Workday HCM Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Workday Human Capital Management (HCM)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Workday HCM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 329 385
Rank change year-on-year -40 +56 +67
Contract jobs citing Workday HCM 23 15 12
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.11% 0.062%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.75% 1.77% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 7 5
10th Percentile £393 £460 £399
25th Percentile £466 £525 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £615 £800 £638
90th Percentile £635 £880 -
UK median daily rate £625 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +4.17% - +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £55.00 -

All Business Application Skills
UK excluding London

Workday HCM falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 1,313 847 1,258
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.24% 6.18% 6.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 824 486 785
10th Percentile £360 £348 £363
25th Percentile £450 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £539 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +2.67% -
75th Percentile £648 £638 £631
90th Percentile £725 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 34 73
10th Percentile £17.58 £23.18 £20.41
25th Percentile £26.25 £35.00 £43.88
Median hourly rate £55.00 £46.18 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +19.10% -18.25% +51.45%
75th Percentile £81.00 £63.52 £60.25
90th Percentile £90.09 £74.96 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £41.86 £41.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year +0.86% -26.54% +38.97%

Workday HCM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Workday HCM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Workday HCM job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Workday HCM
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Workday HCM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Workday HCM

Workday HCM
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Workday HCM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Workday HCM in the UK excluding London

Workday HCM
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Workday HCM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Workday HCM

Workday HCM
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Workday HCM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 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
West Midlands -25 11 £538 -46.25% 1
Midlands -34 11 £538 -46.25% 1
South East - 9 £628 -
East of England -29 2 - - 1
South West - 1 £575 - 3
Workday HCM
UK

Workday HCM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (26.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (8.70%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (26.09%) OneDrive
2 5 (21.74%) Azure
3 2 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (8.70%) Entra ID
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (4.35%) AWS
4 1 (4.35%) SaaS
4 1 (4.35%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) JIRA
General
1 13 (56.52%) Finance
2 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Aviation
4 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (65.22%) Architect
2 12 (52.17%) Solutions Architect
3 8 (34.78%) Workday Architect
4 6 (26.09%) Microsoft 365 Architect
5 3 (13.04%) Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) Workday Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Consultant
6 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
6 2 (8.70%) Report Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Test Manager
6 2 (8.70%) Workday Consultant
6 2 (8.70%) Workday Manager
7 1 (4.35%) Functional Consultant
7 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Architect
7 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
7 1 (4.35%) Payroll Manager
7 1 (4.35%) Project Manager
7 1 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (4.35%) Technical Architect
7 1 (4.35%) Workday Functional Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (30.43%) ERP
3 5 (21.74%) Migration
4 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (13.04%) Analytics
5 3 (13.04%) Architectural Design
6 2 (8.70%) Change Management
6 2 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (8.70%) Data Analysis
6 2 (8.70%) Data Management
6 2 (8.70%) DevOps
6 2 (8.70%) Integration Testing
6 2 (8.70%) People Management
6 2 (8.70%) Regression Testing
6 2 (8.70%) Test Automation
6 2 (8.70%) Test Scripting
6 2 (8.70%) Test Strategy
6 2 (8.70%) Unit Testing
6 2 (8.70%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) AWS Certification
1 1 (4.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
1 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (4.35%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) QA
2 1 (4.35%) GDPR
2 1 (4.35%) HIPAA
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) Workday
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.70%) HP
3 2 (8.70%) Oracle
4 1 (4.35%) SAP