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 30 November 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
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 117 133
Rank change year-on-year -15 +16 +39
Contract jobs citing Workday 9 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.37% 0.17% 0.11%
As % of the Vendors category 0.71% 0.38% 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 £550 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 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 £38.97 £55.00 £51.06
% change year-on-year -29.15% +7.73% +45.87%

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 1,266 1,057 1,268
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 51.67% 45.94% 47.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 857 564 834
10th Percentile £263 £313 £233
25th Percentile £363 £410 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.40% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £599
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 56 88
10th Percentile £16.46 £16.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.35 £24.18 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +77.22%
75th Percentile £56.69 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £72.84 £55.26
England median hourly rate £24.00 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -26.15% -26.97% +71.15%

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 30 November 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 -18 3 £525 - 2
Merseyside - 3 - -
Manchester -10 2 £500 -16.67% 3
Lancashire - 1 - - 1
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 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) iTrent
2 1 (11.11%) BambooHR
2 1 (11.11%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Power Platform
2 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (22.22%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
1 1 (11.11%) Power Query
1 1 (11.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 7 (77.78%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Finance
3 3 (33.33%) Local Government
3 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Banking
5 1 (11.11%) Dutch Language
5 1 (11.11%) French Language
5 1 (11.11%) German Language
5 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Lead
2 3 (33.33%) Programme Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Technical Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Technical Programme Manager
3 1 (11.11%) HR Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) SAP HR Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Manager
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 6 (66.67%) Change Management
2 6 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (33.33%) Agile
4 3 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation
4 3 (33.33%) Culture Change
4 3 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 3 (33.33%) ERP
4 3 (33.33%) System Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Waterfall
5 2 (22.22%) Project Management
6 1 (11.11%) AI
6 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (11.11%) Logistics
6 1 (11.11%) Predictive Analytics
6 1 (11.11%) Supplier Management
6 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (11.11%) WFM
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) PMI Certification
1 2 (22.22%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) SAP
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Oracle
2 3 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 3 (33.33%) Snow
3 1 (11.11%) Alteryx