Viva Engage Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Viva Engage (formerly Yammer)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Viva Engage skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 543 535 604
Rank change year-on-year -8 +69 +182
Contract jobs citing Viva Engage 24 27 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.073% 0.070% 0.063%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.19% 0.21% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 14 15
10th Percentile £275 £324 £442
25th Percentile £300 £359 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £425 £625
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% -32.00% +47.93%
75th Percentile £419 £515 £694
90th Percentile £605 £691 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £300 £390 £515
% change year-on-year -23.08% -24.27% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £53.50
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £56.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £55.00

All Cloud Skills
UK

Viva Engage falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 12,485 13,133 17,470
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.83% 34.20% 35.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,335 8,771 12,588
10th Percentile £313 £313 £310
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.42% -3.17%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 299 186 330
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.00 £14.99
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.28 £18.50
Median hourly rate £26.50 £33.00 £34.90
Median % change year-on-year -19.70% -5.44% +58.63%
75th Percentile £52.33 £64.67 £66.00
90th Percentile £67.05 £70.00 £78.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.27 £33.00 £25.45
% change year-on-year -41.61% +29.67% +29.12%

Viva Engage
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Viva Engage as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Viva Engage in the UK

Viva Engage
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Viva Engage.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Viva Engage

Viva Engage
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Viva Engage over the 6 months to 25 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Viva Engage in the UK

Viva Engage
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Viva Engage.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Viva Engage

Viva Engage
Top 8 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Viva Engage within the UK over the 6 months to 25 September 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +3 15 £300 -23.08% 4
England +20 12 £425 -15.00% 3
Work from Home +21 10 £300 -25.00% 4
Scotland 0 7 £325 -7.14% 1
Midlands -13 6 £300 -40.00%
West Midlands -16 6 £300 -41.18%
South East +27 5 £300 -42.31% 2
London +23 4 £574 -10.00%

Viva Engage
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 19 (79.17%) SharePoint
2 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (8.33%) CMS
Applications
1 10 (41.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (12.50%) MS Visio
4 2 (8.33%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (8.33%) Photoshop
5 1 (4.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (4.17%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (4.17%) Camtasia
Cloud Services
1 15 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (29.17%) Power Platform
3 4 (16.67%) PowerApps
4 3 (12.50%) Azure
4 3 (12.50%) Copilot Studio
4 3 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 3 (12.50%) Power Automate
5 2 (8.33%) Canva
5 2 (8.33%) Google Workspace
5 2 (8.33%) OneDrive
5 2 (8.33%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) Intranet
General
1 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Finance
2 4 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Marketing
4 2 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Financial Institution
4 2 (8.33%) German Language
4 2 (8.33%) Legal
4 2 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.17%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) Analyst
2 7 (29.17%) Change Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Consultant
4 3 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
5 2 (8.33%) Communications Manager
5 2 (8.33%) IT Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) IT Communications Manager
5 2 (8.33%) IT Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Support Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Technical Consultant
5 2 (8.33%) Transformation Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Administrator
6 1 (4.17%) Architect
6 1 (4.17%) Business Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Lead
6 1 (4.17%) Senior
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Social Media
2 1 (4.17%) Life Science
2 1 (4.17%) Public Cloud
2 1 (4.17%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.17%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Agile
2 9 (37.50%) Migration
3 7 (29.17%) Project Management
3 7 (29.17%) Waterfall
4 5 (20.83%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (20.83%) Infographics
5 4 (16.67%) Change Management
6 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
6 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (12.50%) User Experience
7 2 (8.33%) Analytical Thinking
7 2 (8.33%) Cyber Resilience
7 2 (8.33%) Digital Engineering
7 2 (8.33%) Generative AI
7 2 (8.33%) Prototyping
7 2 (8.33%) Storytelling
7 2 (8.33%) Task Automation
7 2 (8.33%) Technology Enablement
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.33%) Degree
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 18 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) Adobe
3 2 (8.33%) Databricks
3 2 (8.33%) Google
3 2 (8.33%) Poppulo