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 26 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
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 308 402
Rank change year-on-year -9 +94 +36
Contract jobs citing Workday 323 184 147
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.74% 0.73% 0.39%
As % of the Vendors category 1.83% 1.54% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 118 96
10th Percentile £406 £393 £314
25th Percentile £500 £486 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £551 £575
Median % change year-on-year +8.84% -4.13% -4.17%
75th Percentile £713 £725 £685
90th Percentile £775 £825 £775
UK median daily rate £600 £564 £574
% change year-on-year +6.43% -1.79% -4.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 4
10th Percentile £24.58 £25.00 £23.58
25th Percentile £26.63 £25.56 £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 £46.19 £62.00
90th Percentile £45.30 £56.58 -
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 17,681 11,936 15,853
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.74% 47.35% 42.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,288 7,580 10,046
10th Percentile £313 £278 £275
25th Percentile £413 £402 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -1.07% -1.44% -0.95%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £519
% change year-on-year - -3.57% -1.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 949 543 1,059
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.84 £12.40
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.50 £14.54
Median hourly rate £35.00 £26.45 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.33% +7.96% -34.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £52.08 £59.95
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £25.15 £24.18
% change year-on-year +35.15% +4.01% -42.40%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 +4 205 £625 +8.70% 58
North of England -28 46 £495 -10.00% 9
South East -37 34 £500 -4.76% 23
Yorkshire -20 31 £450 -33.33% 3
Midlands -53 20 £600 +26.32% 9
North West -33 14 £548 +28.82% 5
South West -26 11 £663 +15.22% 26
East Midlands -1 10 £663 +65.63% 7
West Midlands -57 9 £600 -2.04% 2
East of England -35 4 £575 +4.55% 4
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 (2.17%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.86%) Confluence
3 5 (1.55%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.55%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.93%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.93%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.10%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 69 (21.36%) Workday HCM
2 12 (3.72%) iTrent
2 12 (3.72%) Oracle Payables
2 12 (3.72%) Oracle Receivables
3 9 (2.79%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 8 (2.48%) NetSuite
4 8 (2.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 7 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (1.55%) BambooHR
7 4 (1.24%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.93%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.93%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.93%) Dynamics SL
8 3 (0.93%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.93%) PeopleSoft HCM
8 3 (0.93%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.62%) Oracle Financials
9 2 (0.62%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 31 (9.60%) Azure
2 25 (7.74%) SuccessFactors
3 24 (7.43%) SaaS
4 23 (7.12%) Power Platform
5 19 (5.88%) Entra ID
6 13 (4.02%) AWS
6 13 (4.02%) Boomi
7 12 (3.72%) OCI
8 8 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (1.86%) Snowflake
11 5 (1.55%) Dagster
11 5 (1.55%) dbt
11 5 (1.55%) IaaS
11 5 (1.55%) Prefect
11 5 (1.55%) Serverless
12 4 (1.24%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.24%) Azure Functions
12 4 (1.24%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.93%) FTP
2 1 (0.31%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.81%) Power BI
2 12 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.79%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (1.86%) Tableau
5 5 (1.55%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (1.55%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.55%) Looker
6 4 (1.24%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.31%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.31%) Power Query
8 1 (0.31%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.31%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 37 (11.46%) JIRA
2 2 (0.62%) Cucumber
2 2 (0.62%) Git
2 2 (0.62%) Postman
2 2 (0.62%) Selenium
3 1 (0.31%) JMeter
General
1 126 (39.01%) Finance
2 120 (37.15%) Social Skills
3 66 (20.43%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (7.12%) Banking
4 23 (7.12%) Legal
5 15 (4.64%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.33%) Manufacturing
7 11 (3.41%) General Ledger
8 9 (2.79%) Financial Institution
8 9 (2.79%) Law
9 8 (2.48%) Publishing
10 6 (1.86%) Aviation
10 6 (1.86%) Retail
11 5 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.24%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.62%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 67 (20.74%) Analyst
2 58 (17.96%) Lead
3 48 (14.86%) Consultant
4 42 (13.00%) Architect
5 39 (12.07%) Workday Consultant
6 38 (11.76%) Workday Analyst
7 25 (7.74%) Senior
8 22 (6.81%) Project Manager
9 19 (5.88%) Business Analyst
9 19 (5.88%) Workday Manager
10 17 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
11 16 (4.95%) Data Analyst
12 15 (4.64%) HR Analyst
13 13 (4.02%) Project Officer
13 13 (4.02%) Workday Architect
14 12 (3.72%) Functional Consultant
14 12 (3.72%) Senior Analyst
15 11 (3.41%) Workday Functional Consultant
15 11 (3.41%) Workday Specialist
16 10 (3.10%) Workday Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (9.91%) Middleware
2 25 (7.74%) XML
3 24 (7.43%) REST
4 22 (6.81%) Oracle Fusion
5 20 (6.19%) SOAP
6 19 (5.88%) JSON
7 9 (2.79%) OAuth
8 8 (2.48%) SAML
9 7 (2.17%) XSLT
10 6 (1.86%) CSS
10 6 (1.86%) HTML
10 6 (1.86%) JDBC
10 6 (1.86%) LDAP
10 6 (1.86%) Microsoft Graph
10 6 (1.86%) Web Services
11 5 (1.55%) AngularJS
11 5 (1.55%) J2EE
11 5 (1.55%) OpenID
12 4 (1.24%) .NET
13 3 (0.93%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.12%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (3.72%) Onboarding
3 9 (2.79%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (2.48%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.17%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.17%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.55%) Robotics
6 5 (1.55%) Social Media
7 4 (1.24%) Low-Code
8 3 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.62%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (0.62%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.62%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.62%) FMCG
9 2 (0.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.62%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.62%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.55%) Linux
1 5 (1.55%) Windows
2 3 (0.93%) Unix
3 1 (0.31%) VMS
3 1 (0.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (23.84%) ERP
2 72 (22.29%) Problem-Solving
3 70 (21.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 52 (16.10%) Agile
5 44 (13.62%) Analytics
6 39 (12.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 38 (11.76%) Validation
8 35 (10.84%) Data Modelling
8 35 (10.84%) Decision-Making
9 34 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 34 (10.53%) Migration
10 31 (9.60%) User Acceptance Testing
11 29 (8.98%) Business Intelligence
11 29 (8.98%) Workflow
12 28 (8.67%) Integration Patterns
12 28 (8.67%) Translating Business Requirements
13 25 (7.74%) Data Migration
14 23 (7.12%) Process Improvement
15 22 (6.81%) AI
16 21 (6.50%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (7.12%) SQL
2 14 (4.33%) Python
3 10 (3.10%) JavaScript
3 10 (3.10%) PowerShell
4 8 (2.48%) Java
5 3 (0.93%) C#
6 1 (0.31%) BeanShell
6 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.31%) Groovy
6 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (7.43%) Security Cleared
2 14 (4.33%) SC Cleared
3 11 (3.41%) Degree
4 8 (2.48%) PMI Certification
4 8 (2.48%) PMP
5 7 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.86%) CISM
6 6 (1.86%) CISSP
7 2 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.62%) IIBA
7 2 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.62%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.31%) ACCA
8 1 (0.31%) CIMA
8 1 (0.31%) CIPD
8 1 (0.31%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.31%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (9.91%) GDPR
2 16 (4.95%) Data Quality
3 15 (4.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 12 (3.72%) QA
5 8 (2.48%) PMO
6 6 (1.86%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.55%) GAAP
8 3 (0.93%) Basel III
8 3 (0.93%) IFRS
8 3 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.93%) NIST
8 3 (0.93%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.93%) SLA
9 2 (0.62%) GxP
9 2 (0.62%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.62%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.31%) GRC
System Software
1 12 (3.72%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.93%) Control-M
1 3 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.62%) Terraform
3 1 (0.31%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 84 (26.01%) SAP
2 59 (18.27%) Oracle
3 41 (12.69%) Microsoft
4 35 (10.84%) ServiceNow
5 14 (4.33%) MuleSoft
6 10 (3.10%) Salesforce
7 9 (2.79%) Databricks
8 8 (2.48%) Kronos
9 7 (2.17%) Adaptive Insights
10 5 (1.55%) Anaplan
11 4 (1.24%) Cognizant
11 4 (1.24%) IFS
11 4 (1.24%) Informatica
11 4 (1.24%) PeopleSoft
12 3 (0.93%) CyberArk
12 3 (0.93%) Epicor
12 3 (0.93%) Infor
12 3 (0.93%) QAD
12 3 (0.93%) Sage
12 3 (0.93%) Zuora