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 30 January 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
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 292 376 361
Rank change year-on-year +84 -15 +58
Contract jobs citing Workday 288 114 199
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.87% 0.43% 0.53%
As % of the Vendors category 1.89% 0.93% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 62 130
10th Percentile £413 £363 £425
25th Percentile £500 £503 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £784 £638
90th Percentile £775 £859 £738
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £562
% change year-on-year - +6.83% -4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 11
10th Percentile £35.31 - £43.88
25th Percentile £38.77 £31.76 £47.25
Median hourly rate £41.86 £43.38 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.52% -21.84% +184.62%
75th Percentile £44.94 £78.25 £61.94
90th Percentile £64.96 £86.00 £62.00
UK median hourly rate £41.86 £43.38 £55.53
% change year-on-year -3.52% -21.88% +184.77%

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 15,199 12,308 16,430
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 46.02% 46.32% 43.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,972 7,412 10,628
10th Percentile £300 £285 £250
25th Percentile £410 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £710 £720 £730
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 726 356 814
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.62 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.51 £15.75
Median hourly rate £23.25 £30.00 £30.88
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% -2.83% -4.26%
75th Percentile £50.00 £63.75 £58.65
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.75 £30.25
% change year-on-year -14.14% -8.26% +5.22%

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 30 January 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 30 January 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 30 January 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 +63 150 £613 +1.58% 52
South East +10 44 £625 +25.00% 27
North of England -37 44 £569 +16.72% 19
Midlands -27 33 £525 -35.38% 8
Yorkshire -28 32 £700 +86.67% 3
West Midlands -16 28 £525 -35.38% 8
North West -21 11 £521 +1.71% 7
East of England -28 6 £550 +4.76% 5
East Midlands -24 5 £438 -
South West -16 4 £625 +19.05% 7
North East -14 1 - - 9
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 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.04%) Confluence
3 3 (1.04%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (1.04%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (1.04%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.69%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 22 (7.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.43%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.69%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 61 (21.18%) Workday HCM
2 11 (3.82%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 9 (3.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 8 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (2.43%) NetSuite
5 7 (2.43%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (2.43%) Oracle Receivables
6 6 (2.08%) SAP HR
7 4 (1.39%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (1.04%) BambooHR
8 3 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (1.04%) iTrent
9 2 (0.69%) Oracle FAH
9 2 (0.69%) Oracle Financials
10 1 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.35%) Oracle HRMS
10 1 (0.35%) SAP BPC
10 1 (0.35%) SAP ERP
10 1 (0.35%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 33 (11.46%) Azure
2 20 (6.94%) SaaS
3 19 (6.60%) OCI
4 18 (6.25%) SuccessFactors
5 14 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (4.51%) Entra ID
7 11 (3.82%) Power Platform
8 7 (2.43%) PaaS
9 6 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (2.08%) OneDrive
10 5 (1.74%) Boomi
11 4 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (1.04%) AWS
12 3 (1.04%) IaaS
12 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (0.69%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (0.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 2 (0.69%) GCP
13 2 (0.69%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.35%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.47%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (2.78%) Power BI
3 6 (2.08%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.04%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.04%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.69%) DTS
5 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.69%) Tableau
6 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.35%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.35%) Pinecone
6 1 (0.35%) Power Query
6 1 (0.35%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.35%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 22 (7.64%) JIRA
2 4 (1.39%) Selenium
3 3 (1.04%) Cucumber
3 3 (1.04%) Postman
4 2 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (0.69%) TestRail
5 1 (0.35%) Git
5 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.35%) JMeter
5 1 (0.35%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 125 (43.40%) Finance
2 91 (31.60%) Social Skills
3 45 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
5 12 (4.17%) Banking
6 11 (3.82%) Legal
7 9 (3.13%) General Ledger
7 9 (3.13%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.43%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.08%) Law
10 5 (1.74%) Retail
11 4 (1.39%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.04%) Local Government
12 3 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.69%) French Language
13 2 (0.69%) Japanese Language
13 2 (0.69%) Marketing
13 2 (0.69%) Military
Job Titles
1 52 (18.06%) Consultant
2 48 (16.67%) Workday Consultant
3 47 (16.32%) Lead
4 38 (13.19%) Architect
5 37 (12.85%) Analyst
6 22 (7.64%) Project Manager
6 22 (7.64%) Solutions Architect
7 20 (6.94%) Workday Analyst
8 17 (5.90%) Workday Architect
9 16 (5.56%) Implementation Consultant
9 16 (5.56%) Workday Implementation Consultant
9 16 (5.56%) Workday Manager
10 15 (5.21%) Payroll Consultant
11 14 (4.86%) Administrator
11 14 (4.86%) Data Analyst
11 14 (4.86%) Workday Specialist
12 11 (3.82%) HR Analyst
13 10 (3.47%) Business Analyst
13 10 (3.47%) Senior
13 10 (3.47%) Workday Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.60%) Oracle Fusion
2 15 (5.21%) XML
3 13 (4.51%) Middleware
4 7 (2.43%) SOAP
5 6 (2.08%) REST
6 5 (1.74%) JSON
6 5 (1.74%) Web Services
7 3 (1.04%) EDI
7 3 (1.04%) XML Messaging
7 3 (1.04%) XSLT
8 2 (0.69%) .NET
8 2 (0.69%) ADO
8 2 (0.69%) OAuth
8 2 (0.69%) SAML
9 1 (0.35%) CSS
9 1 (0.35%) HTML
9 1 (0.35%) LDAP
9 1 (0.35%) SailPoint
9 1 (0.35%) Spring
9 1 (0.35%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.03%) Legacy Systems
2 14 (4.86%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (4.86%) Onboarding
3 12 (4.17%) Product Ownership
4 11 (3.82%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.43%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.39%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.04%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.69%) Life Science
10 1 (0.35%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.35%) Derivative
10 1 (0.35%) FMCG
10 1 (0.35%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.35%) Replication
10 1 (0.35%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.35%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.35%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.69%) Linux
1 2 (0.69%) Windows
2 1 (0.35%) VMS
2 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
2 75 (26.04%) ERP
3 56 (19.44%) Migration
4 53 (18.40%) Agile
5 51 (17.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 45 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (13.89%) Data Migration
8 31 (10.76%) Analytics
9 26 (9.03%) Roadmaps
10 25 (8.68%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (8.33%) Change Management
11 24 (8.33%) Process Improvement
12 20 (6.94%) Project Delivery
12 20 (6.94%) Project Management
12 20 (6.94%) Validation
13 18 (6.25%) Decision-Making
13 18 (6.25%) PRINCE2
13 18 (6.25%) Waterfall
14 16 (5.56%) User Acceptance Testing
15 15 (5.21%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.21%) SQL
2 8 (2.78%) Python
3 6 (2.08%) Java
4 5 (1.74%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.04%) C#
5 3 (1.04%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.04%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.69%) Korn
6 2 (0.69%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.35%) ABAP
7 1 (0.35%) Groovy
7 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.35%) XPath
Qualifications
1 23 (7.99%) SC Cleared
1 23 (7.99%) Security Cleared
2 17 (5.90%) PMP
3 16 (5.56%) PMI Certification
4 13 (4.51%) Degree
5 6 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.08%) ISTQB
6 5 (1.74%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 4 (1.39%) ACCA
7 4 (1.39%) CIMA
7 4 (1.39%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.69%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.69%) CIPD
10 1 (0.35%) APMG
10 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.35%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.35%) CISA
10 1 (0.35%) GIAC
10 1 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.60%) GDPR
2 10 (3.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 9 (3.13%) QA
4 8 (2.78%) SLA
5 6 (2.08%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.74%) Basel III
6 5 (1.74%) GAAP
7 4 (1.39%) HIPAA
7 4 (1.39%) PMO
8 3 (1.04%) IFRS
8 3 (1.04%) IFRS 9
9 2 (0.69%) GxP
9 2 (0.69%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 8 (2.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.39%) HP ALM
2 3 (1.04%) Control-M
3 1 (0.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 72 (25.00%) SAP
2 59 (20.49%) Oracle
3 32 (11.11%) ServiceNow
4 23 (7.99%) Microsoft
5 9 (3.13%) MuleSoft
6 5 (1.74%) Anaplan
6 5 (1.74%) Informatica
6 5 (1.74%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.39%) HP
7 4 (1.39%) Hyperion
8 3 (1.04%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.04%) Snow
9 2 (0.69%) Adaptive Insights
9 2 (0.69%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.69%) IBM
9 2 (0.69%) PeopleSoft
9 2 (0.69%) Virgin Media
10 1 (0.35%) Ariba
10 1 (0.35%) Dell
10 1 (0.35%) Kronos