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 14 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
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 285 412 368
Rank change year-on-year +127 -44 +72
Contract jobs citing Workday 285 107 204
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.94% 0.34% 0.52%
As % of the Vendors category 1.98% 0.76% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 69 123
10th Percentile £400 £363 £415
25th Percentile £463 £500 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -7.56%
75th Percentile £663 £775 £638
90th Percentile £775 £830 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £561
% change year-on-year -8.33% +7.00% -2.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 10
10th Percentile £25.30 - £42.75
25th Percentile £30.68 - £44.47
Median hourly rate £37.50 £55.00 £50.28
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +9.39% +43.65%
75th Percentile £44.34 - £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 14,410 14,102 17,657
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.66% 45.16% 44.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,274 8,485 11,670
10th Percentile £283 £300 £255
25th Percentile £405 £413 £405
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% - -1.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 718 446 619
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.35 £14.73
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.94 £20.39
Median hourly rate £25.00 £33.75 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% -24.16% +73.08%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £72.00 £74.65 £76.31
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £30.45 £43.90
% change year-on-year -17.90% -30.64% +75.60%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 +106 155 £575 -11.54% 108
South East +32 43 £625 +50.60% 31
Midlands -9 30 £525 -16.00% 4
East of England +2 29 £550 +10.00% 8
West Midlands -15 25 £550 -12.00% 3
North of England -29 18 £532 +41.73% 21
Yorkshire -30 9 £675 +80.00% 3
North West -13 8 £525 -25.00% 16
East Midlands -9 5 £438 - 1
South West - 4 £525 - 6
North East - 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 10 (3.51%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.70%) Oracle Coherence
4 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 25 (8.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.46%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (2.46%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 63 (22.11%) Workday HCM
2 9 (3.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (2.46%) SAP HR
4 4 (1.40%) NetSuite
4 4 (1.40%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (1.05%) iTrent
6 2 (0.70%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.70%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.70%) SAP FI/CO
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 Payables
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.35%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 34 (11.93%) Azure
2 20 (7.02%) SaaS
2 20 (7.02%) SuccessFactors
3 15 (5.26%) Entra ID
4 14 (4.91%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (3.86%) Power Platform
6 9 (3.16%) PaaS
7 8 (2.81%) OCI
8 5 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.40%) Boomi
9 4 (1.40%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.05%) AWS
10 3 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.70%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.70%) GCP
11 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.70%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.81%) Power BI
2 4 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.40%) 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 (2.81%) JIRA
2 3 (1.05%) Git
3 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.35%) Selenium
3 1 (0.35%) TestRail
General
1 115 (40.35%) Finance
2 95 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 53 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (5.96%) Influencing Skills
5 13 (4.56%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (4.21%) Public Sector
7 11 (3.86%) Legal
8 8 (2.81%) Law
8 8 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.46%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.11%) Retail
11 5 (1.75%) Local Government
12 4 (1.40%) Aviation
12 4 (1.40%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.05%) Banking
14 2 (0.70%) French Language
14 2 (0.70%) German Language
14 2 (0.70%) Military
Job Titles
1 47 (16.49%) Consultant
2 46 (16.14%) Analyst
3 41 (14.39%) Workday Consultant
4 38 (13.33%) Architect
5 31 (10.88%) Workday Analyst
6 27 (9.47%) Lead
7 21 (7.37%) Data Analyst
8 20 (7.02%) Workday Architect
9 18 (6.32%) Workday Specialist
10 16 (5.61%) Payroll Consultant
11 15 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
12 14 (4.91%) HR Analyst
12 14 (4.91%) Project Manager
13 13 (4.56%) Business Analyst
13 13 (4.56%) Workday Manager
14 12 (4.21%) Administrator
15 11 (3.86%) Senior
15 11 (3.86%) Technical Architect
16 10 (3.51%) Developer
16 10 (3.51%) HR Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.16%) JSON
1 9 (3.16%) Oracle Fusion
1 9 (3.16%) REST
1 9 (3.16%) Web Services
2 8 (2.81%) SOAP
2 8 (2.81%) XML
3 6 (2.11%) RESTful
4 5 (1.75%) .NET
4 5 (1.75%) Middleware
5 4 (1.40%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (0.70%) 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 18 (6.32%) Legacy Systems
2 14 (4.91%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (3.86%) Onboarding
3 11 (3.86%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.51%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.81%) Data Structures
6 5 (1.75%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.40%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.40%) 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 80 (28.07%) Stakeholder Management
2 66 (23.16%) Problem-Solving
3 59 (20.70%) ERP
4 54 (18.95%) Migration
5 52 (18.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 47 (16.49%) Agile
6 47 (16.49%) Roadmaps
7 37 (12.98%) Data Migration
8 35 (12.28%) Analytics
9 27 (9.47%) Change Management
10 23 (8.07%) Project Delivery
11 22 (7.72%) Validation
12 19 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (6.32%) Process Improvement
14 17 (5.96%) Project Management
15 15 (5.26%) Data Management
16 14 (4.91%) SDLC
16 14 (4.91%) Test Automation
17 13 (4.56%) Business Analysis
17 13 (4.56%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 10 (3.51%) Python
1 10 (3.51%) SQL
2 9 (3.16%) Java
2 9 (3.16%) JavaScript
3 6 (2.11%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
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%) Groovy
6 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.35%) VBA
6 1 (0.35%) XPath
Qualifications
1 24 (8.42%) Degree
2 19 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 17 (5.96%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.81%) PMI Certification
4 8 (2.81%) PMP
5 7 (2.46%) ISTQB
6 6 (2.11%) ACCA
6 6 (2.11%) CIMA
6 6 (2.11%) CIPD
7 5 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.75%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 4 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
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%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.37%) GDPR
2 9 (3.16%) QA
3 8 (2.81%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (2.46%) SLA
5 4 (1.40%) COBIT
5 4 (1.40%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.70%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.70%) PMO
7 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.35%) IFRS
System Software
1 7 (2.46%) 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 66 (23.16%) SAP
2 42 (14.74%) Oracle
3 31 (10.88%) ServiceNow
4 27 (9.47%) Microsoft
5 10 (3.51%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.81%) MuleSoft
7 5 (1.75%) Databricks
8 4 (1.40%) Adaptive Insights
8 4 (1.40%) Alteryx
8 4 (1.40%) Anaplan
8 4 (1.40%) Hyperion
8 4 (1.40%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.05%) HP
9 3 (1.05%) Snow
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%) Informatica