Workday HCM Contract Job Trends

Workday Human Capital Management (HCM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Workday HCM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 557 469 547
Rank change year-on-year -88 +78 +93
Contract jobs citing Workday HCM 68 50 40
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.17% 0.094%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.98% 2.06% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 34 25
10th Percentile £429 £454 £463
25th Percentile £525 £525 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £613
Median % change year-on-year - -2.04% -5.41%
75th Percentile £775 £756 £625
90th Percentile - £818 £626
UK excluding London median daily rate £420 £600 £613
% change year-on-year -30.00% -2.04% -5.77%

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 3,427 2,424 3,209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.19% 8.34% 7.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,926 1,371 1,862
10th Percentile £361 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.87% +2.73% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £788 £787
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -0.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 51 116
10th Percentile £25.81 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £40.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +50.00% -18.37%
75th Percentile £68.75 £79.13 £58.38
90th Percentile £87.20 £86.00 £64.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% +50.00% -20.00%

Workday HCM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Workday HCM job vacancy trend in the UK

Workday HCM
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Workday HCM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Workday HCM over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Workday HCM in the UK

Workday HCM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Workday HCM
Top 11 Contract Job 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 15 May 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
England -93 66 £600 -4.00% 21
London -48 42 £650 +4.00% 6
UK excluding London -89 23 £420 -30.00% 14
Work from Home -35 13 £650 +15.56% 8
South East - 12 £625 - 8
West Midlands - 6 £420 - 2
Midlands - 6 £420 - 3
North of England - 3 £400 - 1
East of England -42 2 £638 -5.56% 3
Yorkshire - 2 £400 -
North West - 1 - - 1

Workday HCM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (1.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (8.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 6 (8.82%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.47%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.82%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (4.41%) SaaS
3 2 (2.94%) Tricentis Tosca
4 1 (1.47%) Azure
4 1 (1.47%) Boomi
4 1 (1.47%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.41%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.47%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (11.76%) JIRA
2 2 (2.94%) Cucumber
2 2 (2.94%) Postman
2 2 (2.94%) Selenium
3 1 (1.47%) JMeter
General
1 29 (42.65%) Finance
2 18 (26.47%) Social Skills
3 12 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (10.29%) Publishing
5 3 (4.41%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.94%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.47%) Banking
7 1 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.47%) Legal
7 1 (1.47%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (25.00%) Analyst
1 17 (25.00%) Workday Analyst
2 16 (23.53%) Architect
3 13 (19.12%) Lead
4 12 (17.65%) Consultant
4 12 (17.65%) Workday Consultant
5 11 (16.18%) Solutions Architect
5 11 (16.18%) Workday Architect
6 7 (10.29%) Functional Consultant
6 7 (10.29%) Report Analyst
6 7 (10.29%) Workday Functional Consultant
7 5 (7.35%) Data Migration Lead
7 5 (7.35%) Technical Leader
8 4 (5.88%) Functional Analyst
9 3 (4.41%) Integration Consultant
9 3 (4.41%) Programme Manager
9 3 (4.41%) Project Manager
9 3 (4.41%) Workday Integration Consultant
10 2 (2.94%) Project Leader
10 2 (2.94%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.88%) Web Services
1 4 (5.88%) XML
1 4 (5.88%) XSLT
2 2 (2.94%) ADO
3 1 (1.47%) JSON
3 1 (1.47%) Middleware
3 1 (1.47%) OAuth
3 1 (1.47%) RESTful
3 1 (1.47%) SAML
3 1 (1.47%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (2.94%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.47%) e-Learning
2 1 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (1.47%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (20.59%) ERP
2 12 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (17.65%) Validation
3 11 (16.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 8 (11.76%) User Experience
5 7 (10.29%) Customer Service
6 6 (8.82%) Agile
6 6 (8.82%) Data Migration
6 6 (8.82%) Migration
6 6 (8.82%) Translating Business Requirements
7 4 (5.88%) Decision-Making
7 4 (5.88%) Project Management
7 4 (5.88%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (4.41%) Data Conversion
8 3 (4.41%) End-to-End Testing
8 3 (4.41%) Project Delivery
8 3 (4.41%) Requirements Gathering
8 3 (4.41%) Test Automation
8 3 (4.41%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.94%) Java
2 1 (1.47%) Groovy
2 1 (1.47%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 7 (10.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.47%) Degree
3 1 (1.47%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.47%) PMP
3 1 (1.47%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.29%) QA
2 3 (4.41%) GDPR
3 1 (1.47%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.47%) PMO
3 1 (1.47%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.47%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 68 (100.00%) Workday
2 7 (10.29%) Oracle
3 3 (4.41%) SAP
4 2 (2.94%) Cognizant
5 1 (1.47%) HP
5 1 (1.47%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.47%) MuleSoft