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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 576 501 579
Rank change year-on-year -75 +78 +181
Contract jobs citing Viva Engage 15 40 13
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.041% 0.12% 0.030%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.11% 0.33% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 25 3
10th Percentile £275 £228 -
25th Percentile £294 £260 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% -27.27%
75th Percentile £384 £390 £538
90th Percentile £425 £635 £620
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £338 £400
% change year-on-year -3.70% -15.63% -27.27%

All Cloud Computing 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 14,137 12,097 14,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.17% 36.23% 34.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,689 8,069 10,642
10th Percentile £306 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £731 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 312 176 265
10th Percentile £14.75 £17.44 £14.42
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.21 £27.50 £25.38
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% +8.35% +12.80%
75th Percentile £56.69 £44.71 £57.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £68.75 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.86 £24.18 £21.00
% change year-on-year +11.06% +15.14% +7.69%

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
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Viva Engage over the 6 months to 31 December 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 6 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 31 December 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 -52 10 £325 -3.70% 8
Scotland +2 7 £325 -3.70% 4
England -54 7 £397 -16.42% 9
Work from Home -17 6 £300 -7.69% 11
London -20 4 £388 -44.64% 5
South East - 3 £409 - 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 15 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (46.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (6.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (6.67%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (6.67%) Camtasia
Cloud Services
1 10 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (33.33%) Canva
3 1 (6.67%) OneDrive
3 1 (6.67%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Intranet
2 2 (13.33%) Firewall
General
1 13 (86.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Marketing
4 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.67%) Multimedia
4 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Analyst
1 7 (46.67%) Change Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Change Manager
3 2 (13.33%) IT Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Business Change Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Business Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Communications Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Lead
4 1 (6.67%) Marketing Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (13.33%) Graphic Design
2 2 (13.33%) Social Media
3 1 (6.67%) Life Science
3 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.67%) Public Cloud
3 1 (6.67%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (6.67%) Video Editing
3 1 (6.67%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Agile
2 7 (46.67%) Collaborative Working
2 7 (46.67%) Waterfall
3 6 (40.00%) Infographics
4 5 (33.33%) Change Management
4 5 (33.33%) Project Management
5 4 (26.67%) Impact Assessments
5 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
6 3 (20.00%) Storytelling
6 3 (20.00%) User Experience
7 2 (13.33%) Actionable Insight
7 2 (13.33%) Analytical Thinking
7 2 (13.33%) Client Onboarding
7 2 (13.33%) Content Management
7 2 (13.33%) Cost Reduction
7 2 (13.33%) Cyber Resilience
7 2 (13.33%) Mobile Device Management
8 1 (6.67%) Copywriting
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (33.33%) Adobe
3 2 (13.33%) Poppulo
4 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow