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 13 March 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
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 347 367
Rank change year-on-year +59 +20 +51
Contract jobs citing Workday 303 133 191
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.83% 0.54% 0.50%
As % of the Vendors category 1.87% 1.14% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 78 130
10th Percentile £420 £418 £363
25th Percentile £508 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £598
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +0.42% +1.70%
75th Percentile £700 £775 £637
90th Percentile £775 £836 £738
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 9
10th Percentile - - £42.67
25th Percentile £38.77 £31.76 £43.88
Median hourly rate £41.86 £53.50 £51.06
Median % change year-on-year -21.77% +4.79% +149.05%
75th Percentile £44.94 £74.88 £55.56
90th Percentile - £86.00 £62.00
UK median hourly rate £41.86 £53.50 £55.50
% change year-on-year -21.77% -3.60% +170.73%

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 16,177 11,645 16,251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 44.28% 47.20% 42.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,529 7,410 10,401
10th Percentile £306 £288 £250
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £518
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% +1.45% -4.17%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £518 £515
% change year-on-year -3.38% +0.49% -2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 866 386 947
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.62 £12.20
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.09 £14.48
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.78 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.78% +23.12% -28.57%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £51.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.98 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £29.00 £24.65
% change year-on-year -13.79% +17.65% -31.53%

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 13 March 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
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 13 March 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 +42 168 £628 +4.58% 46
North of England -28 54 £538 +2.48% 3
Yorkshire -20 40 £700 +55.56%
South East -24 39 £625 +8.70% 27
Midlands -42 27 £525 - 1
West Midlands -40 23 £550 -
North West -31 13 £518 +0.98% 3
South West -22 5 £700 +21.74% 4
East Midlands -31 4 £413 - 1
East of England -39 4 £612 +2.04% 2
North East -15 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 9 (2.97%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.65%) Confluence
4 3 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.99%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.99%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.99%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 18 (5.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.63%) MS Visio
3 7 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.66%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 72 (23.76%) Workday HCM
2 11 (3.63%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 10 (3.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 9 (2.97%) Oracle Payables
4 9 (2.97%) Oracle Receivables
5 7 (2.31%) NetSuite
6 6 (1.98%) BambooHR
6 6 (1.98%) SAP HR
7 5 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
8 4 (1.32%) Oracle General Ledger
9 3 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
9 3 (0.99%) iTrent
10 2 (0.66%) Oracle FAH
10 2 (0.66%) Oracle Financials
10 2 (0.66%) SAP BPC
11 1 (0.33%) Infor CloudSuite
11 1 (0.33%) Oracle Applications
11 1 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
11 1 (0.33%) Oracle HRMS
11 1 (0.33%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 29 (9.57%) Azure
2 19 (6.27%) OCI
3 16 (5.28%) Power Platform
3 16 (5.28%) SuccessFactors
4 13 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (3.96%) Entra ID
6 10 (3.30%) SaaS
7 7 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.98%) Boomi
8 6 (1.98%) OneDrive
9 3 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.99%) Dagster
9 3 (0.99%) dbt
9 3 (0.99%) IaaS
9 3 (0.99%) PaaS
9 3 (0.99%) Prefect
9 3 (0.99%) Snowflake
10 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.66%) Tricentis Tosca
10 2 (0.66%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.66%) FTP
2 1 (0.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.29%) Power BI
2 12 (3.96%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.98%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (1.65%) Tableau
5 4 (1.32%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.99%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.99%) Looker
6 3 (0.99%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.66%) DTS
7 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.33%) Pinecone
8 1 (0.33%) Power Query
8 1 (0.33%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 34 (11.22%) JIRA
2 4 (1.32%) Selenium
3 3 (0.99%) Cucumber
3 3 (0.99%) Postman
4 2 (0.66%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (0.66%) TestRail
5 1 (0.33%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.33%) JMeter
5 1 (0.33%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.33%) Zephyr
General
1 128 (42.24%) Finance
2 91 (30.03%) Social Skills
3 62 (20.46%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (4.95%) Banking
4 15 (4.95%) Legal
5 13 (4.29%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (3.63%) General Ledger
6 11 (3.63%) Public Sector
7 7 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.31%) Financial Institution
8 6 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.98%) Publishing
8 6 (1.98%) Retail
9 5 (1.65%) Law
9 5 (1.65%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.32%) Local Government
10 4 (1.32%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.66%) French Language
12 2 (0.66%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 49 (16.17%) Lead
2 48 (15.84%) Consultant
3 47 (15.51%) Analyst
4 45 (14.85%) Architect
4 45 (14.85%) Workday Consultant
5 28 (9.24%) Solutions Architect
5 28 (9.24%) Workday Analyst
6 22 (7.26%) Workday Architect
7 20 (6.60%) Project Manager
8 19 (6.27%) Workday Specialist
9 16 (5.28%) Business Analyst
9 16 (5.28%) Payroll Consultant
9 16 (5.28%) Project Officer
9 16 (5.28%) Workday Manager
10 15 (4.95%) Implementation Consultant
10 15 (4.95%) Workday Implementation Consultant
11 14 (4.62%) Data Analyst
12 12 (3.96%) Senior
13 10 (3.30%) HR Analyst
14 9 (2.97%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.27%) Middleware
2 17 (5.61%) Oracle Fusion
3 15 (4.95%) XML
4 7 (2.31%) REST
4 7 (2.31%) SOAP
5 6 (1.98%) Web Services
6 5 (1.65%) JSON
7 4 (1.32%) XSLT
8 3 (0.99%) EDI
8 3 (0.99%) OAuth
8 3 (0.99%) XML Messaging
9 2 (0.66%) ADO
9 2 (0.66%) CSS
9 2 (0.66%) HTML
9 2 (0.66%) SAML
10 1 (0.33%) .NET
10 1 (0.33%) jQuery
10 1 (0.33%) LDAP
10 1 (0.33%) RESTful
10 1 (0.33%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.55%) Legacy Systems
2 10 (3.30%) Onboarding
3 9 (2.97%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.64%) Data Structures
4 8 (2.64%) Management Information System
5 6 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.66%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.66%) Learning Management System
7 2 (0.66%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.66%) Life Science
8 1 (0.33%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.33%) Derivative
8 1 (0.33%) FMCG
8 1 (0.33%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.33%) Replication
8 1 (0.33%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.66%) Linux
1 2 (0.66%) Windows
2 1 (0.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (28.05%) Stakeholder Management
2 79 (26.07%) ERP
3 56 (18.48%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (17.16%) Migration
5 46 (15.18%) Agile
6 41 (13.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 40 (13.20%) Data Migration
8 30 (9.90%) Validation
9 29 (9.57%) Change Management
10 28 (9.24%) Analytics
11 27 (8.91%) Process Improvement
12 25 (8.25%) Continuous Improvement
13 23 (7.59%) End-to-End Testing
13 23 (7.59%) Project Management
14 21 (6.93%) Data Modelling
15 20 (6.60%) Business Intelligence
16 19 (6.27%) Decision-Making
16 19 (6.27%) Integration Patterns
16 19 (6.27%) Roadmaps
16 19 (6.27%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.62%) SQL
2 7 (2.31%) Python
3 5 (1.65%) Java
4 4 (1.32%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.32%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.66%) C#
5 2 (0.66%) Korn
5 2 (0.66%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.33%) ABAP
6 1 (0.33%) Groovy
6 1 (0.33%) XPath
Qualifications
1 22 (7.26%) Security Cleared
2 20 (6.60%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.62%) PMP
4 13 (4.29%) PMI Certification
5 8 (2.64%) Degree
6 6 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.98%) ISTQB
7 5 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.65%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 4 (1.32%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.66%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.66%) CIPD
10 1 (0.33%) ACCA
10 1 (0.33%) CIMA
10 1 (0.33%) CISA
10 1 (0.33%) CISSP
10 1 (0.33%) GIAC
10 1 (0.33%) PhD
10 1 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (8.58%) GDPR
2 15 (4.95%) QA
3 12 (3.96%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (1.98%) GAAP
6 5 (1.65%) Basel III
7 4 (1.32%) IFRS
7 4 (1.32%) PMO
7 4 (1.32%) SLA
8 3 (0.99%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.99%) IFRS 9
9 2 (0.66%) GxP
9 2 (0.66%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 7 (2.31%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.32%) HP ALM
2 3 (0.99%) Control-M
Vendors
1 62 (20.46%) SAP
2 56 (18.48%) Oracle
3 30 (9.90%) ServiceNow
4 29 (9.57%) Microsoft
5 7 (2.31%) Databricks
5 7 (2.31%) MuleSoft
6 5 (1.65%) Informatica
7 4 (1.32%) Adaptive Insights
7 4 (1.32%) HP
7 4 (1.32%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.99%) Snow
9 2 (0.66%) Anaplan
9 2 (0.66%) IBM
9 2 (0.66%) IFS
9 2 (0.66%) PeopleSoft
9 2 (0.66%) Tagetik
9 2 (0.66%) Virgin Media
10 1 (0.33%) Ariba
10 1 (0.33%) Epicor
10 1 (0.33%) Sage