Workday Contracts 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 May 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 309 409 426
Rank change year-on-year +100 +17 +67
Contract jobs citing Workday 166 132 226
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.69% 0.36% 0.47%
As % of the Vendors category 1.46% 0.86% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 84 156
10th Percentile £385 £308 £428
25th Percentile £500 £438 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £574 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% -4.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £775 £625 £717
90th Percentile £825 £743 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £519 £600
% change year-on-year +15.66% -13.54% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 4
10th Percentile £25.00 £23.58 -
25th Percentile £25.56 £34.94 £18.75
Median hourly rate £31.76 £52.25 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -39.22% +106.93% +47.62%
75th Percentile £56.06 £62.00 £34.56
90th Percentile £70.43 - £38.28
UK median hourly rate £31.76 £62.00 £25.25
% change year-on-year -48.77% +145.54% +47.62%

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 11,396 15,391 20,047
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.61% 41.93% 42.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,292 9,828 13,797
10th Percentile £276 £263 £269
25th Percentile £406 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £535
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -3.74% +1.90%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £725 £741 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -0.87% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 491 1,033 558
10th Percentile £14.69 £12.15 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.44 £14.48 £18.50
Median hourly rate £26.45 £22.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.56% -38.36% +69.77%
75th Percentile £55.00 £57.33 £62.92
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £22.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +15.91% -48.24% +97.67%

Workday
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Workday as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Workday in England

Workday
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Workday in England.

Daily rate trend for Workday in England

Workday
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Workday in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Workday in England

Workday
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Workday in England.

Hourly rate trend for Workday in England

Workday
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Workday in England over the 6 months to 29 May 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 29 May 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 +87 117 £600 - 190
South East +32 12 £525 +68.00% 299
North of England +13 10 £638 +27.50% 229
East of England +37 8 £775 - 146
North West +8 7 £425 -15.00% 120
Midlands +5 7 £400 -8.57% 191
West Midlands +13 5 £675 +12.50% 104
South West +45 3 £575 +187.50% 112
Yorkshire +10 2 - - 85
East Midlands +8 2 £400 -33.33% 74
North East - 1 £850 - 24
Workday
UK

Workday
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.41%) Confluence
2 2 (1.20%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (6.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (2.41%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.60%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.60%) Trello
Business Applications
1 38 (22.89%) Workday HCM
2 9 (5.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (4.22%) SAP CO
3 7 (4.22%) SAP FI
3 7 (4.22%) SAP FI/CO
4 5 (3.01%) SAP HR
4 5 (3.01%) SAP Payroll
5 4 (2.41%) NetSuite
6 3 (1.81%) Unit4 Business World
7 2 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (1.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.60%) Maximo
8 1 (0.60%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.60%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 13 (7.83%) Azure
2 12 (7.23%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (5.42%) Power Platform
4 5 (3.01%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (3.01%) SaaS
4 5 (3.01%) SuccessFactors
5 4 (2.41%) Power Automate
5 4 (2.41%) PowerApps
6 3 (1.81%) AWS
6 3 (1.81%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.20%) SAP Fieldglass
7 2 (1.20%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.60%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.60%) Boomi
8 1 (0.60%) dbt
8 1 (0.60%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.60%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.20%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.01%) Power BI
2 2 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.20%) Tableau
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.60%) Power Query
3 1 (0.60%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.60%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (5.42%) JIRA
2 2 (1.20%) ERwin
2 2 (1.20%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (0.60%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.60%) Zephyr
General
1 86 (51.81%) Finance
2 61 (36.75%) Social Skills
3 31 (18.67%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.42%) Legal
5 6 (3.61%) Marketing
5 6 (3.61%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.01%) Banking
6 5 (3.01%) Law
7 4 (2.41%) Aviation
7 4 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.41%) Retail
8 3 (1.81%) Advertising
8 3 (1.81%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.81%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.20%) Billing
9 2 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.20%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.60%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.60%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 31 (18.67%) Analyst
2 26 (15.66%) Workday Manager
3 22 (13.25%) Project Manager
4 21 (12.65%) Lead
5 19 (11.45%) Consultant
5 19 (11.45%) Workday Analyst
6 17 (10.24%) Architect
6 17 (10.24%) Workday Consultant
7 13 (7.83%) Workday Project Manager
8 11 (6.63%) Senior
8 11 (6.63%) Workday Architect
9 10 (6.02%) Data Analyst
9 10 (6.02%) HR Analyst
9 10 (6.02%) Programme Manager
10 8 (4.82%) Developer
11 7 (4.22%) Business Analyst
11 7 (4.22%) Finance Manager
11 7 (4.22%) HR Manager
11 7 (4.22%) Test Manager
12 6 (3.61%) Workday Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.41%) React
2 2 (1.20%) ADO
2 2 (1.20%) REST
2 2 (1.20%) SailPoint
2 2 (1.20%) SOAP
3 1 (0.60%) .NET
3 1 (0.60%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.60%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.60%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.60%) JSON
3 1 (0.60%) Middleware
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.60%) RESTful
3 1 (0.60%) Web Services
3 1 (0.60%) XML
3 1 (0.60%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.23%) Product Ownership
2 9 (5.42%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (3.01%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.41%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.81%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.20%) FMCG
6 2 (1.20%) Life Science
6 2 (1.20%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.60%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.60%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.60%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.60%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (22.89%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (20.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 33 (19.88%) ERP
4 30 (18.07%) Migration
5 29 (17.47%) Project Management
6 23 (13.86%) Agile
7 22 (13.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 21 (12.65%) Change Management
9 20 (12.05%) Analytics
10 17 (10.24%) Validation
11 16 (9.64%) Risk Management
11 16 (9.64%) Workshop Facilitation
12 15 (9.04%) CRM
12 15 (9.04%) Data Migration
12 15 (9.04%) Process Improvement
13 13 (7.83%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (7.83%) Data Analysis
13 13 (7.83%) User Acceptance Testing
14 12 (7.23%) DevOps
14 12 (7.23%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.23%) SQL
2 5 (3.01%) ABAP
2 5 (3.01%) C#
2 5 (3.01%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.60%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.60%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.60%) Python
4 1 (0.60%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (9.64%) Degree
2 7 (4.22%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.41%) CIPD
3 4 (2.41%) Master's Degree
4 3 (1.81%) ACCA
4 3 (1.81%) CIMA
4 3 (1.81%) PMI Certification
4 3 (1.81%) PMP
4 3 (1.81%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.81%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (1.20%) CBAP
6 1 (0.60%) APMG
6 1 (0.60%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.82%) QA
2 5 (3.01%) GDPR
3 4 (2.41%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.81%) PMO
5 2 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (1.20%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.60%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (19.28%) SAP
2 26 (15.66%) Microsoft
3 17 (10.24%) Oracle
4 7 (4.22%) Google
5 6 (3.61%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.61%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.81%) Adaptive Insights
7 2 (1.20%) Alteryx
7 2 (1.20%) Kronos
7 2 (1.20%) Sparx
8 1 (0.60%) Altiris
8 1 (0.60%) Ceridian
8 1 (0.60%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.60%) Okta
8 1 (0.60%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.60%) Pardot