Workday Contracts

Workday
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Workday products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Workday over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Workday, Inc.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 331 422 459
Rank change year-on-year +91 +37 +62
Contract jobs citing Workday 194 180 260
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.66% 0.41% 0.44%
As % of the Vendors category 1.40% 0.97% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 120 181
10th Percentile £399 £329 £413
25th Percentile £500 £395 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £533 £600
Median % change year-on-year +12.57% -11.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £750 £625 £700
90th Percentile £828 £713 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £394 £600
% change year-on-year +45.94% -34.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 3
10th Percentile - £16.60 -
25th Percentile £31.76 £29.13 £18.75
Median hourly rate £53.50 £62.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.71% +217.95% +14.00%
75th Percentile £69.31 - £26.38
90th Percentile £86.00 - £30.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £53.50 £42.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year +25.88% +37.10% +81.23%

All Vendors
UK

Workday falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 13,870 18,503 25,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.44% 42.44% 42.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,703 11,477 17,115
10th Percentile £288 £263 £273
25th Percentile £406 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -1.43% -
75th Percentile £619 £627 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 569 1,097 689
10th Percentile £14.84 £12.08 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £14.48 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.13 £22.15 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.46% -49.37% +108.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £57.33 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
% change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +107.55%

Workday
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Workday in the UK

Workday
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Workday in the UK

Workday
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Workday in the UK

Workday
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Workday in the UK

Workday
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Workday over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Workday in the UK

Workday
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Workday 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 +67 154 £600 +7.00% 133
London +36 96 £600 +4.53% 85
Work from Home +33 65 £600 +5.66% 65
UK excluding London +57 60 £575 +45.94% 60
North of England +35 17 £488 +18.04% 11
East of England +44 12 £675 - 1
South East +29 11 £525 -16.00% 26
Scotland +14 11 £600 +84.62% 6
North West +16 9 £363 -27.50% 8
Midlands +16 6 £400 -16.88% 7
Yorkshire +14 5 £525 +27.12% 3
South West +47 3 £575 +187.50% 2
West Midlands +12 3 - - 7
East Midlands +12 3 £400 -33.33%
North East - 3 £825 -

Workday
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 4 (2.06%) Confluence
2 2 (1.03%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (5.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.55%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.52%) Trello
Business Applications
1 49 (25.26%) Workday HCM
2 9 (4.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (3.09%) SAP CO
3 6 (3.09%) SAP FI
3 6 (3.09%) SAP FI/CO
3 6 (3.09%) SAP HR
3 6 (3.09%) SAP Payroll
4 4 (2.06%) NetSuite
5 3 (1.55%) Unit4 Business World
6 2 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (1.03%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.52%) BambooHR
7 1 (0.52%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.52%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.52%) UltiPro
Cloud Services
1 14 (7.22%) Azure
2 12 (6.19%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (4.12%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.09%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (3.09%) SuccessFactors
5 5 (2.58%) SaaS
6 4 (2.06%) AWS
6 4 (2.06%) Power Automate
6 4 (2.06%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.03%) Boomi
7 2 (1.03%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.03%) SAP Fieldglass
7 2 (1.03%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.52%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.52%) dbt
8 1 (0.52%) GCP
8 1 (0.52%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.52%) OCI
8 1 (0.52%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.03%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.06%) Power BI
2 2 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.03%) Power Query
2 2 (1.03%) Tableau
3 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.52%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.52%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 10 (5.15%) JIRA
2 2 (1.03%) ERwin
2 2 (1.03%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (0.52%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.52%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.52%) Git
3 1 (0.52%) Postman
3 1 (0.52%) Selenium
3 1 (0.52%) WebDriver
3 1 (0.52%) Zephyr
General
1 88 (45.36%) Finance
2 72 (37.11%) Social Skills
3 31 (15.98%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.67%) Banking
5 7 (3.61%) Legal
5 7 (3.61%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.61%) Retail
6 6 (3.09%) Aviation
6 6 (3.09%) Law
6 6 (3.09%) Marketing
7 5 (2.58%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.55%) Advertising
9 3 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.03%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.03%) Billing
10 2 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.03%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.52%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.52%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 32 (16.49%) Consultant
2 28 (14.43%) Workday Consultant
3 25 (12.89%) Analyst
4 24 (12.37%) Workday Manager
5 21 (10.82%) Lead
5 21 (10.82%) Project Manager
6 17 (8.76%) Architect
7 12 (6.19%) Workday Analyst
7 12 (6.19%) Workday Project Manager
8 11 (5.67%) Developer
8 11 (5.67%) Senior
8 11 (5.67%) Workday Architect
9 8 (4.12%) Business Analyst
9 8 (4.12%) Functional Consultant
10 7 (3.61%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (3.61%) Workday Functional Consultant
10 7 (3.61%) Workday Specialist
11 6 (3.09%) HR Manager
11 6 (3.09%) Programme Manager
11 6 (3.09%) SAP HR Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.06%) React
1 4 (2.06%) REST
1 4 (2.06%) SOAP
1 4 (2.06%) Web Services
2 3 (1.55%) .NET
2 3 (1.55%) .NET Core
2 3 (1.55%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.03%) ADO
3 2 (1.03%) Express.js
3 2 (1.03%) JSON
3 2 (1.03%) SailPoint
3 2 (1.03%) XML
4 1 (0.52%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.52%) Middleware
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.52%) RESTful
4 1 (0.52%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.64%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (4.12%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.61%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.61%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.55%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.55%) Life Science
7 2 (1.03%) FMCG
7 2 (1.03%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.03%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.52%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.52%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.52%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.52%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.03%) Linux
2 1 (0.52%) Unix
2 1 (0.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (21.65%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (20.62%) ERP
3 37 (19.07%) Project Management
4 36 (18.56%) Migration
5 35 (18.04%) Stakeholder Management
6 27 (13.92%) Validation
7 24 (12.37%) Analytics
7 24 (12.37%) Change Management
8 22 (11.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 20 (10.31%) Agile
10 19 (9.79%) User Acceptance Testing
10 19 (9.79%) Workshop Facilitation
11 18 (9.28%) Data Migration
12 15 (7.73%) Risk Management
12 15 (7.73%) User Experience
13 14 (7.22%) Collaborative Working
13 14 (7.22%) CRM
14 13 (6.70%) Continuous Improvement
14 13 (6.70%) DevOps
14 13 (6.70%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.19%) SQL
2 6 (3.09%) ABAP
2 6 (3.09%) JavaScript
3 5 (2.58%) C#
4 4 (2.06%) Python
5 1 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.52%) Java
5 1 (0.52%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.52%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.52%) VB
Qualifications
1 23 (11.86%) Degree
2 9 (4.64%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.58%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.06%) TOGAF Certification
5 3 (1.55%) PMI Certification
5 3 (1.55%) PMP
5 3 (1.55%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.03%) ACCA
6 2 (1.03%) CBAP
6 2 (1.03%) CIMA
6 2 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.52%) APMG
7 1 (0.52%) CIPD
7 1 (0.52%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.70%) QA
2 5 (2.58%) GDPR
3 4 (2.06%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.55%) PMO
4 3 (1.55%) SEPA
5 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (1.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.52%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 34 (17.53%) SAP
2 23 (11.86%) Microsoft
3 20 (10.31%) Oracle
4 9 (4.64%) Google
5 5 (2.58%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.06%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.55%) Adaptive Insights
7 3 (1.55%) Kronos
8 2 (1.03%) Sparx
9 1 (0.52%) Altiris
9 1 (0.52%) Ceridian
9 1 (0.52%) Cognos
9 1 (0.52%) Dell
9 1 (0.52%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.52%) Okta
9 1 (0.52%) OneTrust
9 1 (0.52%) Pardot
9 1 (0.52%) Sage