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 28 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
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 268 396 375
Rank change year-on-year +128 -21 +61
Contract jobs citing Workday 287 114 206
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.93% 0.37% 0.53%
As % of the Vendors category 1.96% 0.81% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 74 127
10th Percentile £402 £370 £420
25th Percentile £477 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £560
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +7.14% -5.29%
75th Percentile £663 £775 £638
90th Percentile £771 £843 £738
UK median daily rate £553 £600 £569
% change year-on-year -7.92% +5.40% -2.69%
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 14,660 14,077 17,358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.68% 45.22% 44.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,468 8,469 11,390
10th Percentile £286 £300 £252
25th Percentile £405 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -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% - -1.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 716 437 620
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.24 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.00 £20.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £44.75
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -27.37% +69.73%
75th Percentile £45.14 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £25.08 £30.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -16.42% -32.58% +73.08%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 +93 149 £575 -11.54% 44
South East +35 43 £625 +36.61% 37
Midlands -2 32 £525 -16.00% 9
East of England -2 30 £550 +4.76% 4
West Midlands -19 27 £550 -12.00% 9
North of England -30 22 £532 +9.03% 6
Yorkshire -32 13 £675 +80.00%
North West -15 8 £525 -12.50% 4
East Midlands -7 5 £438 -
South West - 4 £525 - 5
North East -7 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 (4.18%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.70%) Oracle Coherence
4 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 26 (9.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (2.44%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 67 (23.34%) Workday HCM
2 9 (3.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (2.44%) SAP HR
4 4 (1.39%) NetSuite
4 4 (1.39%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (1.05%) iTrent
6 2 (0.70%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.70%) 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 (12.20%) Azure
2 21 (7.32%) SaaS
2 21 (7.32%) SuccessFactors
3 16 (5.57%) Entra ID
3 16 (5.57%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (3.14%) PaaS
4 9 (3.14%) Power Platform
5 8 (2.79%) OCI
6 6 (2.09%) OneDrive
7 5 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.39%) Boomi
9 3 (1.05%) AWS
9 3 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.70%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (0.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.70%) GCP
10 2 (0.70%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.09%) Power BI
2 4 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.39%) Tableau
3 2 (0.70%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.70%) 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 (2.79%) JIRA
2 3 (1.05%) Git
3 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.35%) Selenium
3 1 (0.35%) TestRail
General
1 114 (39.72%) Finance
2 97 (33.80%) Social Skills
3 50 (17.42%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (6.27%) Influencing Skills
5 14 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (4.18%) Public Sector
7 8 (2.79%) Legal
7 8 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.44%) Law
8 7 (2.44%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.74%) Local Government
10 4 (1.39%) Aviation
10 4 (1.39%) Banking
10 4 (1.39%) General Ledger
10 4 (1.39%) Retail
11 3 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.70%) Back Office
12 2 (0.70%) French Language
12 2 (0.70%) German Language
Job Titles
1 47 (16.38%) Consultant
2 43 (14.98%) Architect
3 42 (14.63%) Workday Consultant
4 38 (13.24%) Analyst
5 29 (10.10%) Lead
6 24 (8.36%) Workday Analyst
7 22 (7.67%) Workday Architect
8 19 (6.62%) Solutions Architect
9 18 (6.27%) Workday Specialist
10 16 (5.57%) Data Analyst
10 16 (5.57%) Payroll Consultant
11 15 (5.23%) Project Manager
12 14 (4.88%) Administrator
13 13 (4.53%) Business Analyst
13 13 (4.53%) Workday Manager
14 11 (3.83%) Senior
14 11 (3.83%) Technical Architect
15 10 (3.48%) Developer
16 9 (3.14%) HR Analyst
17 8 (2.79%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.14%) JSON
1 9 (3.14%) REST
1 9 (3.14%) Web Services
2 8 (2.79%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (2.79%) SOAP
2 8 (2.79%) XML
3 6 (2.09%) RESTful
4 5 (1.74%) .NET
4 5 (1.74%) Middleware
5 4 (1.39%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (0.70%) XSLT
7 1 (0.35%) J2EE
7 1 (0.35%) LDAP
7 1 (0.35%) OAuth
7 1 (0.35%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.35%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.35%) SAML
7 1 (0.35%) Spring
7 1 (0.35%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.35%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.32%) Legacy Systems
2 14 (4.88%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (4.18%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.83%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.79%) Data Structures
5 8 (2.79%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.74%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.39%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.39%) Reinsurance
8 3 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.05%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.05%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.70%) Replication
10 1 (0.35%) CMDB
10 1 (0.35%) FMCG
10 1 (0.35%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.35%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.35%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.35%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (29.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 63 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
3 61 (21.25%) ERP
4 55 (19.16%) Migration
5 52 (18.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 47 (16.38%) Agile
7 46 (16.03%) Roadmaps
8 36 (12.54%) Data Migration
9 35 (12.20%) Analytics
10 28 (9.76%) Change Management
11 25 (8.71%) Project Delivery
12 21 (7.32%) Validation
13 20 (6.97%) Continuous Improvement
13 20 (6.97%) Project Management
14 18 (6.27%) Process Improvement
15 14 (4.88%) SDLC
15 14 (4.88%) Test Automation
15 14 (4.88%) Waterfall
16 13 (4.53%) Decision-Making
16 13 (4.53%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (3.48%) Python
2 9 (3.14%) Java
2 9 (3.14%) JavaScript
2 9 (3.14%) SQL
3 6 (2.09%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.05%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.70%) C#
5 2 (0.70%) Korn
6 1 (0.35%) ABAP
6 1 (0.35%) Bicep
6 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.35%) Groovy
6 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.35%) XPath
Qualifications
1 25 (8.71%) Degree
2 19 (6.62%) Security Cleared
3 17 (5.92%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.14%) PMI Certification
4 9 (3.14%) PMP
5 7 (2.44%) ISTQB
6 6 (2.09%) ACCA
6 6 (2.09%) CIMA
7 5 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.74%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 4 (1.39%) CIPD
9 2 (0.70%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.70%) 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%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.32%) GDPR
2 9 (3.14%) QA
3 8 (2.79%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.44%) SLA
5 6 (2.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.39%) COBIT
6 4 (1.39%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.05%) PMO
8 2 (0.70%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.35%) IFRS
System Software
1 8 (2.79%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (1.05%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.35%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 65 (22.65%) SAP
2 43 (14.98%) Oracle
3 30 (10.45%) ServiceNow
4 26 (9.06%) Microsoft
5 10 (3.48%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.79%) MuleSoft
7 5 (1.74%) Databricks
8 4 (1.39%) Anaplan
8 4 (1.39%) Hyperion
8 4 (1.39%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.05%) HP
9 3 (1.05%) Snow
10 2 (0.70%) Adaptive Insights
10 2 (0.70%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.70%) Ariba
10 2 (0.70%) Automation Anywhere
10 2 (0.70%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.70%) Okta
10 2 (0.70%) UiPath
11 1 (0.35%) Google