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 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 598 472 567
Rank change year-on-year -126 +95 +141
Contract jobs citing Viva Engage 13 46 25
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.031% 0.15% 0.057%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.081% 0.40% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 31 14
10th Percentile £280 £250 -
25th Percentile £350 £313 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £369 £338 £360
Median % change year-on-year +9.33% -6.25% -34.55%
75th Percentile £485 £388 £588
90th Percentile £519 £625 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £338 £350
% change year-on-year +33.33% -3.57% -36.36%

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 15,992 11,457 14,480
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.57% 37.86% 32.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,948 7,820 10,301
10th Percentile £313 £313 £281
25th Percentile £409 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £634
90th Percentile £700 £734 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £496 £495
% change year-on-year -4.14% +0.10% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 411 181 348
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.00 £14.09
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.25 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.58 £27.13 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +38.54% +26.93% -14.52%
75th Percentile £60.00 £43.39 £46.18
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £65.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.61 £24.18 £18.00
% change year-on-year +80.36% +34.33% -15.53%

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 5 March 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 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 5 March 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 -97 12 £409 -5.21%
UK excluding London -106 8 £450 +33.33%
South East -41 7 £450 -12.79%
London -62 5 £350 -36.36%
Work from Home -39 4 £410 +26.15% 1
Scotland -5 1 £300 -9.43%

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 6 (46.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Canva
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
1 2 (15.38%) Intranet
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Legal
2 1 (7.69%) Marketing
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Lead
2 2 (15.38%) Change Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Coordinator
2 2 (15.38%) Data Coordinator
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Business Change Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Business Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Change Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Communications Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Marketing Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Onboarding
1 3 (23.08%) Web Conferencing
2 2 (15.38%) Graphic Design
2 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
2 2 (15.38%) Social Media
2 2 (15.38%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
1 2 (15.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) User Experience
2 5 (38.46%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (23.08%) Change Management
4 3 (23.08%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (23.08%) Focus Group
4 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (23.08%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 3 (23.08%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (15.38%) AI
5 2 (15.38%) Analytics
5 2 (15.38%) Client Onboarding
5 2 (15.38%) Content Management
5 2 (15.38%) Cost Reduction
5 2 (15.38%) Impact Assessments
5 2 (15.38%) Logistics
5 2 (15.38%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Adobe
3 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow