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 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 661 534 531
Rank change year-on-year -127 -3 +89
Contract jobs citing Viva Engage 17 23 30
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.031% 0.071% 0.079%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.090% 0.19% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 13 18
10th Percentile £438 £280 £321
25th Percentile £450 £300 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £325 £395
Median % change year-on-year +50.77% -17.72% -36.80%
75th Percentile £556 £425 £497
90th Percentile £579 £617 £646
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £300 £350
% change year-on-year +50.00% -14.29% -32.69%

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 18,877 12,179 13,089
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.69% 37.52% 34.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,526 8,111 8,851
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 610 297 201
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.50 £14.41
25th Percentile £17.97 £18.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £32.50 £29.25 £30.88
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -11.79%
75th Percentile £67.65 £52.50 £61.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £67.25 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £19.64 £30.00
% change year-on-year +52.79% -34.55% +11.11%

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 15 September 2026.

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 15 September 2026. 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
England -121 15 £492 +15.76% 11
London -80 10 £537 -6.41% 9
Work from Home -63 8 £450 +50.00% 4
UK excluding London -119 5 £450 +50.00% 3
Midlands -47 3 £450 +50.00%
West Midlands -54 3 £450 +50.00%
North West - 2 - -
North of England - 2 - - 1

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 12 (70.59%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft 365
1 10 (58.82%) Power Platform
2 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Copilot
2 7 (41.18%) OneDrive
3 3 (17.65%) Entra ID
4 2 (11.76%) Azure
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (5.88%) Power Automate
5 1 (5.88%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Power BI
2 1 (5.88%) Metadata
General
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Agriculture
3 2 (11.76%) Banking
3 2 (11.76%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Marketing
3 2 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Military
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
2 5 (29.41%) Lead
3 2 (11.76%) Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Communications Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Communications Officer
4 1 (5.88%) Engagement Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (11.76%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Product Ownership
2 2 (11.76%) Clustering
2 2 (11.76%) Life Science
2 2 (11.76%) Social Media
2 2 (11.76%) Web Conferencing
3 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.88%) Learning Management System
3 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) Roadmaps
2 11 (64.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (41.18%) AI
3 7 (41.18%) Line Management
3 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (23.53%) Change Management
6 3 (17.65%) Agile
6 3 (17.65%) Budget Management
6 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (17.65%) Coaching
6 3 (17.65%) Community of Practice
6 3 (17.65%) Customer Service
6 3 (17.65%) Programme Delivery
6 3 (17.65%) Service Delivery
6 3 (17.65%) Strategic Thinking
6 3 (17.65%) Supplier Management
6 3 (17.65%) Translating Business Requirements
7 2 (11.76%) IT Strategy
7 2 (11.76%) Personalization
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 5 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 4 (23.53%) Degree
4 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
5 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (5.88%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) OneTrust
3 1 (5.88%) Oracle
3 1 (5.88%) SAP
3 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.88%) Workday