Workday Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Workday
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 September 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 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 110 140
Rank change year-on-year +6 +30 +35
Contract jobs citing Workday 11 5 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.69% 0.27% 0.34%
As % of the Vendors category 1.53% 0.67% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 5
10th Percentile £443 £555 £380
25th Percentile £494 £619 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £775 £550
Median % change year-on-year -25.81% +40.91% +54.49%
75th Percentile £600 £969 £610
90th Percentile - £1,055 £613
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -2.13%

All Vendors
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 721 749 956
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 45.35% 39.82% 40.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 391 457 599
10th Percentile £230 £164 £200
25th Percentile £381 £313 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £448 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% -5.68% +5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £559
90th Percentile £625 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 37 28
10th Percentile £16.02 £12.46 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.10 £12.50
Median hourly rate £19.05 £19.59 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -2.76% +10.55% -
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £55.35
90th Percentile £42.00 £48.42 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £31.25 £43.75
% change year-on-year -19.52% -28.57% +82.98%

Workday
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Workday in Scotland

Workday
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Workday.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Workday

Workday
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Workday in Scotland

Workday
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Workday within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 September 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
Edinburgh +12 5 £600 +14.29% 4
Glasgow -8 4 £563 -45.12% 3
Workday
UK

Workday
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Workday HCM
2 1 (9.09%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) SaaS
1 1 (9.09%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) JIRA
2 1 (9.09%) Git
General
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Finance
3 4 (36.36%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Investment Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Legal
4 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Retail
4 1 (9.09%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Consultant
1 2 (18.18%) Implementation Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Implementation Project Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Project Implementation Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Workday Consultant
2 1 (9.09%) Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Delivery Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) ERP Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) HR Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Payroll Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Project Implementation Delivery Manager
2 1 (9.09%) SAP Tester
2 1 (9.09%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Tester
2 1 (9.09%) Workday Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Workday Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) REST
1 2 (18.18%) SOAP
1 2 (18.18%) Web Services
2 1 (9.09%) JSON
2 1 (9.09%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Replication
1 1 (9.09%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) ERP
2 3 (27.27%) Cash Management
2 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
3 2 (18.18%) Data Management
3 2 (18.18%) Post-Production
3 2 (18.18%) Project Management
3 2 (18.18%) Project Planning
3 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
3 2 (18.18%) SDLC
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (18.18%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (18.18%) System Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Validation
4 1 (9.09%) Agile
4 1 (9.09%) CRM
4 1 (9.09%) Migration
4 1 (9.09%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Java
1 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
2 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) Kronos
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) Planview