WhatsApp Contracts

WhatsApp
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for WhatsApp skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WhatsApp over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 384 661 851
Rank change year-on-year +277 +190 -156
Contract jobs citing WhatsApp 192 39 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.45% 0.068% 0.007%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.39% 0.19% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 34 2
10th Percentile £191 £198 £403
25th Percentile £313 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +17.65% +13.33%
75th Percentile £669 £613 £456
90th Percentile £803 £764 £468
UK excluding London median daily rate £468 £450 -
% change year-on-year +3.89% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 1
10th Percentile £14.01 - -
25th Percentile £14.22 £13.25 £24.25
Median hourly rate £14.50 £13.50 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -47.06% -
75th Percentile £14.75 £13.75 £26.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.50 £13.50 -
% change year-on-year +7.41% - -

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 13,823 20,974 33,690
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.48% 36.73% 38.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,820 15,173 24,585
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £634 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £745 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 346 334 420
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £16.02 £18.31 £15.88
Median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -38.94% +56.25% -0.44%
75th Percentile £35.50 £66.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £65.75 £78.00 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £25.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -29.12% +25.00% -

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WhatsApp.

Daily rate trend for WhatsApp in the UK

WhatsApp
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WhatsApp over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WhatsApp in the UK

WhatsApp
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WhatsApp.

Hourly rate trend for WhatsApp in the UK

WhatsApp
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing WhatsApp over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for WhatsApp in the UK

WhatsApp
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WhatsApp within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England +243 186 £525 +2.44% 18
London +211 134 £525 -4.55% 9
Work from Home +178 70 £575 +21.05% 9
UK excluding London +85 50 £468 +3.89% 9
South West +29 17 £286 -39.74% 3
South East +27 11 £500 +2.56% 2
Midlands +37 6 £225 -57.14% 1
North of England +25 5 £575 +27.78%
North West +23 5 £575 +27.78%
East of England +16 5 £563 +125.00% 2
Wales - 5 £325 -
West Midlands +22 4 £225 -57.14%
East Midlands - 2 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 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 6 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.60%) Anypoint
2 5 (2.60%) Mule
2 5 (2.60%) Mule ESB
3 2 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.04%) Drupal
3 2 (1.04%) SAS
3 2 (1.04%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.52%) Apache
4 1 (0.52%) Confluence
4 1 (0.52%) IIS
4 1 (0.52%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (5.73%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.04%) FileZilla
3 2 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.08%) NetSuite
3 2 (1.04%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (1.04%) Loan IQ
3 2 (1.04%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.52%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.52%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 1 (0.52%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 27 (14.06%) Azure
2 24 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (5.73%) AWS
4 6 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (3.13%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.08%) GCP
5 4 (2.08%) Slack
6 3 (1.56%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.56%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.56%) IaaS
6 3 (1.56%) OneDrive
6 3 (1.56%) OpenShift
7 2 (1.04%) SaaS
7 2 (1.04%) Serverless
8 1 (0.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.52%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.52%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.52%) PaaS
8 1 (0.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.69%) Firewall
2 7 (3.65%) Wireless
3 6 (3.13%) LAN
3 6 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (2.08%) ADSL
4 4 (2.08%) DHCP
4 4 (2.08%) DNS
4 4 (2.08%) PSTN
4 4 (2.08%) WAN
4 4 (2.08%) WLAN
5 3 (1.56%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (1.04%) FTP
6 2 (1.04%) Unified Communications
6 2 (1.04%) WinSCP
7 1 (0.52%) DVB
7 1 (0.52%) IPv4
7 1 (0.52%) Network Security
7 1 (0.52%) SMS
7 1 (0.52%) VPN
7 1 (0.52%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.17%) MySQL
2 6 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (3.13%) Power BI
2 6 (3.13%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.56%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.56%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.04%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.04%) MS Access
4 2 (1.04%) SAP BW
4 2 (1.04%) SAS EBI
4 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.52%) Big Data
5 1 (0.52%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (0.52%) Looker
5 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.52%) PowerCenter
5 1 (0.52%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 7 (3.65%) JIRA
2 6 (3.13%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.60%) Git
4 4 (2.08%) GitLab
5 3 (1.56%) Artifactory
5 3 (1.56%) Gradle
6 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 91 (47.40%) Finance
2 45 (23.44%) Social Skills
3 17 (8.85%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (7.29%) Legal
5 10 (5.21%) Marketing
6 7 (3.65%) Retail
7 5 (2.60%) Advertising
7 5 (2.60%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.60%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.52%) Back Office
9 1 (0.52%) Banking
9 1 (0.52%) French Language
9 1 (0.52%) Law
9 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (12.50%) Support Engineer
2 23 (11.98%) Analyst
3 22 (11.46%) Project Manager
4 21 (10.94%) Consultant
5 14 (7.29%) Architect
6 12 (6.25%) Developer
7 10 (5.21%) Lead
8 8 (4.17%) 1st Line Support
8 8 (4.17%) Coordinator
8 8 (4.17%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
8 8 (4.17%) IT Manager
8 8 (4.17%) Project Coordinator
9 7 (3.65%) Mac Engineer
9 7 (3.65%) Senior
10 6 (3.13%) 1st Line Engineer
10 6 (3.13%) 1st Line Support Engineer
10 6 (3.13%) IT Support
10 6 (3.13%) Network Engineer
10 6 (3.13%) Service Analyst
10 6 (3.13%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.21%) REST
1 10 (5.21%) Web Services
2 8 (4.17%) SailPoint
3 6 (3.13%) LDAP
4 5 (2.60%) SOAP
5 4 (2.08%) CSS
5 4 (2.08%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (2.08%) HTML
5 4 (2.08%) HTML5
5 4 (2.08%) SAP Fiori
6 3 (1.56%) .NET
6 3 (1.56%) Spring
6 3 (1.56%) Spring Boot
6 3 (1.56%) YAML
7 2 (1.04%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.04%) Lightning Web Components
7 2 (1.04%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (1.04%) React
8 1 (0.52%) AWS CDK
8 1 (0.52%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.13%) Onboarding
2 5 (2.60%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.08%) Smartphone
3 4 (2.08%) Virtual Reality
4 3 (1.56%) Blockchain
4 3 (1.56%) Credit Risk
4 3 (1.56%) FMCG
4 3 (1.56%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.04%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.52%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.52%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.52%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.52%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (0.52%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.52%) Life Science
6 1 (0.52%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.52%) Social Media
6 1 (0.52%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 33 (17.19%) Windows
2 12 (6.25%) Linux
3 9 (4.69%) Mac OS
4 6 (3.13%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (2.08%) CentOS
5 4 (2.08%) Windows 7
5 4 (2.08%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.56%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.04%) Android
7 2 (1.04%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.04%) Mac OS X
7 2 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.52%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (11.46%) Migration
3 20 (10.42%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (9.38%) ERP
5 17 (8.85%) Project Management
6 14 (7.29%) Business Intelligence
7 13 (6.77%) Data Migration
7 13 (6.77%) Project Delivery
8 12 (6.25%) CI/CD
8 12 (6.25%) Customer Service
9 10 (5.21%) Data Analysis
9 10 (5.21%) Data Protection
10 9 (4.69%) Decision-Making
10 9 (4.69%) Resource Allocation
11 8 (4.17%) Analytics
11 8 (4.17%) DevOps
11 8 (4.17%) Risk Management
12 7 (3.65%) Agile
12 7 (3.65%) Data Modelling
12 7 (3.65%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 22 (11.46%) SQL
2 11 (5.73%) Java
2 11 (5.73%) PowerShell
3 9 (4.69%) Python
4 7 (3.65%) Bash
4 7 (3.65%) Shell Script
5 4 (2.08%) PHP
5 4 (2.08%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.04%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.04%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.52%) ABAP
7 1 (0.52%) C#
7 1 (0.52%) C++
7 1 (0.52%) Go
7 1 (0.52%) Perl
7 1 (0.52%) Ruby
7 1 (0.52%) Scala
Qualifications
1 25 (13.02%) Degree
2 7 (3.65%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.56%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.04%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.04%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 2 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.04%) MCITP
6 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
6 1 (0.52%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.52%) CCIE
6 1 (0.52%) CCNA
6 1 (0.52%) CCNP
6 1 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.52%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.52%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.52%) PMP
6 1 (0.52%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.25%) QA
2 7 (3.65%) SLA
3 3 (1.56%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.56%) GDPR
4 2 (1.04%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 31 (16.15%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.60%) Docker
3 5 (2.60%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.04%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (3.65%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.60%) CloudHub
3 4 (2.08%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.56%) SCCM
4 3 (1.56%) Terraform
5 2 (1.04%) Ansible
5 2 (1.04%) Puppet
6 1 (0.52%) Nagios
6 1 (0.52%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.52%) Salt
6 1 (0.52%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 50 (26.04%) Microsoft
2 24 (12.50%) SAP
3 11 (5.73%) Oracle
4 7 (3.65%) Google
4 7 (3.65%) Salesforce
4 7 (3.65%) VMware
5 6 (3.13%) Aruba
5 6 (3.13%) Databricks
5 6 (3.13%) Fortinet
6 5 (2.60%) Apple
6 5 (2.60%) MuleSoft
6 5 (2.60%) Okta
6 5 (2.60%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.08%) Blue Coat
7 4 (2.08%) CheckPoint
7 4 (2.08%) Citrix
7 4 (2.08%) Facebook
7 4 (2.08%) Infoblox
7 4 (2.08%) Red Hat
7 4 (2.08%) Sage
22 WhatsApp jobs Nationwide