Workday HCM Contracts

Workday Human Capital Management (HCM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 470 560 647
Rank change year-on-year +90 +87 +142
Contract jobs citing Workday HCM 49 40 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.092% 0.11%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.04% 1.23% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 26 49
10th Percentile £454 £400 £428
25th Percentile £525 £473 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £645
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -6.93% +17.27%
75th Percentile £734 £625 £750
90th Percentile £800 £626 £923
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £613 £650
% change year-on-year -2.04% -5.77% +18.18%

All Business Application Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,403 3,240 3,813
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.22% 7.43% 6.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,353 1,893 2,192
10th Percentile £400 £363 £363
25th Percentile £475 £463 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% - -
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £788 £775 £794
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £527
% change year-on-year +4.76% -0.38% +0.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 110 56
10th Percentile £22.27 £14.71 £21.25
25th Percentile £40.00 £21.25 £29.21
Median hourly rate £60.00 £43.75 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +37.14% -7.89% +35.71%
75th Percentile £77.50 £59.82 £63.75
90th Percentile £86.00 £65.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £45.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +33.33% -8.16% +108.29%

Workday HCM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Workday HCM in the UK

Workday HCM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Workday HCM.

Daily rate trend for Workday HCM in the UK

Workday HCM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Workday HCM over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Workday HCM in the UK

Workday HCM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Workday HCM.

Hourly rate trend for Workday HCM in the UK

Workday HCM
Top 7 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +62 39 £614 +2.28% 25
London +27 25 £614 +2.28% 16
Work from Home +50 22 £563 -10.00% 13
UK excluding London +65 16 £600 -2.04% 11
East of England - 12 £675 -
Scotland - 3 £600 - 2
South West - 1 £800 -

Workday HCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (6.12%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) NetSuite
1 1 (2.04%) SAP ERP
1 1 (2.04%) SAP HCM
1 1 (2.04%) UltiPro
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.08%) Azure
1 2 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (4.08%) Boomi
2 1 (2.04%) SaaS
2 1 (2.04%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 3 (6.12%) JIRA
2 1 (2.04%) Zephyr
General
1 21 (42.86%) Finance
2 17 (34.69%) Social Skills
3 11 (22.45%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (12.24%) Aviation
5 3 (6.12%) Advertising
6 2 (4.08%) Banking
6 2 (4.08%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.08%) Retail
7 1 (2.04%) Back Office
7 1 (2.04%) Law
Job Titles
1 16 (32.65%) Consultant
2 15 (30.61%) Workday Consultant
3 6 (12.24%) Architect
3 6 (12.24%) Lead
3 6 (12.24%) Workday Architect
4 5 (10.20%) Analyst
4 5 (10.20%) Functional Consultant
4 5 (10.20%) Workday Analyst
4 5 (10.20%) Workday Manager
5 4 (8.16%) Workday Functional Consultant
6 3 (6.12%) Project Manager
6 3 (6.12%) Technical Architect
7 2 (4.08%) Programme Manager
7 2 (4.08%) Senior
7 2 (4.08%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (4.08%) Workday Project Manager
8 1 (2.04%) SAP HCM Project Manager
8 1 (2.04%) Workday Developer
8 1 (2.04%) Workday Implementation Consultant
8 1 (2.04%) Workday Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) Web Services
2 2 (4.08%) .NET
2 2 (4.08%) .NET Core
2 2 (4.08%) ASP.NET
2 2 (4.08%) Express.js
2 2 (4.08%) REST
2 2 (4.08%) SOAP
3 1 (2.04%) Middleware
3 1 (2.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.08%) Onboarding
1 2 (4.08%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.04%) Digital Media
2 1 (2.04%) FMCG
2 1 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (20.41%) Project Management
3 8 (16.33%) Roadmaps
4 7 (14.29%) Analytics
4 7 (14.29%) Data Analysis
4 7 (14.29%) ERP
4 7 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (12.24%) Change Management
5 6 (12.24%) Collaborative Working
5 6 (12.24%) Data Migration
5 6 (12.24%) Migration
5 6 (12.24%) Validation
5 6 (12.24%) Workshop Facilitation
6 5 (10.20%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (10.20%) Data Validation
6 5 (10.20%) Performance Management
6 5 (10.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (10.20%) User Experience
6 5 (10.20%) WFM
Qualifications
1 5 (10.20%) Degree
2 2 (4.08%) PMI Certification
2 2 (4.08%) PMP
3 1 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.04%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.20%) QA
2 2 (4.08%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.08%) PMO
3 1 (2.04%) GDPR
Vendors
1 49 (100.00%) Workday
2 3 (6.12%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.12%) SAP
3 1 (2.04%) Adaptive Insights
3 1 (2.04%) Cognos
3 1 (2.04%) Dell
3 1 (2.04%) MuleSoft
3 1 (2.04%) Oracle