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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 661 527 541
Rank change year-on-year -134 +14 +71
Contract jobs citing Viva Engage 9 24 31
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.017% 0.073% 0.079%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.048% 0.20% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 20
10th Percentile £414 £280 £324
25th Percentile £435 £300 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £350 £350
Median % change year-on-year +28.14% - -44.00%
75th Percentile £453 £520 £478
90th Percentile £457 £638 £624
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £300 £350
% change year-on-year +50.00% -14.29% -32.04%

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 18,613 12,245 13,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.22% 37.21% 33.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,280 8,214 9,247
10th Percentile £326 £313 £313
25th Percentile £420 £410 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £623 £617 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 619 311 273
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.16 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.50 £27.40 £24.15
Median % change year-on-year +29.56% +13.46% -31.00%
75th Percentile £69.79 £47.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £83.05 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £18.87 £21.37
% change year-on-year +85.48% -11.70% -19.36%

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 4 August 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 -115 7 £450 -2.17% 4
Work from Home -57 6 £447 +11.75% 2
UK excluding London -110 5 £450 +50.00% 1
Midlands -55 3 £450 +50.00% 1
West Midlands -60 3 £450 +50.00% 1
London -62 2 - - 3
North West - 2 - -
North of England - 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 4 (44.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Entra ID
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Copilot
1 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Power BI
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Agriculture
2 2 (22.22%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Lead
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Communications Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Communications Officer
3 1 (11.11%) Engagement Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) JSON
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Clustering
1 2 (22.22%) Life Science
1 2 (22.22%) Social Media
1 2 (22.22%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Roadmaps
2 6 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (33.33%) Agile
4 3 (33.33%) Budget Management
4 3 (33.33%) Coaching
4 3 (33.33%) Community of Practice
4 3 (33.33%) Line Management
4 3 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (33.33%) Supplier Management
5 2 (22.22%) Case Management
5 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
5 2 (22.22%) Demand Management
5 2 (22.22%) Infographics
5 2 (22.22%) Machine Learning
5 2 (22.22%) Personalization
5 2 (22.22%) Storytelling
5 2 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) OneTrust