Workday Consultant Contract Job Trends in Reading

Workday Consultant
Berkshire > Reading

The median Workday Consultant daily rate in Reading is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 - 89
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Contract jobs requiring a Workday Consultant 11 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 1.05% - 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% - 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £360 - -
25th Percentile £375 - £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £363
Median % change year-on-year - - -51.67%
75th Percentile £663 - £369
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £625 - £363
% change year-on-year - - -51.67%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Reading with a recognized job title 984 586 1,134
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.34% 94.67% 93.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 357 651
10th Percentile £306 £340 £213
25th Percentile £425 £425 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% -6.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £615
90th Percentile £700 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £505 £501
% change year-on-year -0.99% +0.90% -3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 4 51
10th Percentile £32.55 - £20.17
25th Percentile £80.75 - £52.21
Median hourly rate £84.00 £70.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +13.64% -4.99%
75th Percentile £88.00 £71.80 £72.33
90th Percentile £104.98 £75.03 £87.46
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £63.37 £58.65
% change year-on-year +30.97% +8.05% +3.10%

Workday Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Workday Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Workday Consultant job vacancy trend in Reading

Workday Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Workday Consultant job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Workday Consultant job vacancies in Reading

Workday Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Workday Consultant in Reading over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Workday Consultant in Reading

Workday Consultant Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 10 April 2026, Workday Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Workday Consultant in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Workday
2 8 (72.73%) JIRA
2 8 (72.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (72.73%) MS Visio
2 8 (72.73%) Workday HCM
3 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (27.27%) FTP
4 3 (27.27%) Web Services
4 3 (27.27%) XML
4 3 (27.27%) XSLT
5 2 (18.18%) Change Management
5 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (18.18%) People Management

Workday Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 8 (72.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 8 (72.73%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (72.73%) Workday HCM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) FTP
Development Applications
1 8 (72.73%) JIRA
General
1 8 (72.73%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) Web Services
1 3 (27.27%) XML
1 3 (27.27%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (18.18%) Change Management
2 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (18.18%) People Management
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Workday