Workday Contract Job Trends in the South East

Workday
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 6 January 2026, 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
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 162 173
Rank change year-on-year +21 +11 +22
Contract jobs citing Workday 43 6 27
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.98% 0.17% 0.55%
As % of the Vendors category 1.96% 0.35% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 2 17
10th Percentile £420 £130 £413
25th Percentile £461 £174 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £258 £622
Median % change year-on-year +142.72% -58.60% -6.47%
75th Percentile £663 £349 £635
90th Percentile - £399 £683
England median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £32.13 - £52.55
25th Percentile £35.16 - £55.58
Median hourly rate £40.44 - £61.25
75th Percentile £40.65 - £66.94
90th Percentile - - £69.98
England median hourly rate £40.44 £55.00 £51.06
% change year-on-year -26.48% +7.73% +149.05%

All Vendors
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,189 1,731 2,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 50.14% 50.19% 51.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,574 1,137 1,622
10th Percentile £231 £245 £205
25th Percentile £406 £403 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £511
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +0.88% +2.10%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £612
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 48 124
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.99 £15.80
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.18 £23.91
Median hourly rate £22.50 £40.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.10% -26.82% +72.36%
75th Percentile £66.16 £64.06 £66.58
90th Percentile £89.86 £72.34 £77.21
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -20.58% -32.58% +50.85%

Workday
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Workday job vacancy trend in the South East

Workday
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Workday.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Workday

Workday
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Workday in the South East over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Workday in the South East

Workday
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Workday.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Workday

Workday
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Workday within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 January 2026. 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
Thames Valley +29 38 £625 +525.00% 5
Berkshire +25 37 £625 +525.00% 4
Surrey -7 4 - - 3
Hampshire -15 2 £663 +59.64% 1
Buckinghamshire - 1 £900 -
Workday
England

Workday
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (4.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (20.93%) Workday HCM
2 1 (2.33%) NetSuite
2 1 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.95%) Azure
2 5 (11.63%) Entra ID
3 2 (4.65%) SaaS
4 1 (2.33%) AWS
4 1 (2.33%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 2 (4.65%) JIRA
General
1 11 (25.58%) Analytical Skills
1 11 (25.58%) Finance
2 9 (20.93%) Social Skills
3 5 (11.63%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (11.63%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (4.65%) Military
Job Titles
1 14 (32.56%) Consultant
1 14 (32.56%) Workday Consultant
2 10 (23.26%) Payroll Consultant
3 7 (16.28%) Analyst
3 7 (16.28%) Architect
4 6 (13.95%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (11.63%) Data Analyst
5 5 (11.63%) HR Analyst
5 5 (11.63%) HR Data Analyst
5 5 (11.63%) Test Manager
5 5 (11.63%) Workday Architect
6 4 (9.30%) Administrator
7 3 (6.98%) Workday Specialist
8 2 (4.65%) Report Analyst
8 2 (4.65%) Test Strategist
8 2 (4.65%) Workday Analyst
9 1 (2.33%) Functional Consultant
9 1 (2.33%) Programme Manager
9 1 (2.33%) Security Architect
9 1 (2.33%) Workday Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.63%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (9.30%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.65%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.65%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.33%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (32.56%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (25.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 9 (20.93%) ERP
3 9 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (13.95%) Agile
6 5 (11.63%) Agile Testing
6 5 (11.63%) Analytics
6 5 (11.63%) Business Continuity
6 5 (11.63%) Data Analysis
6 5 (11.63%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (11.63%) Integration Testing
6 5 (11.63%) Project Delivery
6 5 (11.63%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (11.63%) Software Testing
6 5 (11.63%) Test Automation
6 5 (11.63%) Test Management
6 5 (11.63%) Test Strategy
6 5 (11.63%) Time Management
6 5 (11.63%) Validation
Qualifications
1 8 (18.60%) SC Cleared
1 8 (18.60%) Security Cleared
2 5 (11.63%) ISTQB
2 5 (11.63%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 1 (2.33%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (2.33%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.65%) GDPR
2 1 (2.33%) HIPAA
Vendors
1 9 (20.93%) ServiceNow
2 4 (9.30%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.98%) SAP
4 2 (4.65%) Oracle
4 2 (4.65%) Virgin Media
5 1 (2.33%) OpenAI