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 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 617 478 563
Rank change year-on-year -139 +85 +103
Contract jobs citing Viva Engage 14 41 28
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.030% 0.14% 0.064%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.083% 0.37% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 33 17
10th Percentile £343 £250 £340
25th Percentile £350 £300 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £409 £338 £350
Median % change year-on-year +21.33% -3.57% -33.33%
75th Percentile £502 £388 £425
90th Percentile £519 £506 £660
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £325 £350
% change year-on-year +38.46% -7.14% -32.43%

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 16,863 11,160 14,098
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 36.29% 37.78% 32.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,484 7,770 10,006
10th Percentile £319 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £521 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £631
90th Percentile £702 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +1.05% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 476 251 348
10th Percentile £15.56 £15.44 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.46 £18.51 £16.06
Median hourly rate £42.59 £27.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.88% +30.95% -37.78%
75th Percentile £67.50 £48.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £81.63 £73.75 £61.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £22.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year +111.11% +27.01% -26.19%

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 24 April 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 7 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 24 April 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 -103 14 £409 +2.37% 7
UK excluding London -105 9 £450 +38.46% 7
South East -53 7 £450 +22.95% 3
London -70 5 £350 -23.91% 1
Work from Home -42 3 £520 +60.00% 1
North West - 2 - - 1
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 7 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Canva
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.14%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Firewall
1 2 (14.29%) Intranet
General
1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Marketing
3 2 (14.29%) Agriculture
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Legal
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Lead
2 2 (14.29%) Change Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Communications Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Coordinator
2 2 (14.29%) Data Coordinator
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Business Change Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Business Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Communications Officer
3 1 (7.14%) Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Engagement Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Marketing Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Web Conferencing
2 4 (28.57%) Social Media
3 3 (21.43%) Onboarding
4 2 (14.29%) Graphic Design
4 2 (14.29%) Life Science
4 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
4 2 (14.29%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
1 2 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) User Experience
2 5 (35.71%) Collaborative Working
2 5 (35.71%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (21.43%) Change Management
4 3 (21.43%) Focus Group
4 3 (21.43%) Infographics
4 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (21.43%) Storytelling
4 3 (21.43%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 3 (21.43%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (14.29%) AI
5 2 (14.29%) Client Onboarding
5 2 (14.29%) Content Management
5 2 (14.29%) Cost Reduction
5 2 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
5 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) Adobe
3 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow