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 8 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
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 301 409
Rank change year-on-year -21 +108 +13
Contract jobs citing Workday 303 173 138
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.72% 0.71% 0.37%
As % of the Vendors category 1.76% 1.50% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 109 87
10th Percentile £400 £395 £310
25th Percentile £494 £500 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £574
Median % change year-on-year - +4.53% -4.33%
75th Percentile £713 £775 £626
90th Percentile £775 £825 £735
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £525
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -12.50%
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 17,175 11,566 15,680
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.64% 47.47% 42.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,040 7,346 9,962
10th Percentile £313 £276 £266
25th Percentile £413 £405 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £515 £518
Median % change year-on-year -1.94% -0.48% -2.36%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £501 £515
% change year-on-year -0.15% -2.77% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 914 504 1,042
10th Percentile £15.82 £14.84 £12.25
25th Percentile £19.01 £17.79 £14.48
Median hourly rate £33.98 £27.39 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +24.07% +15.07% -38.18%
75th Percentile £60.00 £54.06 £58.70
90th Percentile £78.75 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £26.45 £23.22
% change year-on-year +22.87% +13.93% -45.38%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 +2 195 £625 +4.17% 84
North of England -40 45 £473 -25.88% 13
Yorkshire -22 36 £431 - 3
South East -48 29 £375 -28.57% 23
Midlands -49 13 £575 +43.75% 20
West Midlands -55 10 £575 -14.81% 11
South West -21 9 £700 +21.74% 9
North West -39 8 £548 +28.82% 8
East of England -28 3 £575 -25.81% 3
East Midlands -25 2 £663 +65.63% 9
North East -28 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 7 (2.31%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.98%) Confluence
3 5 (1.65%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.65%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.99%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.99%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (5.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.30%) MS Visio
3 7 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.66%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 60 (19.80%) Workday HCM
2 12 (3.96%) Oracle Payables
2 12 (3.96%) Oracle Receivables
3 11 (3.63%) iTrent
3 11 (3.63%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 10 (3.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 7 (2.31%) NetSuite
5 7 (2.31%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (1.65%) BambooHR
7 4 (1.32%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.99%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.99%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.99%) Dynamics SL
8 3 (0.99%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.99%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.99%) PeopleSoft HCM
8 3 (0.99%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.66%) Oracle Financials
9 2 (0.66%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 29 (9.57%) Azure
2 24 (7.92%) Power Platform
2 24 (7.92%) SuccessFactors
3 23 (7.59%) SaaS
4 19 (6.27%) Entra ID
5 13 (4.29%) OCI
6 11 (3.63%) AWS
7 10 (3.30%) Boomi
8 8 (2.64%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (2.31%) Azure Logic Apps
9 7 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.65%) Dagster
10 5 (1.65%) dbt
10 5 (1.65%) IaaS
10 5 (1.65%) Prefect
10 5 (1.65%) Serverless
10 5 (1.65%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.32%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (1.32%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.99%) FTP
2 1 (0.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.92%) Power BI
2 15 (4.95%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.97%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (1.98%) Tableau
5 5 (1.65%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (1.65%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.65%) Looker
6 4 (1.32%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.99%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.66%) DTS
8 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.33%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 34 (11.22%) JIRA
2 2 (0.66%) Cucumber
2 2 (0.66%) Git
2 2 (0.66%) Postman
2 2 (0.66%) Selenium
3 1 (0.33%) JMeter
General
1 113 (37.29%) Finance
2 99 (32.67%) Social Skills
3 64 (21.12%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (7.92%) Banking
5 23 (7.59%) Legal
6 13 (4.29%) General Ledger
7 12 (3.96%) Manufacturing
7 12 (3.96%) Public Sector
8 9 (2.97%) Financial Institution
8 9 (2.97%) Law
9 8 (2.64%) Publishing
10 6 (1.98%) Aviation
10 6 (1.98%) Retail
11 5 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.32%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.66%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 62 (20.46%) Analyst
2 51 (16.83%) Lead
3 50 (16.50%) Consultant
4 43 (14.19%) Workday Consultant
5 39 (12.87%) Architect
6 30 (9.90%) Workday Analyst
7 25 (8.25%) Project Manager
8 22 (7.26%) Senior
9 19 (6.27%) Business Analyst
9 19 (6.27%) Workday Manager
10 18 (5.94%) Solutions Architect
11 16 (5.28%) Data Analyst
11 16 (5.28%) HR Analyst
12 13 (4.29%) Project Officer
12 13 (4.29%) Workday Architect
13 11 (3.63%) Functional Consultant
13 11 (3.63%) Technical Leader
13 11 (3.63%) Workday Project Manager
13 11 (3.63%) Workday Specialist
14 10 (3.30%) Workday Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (9.57%) Middleware
2 25 (8.25%) XML
3 22 (7.26%) Oracle Fusion
3 22 (7.26%) REST
4 19 (6.27%) SOAP
5 17 (5.61%) JSON
6 8 (2.64%) OAuth
6 8 (2.64%) Web Services
7 7 (2.31%) SAML
8 6 (1.98%) CSS
8 6 (1.98%) HTML
8 6 (1.98%) JDBC
8 6 (1.98%) LDAP
8 6 (1.98%) Microsoft Graph
8 6 (1.98%) XSLT
9 5 (1.65%) AngularJS
9 5 (1.65%) J2EE
9 5 (1.65%) OpenID
10 4 (1.32%) .NET
11 3 (0.99%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.59%) Legacy Systems
2 13 (4.29%) Onboarding
3 10 (3.30%) Data Protection Act
4 9 (2.97%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.64%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.31%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.65%) Robotics
7 5 (1.65%) Social Media
8 4 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.66%) Augmented Reality
10 2 (0.66%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.66%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.66%) Learning Management System
10 2 (0.66%) Life Science
10 2 (0.66%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.33%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.65%) Linux
1 5 (1.65%) Windows
2 3 (0.99%) Unix
3 1 (0.33%) VMS
3 1 (0.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (24.75%) ERP
2 64 (21.12%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (20.46%) Stakeholder Management
4 50 (16.50%) Agile
5 38 (12.54%) Analytics
6 36 (11.88%) Migration
7 34 (11.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 33 (10.89%) Data Modelling
9 32 (10.56%) Decision-Making
10 31 (10.23%) Business Intelligence
11 29 (9.57%) Continuous Improvement
11 29 (9.57%) Validation
11 29 (9.57%) Workflow
12 26 (8.58%) Data Migration
12 26 (8.58%) Integration Patterns
13 25 (8.25%) Translating Business Requirements
13 25 (8.25%) User Acceptance Testing
14 23 (7.59%) Process Improvement
15 22 (7.26%) AI
15 22 (7.26%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (7.59%) SQL
2 14 (4.62%) Python
3 10 (3.30%) Java
3 10 (3.30%) JavaScript
3 10 (3.30%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.99%) C#
5 2 (0.66%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.33%) BeanShell
6 1 (0.33%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 21 (6.93%) Security Cleared
2 14 (4.62%) SC Cleared
3 11 (3.63%) PMP
4 10 (3.30%) Degree
4 10 (3.30%) PMI Certification
5 7 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.98%) CISM
6 6 (1.98%) CISSP
7 2 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.66%) IIBA
7 2 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.66%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.33%) ACCA
8 1 (0.33%) CIMA
8 1 (0.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (10.23%) GDPR
2 17 (5.61%) Data Quality
2 17 (5.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 12 (3.96%) QA
4 9 (2.97%) PMO
5 6 (1.98%) GAAP
5 6 (1.98%) HIPAA
6 5 (1.65%) Basel III
6 5 (1.65%) SLA
7 4 (1.32%) IFRS
8 3 (0.99%) IFRS 9
8 3 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.99%) NIST
8 3 (0.99%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.66%) GxP
9 2 (0.66%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.33%) GRC
System Software
1 12 (3.96%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.99%) Control-M
1 3 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.66%) Terraform
3 1 (0.33%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 79 (26.07%) SAP
2 58 (19.14%) Oracle
3 38 (12.54%) Microsoft
4 37 (12.21%) ServiceNow
5 11 (3.63%) MuleSoft
6 9 (2.97%) Databricks
6 9 (2.97%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.31%) Kronos
8 5 (1.65%) Adaptive Insights
9 4 (1.32%) Anaplan
9 4 (1.32%) IFS
9 4 (1.32%) Informatica
9 4 (1.32%) PeopleSoft
10 3 (0.99%) Cognizant
10 3 (0.99%) CyberArk
10 3 (0.99%) Epicor
10 3 (0.99%) Infor
10 3 (0.99%) QAD
10 3 (0.99%) Sage
10 3 (0.99%) Zuora