Workday HCM Contracts in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Workday HCM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Workday HCM over the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 348 386 401
Rank change year-on-year +38 +15 +83
Contract jobs citing Workday HCM 14 3 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.094% 0.015% 0.13%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.45% 0.27% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 18
10th Percentile £508 - £451
25th Percentile £552 £606 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £613 £619
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -1.01% +12.50%
75th Percentile - £619 £700
90th Percentile £808 - £765
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £638
% change year-on-year -4.00% -1.96% +15.91%

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 963 1,132 1,462
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.48% 5.56% 6.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 582 709 930
10th Percentile £363 £313 £350
25th Percentile £450 £438 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - -
75th Percentile £618 £638 £638
90th Percentile £702 £725 £721
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 91 45
10th Percentile £12.82 £17.00 £39.90
25th Percentile £30.58 £26.52 £49.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £40.33 £53.67
Median % change year-on-year +48.79% -24.86% +65.15%
75th Percentile £72.50 £58.12 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.30 £61.60 £91.75
UK median hourly rate £51.49 £40.33 £50.00
% change year-on-year +27.69% -19.35% +42.86%

Workday HCM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Workday HCM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Workday HCM in the UK excluding London

Workday HCM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Workday HCM in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Workday HCM in the UK excluding London

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 18 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Workday HCM in the UK excluding London

Workday HCM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Workday HCM in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Workday HCM in the UK excluding London

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 18 July 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
East of England +18 8 £555 - 2
Scotland - 4 £600 - 1
South East +34 1 £475 - 8
South West - 1 £800 -
Workday HCM
UK

Workday HCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Smartsheet
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Git
1 1 (7.14%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Aviation
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Architect
1 6 (42.86%) Workday Architect
2 5 (35.71%) Technical Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Lead
4 1 (7.14%) Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Developer
4 1 (7.14%) HR Manager
4 1 (7.14%) IT Manager
4 1 (7.14%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Workday Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Workday Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) REST
1 3 (21.43%) SOAP
2 2 (14.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Analytics
1 6 (42.86%) Roadmaps
2 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Prototyping
4 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (14.29%) Project Management
4 2 (14.29%) System Testing
5 1 (7.14%) Agile
5 1 (7.14%) Cash Management
5 1 (7.14%) Data Management
5 1 (7.14%) Data Security
5 1 (7.14%) Data Validation
5 1 (7.14%) OOP
5 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2
5 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (7.14%) Validation
5 1 (7.14%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) Workday
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) SAP