Workday Project Manager Contracts

Workday Project Manager
UK

The median Workday Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 508 578 701
Rank change year-on-year +70 +123 +133
Contract jobs requiring a Workday Project Manager 12 4 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.009% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.010% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 10
10th Percentile £485 £585 £501
25th Percentile £500 £600 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +17.39% -4.17%
75th Percentile £656 £725 £879
90th Percentile £780 - £923
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -3.85% -7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £42.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £42.50 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Workday Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Workday Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Workday Project Manager in the UK

Workday Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Workday Project Manager in the UK

Workday Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Workday Project Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Workday Project Manager in the UK

Workday Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Workday Project Manager in the UK

Workday Project Manager
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Workday Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 12 £625 -7.41% 2
UK excluding London +69 8 £625 -3.85%
South East +49 4 £563 -
London +41 4 £625 -10.71% 2
North of England +21 3 £538 -17.31%
Yorkshire +9 2 £625 -3.85%
East of England - 1 £800 -
North East - 1 £450 -

Workday Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Workday Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Workday Project Manager in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Workday
2 10 (83.33%) Social Skills
3 6 (50.00%) Project Management
3 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (41.67%) Finance
4 5 (41.67%) Change Management
5 4 (33.33%) Agile
5 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (25.00%) Project Governance
6 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (25.00%) Migration
6 3 (25.00%) Degree
6 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
7 2 (16.67%) Retail Banking
7 2 (16.67%) Business Process Improvement
7 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
7 2 (16.67%) Portfolio Management
7 2 (16.67%) Banking
7 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
7 2 (16.67%) Scrum
7 2 (16.67%) SDLC
7 2 (16.67%) Workday HCM
7 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
7 2 (16.67%) Agile Project Management
7 2 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (8.33%) Platform Engineering
8 1 (8.33%) Business Strategy
8 1 (8.33%) Customer Experience

Workday Project Manager Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Workday HCM
General
1 10 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Finance
3 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Banking
4 2 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Retail Banking
5 1 (8.33%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Project Management
1 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (41.67%) Change Management
3 4 (33.33%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (25.00%) Migration
4 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 3 (25.00%) Project Governance
5 2 (16.67%) Agile Project Management
5 2 (16.67%) Business Process Improvement
5 2 (16.67%) Portfolio Management
5 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
5 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 2 (16.67%) Scrum
5 2 (16.67%) SDLC
5 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
6 1 (8.33%) Capacity Management
6 1 (8.33%) Cutover Planning
6 1 (8.33%) Software Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (8.33%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Workday
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft