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 31 October 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
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 280 406 384
Rank change year-on-year +126 -22 +68
Contract jobs citing Workday 273 112 200
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.94% 0.36% 0.50%
As % of the Vendors category 1.96% 0.80% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 71 118
10th Percentile £400 £363 £425
25th Percentile £463 £500 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £564
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.36% -5.98%
75th Percentile £663 £775 £675
90th Percentile £775 £825 £741
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £580
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% +0.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 2 10
10th Percentile £25.23 - £42.75
25th Percentile £30.40 - £44.47
Median hourly rate £37.50 £55.00 £50.28
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +9.39% +43.65%
75th Percentile £43.75 - £55.55
90th Percentile £44.94 - £62.89
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £55.00 £53.28
% change year-on-year -31.82% +3.23% +52.22%

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 13,940 14,021 17,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.84% 44.94% 44.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,906 8,415 11,840
10th Percentile £281 £300 £258
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 689 451 623
10th Percentile £15.48 £15.00 £15.21
25th Percentile £18.22 £15.74 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -28.16% -20.27% +75.60%
75th Percentile £43.25 £65.00 £62.77
90th Percentile £70.42 £74.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £25.11 £32.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -22.74% -25.71% +75.00%

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 31 October 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 31 October 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 31 October 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 +104 155 £575 -11.54% 80
South East +29 39 £625 +50.60% 89
Midlands -5 29 £525 -15.15% 7
East of England +2 27 £550 +10.00% 6
West Midlands -7 24 £550 -11.11% 4
North of England -25 13 £532 +21.49% 24
North West -10 6 £525 -12.50% 21
Yorkshire -25 6 £675 +80.00% 2
East Midlands -7 5 £438 - 3
South West - 4 £525 - 7
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 9 (3.30%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.73%) Oracle Coherence
4 1 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.37%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (2.20%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 56 (20.51%) Workday HCM
2 9 (3.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (2.56%) SAP HR
4 4 (1.47%) NetSuite
4 4 (1.47%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.73%) iTrent
5 2 (0.73%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.73%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.73%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.73%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.37%) BambooHR
6 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.37%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.37%) Maximo
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.37%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.37%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 32 (11.72%) Azure
2 20 (7.33%) SaaS
3 18 (6.59%) SuccessFactors
4 14 (5.13%) Entra ID
5 13 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (3.66%) Power Platform
7 9 (3.30%) PaaS
8 8 (2.93%) OCI
9 5 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.10%) AWS
11 3 (1.10%) Boomi
11 3 (1.10%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.73%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 2 (0.73%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.73%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (0.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.73%) GCP
12 2 (0.73%) Workato
13 1 (0.37%) Collibra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.56%) Power BI
2 4 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.10%) Tableau
4 2 (0.73%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.37%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.37%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.37%) Pinecone
5 1 (0.37%) Power Query
5 1 (0.37%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.37%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 6 (2.20%) JIRA
2 3 (1.10%) Git
3 1 (0.37%) Jenkins
General
1 117 (42.86%) Finance
2 86 (31.50%) Social Skills
3 47 (17.22%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (5.49%) Influencing Skills
5 11 (4.03%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (4.03%) Legal
5 11 (4.03%) Public Sector
6 8 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (2.20%) Law
7 6 (2.20%) Manufacturing
7 6 (2.20%) Retail
8 5 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.47%) Aviation
9 4 (1.47%) General Ledger
9 4 (1.47%) Local Government
9 4 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.10%) Banking
11 2 (0.73%) Back Office
11 2 (0.73%) French Language
11 2 (0.73%) German Language
Job Titles
1 47 (17.22%) Consultant
2 44 (16.12%) Analyst
3 42 (15.38%) Workday Consultant
4 34 (12.45%) Architect
5 29 (10.62%) Workday Analyst
6 26 (9.52%) Lead
7 21 (7.69%) Data Analyst
8 17 (6.23%) Workday Architect
8 17 (6.23%) Workday Manager
9 16 (5.86%) Payroll Consultant
9 16 (5.86%) Project Manager
10 14 (5.13%) HR Analyst
10 14 (5.13%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (4.76%) Workday Specialist
12 12 (4.40%) Programme Manager
13 11 (4.03%) Senior
13 11 (4.03%) Technical Architect
14 10 (3.66%) Business Analyst
14 10 (3.66%) Developer
14 10 (3.66%) HR Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.30%) JSON
1 9 (3.30%) Oracle Fusion
1 9 (3.30%) REST
2 8 (2.93%) Web Services
2 8 (2.93%) XML
3 7 (2.56%) SOAP
4 6 (2.20%) RESTful
5 5 (1.83%) .NET
6 4 (1.47%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (1.10%) Middleware
8 2 (0.73%) XSLT
9 1 (0.37%) ADO
9 1 (0.37%) J2EE
9 1 (0.37%) LDAP
9 1 (0.37%) Node.js
9 1 (0.37%) OAuth
9 1 (0.37%) SailPoint
9 1 (0.37%) SAML
9 1 (0.37%) Spring
9 1 (0.37%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.49%) Legacy Systems
2 13 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (4.03%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.66%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.93%) Data Structures
5 8 (2.93%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.83%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.47%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.47%) Reinsurance
8 3 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.10%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.10%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.37%) CMDB
9 1 (0.37%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.37%) FMCG
9 1 (0.37%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.37%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.37%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.37%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (28.21%) Stakeholder Management
2 62 (22.71%) Problem-Solving
3 55 (20.15%) ERP
4 48 (17.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 47 (17.22%) Agile
5 47 (17.22%) Migration
6 45 (16.48%) Roadmaps
7 34 (12.45%) Analytics
8 33 (12.09%) Data Migration
9 24 (8.79%) Project Delivery
10 23 (8.42%) Change Management
11 19 (6.96%) Validation
12 17 (6.23%) Project Management
13 16 (5.86%) Process Improvement
14 15 (5.49%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (5.49%) SDLC
15 14 (5.13%) Knowledge Transfer
16 13 (4.76%) Data Governance
16 13 (4.76%) Data Management
16 13 (4.76%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 10 (3.66%) Python
1 10 (3.66%) SQL
2 9 (3.30%) Java
2 9 (3.30%) JavaScript
3 6 (2.20%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (1.10%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.73%) C#
6 1 (0.37%) Bicep
6 1 (0.37%) Groovy
6 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.37%) VBA
6 1 (0.37%) XPath
Qualifications
1 23 (8.42%) Degree
2 16 (5.86%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.13%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.30%) PMI Certification
4 9 (3.30%) PMP
5 7 (2.56%) ACCA
5 7 (2.56%) CIMA
6 4 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.47%) CIPD
6 4 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.47%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.10%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 2 (0.73%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.73%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.37%) APMG
9 1 (0.37%) CIPFA
9 1 (0.37%) CISA
9 1 (0.37%) CISSP
9 1 (0.37%) GIAC
9 1 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.69%) GDPR
2 8 (2.93%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.93%) QA
2 8 (2.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 7 (2.56%) SLA
4 4 (1.47%) COBIT
4 4 (1.47%) HIPAA
5 3 (1.10%) PMO
6 2 (0.73%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.37%) IFRS
System Software
1 7 (2.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (0.73%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.37%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 62 (22.71%) SAP
2 41 (15.02%) Oracle
3 28 (10.26%) ServiceNow
4 26 (9.52%) Microsoft
5 9 (3.30%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.56%) MuleSoft
7 5 (1.83%) Databricks
8 4 (1.47%) Adaptive Insights
8 4 (1.47%) Anaplan
8 4 (1.47%) Hyperion
8 4 (1.47%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.10%) Alteryx
9 3 (1.10%) Snow
10 2 (0.73%) Automation Anywhere
10 2 (0.73%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.73%) HP
10 2 (0.73%) Kronos
10 2 (0.73%) Okta
10 2 (0.73%) UiPath
11 1 (0.37%) Google