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 27 March 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
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 302 326 366
Rank change year-on-year +24 +40 +62
Contract jobs citing Workday 302 139 176
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.80% 0.57% 0.47%
As % of the Vendors category 1.83% 1.21% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 86 125
10th Percentile £457 £388 £363
25th Percentile £514 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +2.13% -
75th Percentile £700 £772 £625
90th Percentile £775 £825 £738
UK median daily rate £600 £588 £568
% change year-on-year +2.13% +3.52% -3.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 5
10th Percentile - - £41.96
25th Percentile £38.77 £31.76 £43.03
Median hourly rate £41.86 £53.50 £51.06
Median % change year-on-year -21.77% +4.79% +149.05%
75th Percentile £44.94 £74.88 £62.00
90th Percentile - £86.00 -
UK median hourly rate £41.86 £53.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year -21.77% -13.71% +202.44%

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 16,486 11,472 15,963
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 43.77% 47.35% 42.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,739 7,460 10,228
10th Percentile £313 £296 £250
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.41%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - -2.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 874 411 943
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £19.46 £14.36
Median hourly rate £25.38 £29.07 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.69% +21.13% -31.48%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £76.73 £80.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £28.75 £23.22
% change year-on-year -10.37% +23.84% -39.70%

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 27 March 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
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 27 March 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 +32 180 £628 +4.58% 49
North of England -34 53 £538 +2.48% 4
Yorkshire -19 40 £700 +55.56%
South East -31 28 £625 +8.70% 26
Midlands -49 23 £525 +31.25% 3
West Midlands -40 20 £550 - 2
North West -31 13 £518 +0.98% 2
East of England -43 5 £575 -4.17% 2
South West -21 4 £713 +23.91% 6
East Midlands -33 2 £413 +3.13% 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 11 (3.64%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.99%) Confluence
2 6 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.32%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.99%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.99%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.64%) MS Visio
3 7 (2.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.66%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 75 (24.83%) Workday HCM
2 11 (3.64%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 10 (3.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 9 (2.98%) Oracle Payables
4 9 (2.98%) Oracle Receivables
5 7 (2.32%) NetSuite
6 6 (1.99%) BambooHR
6 6 (1.99%) SAP HR
7 5 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
8 4 (1.32%) Oracle General Ledger
9 3 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
9 3 (0.99%) iTrent
10 2 (0.66%) Oracle FAH
10 2 (0.66%) Oracle Financials
10 2 (0.66%) Primavera
10 2 (0.66%) ResourceLink
10 2 (0.66%) SAP BPC
11 1 (0.33%) Infor CloudSuite
11 1 (0.33%) Oracle HRMS
11 1 (0.33%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 29 (9.60%) Azure
2 19 (6.29%) OCI
3 16 (5.30%) Power Platform
4 15 (4.97%) Entra ID
4 15 (4.97%) SuccessFactors
5 14 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (2.98%) SaaS
7 7 (2.32%) AWS
7 7 (2.32%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.99%) Boomi
8 6 (1.99%) OneDrive
9 3 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.99%) Dagster
9 3 (0.99%) dbt
9 3 (0.99%) IaaS
9 3 (0.99%) PaaS
9 3 (0.99%) Prefect
9 3 (0.99%) Snowflake
10 2 (0.66%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.66%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.66%) FTP
2 1 (0.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.30%) Data Warehouse
1 13 (4.30%) Power BI
2 6 (1.99%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (1.32%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.32%) Tableau
4 3 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (0.99%) BigQuery
4 3 (0.99%) Looker
4 3 (0.99%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.66%) DTS
5 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.33%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 35 (11.59%) JIRA
2 4 (1.32%) Selenium
3 3 (0.99%) Cucumber
3 3 (0.99%) Postman
4 2 (0.66%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (0.66%) TestRail
5 1 (0.33%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.33%) JMeter
5 1 (0.33%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.33%) Zephyr
General
1 129 (42.72%) Finance
2 84 (27.81%) Social Skills
3 57 (18.87%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (6.62%) Banking
5 13 (4.30%) Legal
6 10 (3.31%) General Ledger
6 10 (3.31%) Public Sector
7 8 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (2.32%) Financial Institution
8 7 (2.32%) Publishing
8 7 (2.32%) Retail
9 6 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.66%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.32%) Local Government
11 4 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.32%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.99%) Law
13 2 (0.66%) Japanese Language
14 1 (0.33%) French Language
Job Titles
1 50 (16.56%) Consultant
2 47 (15.56%) Analyst
2 47 (15.56%) Workday Consultant
3 46 (15.23%) Lead
4 45 (14.90%) Architect
5 31 (10.26%) Workday Analyst
6 27 (8.94%) Solutions Architect
7 22 (7.28%) Workday Architect
8 20 (6.62%) Project Manager
9 18 (5.96%) Workday Specialist
10 17 (5.63%) Workday Manager
11 16 (5.30%) Project Officer
12 15 (4.97%) Business Analyst
12 15 (4.97%) Implementation Consultant
12 15 (4.97%) Workday Implementation Consultant
13 13 (4.30%) Data Analyst
14 12 (3.97%) Payroll Consultant
15 11 (3.64%) Senior
16 9 (2.98%) Programme Manager
16 9 (2.98%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.62%) Middleware
2 17 (5.63%) Oracle Fusion
3 14 (4.64%) XML
4 12 (3.97%) REST
5 10 (3.31%) SOAP
6 7 (2.32%) JSON
7 6 (1.99%) Web Services
8 4 (1.32%) OAuth
9 3 (0.99%) CSS
9 3 (0.99%) EDI
9 3 (0.99%) HTML
9 3 (0.99%) JDBC
9 3 (0.99%) LDAP
9 3 (0.99%) SAML
9 3 (0.99%) XML Messaging
9 3 (0.99%) XSLT
10 2 (0.66%) ADO
10 2 (0.66%) J2EE
10 2 (0.66%) jQuery
10 2 (0.66%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 34 (11.26%) Legacy Systems
2 13 (4.30%) Onboarding
3 7 (2.32%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (2.32%) Data Structures
3 7 (2.32%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.32%) Product Ownership
4 5 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.66%) Client/Server
6 2 (0.66%) Learning Management System
6 2 (0.66%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (0.66%) Life Science
6 2 (0.66%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.33%) Derivative
7 1 (0.33%) FMCG
7 1 (0.33%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.33%) Replication
7 1 (0.33%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.66%) Linux
1 5 (1.66%) Windows
2 3 (0.99%) Unix
3 1 (0.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (25.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 74 (24.50%) ERP
3 53 (17.55%) Migration
4 51 (16.89%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (13.25%) Agile
6 39 (12.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 38 (12.58%) Data Migration
8 33 (10.93%) Change Management
9 31 (10.26%) Analytics
10 28 (9.27%) Validation
11 27 (8.94%) Process Improvement
12 25 (8.28%) Data Modelling
12 25 (8.28%) Project Management
13 23 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement
13 23 (7.62%) Decision-Making
13 23 (7.62%) End-to-End Testing
14 22 (7.28%) Workflow
15 20 (6.62%) Business Intelligence
15 20 (6.62%) Integration Patterns
15 20 (6.62%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.64%) SQL
2 8 (2.65%) Python
3 7 (2.32%) Java
4 5 (1.66%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.66%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.66%) Korn
5 2 (0.66%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.33%) ABAP
6 1 (0.33%) BeanShell
6 1 (0.33%) C#
6 1 (0.33%) Groovy
6 1 (0.33%) XPath
Qualifications
1 19 (6.29%) Security Cleared
2 17 (5.63%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.64%) PMP
4 13 (4.30%) PMI Certification
5 7 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.66%) Degree
7 3 (0.99%) CISM
7 3 (0.99%) CISSP
7 3 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.99%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.66%) CIPD
8 2 (0.66%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 2 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.66%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.62%) GDPR
2 17 (5.63%) QA
3 12 (3.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (3.64%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.99%) GAAP
5 6 (1.99%) PMO
6 5 (1.66%) Basel III
7 4 (1.32%) IFRS
7 4 (1.32%) SLA
8 3 (0.99%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.99%) IFRS 9
8 3 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.99%) NIST
8 3 (0.99%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.66%) GxP
9 2 (0.66%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 10 (3.31%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.32%) HP ALM
2 3 (0.99%) Control-M
2 3 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 60 (19.87%) SAP
2 54 (17.88%) Oracle
3 35 (11.59%) ServiceNow
4 32 (10.60%) Microsoft
5 7 (2.32%) Databricks
5 7 (2.32%) MuleSoft
6 4 (1.32%) Adaptive Insights
6 4 (1.32%) HP
6 4 (1.32%) Informatica
6 4 (1.32%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.99%) CyberArk
7 3 (0.99%) Kronos
7 3 (0.99%) Snow
8 2 (0.66%) Anaplan
8 2 (0.66%) Autodesk
8 2 (0.66%) IBM
8 2 (0.66%) IFS
8 2 (0.66%) Tagetik
8 2 (0.66%) Virgin Media
9 1 (0.33%) QAD