Movers and Shakers: November 2025 HR Tech Landscape
by SJ Hood
This month HR tech saw a wave of serious innovation, from AI‑powered workforce platforms and compensation intelligence tools to global cloud infrastructure and new finance + payroll integrations. Across the board, vendors are pushing forward rapidly. Which means it’s a key time for HR leaders to stay alert to what’s next.
Oracle
Oracle was recognised this month for “excellence in workforce‑management innovation,” a nod to its continued investment in intelligent scheduling, compliance, and workforce operations.
Deel
Research from global workforce platform Deel emphasised the growing impact of AI on employment: many organisations report changing or disappearing roles (and breadth of AI’s influence on how we work) effectively rewriting the rules of employment and workforce management.
EmploymentHero / AI Recruitment Tools
New reporting highlights how AI recruitment agents are gaining traction, helping organisations speed up hiring, improve candidate matching and reduce administrative burden. Tools like these are increasingly becoming a go-to for HR teams operating under pressure.
HiBob
HiBob expanded its platform this month with the launch of Bob Finance, a module combining HR, payroll and finance into a unified system, reinforcing its ambition to deliver integrated people + financial operations for growing organisations.
Workday
Workday made two major announcements this month! They launched their EU‑based Sovereign Cloud for their HCM and finance solutions. This lets customers run AI‑powered HR, payroll and planning tools with full EU data residency and compliance.
Workday also announced their expansion of theirdeveloper ecosystem with a Global Developer Network and new partnership with Google BigQuery, giving customers secure, zero‑copy access to HR and finance data for advanced analytics and AI development.
Payscale
Payscale introduced a new AI‑enabled approach to compensation intelligence. Which gives organisations dynamic, data‑driven pay benchmarking and job‑pricing tools that adapt to market changes more rapidly than traditional salary surveys.
Dayforce
Shareholders of Dayforce approved its acquisition by private equity firm Thoma Bravo, a move that suggests potential acceleration in product innovation, particularly around AI-driven workforce management, scheduling and HCM capabilities.
UKG
UKG unveiled a new generation of “agentic applications” designed for frontline and deskless workforces, from real‑time workforce planning and scheduling to AI‑powered employee assistance. The move demonstrates UKG’s commitment to rethinking how frontline work gets managed and supported.
Additionally, the company’s internal “Bryte AI” initiative was highlighted this month as a reinvention of how employees get help and access information. This underscores the shift toward more intelligent, employee‑centric HR platforms.
Cezanne HR
Cezanne HR rolled out its latest system release in November with user‑experience enhancements, automation improvements and better self‑service functionality. This release shows how mid‑market HR platforms continue to evolve to meet growing complexity without overburdening HR teams.
This month’s news highlights a clear message: the pace of change in HR tech is not slowing. With AI, cloud sovereignty, data‑driven compensation tools, and integrated people‑finance platforms all gaining ground, HR systems are evolving fast. So HR leaders need to stay alert if they don’t want to fall behind.
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