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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 558 516 607
Rank change year-on-year -42 +91 +176
Contract jobs citing Viva Engage 16 34 15
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.046% 0.094% 0.032%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.12% 0.27% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 16 5
10th Percentile - £281 -
25th Percentile £275 £327 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £425 £625
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% -32.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £350 £725 £650
90th Percentile £405 £794 £665
UK excluding London median daily rate £313 £356 £400
% change year-on-year -12.28% -10.94% -27.27%

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 13,336 12,779 16,688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.56% 35.26% 35.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,996 8,416 11,936
10th Percentile £306 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £420 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £645
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 322 167 321
10th Percentile £15.10 £18.98 £14.61
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.80 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +9.38% +43.56%
75th Percentile £44.01 £60.68 £60.00
90th Percentile £71.95 £70.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.50 £33.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -37.88% +46.67% +15.38%

Viva Engage
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Viva Engage relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Viva Engage job vacancy trend 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
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 9 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London -36 10 £313 -12.28% 9
Work from Home +6 8 £300 -25.00% 7
Scotland -5 7 £325 -1.89% 5
England -43 4 £363 -48.21% 7
South East +4 2 - - 2
Midlands -25 2 £300 -41.18%
West Midlands -29 2 £300 -41.18%
London -8 1 £425 -43.33% 2

Viva Engage
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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (87.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (62.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (56.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (12.50%) MS Visio
4 1 (6.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (6.25%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (6.25%) Camtasia
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (12.50%) Azure
3 2 (12.50%) Canva
3 2 (12.50%) Copilot Studio
3 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 2 (12.50%) Power Automate
3 2 (12.50%) PowerApps
4 1 (6.25%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) Intranet
General
1 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Finance
3 2 (12.50%) German Language
3 2 (12.50%) Legal
4 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.25%) Marketing
4 1 (6.25%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Analyst
2 7 (43.75%) Change Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) IT Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) PMO Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Administrator
4 1 (6.25%) Change Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Lead
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Migration Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Life Science
1 1 (6.25%) Public Cloud
1 1 (6.25%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (6.25%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Agile
2 7 (43.75%) Project Management
2 7 (43.75%) Waterfall
3 5 (31.25%) Infographics
4 4 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (25.00%) Migration
5 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (18.75%) Programme Delivery
6 2 (12.50%) AI
6 2 (12.50%) Analytical Thinking
6 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (12.50%) Change Management
6 2 (12.50%) Cyber Resilience
6 2 (12.50%) Identity Management
6 2 (12.50%) Process Improvement
6 2 (12.50%) Prototyping
6 2 (12.50%) Storytelling
6 2 (12.50%) Task Automation
6 2 (12.50%) Use Case
6 2 (12.50%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 14 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Adobe
2 2 (12.50%) Databricks
2 2 (12.50%) Poppulo