ledger
7 10 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (2.22%) Financial Institution
8 7 (2.22%) Publishing
8 7 (2.22%) Retail
9 6 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.58%) Law
10 5 (1.58%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.58%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.27%) Local Government
12 2 (0.63%) Japanese Language
13 1 (0.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 52 (16.46%) Consultant
2 51 (16.14%) Analyst
3 49 (15.51%) Workday Consultant
4 46 (14.56%) Architect
4 46 (14.56%) Lead
5 29 (9.18%) Workday Analyst
6 28 (8.86%) Solutions Architect
7 24 (7.59%) Project Manager
8 22 (6.96%) Workday Architect
9 17 (5.38%) Workday Specialist
10 16 (5.06%) Business Analyst
10 16 (5.06%) Project Officer
10 16 (5.06%) Workday Manager
11 15 (4.75%) Data Analyst
12 14 (4.43%) Implementation Consultant
12 14 (4.43%) Workday Implementation Consultant
13 12 (3.80%) Senior
14 11 (3.48%) HR Analyst
14 11 (3.48%) Technical Leader
15 9 (2.85%) Payroll Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.33%) Middleware
2 17 (5.38%) XML
3 16 (5.06%) Oracle Fusion
4 14 (4.43%) REST
5 12 (3.80%) SOAP
6 8 (2.53%) JSON
7 7 (2.22%) Web Services
8 5 (1.58%) CSS
8 5 (1.58%) HTML
9 4 (1.27%) AngularJS
9 4 (1.27%) OAuth
9 4 (1.27%) XSLT
10 3 (0.95%) EDI
10 3 (0.95%) JDBC
10 3 (0.95%) LDAP
10 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Graph
10 3 (0.95%) SAML
10 3 (0.95%) XML Messaging
11 2 (0.63%) .NET
11 2 (0.63%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 33 (10.44%) Legacy Systems
2 15 (4.75%) Onboarding
3 10 (3.16%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.85%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (2.53%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.22%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.63%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.63%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.63%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.63%) Life Science
9 2 (0.63%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.32%) Augmented Reality
10 1 (0.32%) Derivative
10 1 (0.32%) Freedom of Information
10 1 (0.32%) Replication
10 1 (0.32%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.58%) Linux
1 5 (1.58%) Windows
2 3 (0.95%) Unix
3 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (25.00%) ERP
2 76 (24.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 55 (17.41%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (16.46%) Migration
5 46 (14.56%) Agile
6 40 (12.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 37 (11.71%) Analytics
8 36 (11.39%) Data Migration
9 34 (10.76%) Change Management
10 30 (9.49%) Process Improvement
11 29 (9.18%) Continuous Improvement
12 28 (8.86%) Data Modelling
12 28 (8.86%) Decision-Making
12 28 (8.86%) Validation
13 27 (8.54%) Business Intelligence
13 27 (8.54%) Project Management
14 24 (7.59%) Workflow
15 21 (6.65%) End-to-End Testing
15 21 (6.65%) Integration Patterns
15 21 (6.65%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.06%) SQL
2 10 (3.16%) Python
3 7 (2.22%) Java
3 7 (2.22%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.58%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.63%) C#
5 2 (0.63%) Korn
5 2 (0.63%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.32%) ABAP
6 1 (0.32%) BeanShell
6 1 (0.32%) Groovy
6 1 (0.32%) XPath
Qualifications
1 26 (8.23%) Security Cleared
2 22 (6.96%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.43%) PMP
4 13 (4.11%) PMI Certification
5 9 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.58%) Degree
7 3 (0.95%) CISM
7 3 (0.95%) CISSP
7 3 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.95%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.63%) CIPD
8 2 (0.63%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 2 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.63%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.32%) ACCA
9 1 (0.32%) CIMA
9 1 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.54%) GDPR
2 16 (5.06%) Data Quality
2 16 (5.06%) QA
3 13 (4.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (1.90%) GAAP
4 6 (1.90%) PMO
5 5 (1.58%) Basel III
6 4 (1.27%) IFRS
6 4 (1.27%) SLA
7 3 (0.95%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.95%) IFRS 9
7 3 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.95%) NIST
7 3 (0.95%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.63%) GxP
8 2 (0.63%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 11 (3.48%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.95%) Control-M
1 3 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.63%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 67 (21.20%) SAP
2 59 (18.67%) Oracle
3 39 (12.34%) ServiceNow
4 36 (11.39%) Microsoft
5 9 (2.85%) Databricks
6 6 (1.90%) MuleSoft
7 4 (1.27%) Adaptive Insights
7 4 (1.27%) Informatica
7 4 (1.27%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.95%) Anaplan
8 3 (0.95%) CyberArk
8 3 (0.95%) Kronos
8 3 (0.95%) Snow
9 2 (0.63%) Autodesk
9 2 (0.63%) Concur
9 2 (0.63%) HP
9 2 (0.63%) IFS
9 2 (0.63%) Tagetik
9 2 (0.63%) Virgin Media
9 2 (0.63%) Zoho