Workday HCM Contract Job Trends in London

Workday Human Capital Management (HCM)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Workday HCM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 343 376 389
Rank change year-on-year +33 +13 +137
Contract jobs citing Workday HCM 39 7 14
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.27% 0.047% 0.074%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.93% 0.61% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 4 10
10th Percentile £410 £600 £400
25th Percentile £525 £601 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £677 £584
Median % change year-on-year -3.92% +15.89% -0.21%
75th Percentile £738 £944 £731
90th Percentile £825 £1,158 £808
England median daily rate £575 £602 £600
% change year-on-year -4.41% +0.25% -

All Business Application Skills
London

Workday HCM falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 1,329 1,139 1,405
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.24% 7.58% 7.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 794 655 878
10th Percentile £350 £386 £374
25th Percentile £448 £491 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £586
Median % change year-on-year - -6.18% -2.29%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £713
90th Percentile £838 £813 £800
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 16 16
10th Percentile £23.03 - £20.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £22.27 £40.25
Median hourly rate £40.50 £33.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -61.18% +178.69%
75th Percentile £67.50 £80.75 £86.50
90th Percentile £89.75 - £90.63
England median hourly rate £47.48 £41.50 £56.89
% change year-on-year +14.40% -27.05% +62.54%

Workday HCM
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Workday HCM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Workday HCM job vacancy trend in London

Workday HCM
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Workday HCM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Workday HCM

Workday HCM
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Workday HCM in London over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Workday HCM in London

Workday HCM
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Workday HCM within the London region over the 6 months to 20 December 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
Central London - 10 £700 - 2
West London - 1 £600 - 1
Workday HCM
England

Workday HCM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 2 (5.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (10.26%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.26%) SaaS
2 3 (7.69%) SuccessFactors
3 2 (5.13%) Azure
3 2 (5.13%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.56%) Boomi
4 1 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.56%) Collibra
4 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.56%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (5.13%) Power BI
1 2 (5.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
1 1 (2.56%) Selenium
1 1 (2.56%) TestRail
General
1 20 (51.28%) Finance
2 19 (48.72%) Social Skills
3 7 (17.95%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (10.26%) Manufacturing
6 2 (5.13%) Law
6 2 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Banking
7 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.56%) German Language
7 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (15.38%) Consultant
1 6 (15.38%) Lead
1 6 (15.38%) Workday Consultant
2 5 (12.82%) Architect
2 5 (12.82%) Workday Specialist
3 3 (7.69%) Analyst
3 3 (7.69%) Developer
3 3 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (7.69%) Workday Developer
4 2 (5.13%) HR Specialist
4 2 (5.13%) Integration Consultant
4 2 (5.13%) Project Leader
4 2 (5.13%) Test Analyst
4 2 (5.13%) Test Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) Workday Analyst
4 2 (5.13%) Workday Integration Consultant
5 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (2.56%) PMO Lead
5 1 (2.56%) Security Administrator
5 1 (2.56%) Workday Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) Web Services
2 1 (2.56%) .NET
2 1 (2.56%) J2EE
2 1 (2.56%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (2.56%) Middleware
2 1 (2.56%) RESTful
2 1 (2.56%) XML
2 1 (2.56%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) AI Agents
1 4 (10.26%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.56%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (20.51%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (17.95%) Roadmaps
3 6 (15.38%) Business Analysis
4 5 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (12.82%) Data Migration
4 5 (12.82%) ERP
4 5 (12.82%) Line Management
4 5 (12.82%) Migration
4 5 (12.82%) Project Delivery
4 5 (12.82%) SDLC
5 4 (10.26%) Agile
5 4 (10.26%) AI
5 4 (10.26%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (10.26%) Data Conversion
5 4 (10.26%) Data Security
5 4 (10.26%) Decision-Making
5 4 (10.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (10.26%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (7.69%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.13%) SQL
2 1 (2.56%) XPath
Qualifications
1 5 (12.82%) Degree
2 2 (5.13%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (5.13%) CIPD
2 2 (5.13%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.13%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.56%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.56%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.56%) PMP
3 1 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) SLA
2 3 (7.69%) GDPR
3 1 (2.56%) COBIT
3 1 (2.56%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.56%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.56%) PMO
3 1 (2.56%) QA
3 1 (2.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 39 (100.00%) Workday
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.69%) Oracle
2 3 (7.69%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.56%) Adaptive Insights
3 1 (2.56%) Databricks
3 1 (2.56%) HP
3 1 (2.56%) Informatica
3 1 (2.56%) MuleSoft
3 1 (2.56%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.56%) SAP