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 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 551 528 605
Rank change year-on-year -23 +77 +182
Contract jobs citing Viva Engage 17 32 29
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.051% 0.085% 0.060%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.13% 0.25% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 15 15
10th Percentile - £328 £400
25th Percentile £275 £370 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £500 £625
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -20.00% +23.76%
75th Percentile £350 £725 £694
90th Percentile £405 £798 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £313 £370 £458
% change year-on-year -15.54% -19.13% -16.82%

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 12,811 13,049 17,023
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.47% 34.82% 35.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,558 8,633 12,232
10th Percentile £310 £313 £300
25th Percentile £410 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
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 296 179 327
10th Percentile £15.15 £16.30 £14.58
25th Percentile £18.51 £23.15 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +8.29% +43.64%
75th Percentile £41.11 £67.38 £63.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £78.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.27 £34.47 £22.51
% change year-on-year -44.09% +53.11% +14.21%

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 17 October 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 -16 11 £313 -15.54% 4
Work from Home +9 8 £300 -29.41% 2
Scotland +7 7 £325 -7.14%
England -15 5 £363 -43.14% 4
Midlands -23 3 £300 -40.00%
West Midlands -24 3 £300 -41.18%
South East +14 2 - - 3
London -8 1 £425 -41.38%

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 (88.24%) SharePoint
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (52.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (17.65%) MS Visio
4 1 (5.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (5.88%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (5.88%) Camtasia
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (76.47%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (29.41%) Power Platform
3 3 (17.65%) Copilot Studio
3 3 (17.65%) Power Automate
3 3 (17.65%) PowerApps
4 2 (11.76%) Azure
4 2 (11.76%) Canva
4 2 (11.76%) Entra ID
5 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) Intranet
General
1 10 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) German Language
3 2 (11.76%) Legal
4 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.88%) Marketing
4 1 (5.88%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Analyst
2 7 (41.18%) Change Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Consultant
4 2 (11.76%) IT Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
4 2 (11.76%) PMO Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Administrator
5 1 (5.88%) Change Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Exchange Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Lead
5 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
5 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) Migration Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Life Science
1 1 (5.88%) Public Cloud
1 1 (5.88%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (5.88%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Agile
2 7 (41.18%) Project Management
2 7 (41.18%) Waterfall
3 5 (29.41%) Infographics
3 5 (29.41%) Migration
4 4 (23.53%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (17.65%) Programme Delivery
6 2 (11.76%) AI
6 2 (11.76%) Analytical Thinking
6 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (11.76%) Change Management
6 2 (11.76%) Cyber Resilience
6 2 (11.76%) Identity Management
6 2 (11.76%) Process Improvement
6 2 (11.76%) Prototyping
6 2 (11.76%) Storytelling
6 2 (11.76%) Task Automation
6 2 (11.76%) Use Case
6 2 (11.76%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
1 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 14 (82.35%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Adobe
2 2 (11.76%) Databricks
2 2 (11.76%) Poppulo