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Workday Delivery Lead - Remote - 3 months+/RATE: £740 per day inside IR35
Posted 1 day ago by Octopus Computer Associates
Role OverviewAs a Delivery Lead Workday, you will be at the forefront of delivering end-to-end Workday HCM and Financial...
- Rate £740 per day
- Category Inside
- Work type Remote
- Location Remote
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Workday Consultant
Posted 3 days ago by Experis
Role OverviewWe are seeking an experienced Workday Consultant to support the delivery of major HR and Finance transforma...
- Rate £690 per day
- Category Inside
- Work type Remote
- Location UK; London; Birmingham; Manchester; Glasgow; Liverpool; Leeds; Edinburgh; Bristol; Cardiff; Nottingham
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About Our Inside IR35 Workday Contract Roles
What does a workday contractor do?
As a contract Workday, you are hired to implement, configure, integrate, and support the Workday cloud-based platform, which has grown into one of the leading enterprise applications for human capital management and financial management in UK mid-market and large enterprise organisations. Workday's HCM product spans Core HR, Payroll, Recruiting, Talent Management, Learning, Advanced Compensation, and Absence Management, while Workday Financials provides a modern cloud-based alternative to legacy ERP financial management platforms. Contract engagements arise during Workday HCM or Financials implementation projects, when post-go-live enhancement and optimisation work requires specialist resource, when integrations between Workday and adjacent systems need to be built or maintained, and when annual release preparation requires specialist tenant update expertise.
Workday contractors are expected to hold Workday Pro certification in the relevant functional module or area, which is a requirement for most serious Workday implementation and configuration contract roles. For HCM roles, Workday Pro certification in Core HCM, Payroll, Recruiting, or Compensation is expected depending on the module scope. For Financials roles, Workday Pro certification in Financial Accounting, Procurement, or the relevant financial modules is required. Beyond certification, hands-on experience configuring business processes, security roles, calculated fields, and condition rules within a live Workday tenant is the primary practical differentiator. For Workday integration roles, experience with Workday's integration development framework including the Studio integration development environment, EIBs for bulk data operations, and the REST and SOAP APIs is the primary technical requirement. Workday reporting proficiency, including Workday Report Writer, Calculated Fields, and Workday Prism Analytics, is increasingly expected alongside functional configuration expertise.
What is the market like for workday contractors?
Contract Workday work sits within one of the most active and well-paying specialist HR and finance technology contractor markets in the UK. Workday's rapid growth in enterprise HCM adoption, alongside its expanding Financials customer base, has created a large and growing pool of implementation and post-go-live contract demand. The pace of Workday's twice-annual feature release cycle creates ongoing enhancement and optimisation contract demand after go-live. Workday Pro certification is a genuine market differentiator that distinguishes contractors who have invested in the platform from those with only generic HRIS knowledge. Rates for Workday Pro-certified contractors with hands-on implementation experience are at the premium end of the HR and finance technology contracting market.
What does Inside IR35 mean?
IR35 is UK tax legislation that determines whether a contractor is genuinely self-employed or working in a manner that resembles employment. When a contract is classified as inside IR35, income tax and National Insurance are deducted at source, typically via an umbrella company or agency PAYE. Headline day rates on inside IR35 engagements are generally higher than equivalent outside IR35 roles to account for the tax and employment cost structure.
Inside IR35 determinations are made where the working arrangements are considered to resemble employment, based on factors including the level of client control, the absence of a genuine right of substitution, and the presence of mutuality of obligation. Since April 2021, the end client is responsible for making this determination for medium and large private sector organisations. Many employers in financial services, government, and professional services assess the majority of their contractor engagements as inside IR35.
On QualityContracts.co.uk, approximately 49% of roles with a stated IR35 status are classified as inside IR35, making it the most common arrangement across the contract market. The proportion varies by sector and role type. Each listing on this page displays its IR35 status where provided by the hiring organisation.
What workday roles are usually Inside IR35?
Around 60% of Workday contracts with a stated status are inside IR35. Organisations that have deployed Workday need ongoing configuration, report development, and platform administration. The contractor manages the Workday tenant, builds custom reports, configures business processes, and supports HR and finance users. Large corporates, financial services firms, and public sector bodies running Workday embed contractors in their HRIS or finance systems teams for sustained inside IR35 support.
How much do workday contractors usually earn when working Inside IR35?
Contract rates for workday roles typically range from £500 to £900 per day, depending on the scope of the role, required expertise, and the delivery expectations of the engagement. Inside IR35 rates are typically 15% to 30% higher than equivalent outside IR35 roles to account for tax and national insurance deducted at source by the fee-payer.
How many Inside IR35 workday vacancies are there on Quality Contracts?
Over the past twelve months, we have tracked over 150 workday contract roles across the site. Around one third of the roles currently listed on the site fall Inside IR35. Data reviewed up to August 2026.