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 4 August 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
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 283 420
Rank change year-on-year -40 +137 +37
Contract jobs citing Workday 330 230 114
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.73% 0.83% 0.34%
As % of the Vendors category 1.77% 1.77% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 153 76
10th Percentile £406 £400 £309
25th Percentile £480 £463 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £555 £574
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -3.31% -0.17%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £709
90th Percentile £775 £825 £788
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £568
% change year-on-year +4.35% +1.32% -5.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 3
10th Percentile £23.69 £25.00 £21.05
25th Percentile £24.78 £27.13 £28.63
Median hourly rate £29.50 £37.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.33% -11.76% +18.88%
75th Percentile £31.41 £43.75 £49.38
90th Percentile £43.00 £54.53 £52.75
UK median hourly rate £29.50 £37.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -21.33% -31.82% +53.85%

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 18,603 12,992 14,593
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.22% 47.06% 43.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,709 8,236 9,318
10th Percentile £313 £278 £300
25th Percentile £413 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £613 £621 £627
90th Percentile £700 £720 £738
UK median daily rate £505 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +1.00% -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 999 626 772
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.75 £13.69
25th Percentile £19.50 £17.44 £15.62
Median hourly rate £35.53 £25.15 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.27% -13.28% -26.77%
75th Percentile £67.50 £50.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.20 £71.13
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £25.15 £28.00
% change year-on-year +39.17% -10.18% -33.85%

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 4 August 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 4 August 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 4 August 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 -29 199 £619 +7.61% 139
South East -34 44 £525 +5.00% 29
North of England -25 37 £450 -33.33% 22
Midlands -37 26 £588 +6.82% 22
East Midlands +11 21 £550 +37.50% 6
Yorkshire -26 19 £413 -38.89% 7
North West -35 17 £548 - 13
South West -33 14 £480 -16.52% 14
East of England -38 8 £606 +10.23% 7
West Midlands -62 4 £600 -11.11% 16
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 7 (2.12%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.21%) Confluence
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.30%) Anypoint
Applications
1 20 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.42%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 80 (24.24%) Workday HCM
2 14 (4.24%) iTrent
3 8 (2.42%) NetSuite
3 8 (2.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (2.12%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (2.12%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (1.52%) BambooHR
6 4 (1.21%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.91%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.91%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.91%) Dynamics SL
7 3 (0.91%) Infor CloudSuite
7 3 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.91%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 3 (0.91%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.91%) SAP HR
8 2 (0.61%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.61%) ResourceLink
8 2 (0.61%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 37 (11.21%) Azure
2 31 (9.39%) SaaS
3 28 (8.48%) SuccessFactors
4 24 (7.27%) Power Platform
5 19 (5.76%) Entra ID
6 16 (4.85%) AWS
7 14 (4.24%) Boomi
8 10 (3.03%) Snowflake
9 9 (2.73%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (2.42%) Azure Logic Apps
11 7 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (2.12%) iPaaS
12 6 (1.82%) dbt
12 6 (1.82%) GCP
13 5 (1.52%) Azure Service Bus
13 5 (1.52%) Dagster
13 5 (1.52%) Prefect
13 5 (1.52%) Serverless
14 4 (1.21%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.61%) FTP
2 1 (0.30%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.67%) Power BI
2 13 (3.94%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.73%) Tableau
4 7 (2.12%) Looker
5 5 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (1.52%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.91%) Metadata
6 3 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.30%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.30%) Power Query
7 1 (0.30%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.30%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.30%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 27 (8.18%) JIRA
2 3 (0.91%) Git
General
1 128 (38.79%) Finance
2 127 (38.48%) Social Skills
3 67 (20.30%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (7.27%) Public Sector
5 22 (6.67%) Legal
6 21 (6.36%) Banking
7 16 (4.85%) Manufacturing
8 14 (4.24%) Retail
9 11 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.73%) Law
11 8 (2.42%) General Ledger
11 8 (2.42%) Publishing
12 7 (2.12%) Aviation
12 7 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (1.52%) Financial Institution
15 4 (1.21%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.91%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 71 (21.52%) Analyst
2 52 (15.76%) Architect
3 51 (15.45%) Consultant
4 48 (14.55%) Lead
5 39 (11.82%) Workday Analyst
6 34 (10.30%) Workday Consultant
7 25 (7.58%) Senior
8 22 (6.67%) Workday Architect
9 21 (6.36%) Business Analyst
10 19 (5.76%) Solutions Architect
11 18 (5.45%) Workday Manager
12 17 (5.15%) Project Manager
13 15 (4.55%) Data Analyst
14 14 (4.24%) HR Analyst
15 12 (3.64%) Functional Consultant
15 12 (3.64%) Report Analyst
15 12 (3.64%) Workday Functional Consultant
16 11 (3.33%) Programme Manager
16 11 (3.33%) Senior Analyst
16 11 (3.33%) Workday Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (9.09%) Middleware
2 27 (8.18%) REST
3 20 (6.06%) JSON
4 18 (5.45%) SOAP
5 16 (4.85%) XML
6 13 (3.94%) Oracle Fusion
7 10 (3.03%) OAuth
8 8 (2.42%) SAML
9 7 (2.12%) LDAP
10 6 (1.82%) JDBC
10 6 (1.82%) Microsoft Graph
10 6 (1.82%) XSLT
11 5 (1.52%) Jakarta EE
11 5 (1.52%) OpenID
11 5 (1.52%) Web Services
12 4 (1.21%) AngularJS
12 4 (1.21%) CSS
12 4 (1.21%) HTML
12 4 (1.21%) OAuth2
13 3 (0.91%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.06%) Legacy Systems
2 18 (5.45%) Onboarding
3 13 (3.94%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (2.73%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.42%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (2.42%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.12%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.52%) Robotics
7 5 (1.52%) Social Media
8 4 (1.21%) e-Learning
8 4 (1.21%) Learning Management System
8 4 (1.21%) Low-Code
9 3 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.61%) Augmented Reality
10 2 (0.61%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.61%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.61%) FMCG
10 2 (0.61%) Freedom of Information
10 2 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.61%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.91%) Linux
1 3 (0.91%) Unix
1 3 (0.91%) Windows
2 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (26.06%) Stakeholder Management
2 77 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
3 72 (21.82%) ERP
4 51 (15.45%) Analytics
5 49 (14.85%) Agile
6 47 (14.24%) Validation
7 44 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 39 (11.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (11.82%) Migration
8 39 (11.82%) User Acceptance Testing
9 38 (11.52%) Data Modelling
10 37 (11.21%) Decision-Making
11 35 (10.61%) Translating Business Requirements
12 31 (9.39%) Roadmaps
13 29 (8.79%) Data Migration
14 28 (8.48%) Business Intelligence
15 25 (7.58%) Integration Patterns
16 24 (7.27%) AI
16 24 (7.27%) Data Protection
17 23 (6.97%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 17 (5.15%) Python
1 17 (5.15%) SQL
2 8 (2.42%) Java
2 8 (2.42%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.12%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.21%) C#
5 2 (0.61%) BeanShell
6 1 (0.30%) Bicep
6 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.30%) Korn
6 1 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 30 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 17 (5.15%) SC Cleared
3 11 (3.33%) Degree
4 7 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.82%) CIPD
5 6 (1.82%) CISM
5 6 (1.82%) CISSP
6 5 (1.52%) ACCA
6 5 (1.52%) CIMA
7 4 (1.21%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.61%) IIBA
9 2 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.30%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.30%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.30%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.30%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (11.21%) GDPR
2 29 (8.79%) Data Quality
3 16 (4.85%) QA
4 13 (3.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (3.33%) PMO
6 6 (1.82%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.91%) NIST
8 3 (0.91%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.61%) IFRS
10 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.30%) GAAP
10 1 (0.30%) GRC
10 1 (0.30%) ITGC
10 1 (0.30%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (3.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (0.91%) Terraform
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 84 (25.45%) SAP
2 50 (15.15%) Oracle
3 42 (12.73%) Microsoft
4 30 (9.09%) ServiceNow
5 15 (4.55%) MuleSoft
6 12 (3.64%) Salesforce
7 10 (3.03%) Adaptive Insights
8 9 (2.73%) Databricks
9 7 (2.12%) Kronos
10 5 (1.52%) Anaplan
11 4 (1.21%) Cognizant
11 4 (1.21%) Google
12 3 (0.91%) CyberArk
12 3 (0.91%) Epicor
12 3 (0.91%) IFS
12 3 (0.91%) Infor
12 3 (0.91%) PeopleSoft
12 3 (0.91%) QAD
12 3 (0.91%) Sage
12 3 (0.91%) Zuora