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 May 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
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 325 398
Rank change year-on-year +25 +73 +19
Contract jobs citing Workday 312 165 133
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.76% 0.68% 0.37%
As % of the Vendors category 1.85% 1.43% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 104 85
10th Percentile £396 £408 £309
25th Percentile £488 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £703 £775 £627
90th Percentile £775 £825 £740
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £574
% change year-on-year - +4.53% -4.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 4
10th Percentile £24.58 £25.00 £23.58
25th Percentile £26.63 £30.07 £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 £56.06 £62.00
90th Percentile £45.30 £70.43 -
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 16,907 11,546 15,251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.01% 47.68% 41.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,945 7,418 9,750
10th Percentile £313 £275 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £523 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% +1.46% -3.74%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £633
90th Percentile £703 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £514
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.29% -2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 884 471 1,004
10th Percentile £15.45 £14.84 £12.04
25th Percentile £18.73 £17.50 £14.27
Median hourly rate £32.50 £26.45 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.87% +17.56% -40.00%
75th Percentile £59.19 £58.72 £57.37
90th Percentile £76.17 £73.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £22.08
% change year-on-year +27.45% +15.52% -47.85%

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 May 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 21 May 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 21 May 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 +27 200 £613 -2.00% 59
North of England -34 48 £473 -10.00% 10
Yorkshire -18 38 £431 -25.00% 1
South East -35 31 £375 -28.57% 16
Midlands -49 15 £525 +31.25% 18
West Midlands -49 12 £498 -26.30% 12
North West -37 9 £498 +37.24% 7
South West -30 6 £713 +23.91% 3
East of England -33 3 £575 -14.81% 3
East Midlands -28 2 £663 +65.63% 6
North East -23 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 7 (2.24%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.92%) Confluence
3 5 (1.60%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.60%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.96%) WebSphere
Applications
1 19 (6.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.21%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.64%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 62 (19.87%) Workday HCM
2 11 (3.53%) iTrent
2 11 (3.53%) Oracle Payables
2 11 (3.53%) Oracle Receivables
2 11 (3.53%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 10 (3.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 8 (2.56%) NetSuite
5 7 (2.24%) BambooHR
5 7 (2.24%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (1.28%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.96%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.96%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.96%) Dynamics SL
7 3 (0.96%) Infor CloudSuite
7 3 (0.96%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.96%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 3 (0.96%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.64%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 29 (9.29%) Azure
2 28 (8.97%) SuccessFactors
3 23 (7.37%) Power Platform
4 21 (6.73%) SaaS
5 19 (6.09%) Entra ID
6 13 (4.17%) OCI
7 10 (3.21%) AWS
8 9 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (2.56%) Boomi
10 7 (2.24%) Azure Logic Apps
10 7 (2.24%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.60%) Dagster
11 5 (1.60%) dbt
11 5 (1.60%) IaaS
11 5 (1.60%) Prefect
11 5 (1.60%) Serverless
11 5 (1.60%) Snowflake
12 4 (1.28%) GitHub
12 4 (1.28%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.96%) FTP
2 1 (0.32%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.37%) Power BI
2 15 (4.81%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.88%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (1.60%) Amazon Redshift
4 5 (1.60%) BigQuery
4 5 (1.60%) Looker
4 5 (1.60%) Tableau
5 4 (1.28%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.96%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.64%) DTS
7 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.32%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 35 (11.22%) JIRA
2 3 (0.96%) Cucumber
2 3 (0.96%) Postman
2 3 (0.96%) Selenium
3 2 (0.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 2 (0.64%) Git
4 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.32%) JMeter
4 1 (0.32%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.32%) TestRail
4 1 (0.32%) Zephyr
General
1 121 (38.78%) Finance
2 98 (31.41%) Social Skills
3 61 (19.55%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (7.69%) Legal
5 22 (7.05%) Banking
6 13 (4.17%) General Ledger
7 12 (3.85%) Manufacturing
8 10 (3.21%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.88%) Financial Institution
9 9 (2.88%) Law
10 7 (2.24%) Publishing
10 7 (2.24%) Retail
11 6 (1.92%) Aviation
11 6 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.60%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (0.64%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 60 (19.23%) Analyst
2 50 (16.03%) Consultant
3 49 (15.71%) Lead
4 46 (14.74%) Architect
5 43 (13.78%) Workday Consultant
6 28 (8.97%) Workday Analyst
7 25 (8.01%) Project Manager
7 25 (8.01%) Solutions Architect
8 19 (6.09%) Business Analyst
8 19 (6.09%) Workday Architect
8 19 (6.09%) Workday Manager
9 18 (5.77%) Senior
10 17 (5.45%) Data Analyst
10 17 (5.45%) HR Analyst
11 15 (4.81%) Project Officer
12 11 (3.53%) HR Data Analyst
12 11 (3.53%) Technical Leader
12 11 (3.53%) Workday Project Manager
12 11 (3.53%) Workday Specialist
13 10 (3.21%) Workday Implementation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (8.33%) Middleware
2 24 (7.69%) XML
3 22 (7.05%) Oracle Fusion
4 20 (6.41%) REST
5 17 (5.45%) SOAP
6 16 (5.13%) JSON
7 8 (2.56%) Web Services
8 7 (2.24%) OAuth
9 6 (1.92%) CSS
9 6 (1.92%) HTML
9 6 (1.92%) JDBC
9 6 (1.92%) LDAP
9 6 (1.92%) Microsoft Graph
9 6 (1.92%) SAML
10 5 (1.60%) AngularJS
10 5 (1.60%) J2EE
10 5 (1.60%) OpenID
10 5 (1.60%) XSLT
11 4 (1.28%) .NET
12 3 (0.96%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
2 13 (4.17%) Onboarding
3 11 (3.53%) Data Protection Act
4 10 (3.21%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.88%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.56%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.60%) Robotics
7 5 (1.60%) Social Media
8 4 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.96%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.64%) Augmented Reality
10 2 (0.64%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.64%) Learning Management System
10 2 (0.64%) Life Science
10 2 (0.64%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.32%) Derivative
11 1 (0.32%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.60%) Linux
1 5 (1.60%) Windows
2 3 (0.96%) Unix
3 1 (0.32%) VMS
3 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (26.28%) ERP
2 60 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 50 (16.03%) Agile
4 34 (10.90%) Analytics
4 34 (10.90%) Migration
5 32 (10.26%) Data Modelling
5 32 (10.26%) Decision-Making
5 32 (10.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 31 (9.94%) Business Intelligence
7 29 (9.29%) Workflow
8 28 (8.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (8.97%) Validation
9 27 (8.65%) Process Improvement
10 24 (7.69%) Data Migration
11 23 (7.37%) AI
11 23 (7.37%) Integration Patterns
11 23 (7.37%) Project Management
11 23 (7.37%) Translating Business Requirements
11 23 (7.37%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (7.05%) SQL
2 15 (4.81%) Python
3 11 (3.53%) Java
4 10 (3.21%) JavaScript
4 10 (3.21%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.28%) C#
6 2 (0.64%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.32%) BeanShell
7 1 (0.32%) Groovy
7 1 (0.32%) XPath
Qualifications
1 23 (7.37%) Security Cleared
2 16 (5.13%) SC Cleared
3 11 (3.53%) PMP
4 10 (3.21%) Degree
4 10 (3.21%) PMI Certification
5 7 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.92%) CISM
6 6 (1.92%) CISSP
7 2 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.64%) IIBA
7 2 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.64%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.32%) ACCA
8 1 (0.32%) CIMA
8 1 (0.32%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (9.62%) GDPR
2 17 (5.45%) Data Quality
2 17 (5.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 15 (4.81%) QA
4 8 (2.56%) PMO
5 6 (1.92%) GAAP
5 6 (1.92%) HIPAA
6 5 (1.60%) Basel III
6 5 (1.60%) SLA
7 4 (1.28%) IFRS
8 3 (0.96%) IFRS 9
8 3 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.96%) NIST
8 3 (0.96%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.64%) GxP
9 2 (0.64%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.32%) GRC
System Software
1 12 (3.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.96%) Control-M
1 3 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.64%) Terraform
3 1 (0.32%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 78 (25.00%) SAP
2 60 (19.23%) Oracle
3 39 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 38 (12.18%) ServiceNow
5 10 (3.21%) MuleSoft
6 9 (2.88%) Databricks
7 7 (2.24%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.92%) Adaptive Insights
8 6 (1.92%) Kronos
9 5 (1.60%) Anaplan
10 4 (1.28%) IFS
10 4 (1.28%) Informatica
10 4 (1.28%) PeopleSoft
11 3 (0.96%) Cognizant
11 3 (0.96%) CyberArk
11 3 (0.96%) Epicor
11 3 (0.96%) Infor
11 3 (0.96%) QAD
11 3 (0.96%) Sage
11 3 (0.96%) Zuora