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 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 623 497 557
Rank change year-on-year -126 +60 +83
Contract jobs citing Viva Engage 15 25 33
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.030% 0.085% 0.076%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.085% 0.23% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 18 24
10th Percentile - £288 £316
25th Percentile £350 £303 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £338 £350
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -3.57% -39.13%
75th Percentile £490 £436 £519
90th Percentile £519 £630 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £455 £325 £350
% change year-on-year +40.00% -7.14% -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 17,602 11,084 14,083
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.56% 37.87% 32.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,805 7,513 9,955
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -4.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £619 £634
90th Percentile £712 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +3.58% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 565 269 354
10th Percentile £15.75 £15.14 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.00 £28.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.14% +30.23% -45.64%
75th Percentile £67.84 £47.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £81.85 £72.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £19.27 £19.00
% change year-on-year +94.60% +1.42% -32.53%

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 8 June 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 9 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 8 June 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 -129 15 £450 +12.50% 2
UK excluding London -108 10 £455 +40.00%
Work from Home -57 5 £450 +38.46% 1
South East -65 5 £519 +41.80%
London -67 5 £350 -32.69% 2
Midlands -58 3 £450 +50.00%
West Midlands -62 3 £450 +50.00%
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 5 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) Canva
2 1 (6.67%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) Intranet
2 2 (13.33%) Firewall
General
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Marketing
3 2 (13.33%) Agriculture
3 2 (13.33%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Lead
2 2 (13.33%) Coordinator
2 2 (13.33%) Data Coordinator
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Communications Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Communications Officer
3 1 (6.67%) Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Engagement Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Marketing Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Web Conferencing
2 4 (26.67%) Social Media
3 3 (20.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (13.33%) Life Science
4 2 (13.33%) Product Ownership
4 2 (13.33%) Sports Betting
5 1 (6.67%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
1 2 (13.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (40.00%) User Experience
3 5 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (20.00%) Agile
4 3 (20.00%) Budget Management
4 3 (20.00%) Coaching
4 3 (20.00%) Community of Practice
4 3 (20.00%) Focus Group
4 3 (20.00%) Infographics
4 3 (20.00%) Line Management
4 3 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
4 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (20.00%) Storytelling
4 3 (20.00%) Supplier Management
4 3 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 3 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (13.33%) AI
5 2 (13.33%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
2 6 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (46.67%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Adobe
2 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow