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 30 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
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 318 315 410
Rank change year-on-year -3 +95 +29
Contract jobs citing Workday 319 185 143
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.73% 0.73% 0.39%
As % of the Vendors category 1.79% 1.53% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 121 93
10th Percentile £406 £375 £313
25th Percentile £500 £481 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £713 £725 £680
90th Percentile £775 £825 £775
UK median daily rate £600 £553 £574
% change year-on-year +8.60% -3.75% -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% +68.55%
75th Percentile £31.50 £46.19 £62.00
90th Percentile £45.30 £56.58 -
UK median hourly rate £30.75 £37.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year -18.00% -39.52% +100.00%

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 17,825 12,057 15,797
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.73% 47.27% 42.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,333 7,639 10,010
10th Percentile £313 £280 £275
25th Percentile £413 £402 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -1.44% -0.95%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 963 556 1,056
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.84 £12.44
25th Percentile £19.34 £17.49 £14.67
Median hourly rate £35.00 £26.39 £24.65
Median % change year-on-year +32.65% +7.04% -32.47%
75th Percentile £65.00 £52.04 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £25.15 £24.19
% change year-on-year +35.15% +3.99% -40.35%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -18 201 £628 +11.31% 66
North of England -39 44 £473 -14.09% 8
South East -46 34 £500 -4.76% 24
Yorkshire -26 29 £431 -36.11% 2
Midlands -51 20 £600 +9.09% 7
North West -36 14 £548 +28.82% 5
South West -20 13 £608 +5.65% 22
East Midlands -8 10 £663 +65.63% 5
West Midlands -55 9 £600 -11.11% 2
East of England -32 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 (2.19%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.88%) Confluence
3 5 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.57%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.31%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (5.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.13%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.51%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 71 (22.26%) Workday HCM
2 12 (3.76%) iTrent
3 11 (3.45%) Oracle Payables
3 11 (3.45%) Oracle Receivables
4 8 (2.51%) NetSuite
5 7 (2.19%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 7 (2.19%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (1.88%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (1.57%) BambooHR
8 3 (0.94%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.94%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.94%) Dynamics SL
8 3 (0.94%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.94%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.94%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.94%) PeopleSoft HCM
8 3 (0.94%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
9 2 (0.63%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 30 (9.40%) Azure
2 25 (7.84%) SuccessFactors
3 22 (6.90%) Power Platform
3 22 (6.90%) SaaS
4 19 (5.96%) Entra ID
5 13 (4.08%) AWS
5 13 (4.08%) Boomi
6 10 (3.13%) OCI
7 8 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (2.51%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (2.19%) Azure Logic Apps
9 6 (1.88%) Snowflake
10 5 (1.57%) Dagster
10 5 (1.57%) dbt
10 5 (1.57%) Prefect
10 5 (1.57%) Serverless
11 4 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.25%) Azure Functions
11 4 (1.25%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (0.94%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.94%) FTP
2 1 (0.31%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.58%) Power BI
2 11 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (2.51%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (1.88%) Tableau
5 5 (1.57%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (1.57%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.57%) Looker
6 2 (0.63%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.31%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.31%) Power Query
7 1 (0.31%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.31%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 34 (10.66%) JIRA
2 2 (0.63%) Cucumber
2 2 (0.63%) Git
2 2 (0.63%) Postman
2 2 (0.63%) Selenium
3 1 (0.31%) JMeter
General
1 125 (39.18%) Finance
2 118 (36.99%) Social Skills
3 67 (21.00%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (6.90%) Banking
4 22 (6.90%) Legal
5 17 (5.33%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.39%) Manufacturing
7 10 (3.13%) General Ledger
8 9 (2.82%) Financial Institution
8 9 (2.82%) Law
9 8 (2.51%) Publishing
10 6 (1.88%) Aviation
10 6 (1.88%) Retail
11 5 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.25%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.31%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 69 (21.63%) Analyst
2 55 (17.24%) Lead
3 48 (15.05%) Consultant
4 42 (13.17%) Architect
5 39 (12.23%) Workday Analyst
5 39 (12.23%) Workday Consultant
6 25 (7.84%) Senior
7 20 (6.27%) Business Analyst
7 20 (6.27%) Project Manager
8 17 (5.33%) Solutions Architect
8 17 (5.33%) Workday Manager
9 16 (5.02%) Data Analyst
10 15 (4.70%) HR Analyst
11 13 (4.08%) Workday Architect
12 12 (3.76%) Functional Consultant
12 12 (3.76%) Project Officer
12 12 (3.76%) Senior Analyst
13 11 (3.45%) Workday Functional Consultant
13 11 (3.45%) Workday Specialist
14 10 (3.13%) HR Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (9.40%) Middleware
2 23 (7.21%) REST
2 23 (7.21%) XML
3 20 (6.27%) Oracle Fusion
4 19 (5.96%) JSON
4 19 (5.96%) SOAP
5 9 (2.82%) OAuth
6 8 (2.51%) SAML
7 7 (2.19%) XSLT
8 6 (1.88%) CSS
8 6 (1.88%) HTML
8 6 (1.88%) JDBC
8 6 (1.88%) LDAP
8 6 (1.88%) Microsoft Graph
8 6 (1.88%) Web Services
9 5 (1.57%) AngularJS
9 5 (1.57%) J2EE
9 5 (1.57%) OpenID
10 4 (1.25%) .NET
11 3 (0.94%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.90%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (3.76%) Onboarding
3 8 (2.51%) Data Protection Act
3 8 (2.51%) Data Structures
4 7 (2.19%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.19%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.57%) Robotics
5 5 (1.57%) Social Media
6 4 (1.25%) Low-Code
7 3 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.63%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (0.63%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.63%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.63%) FMCG
8 2 (0.63%) Learning Management System
8 2 (0.63%) Life Science
9 1 (0.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.25%) Linux
1 4 (1.25%) Windows
2 3 (0.94%) Unix
3 1 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (23.20%) ERP
2 72 (22.57%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
4 51 (15.99%) Agile
5 44 (13.79%) Analytics
6 40 (12.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 37 (11.60%) Validation
8 36 (11.29%) Data Modelling
9 34 (10.66%) Continuous Improvement
9 34 (10.66%) Decision-Making
10 33 (10.34%) Migration
11 31 (9.72%) User Acceptance Testing
12 29 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
12 29 (9.09%) Workflow
13 28 (8.78%) Business Intelligence
14 27 (8.46%) Integration Patterns
15 24 (7.52%) Data Migration
16 22 (6.90%) Process Improvement
17 21 (6.58%) AI
18 20 (6.27%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (6.58%) SQL
2 14 (4.39%) Python
3 10 (3.13%) JavaScript
3 10 (3.13%) PowerShell
4 8 (2.51%) Java
5 3 (0.94%) C#
6 1 (0.31%) BeanShell
6 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.31%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 24 (7.52%) Security Cleared
2 14 (4.39%) SC Cleared
3 10 (3.13%) Degree
4 7 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.88%) CISM
5 6 (1.88%) CISSP
5 6 (1.88%) PMI Certification
5 6 (1.88%) PMP
6 2 (0.63%) IIBA
6 2 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.31%) ACCA
7 1 (0.31%) CIMA
7 1 (0.31%) CIPD
7 1 (0.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.31%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.31%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.31%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.72%) GDPR
2 17 (5.33%) Data Quality
3 14 (4.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 12 (3.76%) QA
5 8 (2.51%) PMO
6 6 (1.88%) HIPAA
7 4 (1.25%) GAAP
8 3 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.94%) NIST
8 3 (0.94%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.94%) SLA
9 2 (0.63%) Basel III
9 2 (0.63%) GxP
9 2 (0.63%) IFRS
10 1 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.31%) GRC
10 1 (0.31%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.31%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 12 (3.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.63%) Terraform
3 1 (0.31%) Control-M
3 1 (0.31%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 82 (25.71%) SAP
2 56 (17.55%) Oracle
3 41 (12.85%) Microsoft
4 34 (10.66%) ServiceNow
5 14 (4.39%) MuleSoft
6 10 (3.13%) Salesforce
7 9 (2.82%) Databricks
8 8 (2.51%) Kronos
9 7 (2.19%) Adaptive Insights
10 5 (1.57%) Anaplan
11 4 (1.25%) Cognizant
11 4 (1.25%) IFS
11 4 (1.25%) PeopleSoft
12 3 (0.94%) CyberArk
12 3 (0.94%) Epicor
12 3 (0.94%) Infor
12 3 (0.94%) QAD
12 3 (0.94%) Sage
12 3 (0.94%) Zuora
13 2 (0.63%) Zoho