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 23 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 492 536 631
Rank change year-on-year +44 +95 +135
Contract jobs citing Workday HCM 47 44 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.10% 0.11%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.91% 1.38% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 25 44
10th Percentile £451 £463 £427
25th Percentile £505 £505 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £613 £631
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -2.97% +16.36%
75th Percentile £744 £625 £741
90th Percentile £823 £626 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £613 £613
% change year-on-year -2.04% - +11.36%

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 2,459 3,189 3,824
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.19% 7.31% 6.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,391 1,871 2,174
10th Percentile £396 £363 £363
25th Percentile £463 £460 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £674 £675 £680
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £537 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.29% - +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 119 58
10th Percentile £20.47 £14.71 £22.71
25th Percentile £32.25 £21.25 £35.72
Median hourly rate £58.75 £40.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.88% -18.37% +40.00%
75th Percentile £73.13 £56.91 £61.56
90th Percentile £86.00 £65.00 £72.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £40.00 £53.08
% change year-on-year +50.00% -24.65% +87.75%

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 23 June 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 23 June 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 +66 36 £625 +4.06% 257
London +48 30 £613 +2.03% 114
Work from Home +31 24 £558 -10.80% 203
UK excluding London +44 8 £600 -2.04% 160
East of England +26 4 £750 - 29
Scotland - 3 £600 - 6
South West - 1 £800 - 15

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 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (6.38%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (6.38%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (2.13%) Maximo
2 1 (2.13%) SAP CO
2 1 (2.13%) SAP FI
2 1 (2.13%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (2.13%) SAP HCM
2 1 (2.13%) SAP R/3
2 1 (2.13%) UltiPro
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.64%) Azure
2 3 (6.38%) Entra ID
2 3 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (6.38%) PaaS
3 2 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.13%) Boomi
4 1 (2.13%) SaaS
4 1 (2.13%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 3 (6.38%) JIRA
2 1 (2.13%) Zephyr
General
1 24 (51.06%) Finance
2 16 (34.04%) Social Skills
3 8 (17.02%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (8.51%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (6.38%) Advertising
6 2 (4.26%) Banking
6 2 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (4.26%) Law
6 2 (4.26%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.13%) Aviation
7 1 (2.13%) German Language
7 1 (2.13%) Legal
7 1 (2.13%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (23.40%) Consultant
2 10 (21.28%) Workday Consultant
3 7 (14.89%) Analyst
3 7 (14.89%) Architect
4 6 (12.77%) Workday Analyst
5 5 (10.64%) Functional Consultant
5 5 (10.64%) Lead
5 5 (10.64%) Workday Architect
6 4 (8.51%) Programme Manager
6 4 (8.51%) Project Manager
6 4 (8.51%) Workday Functional Consultant
6 4 (8.51%) Workday Manager
7 3 (6.38%) Senior
7 3 (6.38%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (6.38%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (4.26%) HR Analyst
8 2 (4.26%) Payroll Manager
8 2 (4.26%) Programme Director
8 2 (4.26%) Workday Project Manager
8 2 (4.26%) Workday Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.77%) Web Services
2 3 (6.38%) .NET
2 3 (6.38%) Lightning Web Components
2 3 (6.38%) RESTful
3 2 (4.26%) REST
3 2 (4.26%) SOAP
4 1 (2.13%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (2.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.38%) Digital Media
1 3 (6.38%) FMCG
2 2 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (4.26%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.26%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.13%) CMDB
3 1 (2.13%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (17.02%) ERP
2 8 (17.02%) Project Management
3 7 (14.89%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (14.89%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (12.77%) Workshop Facilitation
5 5 (10.64%) Computer Science
5 5 (10.64%) CRM
5 5 (10.64%) Data Analysis
5 5 (10.64%) Data Migration
5 5 (10.64%) Migration
5 5 (10.64%) Project Delivery
5 5 (10.64%) Roadmaps
5 5 (10.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (10.64%) Validation
6 4 (8.51%) Agile
6 4 (8.51%) Change Management
6 4 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (8.51%) Data Validation
6 4 (8.51%) IT Governance
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.13%) SQL
1 1 (2.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (12.77%) Degree
2 2 (4.26%) PMI Certification
2 2 (4.26%) PMP
3 1 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.51%) PMO
1 4 (8.51%) QA
2 3 (6.38%) COBIT
2 3 (6.38%) GDPR
3 2 (4.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (2.13%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 47 (100.00%) Workday
2 6 (12.77%) Microsoft
3 5 (10.64%) SAP
4 3 (6.38%) Salesforce
4 3 (6.38%) ServiceNow
5 2 (4.26%) Adaptive Insights
5 2 (4.26%) Databricks
5 2 (4.26%) Oracle
6 1 (2.13%) Cognos
6 1 (2.13%) Dell