Workday Contract Job Trends in the North West

Workday
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 December 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 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 116 134
Rank change year-on-year -15 +18 +39
Contract jobs citing Workday 12 7 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.48% 0.33% 0.11%
As % of the Vendors category 0.95% 0.68% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile £503 £360 -
25th Percentile £507 £450 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.13% - -
75th Percentile £538 £700 -
90th Percentile £538 £760 -
England median daily rate £575 £600 £573
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.71% -3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £38.77 - -
Median hourly rate £41.86 £86.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -51.33% - -
75th Percentile £44.94 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £40.44 £55.00 £51.06
% change year-on-year -26.48% +7.73% +149.05%

All Vendors
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,262 1,029 1,227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 50.44% 47.86% 46.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 816 573 805
10th Percentile £213 £303 £248
25th Percentile £358 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% -2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £581 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £507 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.43% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 44 90
10th Percentile £16.47 £16.00 £16.14
25th Percentile £19.45 £23.26 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +62.79%
75th Percentile £56.69 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £73.85 £79.66 £53.00
England median hourly rate £23.75 £30.00 £45.94
% change year-on-year -20.83% -34.70% +70.15%

Workday
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Workday job vacancy trend in the North West

Workday
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Workday.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Workday

Workday
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Workday.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Workday

Workday
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Workday within the North West region over the 6 months to 29 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
Cheshire -19 4 £525 - 9
Manchester -11 3 £500 -16.67% 28
Merseyside - 3 - - 5
Lancashire - 1 - - 8
Workday
England

Workday
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Chatbot
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (25.00%) iTrent
2 1 (8.33%) BambooHR
2 1 (8.33%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 3 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (16.67%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (8.33%) DTS
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
1 1 (8.33%) Power Query
1 1 (8.33%) Relational Database
1 1 (8.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 8 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Finance
3 3 (25.00%) Local Government
3 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Banking
4 1 (8.33%) Dutch Language
4 1 (8.33%) French Language
4 1 (8.33%) German Language
4 1 (8.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Lead
2 3 (25.00%) Programme Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Technical Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Technical Programme Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) HR Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) HR Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) SAP HR Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) SAP Manager
4 1 (8.33%) SAP Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Test Leader
4 1 (8.33%) Workday Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Web Services
1 1 (8.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (8.33%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 7 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (50.00%) Change Management
4 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (33.33%) Agile
5 4 (33.33%) ERP
6 3 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (25.00%) Contract Negotiation
6 3 (25.00%) Culture Change
6 3 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 3 (25.00%) System Testing
6 3 (25.00%) Waterfall
7 2 (16.67%) Project Management
8 1 (8.33%) Analytics
8 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (8.33%) Performance Tuning
8 1 (8.33%) Service Delivery
8 1 (8.33%) Test Planning
8 1 (8.33%) User Experience
8 1 (8.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) PMI Certification
1 2 (16.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) SAP
2 4 (33.33%) Oracle
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 3 (25.00%) Snow
4 1 (8.33%) Alteryx
4 1 (8.33%) Anaplan