Workday Analyst Job Trends

Workday Analyst
UK

The median Workday Analyst salary in the UK is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 642 706 695
Rank change year-on-year +64 -11 +307
Permanent jobs requiring a Workday Analyst 7 5 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.012% 0.009% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.010% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 9
10th Percentile £64,625 £57,040 £36,500
25th Percentile £69,688 £57,100 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £63,200 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.63% +40.44% -32.08%
75th Percentile £81,875 £67,100 £55,000
90th Percentile £85,250 £68,360 £60,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 - £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -21.74%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 54,710 49,797 52,819
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.74% 92.91% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,899 25,819 40,678
10th Percentile £28,560 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,325
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -5.18%

Workday Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Workday Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Workday Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Workday Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Workday Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Workday Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Workday Analyst over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Workday Analyst in the UK

Workday Analyst
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Workday Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +62 7 £77,500 +22.63% 2
London +68 6 £80,000 +24.80% 1
Work from Home - 5 £75,000 - 1
UK excluding London +35 1 £67,500 - 2
South West - 1 £67,500 -

Workday Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, Workday Analyst 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 permanent job ads featuring Workday Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Workday
2 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (42.86%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (42.86%) Workday HCM
3 2 (28.57%) Adaptive Insights
3 2 (28.57%) Business Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Data Cleansing
3 2 (28.57%) Data Quality
3 2 (28.57%) Issue Tracking
3 2 (28.57%) Product Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) SaaS
3 2 (28.57%) User Stories
4 1 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Budgeting
4 1 (14.29%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (14.29%) Cash Management
4 1 (14.29%) Change Advisory Board
4 1 (14.29%) Change Control
4 1 (14.29%) Coaching
4 1 (14.29%) Co-Creation
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (14.29%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
4 1 (14.29%) ERP
4 1 (14.29%) GDPR

Workday Analyst 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) SaaS
2 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (42.86%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (28.57%) Business Strategy
2 2 (28.57%) Data Cleansing
2 2 (28.57%) Issue Tracking
2 2 (28.57%) Product Strategy
2 2 (28.57%) User Stories
3 1 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (14.29%) Budgeting
3 1 (14.29%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (14.29%) Change Advisory Board
3 1 (14.29%) Co-Creation
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 1 (14.29%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Data Quality
2 1 (14.29%) GDPR
2 1 (14.29%) PMO
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Workday
2 2 (28.57%) Adaptive Insights
3 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow