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 21 November 2025, 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
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 275 419 367
Rank change year-on-year +144 -52 +92
Contract jobs citing Workday 289 108 207
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.95% 0.35% 0.53%
As % of the Vendors category 1.99% 0.77% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 69 127
10th Percentile £400 £383 £420
25th Percentile £463 £513 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £663 £788 £638
90th Percentile £775 £853 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £563
% change year-on-year -8.33% +6.67% -4.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 9
10th Percentile £30.34 - £43.71
25th Percentile £31.25 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £55.00 £51.06
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +7.73% +45.87%
75th Percentile £44.94 £70.50 £55.56
90th Percentile - £79.80 £63.90
UK median hourly rate £40.44 £55.00 £55.50
% change year-on-year -26.48% -0.90% +58.57%

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 14,552 13,990 17,633
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.65% 45.04% 44.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,363 8,415 11,588
10th Percentile £285 £300 £255
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 734 436 618
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.35 £14.72
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.00 £20.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £33.75 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% -24.16% +64.81%
75th Percentile £46.75 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £76.33
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -16.18% -32.58% +72.61%

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 21 November 2025.

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 21 November 2025.

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 21 November 2025. 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 +79 154 £575 -11.54% 114
South East +35 43 £625 +36.61% 38
Midlands -7 32 £525 -16.00% 6
East of England +8 30 £550 +10.00% 7
West Midlands -5 27 £550 -12.00% 5
North of England -30 20 £532 +18.11% 15
Yorkshire -31 11 £675 +80.00% 2
North West -10 8 £525 -25.00% 11
East Midlands -9 5 £438 - 1
South West - 4 £525 - 5
North East -9 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 12 (4.15%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.69%) Oracle Coherence
4 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 25 (8.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.42%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (2.42%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 69 (23.88%) Workday HCM
2 9 (3.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (2.42%) SAP HR
4 4 (1.38%) NetSuite
4 4 (1.38%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (1.04%) iTrent
6 2 (0.69%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.69%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.69%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.69%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.69%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.35%) BambooHR
7 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.35%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle HRMS
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 35 (12.11%) Azure
2 21 (7.27%) SaaS
2 21 (7.27%) SuccessFactors
3 16 (5.54%) Entra ID
3 16 (5.54%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (3.81%) Power Platform
5 9 (3.11%) PaaS
6 8 (2.77%) OCI
7 6 (2.08%) OneDrive
8 5 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.38%) Boomi
10 3 (1.04%) AWS
10 3 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.69%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.69%) GCP
11 2 (0.69%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.77%) Power BI
2 4 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.38%) Tableau
3 2 (0.69%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.69%) Power Query
4 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.35%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.35%) Pinecone
4 1 (0.35%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (0.35%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 8 (2.77%) JIRA
2 3 (1.04%) Git
3 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.35%) Selenium
3 1 (0.35%) TestRail
General
1 117 (40.48%) Finance
2 98 (33.91%) Social Skills
3 52 (17.99%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (6.57%) Influencing Skills
5 13 (4.50%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (4.15%) Public Sector
7 8 (2.77%) Legal
7 8 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.42%) Law
8 7 (2.42%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.08%) Retail
10 5 (1.73%) Local Government
11 4 (1.38%) Aviation
11 4 (1.38%) Banking
11 4 (1.38%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.69%) Back Office
13 2 (0.69%) French Language
13 2 (0.69%) Military
Job Titles
1 47 (16.26%) Consultant
2 42 (14.53%) Analyst
3 41 (14.19%) Architect
3 41 (14.19%) Workday Consultant
4 28 (9.69%) Lead
5 27 (9.34%) Workday Analyst
6 21 (7.27%) Workday Architect
7 19 (6.57%) Data Analyst
8 18 (6.23%) Workday Specialist
9 17 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (5.54%) Payroll Consultant
10 16 (5.54%) Project Manager
11 13 (4.50%) Administrator
11 13 (4.50%) Business Analyst
11 13 (4.50%) Workday Manager
12 12 (4.15%) HR Analyst
12 12 (4.15%) Senior
13 11 (3.81%) Technical Architect
14 10 (3.46%) Developer
14 10 (3.46%) HR Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.11%) JSON
1 9 (3.11%) Oracle Fusion
1 9 (3.11%) REST
1 9 (3.11%) Web Services
2 8 (2.77%) SOAP
2 8 (2.77%) XML
3 6 (2.08%) RESTful
4 5 (1.73%) .NET
4 5 (1.73%) Middleware
5 4 (1.38%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (0.69%) XSLT
7 1 (0.35%) ADO
7 1 (0.35%) J2EE
7 1 (0.35%) LDAP
7 1 (0.35%) Node.js
7 1 (0.35%) OAuth
7 1 (0.35%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.35%) SAML
7 1 (0.35%) Spring
7 1 (0.35%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.57%) Legacy Systems
2 14 (4.84%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (4.15%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.81%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.11%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.77%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.73%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.38%) AI Agents
8 4 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.38%) Reinsurance
9 3 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.04%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.04%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.69%) Replication
11 1 (0.35%) CMDB
11 1 (0.35%) FMCG
11 1 (0.35%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.35%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.35%) Taxonomies
11 1 (0.35%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (29.76%) Stakeholder Management
2 64 (22.15%) Problem-Solving
3 60 (20.76%) ERP
4 55 (19.03%) Migration
5 53 (18.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 47 (16.26%) Agile
7 46 (15.92%) Roadmaps
8 36 (12.46%) Analytics
8 36 (12.46%) Data Migration
9 28 (9.69%) Change Management
10 25 (8.65%) Project Delivery
11 22 (7.61%) Validation
12 20 (6.92%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (6.92%) Project Management
13 18 (6.23%) Process Improvement
14 14 (4.84%) SDLC
14 14 (4.84%) Test Automation
14 14 (4.84%) Waterfall
15 13 (4.50%) Time Management
15 13 (4.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (3.46%) Python
1 10 (3.46%) SQL
2 9 (3.11%) Java
2 9 (3.11%) JavaScript
3 6 (2.08%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (1.04%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.69%) C#
5 2 (0.69%) Korn
6 1 (0.35%) ABAP
6 1 (0.35%) Bicep
6 1 (0.35%) Groovy
6 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.35%) VBA
6 1 (0.35%) XPath
Qualifications
1 25 (8.65%) Degree
2 19 (6.57%) Security Cleared
3 17 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.11%) PMI Certification
4 9 (3.11%) PMP
5 7 (2.42%) ISTQB
6 6 (2.08%) ACCA
6 6 (2.08%) CIMA
7 5 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.73%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 4 (1.38%) CIPD
9 2 (0.69%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.69%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.35%) APMG
10 1 (0.35%) CIPFA
10 1 (0.35%) CISA
10 1 (0.35%) CISSP
10 1 (0.35%) GIAC
10 1 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.27%) GDPR
2 9 (3.11%) QA
3 8 (2.77%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (2.42%) SLA
5 4 (1.38%) COBIT
5 4 (1.38%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.04%) PMO
7 2 (0.69%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.35%) IFRS
System Software
1 8 (2.77%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (1.04%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.35%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 67 (23.18%) SAP
2 45 (15.57%) Oracle
3 29 (10.03%) ServiceNow
4 26 (9.00%) Microsoft
5 10 (3.46%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.77%) MuleSoft
7 5 (1.73%) Databricks
8 4 (1.38%) Alteryx
8 4 (1.38%) Anaplan
8 4 (1.38%) Hyperion
8 4 (1.38%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.04%) Adaptive Insights
9 3 (1.04%) HP
9 3 (1.04%) Snow
10 2 (0.69%) Ariba
10 2 (0.69%) Automation Anywhere
10 2 (0.69%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.69%) Okta
10 2 (0.69%) UiPath
11 1 (0.35%) Dell