WhatsApp
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for WhatsApp skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited WhatsApp over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 618 896 1027
Rank change year-on-year +278 +131 -119
Permanent jobs citing WhatsApp 277 79 217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.079% 0.13%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.78% 0.18% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 224 60 10
10th Percentile £30,825 £29,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £35,688 £37,500 £35,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,804 £56,750 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -12.24% +5.58% +53.57%
75th Percentile £63,750 £76,250 £98,125
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,125 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,750 £52,500 £31,250
% change year-on-year -16.67% +68.00% -6.02%

All Cloud Skills
UK

WhatsApp is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35,437 42,898 78,888
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.47% 43.13% 48.46%
Number of salaries quoted 26,650 28,186 41,598
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

WhatsApp
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing WhatsApp as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for WhatsApp in the UK

WhatsApp
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WhatsApp.

Salary trend for WhatsApp in the UK

WhatsApp
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing WhatsApp over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for WhatsApp in the UK

WhatsApp
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WhatsApp within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +264 259 £47,500 -15.18% 19
UK excluding London +112 161 £43,750 -16.67% 9
Work from Home +176 129 £47,500 -17.39% 11
London +182 111 £60,000 -7.69% 11
South East +62 59 £37,500 -6.25% 3
Midlands +22 38 £46,000 +12.20%
South West -6 28 £49,000 -13.66% 2
East Midlands +4 23 £43,000 +32.31%
West Midlands +20 15 £52,500 +12.30%
North of England +39 11 £50,000 - 1
North West - 10 £45,000 -
Wales - 9 £52,101 -
Scotland - 9 £62,500 -
East of England +10 7 £32,000 -41.82% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £80,000 - 1

WhatsApp
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 26 (9.39%) SharePoint
2 25 (9.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.17%) Confluence
4 4 (1.44%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.72%) Drupal
5 2 (0.72%) WordPress
6 1 (0.36%) CMS
6 1 (0.36%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.36%) Hyperledger
6 1 (0.36%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.36%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 22 (7.94%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (5.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (3.61%) Photoshop
4 9 (3.25%) Trello
5 7 (2.53%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (1.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (1.44%) Adobe XD
7 4 (1.44%) InDesign
7 4 (1.44%) Sketch
8 3 (1.08%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.72%) FileZilla
10 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.89%) Misys Midas
2 6 (2.17%) SAP ERP
3 4 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.44%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.72%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.36%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.36%) Sage 300 ERP
5 1 (0.36%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.36%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.36%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.36%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 82 (29.60%) Azure
2 79 (28.52%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (13.36%) AWS
4 31 (11.19%) Entra ID
5 27 (9.75%) Power Platform
5 27 (9.75%) SaaS
6 16 (5.78%) OneDrive
7 12 (4.33%) Slack
8 10 (3.61%) PaaS
9 9 (3.25%) PowerApps
10 8 (2.89%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (2.89%) Figma
10 8 (2.89%) Power Automate
11 6 (2.17%) IaaS
12 5 (1.81%) GCP
12 5 (1.81%) Mimecast
13 4 (1.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 4 (1.44%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.44%) Amazon SQS
13 4 (1.44%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (9.39%) DNS
2 21 (7.58%) TCP/IP
3 15 (5.42%) DHCP
4 14 (5.05%) Firewall
4 14 (5.05%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (3.97%) LAN
6 10 (3.61%) VoIP
6 10 (3.61%) VPN
7 9 (3.25%) VLAN
7 9 (3.25%) WAN
8 6 (2.17%) NetScaler
9 5 (1.81%) FTP
10 4 (1.44%) Internet
10 4 (1.44%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (1.44%) Skype
10 4 (1.44%) WebEx
11 3 (1.08%) NAS
11 3 (1.08%) SAN
11 3 (1.08%) Unified Communications
11 3 (1.08%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (10.47%) SQL Server
2 20 (7.22%) Power BI
3 10 (3.61%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (3.25%) MySQL
5 8 (2.89%) Data Mining
6 5 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.81%) Crystal Reports
6 5 (1.81%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.44%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.08%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.08%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.08%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.72%) MS Access
9 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.36%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.36%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
10 1 (0.36%) SAP BW
10 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 10 (3.61%) JIRA
2 8 (2.89%) GitLab
3 5 (1.81%) Git
3 5 (1.81%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.08%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.36%) MSI
General
1 118 (42.60%) Social Skills
2 90 (32.49%) Finance
3 69 (24.91%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (12.64%) Retail
5 21 (7.58%) Marketing
6 18 (6.50%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (4.69%) Legal
8 11 (3.97%) Manufacturing
9 9 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.89%) Welsh Language
11 7 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (2.17%) French Language
13 5 (1.81%) Automotive
13 5 (1.81%) Front Office
13 5 (1.81%) Games
13 5 (1.81%) Publishing
14 3 (1.08%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.08%) Aviation
14 3 (1.08%) German Language
15 2 (0.72%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 39 (14.08%) Analyst
2 33 (11.91%) Developer
3 25 (9.03%) IT Support
3 25 (9.03%) Senior
4 22 (7.94%) Support Engineer
5 20 (7.22%) Lead
6 19 (6.86%) IT Analyst
7 18 (6.50%) Administrator
8 17 (6.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 16 (5.78%) IT Manager
10 14 (5.05%) Support Analyst
11 11 (3.97%) Systems Analyst
12 10 (3.61%) Applications Support
12 10 (3.61%) IT Support Analyst
12 10 (3.61%) IT Technician
12 10 (3.61%) Support Technician
13 9 (3.25%) .NET Developer
13 9 (3.25%) Senior Developer
13 9 (3.25%) Systems Administrator
14 8 (2.89%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.78%) .NET
2 15 (5.42%) React
3 13 (4.69%) HTML
4 11 (3.97%) FastAPI
5 8 (2.89%) XML
6 6 (2.17%) CSS
7 5 (1.81%) ASP.NET
7 5 (1.81%) EDI
7 5 (1.81%) HTML5 Canvas
7 5 (1.81%) Node.js
7 5 (1.81%) NumPy
7 5 (1.81%) Pandas
8 4 (1.44%) Express.js
8 4 (1.44%) REST
8 4 (1.44%) Svelte
8 4 (1.44%) Vue
8 4 (1.44%) WinForms
9 3 (1.08%) .NET Framework
9 3 (1.08%) FIX Protocol
9 3 (1.08%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.03%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (5.05%) Onboarding
3 10 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (3.61%) Greenfield Project
4 9 (3.25%) Cloud Native
5 8 (2.89%) Housing Association
6 7 (2.53%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.53%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.17%) Blackberry
7 6 (2.17%) BYOD
7 6 (2.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (2.17%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.81%) Hedge funds
8 5 (1.81%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.44%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.44%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.08%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (1.08%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 76 (27.44%) Windows
2 32 (11.55%) Windows Server
3 18 (6.50%) Android
4 15 (5.42%) Apple iOS
4 15 (5.42%) Linux
5 13 (4.69%) Windows 10
6 8 (2.89%) Mac OS
7 7 (2.53%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (1.81%) Mac OS X
9 4 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (1.08%) Windows Embedded Compact
10 3 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.36%) CentOS
11 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (33.94%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (14.80%) Customer Service
3 39 (14.08%) ITIL
4 30 (10.83%) Project Management
5 28 (10.11%) Agile
6 27 (9.75%) Computer Science
7 26 (9.39%) Migration
8 20 (7.22%) Analytics
8 20 (7.22%) Artificial Intelligence
8 20 (7.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (7.22%) Cybersecurity
8 20 (7.22%) ERP
8 20 (7.22%) ITSM
9 19 (6.86%) Business Intelligence
9 19 (6.86%) Time Management
10 18 (6.50%) CRM
10 18 (6.50%) Data Analysis
10 18 (6.50%) Service Delivery
10 18 (6.50%) Service Management
10 18 (6.50%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 51 (18.41%) SQL
2 38 (13.72%) Python
3 29 (10.47%) C#
4 17 (6.14%) PowerShell
5 15 (5.42%) JavaScript
6 13 (4.69%) Java
7 12 (4.33%) TypeScript
8 9 (3.25%) C++
9 5 (1.81%) C
10 3 (1.08%) Clojure
10 3 (1.08%) Groovy
10 3 (1.08%) Scala
11 2 (0.72%) Bash
11 2 (0.72%) PHP
12 1 (0.36%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 88 (31.77%) Degree
2 19 (6.86%) Computer Science Degree
2 19 (6.86%) Master's Degree
3 17 (6.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (4.33%) Azure Certification
5 10 (3.61%) MCSE
6 7 (2.53%) AWS Certification
7 6 (2.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 5 (1.81%) CCNA
8 5 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.81%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (1.08%) A+ Certification
9 3 (1.08%) CISSP
9 3 (1.08%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.72%) CISA
10 2 (0.72%) CISM
10 2 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.72%) PhD
10 2 (0.72%) PMP
11 1 (0.36%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.97%) QA
2 10 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (2.53%) GDPR
5 5 (1.81%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.44%) NIST
6 4 (1.44%) SLA
7 3 (1.08%) GRC
7 3 (1.08%) MiFID
7 3 (1.08%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.72%) COBIT
8 2 (0.72%) FISMA
8 2 (0.72%) GLBA
8 2 (0.72%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.72%) ITGC
9 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.36%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.36%) PMO
System Software
1 49 (17.69%) Active Directory
2 18 (6.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.17%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (2.17%) XenDesktop
4 4 (1.44%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.72%) Docker
5 2 (0.72%) vSphere
6 1 (0.36%) pfSense
6 1 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 27 (9.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.25%) Jamf Pro
2 9 (3.25%) SCCM
2 9 (3.25%) Terraform
3 6 (2.17%) vCenter Server
4 4 (1.44%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.72%) CASB
6 1 (0.36%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.36%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.36%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.36%) WMI
Vendors
1 76 (27.44%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.50%) VMware
3 15 (5.42%) Apple
4 13 (4.69%) SAP
5 11 (3.97%) Cisco
5 11 (3.97%) Google
6 10 (3.61%) Adobe
7 8 (2.89%) Citrix
8 6 (2.17%) Databricks
8 6 (2.17%) Nimble Storage
8 6 (2.17%) Veeam
9 5 (1.81%) Sage
9 5 (1.81%) SYSPRO
9 5 (1.81%) Xamarin
9 5 (1.81%) Xerox
10 4 (1.44%) Canon
10 4 (1.44%) Meraki
10 4 (1.44%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.44%) ServiceNow
11 3 (1.08%) Palo Alto