Workday Contract Job Trends

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 5 October 2026, 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
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 336 282 421
Rank change year-on-year -54 +139 +9
Contract jobs citing Workday 380 296 128
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.70% 0.90% 0.34%
As % of the Vendors category 1.68% 1.88% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 183 75
10th Percentile £401 £400 £409
25th Percentile £480 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £713 £691 £775
90th Percentile £813 £825 £840
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £550 £513
% change year-on-year +4.55% +7.32% -4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 3
10th Percentile - £25.23 £23.80
25th Percentile £17.17 £30.40 £35.50
Median hourly rate £20.53 £37.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.25% -31.82% -0.90%
75th Percentile £28.45 £43.75 -
90th Percentile £58.80 £60.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.86 £37.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -52.39% -31.82% -0.95%

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 22,593 15,722 16,912
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.54% 47.64% 44.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,661 9,666 9,975
10th Percentile £310 £278 £287
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £619 £613 £625
90th Percentile £710 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,367 815 619
10th Percentile £13.86 £14.75 £14.84
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.79 £16.00
Median hourly rate £25.26 £25.15 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.46% -22.63% -24.42%
75th Percentile £57.50 £40.65 £64.38
90th Percentile £77.50 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.19 £21.30 £30.00
% change year-on-year +13.57% -29.00% -29.41%

Workday
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Workday job vacancy trend in the UK

Workday
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Workday
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Workday over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Workday in the UK

Workday
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Workday
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Workday over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Workday in the UK

Workday
Top 14 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 5 October 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 -64 319 £600 +4.35% 686
London -65 171 £600 - 448
UK excluding London -63 144 £575 +4.55% 353
Work from Home -49 125 £550 -8.33% 316
South East -37 54 £588 -6.00% 84
North of England -43 33 £450 -33.33% 70
Midlands -40 27 £600 +14.29% 56
East Midlands +8 22 £600 +14.29% 8
South West -21 20 £480 -8.57% 14
North West -26 19 £658 - 34
Yorkshire -24 14 £413 -38.89% 24
East of England -37 13 £590 +7.27% 16
Scotland -19 6 £575 - 34
West Midlands -65 4 £438 -18.60% 48

Workday
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 7 (1.84%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.53%) Confluence
2 2 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.26%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.26%) Mendix
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 24 (6.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.84%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 106 (27.89%) Workday HCM
2 13 (3.42%) iTrent
3 10 (2.63%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (2.37%) NetSuite
5 8 (2.11%) SAP HR
6 6 (1.58%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (1.58%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (1.32%) PeopleSoft HCM
8 4 (1.05%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (1.05%) Teamcenter
9 3 (0.79%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 3 (0.79%) SAP HCM
10 2 (0.53%) BambooHR
10 2 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
10 2 (0.53%) Dynamics GP
10 2 (0.53%) Dynamics SL
10 2 (0.53%) Infor CloudSuite
10 2 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
10 2 (0.53%) Sage X3
10 2 (0.53%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 45 (11.84%) Azure
2 38 (10.00%) SuccessFactors
3 37 (9.74%) SaaS
4 34 (8.95%) Power Platform
5 15 (3.95%) Boomi
6 13 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (3.42%) Entra ID
7 11 (2.89%) AWS
7 11 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (2.89%) Snowflake
8 9 (2.37%) Azure Logic Apps
8 9 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (2.11%) GCP
9 8 (2.11%) iPaaS
10 5 (1.32%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (1.05%) AtomSphere
11 4 (1.05%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.05%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.79%) dbt
12 3 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.58%) FTP
2 2 (0.53%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.89%) Power BI
2 13 (3.42%) Tableau
3 9 (2.37%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (2.11%) Oracle Reports
5 5 (1.32%) Looker
6 4 (1.05%) Metadata
7 3 (0.79%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.53%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.26%) Data Mart
9 1 (0.26%) Power Query
9 1 (0.26%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.26%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 26 (6.84%) JIRA
2 3 (0.79%) Git
General
1 159 (41.84%) Finance
2 148 (38.95%) Social Skills
3 69 (18.16%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (9.74%) Public Sector
5 22 (5.79%) Manufacturing
6 20 (5.26%) Banking
7 18 (4.74%) Retail
8 17 (4.47%) Legal
9 11 (2.89%) General Ledger
10 10 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (2.11%) Law
13 7 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.58%) Aviation
14 6 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.32%) Aerospace
16 4 (1.05%) Marketing
16 4 (1.05%) Publishing
17 3 (0.79%) French Language
Job Titles
1 86 (22.63%) Consultant
2 67 (17.63%) Workday Consultant
3 66 (17.37%) Lead
4 64 (16.84%) Analyst
5 52 (13.68%) Architect
6 34 (8.95%) Senior
6 34 (8.95%) Workday Analyst
7 22 (5.79%) Workday Architect
8 21 (5.53%) Business Analyst
9 20 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
9 20 (5.26%) Workday Manager
10 19 (5.00%) Project Manager
11 16 (4.21%) Senior Analyst
12 13 (3.42%) Integration Architect
13 12 (3.16%) HR Analyst
14 11 (2.89%) Administrator
14 11 (2.89%) Data Analyst
15 10 (2.63%) Integration Consultant
15 10 (2.63%) Workday Integration Consultant
16 9 (2.37%) Workday Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (7.89%) Middleware
2 27 (7.11%) REST
2 27 (7.11%) XML
3 24 (6.32%) SOAP
4 18 (4.74%) Web Services
5 17 (4.47%) JSON
5 17 (4.47%) XSLT
6 12 (3.16%) Oracle Fusion
7 10 (2.63%) OAuth
8 7 (1.84%) OAuth2
8 7 (1.84%) SAML
9 6 (1.58%) Microsoft Graph
10 4 (1.05%) GraphQL
10 4 (1.05%) JWT
10 4 (1.05%) LDAP
11 3 (0.79%) AngularJS
11 3 (0.79%) CSS
11 3 (0.79%) HTML
11 3 (0.79%) Jakarta EE
11 3 (0.79%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.53%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (3.95%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.68%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (3.68%) Management Information System
3 14 (3.68%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.63%) Data Structures
5 7 (1.84%) Learning Management System
6 5 (1.32%) Robotics
6 5 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.32%) Social Media
7 4 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.05%) e-Learning
7 4 (1.05%) Low-Code
8 3 (0.79%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.53%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.53%) FMCG
9 2 (0.53%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.53%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.53%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (35.26%) Stakeholder Management
2 82 (21.58%) ERP
3 79 (20.79%) Problem-Solving
4 75 (19.74%) Analytics
5 64 (16.84%) Agile
6 62 (16.32%) User Acceptance Testing
7 58 (15.26%) Validation
8 55 (14.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 46 (12.11%) Continuous Improvement
10 45 (11.84%) Migration
11 41 (10.79%) Decision-Making
12 40 (10.53%) Translating Business Requirements
13 39 (10.26%) Workshop Facilitation
14 35 (9.21%) Data Modelling
15 34 (8.95%) Data Migration
15 34 (8.95%) Project Delivery
16 32 (8.42%) Business Intelligence
17 31 (8.16%) Data Governance
17 31 (8.16%) Roadmaps
18 28 (7.37%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 27 (7.11%) SQL
2 11 (2.89%) Python
3 7 (1.84%) Java
3 7 (1.84%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.32%) PowerShell
5 3 (0.79%) C#
5 3 (0.79%) XPath
6 2 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.53%) Korn
7 1 (0.26%) BeanShell
7 1 (0.26%) Bicep
7 1 (0.26%) VBA
Qualifications
1 35 (9.21%) Security Cleared
2 22 (5.79%) SC Cleared
3 17 (4.47%) Degree
4 11 (2.89%) CIPD
5 10 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.32%) ACCA
6 5 (1.32%) CIMA
7 4 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.05%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (0.79%) CISM
8 3 (0.79%) CISSP
9 2 (0.53%) APMG
9 2 (0.53%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.53%) IIBA
9 2 (0.53%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.53%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.53%) PMP
10 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (10.53%) Data Quality
2 33 (8.68%) GDPR
3 16 (4.21%) QA
4 8 (2.11%) PMO
5 6 (1.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.79%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.26%) GRC
8 1 (0.26%) IFRS
8 1 (0.26%) ITGC
8 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (1.84%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 106 (27.89%) SAP
2 71 (18.68%) Oracle
3 46 (12.11%) Microsoft
4 29 (7.63%) ServiceNow
5 15 (3.95%) MuleSoft
6 14 (3.68%) Salesforce
7 13 (3.42%) Adaptive Insights
8 5 (1.32%) Google
8 5 (1.32%) Kronos
8 5 (1.32%) PeopleSoft
9 4 (1.05%) Cognizant
9 4 (1.05%) Databricks
10 3 (0.79%) Anaplan
10 3 (0.79%) Sage
11 2 (0.53%) Ariba
11 2 (0.53%) Epicor
11 2 (0.53%) IFS
11 2 (0.53%) Infor
11 2 (0.53%) QAD
11 2 (0.53%) Zuora