Workday Project Manager Contract Job Trends

Workday Project Manager
UK

The median Workday Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 586 538 589
Rank change year-on-year -48 +51 +169
Contract jobs requiring a Workday Project Manager 6 5 18
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.016% 0.015% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.016% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 10
10th Percentile £421 £463 £441
25th Percentile £453 £519 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £600 £595
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% +0.84% -4.03%
75th Percentile £578 £650 £684
90th Percentile £614 - £769
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £538 £538
% change year-on-year +16.28% - -18.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £55.56
25th Percentile - - £56.41
Median hourly rate - - £58.13
75th Percentile - - £60.16
90th Percentile - - £61.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £58.13

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 33,704 31,327 40,582
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.07% 92.78% 93.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,320 19,249 27,284
10th Percentile £293 £300 £285
25th Percentile £404 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £640
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,988 974 1,449
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.56 £15.16
25th Percentile £18.19 £21.05 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.33 £33.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.23% -26.67% +48.76%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £73.32 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -22.62% -29.16% +83.52%

Workday Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Workday Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Workday Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Workday Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Workday Project Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Workday Project Manager job vacancies in the UK

Workday Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Workday Project Manager over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Workday Project Manager in the UK

Workday Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Workday Project Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Workday Project Manager job vacancies in the UK

Workday Project Manager
Top 7 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 Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 23 December 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 -36 4 £513 -14.58% 1
UK excluding London -44 2 £625 +16.28% 1
Work from Home - 2 - - 1
London -6 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £625 -
Midlands - 1 £625 -
Scotland - 1 - -

Workday Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 December 2025, Workday Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Workday Project Manager in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Workday
2 5 (83.33%) Project Management
2 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (50.00%) PMI Certification
3 3 (50.00%) PMP
3 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (33.33%) Data Migration
4 2 (33.33%) Migration
4 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 2 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
4 2 (33.33%) SAP
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (33.33%) Workday HCM
5 1 (16.67%) Budget Control
5 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
5 1 (16.67%) Change Management
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (16.67%) CRM
5 1 (16.67%) Data Cleansing
5 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
5 1 (16.67%) Data Privacy
5 1 (16.67%) Defect Tracking
5 1 (16.67%) Degree
5 1 (16.67%) ERP
5 1 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (16.67%) JIRA
5 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (16.67%) Planview

Workday Project Manager Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Workday HCM
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Investment Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (16.67%) Taxonomies
1 1 (16.67%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Project Management
1 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Budget Control
4 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Data Cleansing
4 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
4 1 (16.67%) Data Privacy
4 1 (16.67%) Defect Tracking
4 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (16.67%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (50.00%) PMP
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Workday
2 2 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (16.67%) Planview