Workday HCM Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Workday Human Capital Management (HCM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 324 443
Rank change year-on-year +42 +119 +146
Contract jobs citing Workday HCM 22 21 34
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.22% 0.14% 0.13%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.41% 1.56% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 18 25
10th Percentile £450 £463 £500
25th Percentile £473 £534 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £625 £700
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -10.71% +27.27%
75th Percentile £638 - £760
90th Percentile £675 £626 £884
UK median daily rate £600 £613 £645
% change year-on-year -2.09% -4.99% +17.27%

All Business Application Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 912 1,350 1,834
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.21% 8.80% 7.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 554 774 1,031
10th Percentile £413 £375 £355
25th Percentile £488 £461 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £675 £663 £684
90th Percentile £800 £756 £788
UK median daily rate £565 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +2.73% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 18 24
10th Percentile £55.65 £15.61 £25.10
25th Percentile £62.50 £26.44 £36.73
Median hourly rate £86.00 £45.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +91.11% -8.16% +103.74%
75th Percentile - £57.25 £65.94
90th Percentile £87.05 £71.47 £89.25
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £43.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year +37.14% -7.89% +35.71%

Workday HCM
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Workday HCM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Workday HCM trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Workday HCM
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Workday HCM.

Workday HCM daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Workday HCM
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Workday HCM over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Workday HCM daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Workday HCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (13.64%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) SAP ERP
1 1 (4.55%) UltiPro
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) Boomi
General
1 7 (31.82%) Finance
2 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (13.64%) Advertising
5 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (40.91%) Consultant
2 8 (36.36%) Workday Consultant
3 4 (18.18%) Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Functional Consultant
3 4 (18.18%) Workday Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Workday Functional Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Lead
5 2 (9.09%) Senior
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Implementation Consultant
6 1 (4.55%) Management Consultant
6 1 (4.55%) Workday Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Workday Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Workday Implementation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) Web Services
2 2 (9.09%) .NET
2 2 (9.09%) .NET Core
2 2 (9.09%) ASP.NET
2 2 (9.09%) Express.js
2 2 (9.09%) REST
2 2 (9.09%) SOAP
3 1 (4.55%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (22.73%) Data Analysis
1 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (18.18%) Project Management
2 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
3 3 (13.64%) Computer Science
3 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (13.64%) Process Improvement
3 3 (13.64%) Release Management
3 3 (13.64%) Time Management
4 2 (9.09%) Data Management
4 2 (9.09%) Data Privacy
4 2 (9.09%) End-to-End Testing
4 2 (9.09%) ERP
4 2 (9.09%) Open Source
4 2 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (9.09%) WFM
5 1 (4.55%) Journey Map
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) GDPR
1 1 (4.55%) QA
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) Workday
2 2 (9.09%) SAP
3 1 (4.55%) Cognos
3 1 (4.55%) Dell
3 1 (4.55%) Oracle