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 29 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
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 289 418
Rank change year-on-year -48 +129 +23
Contract jobs citing Workday 314 234 112
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.68% 0.84% 0.34%
As % of the Vendors category 1.64% 1.79% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 151 69
10th Percentile £393 £400 £363
25th Percentile £478 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £709 £775
90th Percentile £775 £825 £825
UK median daily rate £598 £555 £584
% change year-on-year +7.70% -4.88% -1.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 13 4
10th Percentile £23.69 £25.15 £23.58
25th Percentile £24.78 £30.11 £34.94
Median hourly rate £29.50 £37.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.33% -23.08% -11.96%
75th Percentile £31.41 £43.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £43.00 £61.70 -
UK median hourly rate £29.50 £37.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -21.33% -31.82% -10.20%

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 19,097 13,075 14,457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.61% 47.12% 43.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,953 8,297 9,045
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £618 £615 £630
90th Percentile £705 £705 £733
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,044 622 661
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.75 £13.69
25th Percentile £17.50 £17.46 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.11 £25.15 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.68% -16.17% -28.53%
75th Percentile £65.58 £47.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.65 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £29.96 £25.15 £28.50
% change year-on-year +19.13% -11.75% -33.72%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -49 186 £600 +4.35% 294
South East -41 44 £525 - 39
North of England -38 34 £473 -30.00% 38
Midlands -39 25 £600 +9.09% 95
East Midlands +3 21 £600 +50.00% 6
North West -40 19 £600 - 32
South West -27 15 £480 -16.52% 27
Yorkshire -32 14 £413 -38.89% 4
East of England -40 10 £605 +9.91% 11
West Midlands -49 2 £625 +13.64% 89
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 8 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.59%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.27%) Confluence
4 3 (0.96%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.32%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.32%) Mendix
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 20 (6.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.23%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 79 (25.16%) Workday HCM
2 16 (5.10%) iTrent
3 8 (2.55%) NetSuite
3 8 (2.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (1.91%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (1.91%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (1.59%) BambooHR
6 4 (1.27%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.96%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 3 (0.96%) SAP HR
8 2 (0.64%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.64%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.64%) Dynamics SL
8 2 (0.64%) Infor CloudSuite
8 2 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.64%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.64%) Primavera
8 2 (0.64%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.64%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 39 (12.42%) Azure
2 33 (10.51%) SaaS
3 30 (9.55%) SuccessFactors
4 27 (8.60%) Power Platform
5 21 (6.69%) Entra ID
6 17 (5.41%) AWS
7 13 (4.14%) Boomi
8 11 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (3.18%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (3.18%) Snowflake
10 8 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.23%) GCP
11 7 (2.23%) iPaaS
12 6 (1.91%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (1.91%) dbt
12 6 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (1.59%) Dagster
13 5 (1.59%) Prefect
13 5 (1.59%) Serverless
14 4 (1.27%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.96%) FTP
2 1 (0.32%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.64%) Power BI
2 13 (4.14%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.87%) Tableau
4 7 (2.23%) Looker
5 5 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (1.59%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.27%) Metadata
7 3 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.32%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.32%) Power Query
8 1 (0.32%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.32%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 23 (7.32%) JIRA
2 3 (0.96%) Git
General
1 123 (39.17%) Social Skills
2 119 (37.90%) Finance
3 63 (20.06%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 21 (6.69%) Banking
6 18 (5.73%) Legal
7 16 (5.10%) Manufacturing
7 16 (5.10%) Retail
8 11 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.87%) Law
10 7 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.91%) Aviation
11 6 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.91%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.27%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.27%) Marketing
12 4 (1.27%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.96%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 64 (20.38%) Analyst
2 54 (17.20%) Architect
3 53 (16.88%) Consultant
4 51 (16.24%) Lead
5 37 (11.78%) Workday Consultant
6 35 (11.15%) Workday Analyst
7 22 (7.01%) Senior
8 21 (6.69%) Workday Architect
9 19 (6.05%) Business Analyst
10 18 (5.73%) Solutions Architect
11 17 (5.41%) Project Manager
12 16 (5.10%) Workday Manager
13 15 (4.78%) Data Analyst
14 13 (4.14%) HR Analyst
15 11 (3.50%) Functional Consultant
15 11 (3.50%) Integration Architect
15 11 (3.50%) Workday Functional Consultant
16 10 (3.18%) HR Data Analyst
17 9 (2.87%) Senior Analyst
18 8 (2.55%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.92%) Middleware
1 28 (8.92%) REST
2 21 (6.69%) JSON
2 21 (6.69%) SOAP
3 20 (6.37%) XML
4 11 (3.50%) OAuth
5 10 (3.18%) Oracle Fusion
5 10 (3.18%) XSLT
6 9 (2.87%) SAML
7 8 (2.55%) Web Services
8 7 (2.23%) LDAP
8 7 (2.23%) Microsoft Graph
9 6 (1.91%) JDBC
10 5 (1.59%) Jakarta EE
10 5 (1.59%) OAuth2
10 5 (1.59%) OpenID
11 4 (1.27%) AngularJS
11 4 (1.27%) CSS
11 4 (1.27%) GraphQL
11 4 (1.27%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.05%) Onboarding
2 16 (5.10%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (4.46%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (3.18%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.87%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.23%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.91%) Learning Management System
8 5 (1.59%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.59%) Robotics
8 5 (1.59%) Social Media
9 4 (1.27%) e-Learning
10 3 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.64%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.64%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.64%) Freedom of Information
11 2 (0.64%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (0.64%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.64%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.96%) Linux
1 3 (0.96%) Unix
1 3 (0.96%) Windows
2 1 (0.32%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (28.98%) Stakeholder Management
2 71 (22.61%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (21.34%) ERP
4 56 (17.83%) Analytics
5 47 (14.97%) Agile
6 45 (14.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 43 (13.69%) User Acceptance Testing
7 43 (13.69%) Validation
8 42 (13.38%) Migration
9 36 (11.46%) Decision-Making
10 35 (11.15%) Continuous Improvement
10 35 (11.15%) Data Modelling
11 34 (10.83%) Translating Business Requirements
12 31 (9.87%) Data Migration
13 28 (8.92%) Business Intelligence
14 27 (8.60%) Roadmaps
15 26 (8.28%) AI
16 25 (7.96%) Workshop Facilitation
17 23 (7.32%) Data Governance
17 23 (7.32%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 18 (5.73%) SQL
2 17 (5.41%) Python
3 10 (3.18%) Java
4 8 (2.55%) PowerShell
5 7 (2.23%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.27%) C#
7 2 (0.64%) BeanShell
8 1 (0.32%) Bicep
8 1 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.32%) Korn
8 1 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 28 (8.92%) Security Cleared
2 15 (4.78%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.14%) Degree
4 6 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (1.91%) CIPD
4 6 (1.91%) CISM
4 6 (1.91%) CISSP
5 5 (1.59%) ACCA
5 5 (1.59%) CIMA
6 4 (1.27%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.27%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.64%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.64%) IIBA
8 2 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.32%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.32%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (10.51%) GDPR
2 30 (9.55%) Data Quality
3 12 (3.82%) QA
3 12 (3.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 10 (3.18%) PMO
5 6 (1.91%) HIPAA
6 5 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.96%) NIST
7 3 (0.96%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.32%) GRC
8 1 (0.32%) IFRS
8 1 (0.32%) ITGC
8 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (3.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 88 (28.03%) SAP
2 51 (16.24%) Oracle
3 42 (13.38%) Microsoft
4 31 (9.87%) ServiceNow
5 14 (4.46%) Salesforce
6 13 (4.14%) MuleSoft
7 9 (2.87%) Adaptive Insights
7 9 (2.87%) Databricks
8 7 (2.23%) Kronos
9 5 (1.59%) Google
10 4 (1.27%) Anaplan
10 4 (1.27%) Cognizant
11 3 (0.96%) CyberArk
11 3 (0.96%) PeopleSoft
12 2 (0.64%) Autodesk
12 2 (0.64%) Epicor
12 2 (0.64%) IFS
12 2 (0.64%) Infor
12 2 (0.64%) QAD
12 2 (0.64%) Zuora