Workday HCM Job Trends

Workday Human Capital Management (HCM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Workday HCM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 631 728 702
Rank change year-on-year +97 -26 +349
Permanent jobs citing Workday HCM 34 18 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.067% 0.027% 0.060%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.22% 0.53% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 10 11 14
10th Percentile £67,350 £71,250 £41,875
25th Percentile £76,719 £72,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £88,750 £75,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.33% +30.43% -17.86%
75th Percentile £105,313 £94,375 £70,938
90th Percentile £118,750 £98,750 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - £92,500 £51,250
% change year-on-year - +80.49% -33.01%

All Business Application Skills
UK

Workday HCM falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,785 3,425 3,239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.45% 5.06% 6.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,590 1,695 2,214
10th Percentile £31,155 £35,000 £36,400
25th Percentile £38,281 £45,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £74,438
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,277 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.43% -12.56% +9.52%

Workday HCM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Workday HCM job vacancy trend in the UK

Workday HCM
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Workday HCM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Workday HCM

Workday HCM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Workday HCM over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Workday HCM in the UK

Workday HCM
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 HCM within the UK over the 6 months to 8 November 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +92 18 - - 74
Scotland +18 18 - -
Work from Home +78 17 £95,000 +76.74% 70
England +84 13 £95,000 +26.67% 101
London +76 13 £95,000 +26.67% 57

Workday HCM
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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (32.35%) SuccessFactors
2 8 (23.53%) Azure
2 8 (23.53%) Azure Logic Apps
2 8 (23.53%) Boomi
2 8 (23.53%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 10 (29.41%) Oracle Forms
2 8 (23.53%) JIRA
General
1 23 (67.65%) Finance
2 13 (38.24%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (8.82%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Law
4 1 (2.94%) Legal
4 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (29.41%) Analyst
2 8 (23.53%) Senior
3 6 (17.65%) Workday Manager
4 5 (14.71%) Consultant
4 5 (14.71%) Workday Consultant
5 2 (5.88%) Functional Consultant
5 2 (5.88%) Lead
5 2 (5.88%) Product Owner
5 2 (5.88%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Systems Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Workday Functional Consultant
6 1 (2.94%) HR Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Lead Consultant
6 1 (2.94%) Workday Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (23.53%) REST
1 8 (23.53%) SAML
1 8 (23.53%) SOAP
1 8 (23.53%) Web Services
2 3 (8.82%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 22 (64.71%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.94%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (64.71%) Agile
1 22 (64.71%) Roadmaps
2 18 (52.94%) Asset Management
3 14 (41.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (26.47%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 8 (23.53%) Coaching
5 8 (23.53%) Data Privacy
5 8 (23.53%) Mentoring
6 7 (20.59%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (8.82%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (8.82%) Scrum
7 3 (8.82%) User Experience
8 2 (5.88%) Change Management
8 2 (5.88%) Data Analysis
8 2 (5.88%) Data Governance
8 2 (5.88%) PLM
8 2 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (5.88%) Process Improvement
8 2 (5.88%) Product Discovery
8 2 (5.88%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (23.53%) JavaScript
1 8 (23.53%) PowerShell
1 8 (23.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (5.88%) SC Cleared
1 2 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (23.53%) GDPR
2 2 (5.88%) QA
3 1 (2.94%) PMO
Systems Management
1 8 (23.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (100.00%) Workday
2 11 (32.35%) Oracle
2 11 (32.35%) SAP
3 8 (23.53%) MuleSoft
3 8 (23.53%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.88%) Adaptive Insights