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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 619 912 1032
Rank change year-on-year +293 +120 -146
Permanent jobs citing WhatsApp 291 60 197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.059% 0.13%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.82% 0.14% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 230 44 7
10th Percentile £30,750 £29,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,563 £38,625 £30,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,304 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.25% - +64.29%
75th Percentile £63,750 £76,250 £93,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £104,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £31,250
% change year-on-year -10.53% +52.00% -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 35,381 43,379 75,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.70% 42.80% 48.33%
Number of salaries quoted 26,736 28,530 41,309
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,784 £33,750
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 £100,000
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 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for WhatsApp in the UK

WhatsApp
Top 14 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 9 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 +305 272 £47,500 -17.39% 16
UK excluding London +140 163 £42,500 -10.53% 8
Work from Home +176 133 £45,000 -21.74% 8
London +192 119 £60,000 -7.69% 8
South East +55 59 £37,500 +19.05% 2
Midlands +23 39 £44,250 +7.93% 1
South West -1 28 £42,500 -17.87% 4
East Midlands +7 24 £40,000 +23.08% 1
West Midlands +22 15 £52,500 +28.05%
North of England +57 11 £43,750 -
North West - 11 £43,750 -
Scotland - 10 £62,500 -
Wales - 9 £52,101 -
East of England +26 7 £32,000 -44.35%

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 29 (9.97%) SharePoint
2 26 (8.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.41%) Confluence
4 4 (1.37%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.69%) Drupal
5 2 (0.69%) WordPress
6 1 (0.34%) CMS
6 1 (0.34%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.34%) Hyperledger
6 1 (0.34%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.34%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 23 (7.90%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (5.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (3.44%) Photoshop
4 9 (3.09%) Trello
5 7 (2.41%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (1.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (1.37%) Adobe XD
7 4 (1.37%) InDesign
7 4 (1.37%) Sketch
8 3 (1.03%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.69%) FileZilla
10 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.75%) Misys Midas
2 7 (2.41%) SAP ERP
3 4 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.37%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.69%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.34%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.34%) iTrent
5 1 (0.34%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.34%) Sage 300 ERP
5 1 (0.34%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.34%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.34%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.34%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.34%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 84 (28.87%) Azure
1 84 (28.87%) Microsoft 365
2 37 (12.71%) AWS
3 33 (11.34%) Entra ID
4 28 (9.62%) Power Platform
5 27 (9.28%) SaaS
6 16 (5.50%) OneDrive
7 13 (4.47%) Slack
8 10 (3.44%) PaaS
9 9 (3.09%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (3.09%) PowerApps
10 8 (2.75%) Figma
10 8 (2.75%) Power Automate
11 6 (2.06%) IaaS
12 5 (1.72%) GCP
12 5 (1.72%) Mimecast
13 4 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.37%) iPaaS
14 3 (1.03%) Amazon S3
14 3 (1.03%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (9.62%) DNS
2 20 (6.87%) TCP/IP
3 16 (5.50%) DHCP
3 16 (5.50%) Firewall
4 14 (4.81%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (3.78%) VoIP
6 10 (3.44%) LAN
6 10 (3.44%) VLAN
6 10 (3.44%) VPN
7 8 (2.75%) WAN
8 6 (2.06%) NetScaler
9 5 (1.72%) FTP
10 4 (1.37%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (1.37%) SAN
10 4 (1.37%) Skype
10 4 (1.37%) WebEx
11 3 (1.03%) Internet
11 3 (1.03%) NAS
11 3 (1.03%) Unified Communications
11 3 (1.03%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (10.31%) SQL Server
2 21 (7.22%) Power BI
3 10 (3.44%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (3.09%) MySQL
5 8 (2.75%) Data Mining
6 5 (1.72%) Crystal Reports
6 5 (1.72%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.37%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.03%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.03%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.69%) MS Access
9 2 (0.69%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.34%) SAP BW
10 1 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (3.78%) JIRA
2 8 (2.75%) GitLab
3 5 (1.72%) Git
3 5 (1.72%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.03%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.34%) MSI
General
1 124 (42.61%) Social Skills
2 94 (32.30%) Finance
3 72 (24.74%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (12.03%) Retail
5 34 (11.68%) Legal
6 24 (8.25%) Marketing
7 19 (6.53%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.44%) Manufacturing
9 9 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.75%) Welsh Language
11 7 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (2.06%) French Language
13 5 (1.72%) Front Office
13 5 (1.72%) Publishing
14 4 (1.37%) Automotive
14 4 (1.37%) Games
15 3 (1.03%) German Language
16 2 (0.69%) Advertising
16 2 (0.69%) Law
16 2 (0.69%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 46 (15.81%) Analyst
2 35 (12.03%) Developer
3 28 (9.62%) IT Support
4 25 (8.59%) Senior
5 24 (8.25%) Support Engineer
6 23 (7.90%) IT Analyst
7 19 (6.53%) Lead
8 18 (6.19%) Administrator
8 18 (6.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 17 (5.84%) IT Manager
10 16 (5.50%) Support Analyst
11 12 (4.12%) Applications Support
11 12 (4.12%) Systems Analyst
12 11 (3.78%) IT Support Analyst
12 11 (3.78%) IT Technician
12 11 (3.78%) Support Technician
13 9 (3.09%) .NET Developer
13 9 (3.09%) IT Support Technician
13 9 (3.09%) Senior Developer
13 9 (3.09%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.50%) .NET
2 15 (5.15%) React
3 13 (4.47%) HTML
4 11 (3.78%) FastAPI
5 8 (2.75%) XML
6 6 (2.06%) CSS
7 5 (1.72%) ASP.NET
7 5 (1.72%) EDI
7 5 (1.72%) HTML5 Canvas
7 5 (1.72%) Node.js
7 5 (1.72%) NumPy
7 5 (1.72%) Pandas
8 4 (1.37%) Express.js
8 4 (1.37%) REST
8 4 (1.37%) Svelte
8 4 (1.37%) Vue
8 4 (1.37%) WinForms
9 3 (1.03%) AngularJS
9 3 (1.03%) Kafka
9 3 (1.03%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.25%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (4.81%) Onboarding
3 13 (4.47%) Greenfield Project
4 10 (3.44%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.75%) Cloud Native
5 8 (2.75%) Data Centre
5 8 (2.75%) Housing Association
5 8 (2.75%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.06%) Blackberry
6 6 (2.06%) BYOD
6 6 (2.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (2.06%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.72%) Hedge funds
7 5 (1.72%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.37%) iPhone
8 4 (1.37%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.37%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.37%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.03%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 80 (27.49%) Windows
2 35 (12.03%) Windows Server
3 19 (6.53%) Android
4 15 (5.15%) Apple iOS
5 14 (4.81%) Linux
6 13 (4.47%) Windows 10
7 8 (2.75%) Mac OS
8 7 (2.41%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.72%) Mac OS X
9 5 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.69%) Windows Embedded Compact
12 1 (0.34%) CentOS
12 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (32.99%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (14.43%) Customer Service
3 40 (13.75%) ITIL
4 30 (10.31%) Project Management
5 28 (9.62%) Migration
6 27 (9.28%) Agile
6 27 (9.28%) Computer Science
7 23 (7.90%) Cybersecurity
7 23 (7.90%) ERP
8 22 (7.56%) Business Intelligence
8 22 (7.56%) Roadmaps
9 21 (7.22%) ITSM
10 20 (6.87%) Analytics
10 20 (6.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 20 (6.87%) Service Delivery
11 19 (6.53%) Artificial Intelligence
11 19 (6.53%) CRM
11 19 (6.53%) Data Analysis
11 19 (6.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 19 (6.53%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (18.21%) SQL
2 37 (12.71%) Python
3 28 (9.62%) C#
4 18 (6.19%) PowerShell
5 15 (5.15%) JavaScript
6 12 (4.12%) Java
6 12 (4.12%) TypeScript
7 8 (2.75%) C++
8 4 (1.37%) C
9 3 (1.03%) Clojure
9 3 (1.03%) Groovy
9 3 (1.03%) Scala
10 2 (0.69%) Bash
10 2 (0.69%) PHP
11 1 (0.34%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 94 (32.30%) Degree
2 21 (7.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (6.53%) Master's Degree
4 18 (6.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (4.47%) MCSE
6 12 (4.12%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.41%) AWS Certification
7 7 (2.41%) CCNA
7 7 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.41%) Network+ Certification
8 6 (2.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.37%) A+ Certification
10 3 (1.03%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.69%) CISA
11 2 (0.69%) CISM
11 2 (0.69%) CISSP
11 2 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.69%) MCSA
11 2 (0.69%) PhD
11 2 (0.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.12%) QA
2 9 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.75%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (2.41%) GDPR
4 7 (2.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (1.72%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.37%) NIST
7 3 (1.03%) GRC
7 3 (1.03%) MiFID
7 3 (1.03%) SLA
7 3 (1.03%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.69%) COBIT
8 2 (0.69%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.69%) FISMA
8 2 (0.69%) GLBA
8 2 (0.69%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.69%) ITGC
8 2 (0.69%) PMO
9 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
System Software
1 53 (18.21%) Active Directory
2 21 (7.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.06%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (2.06%) XenDesktop
4 5 (1.72%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.69%) Docker
5 2 (0.69%) vSphere
6 1 (0.34%) pfSense
6 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.34%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 27 (9.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.09%) Jamf Pro
2 9 (3.09%) SCCM
2 9 (3.09%) Terraform
3 6 (2.06%) vCenter Server
4 4 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.03%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.69%) CASB
6 2 (0.69%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.34%) Dell DRAC
7 1 (0.34%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.34%) WMI
Vendors
1 82 (28.18%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.22%) VMware
3 16 (5.50%) Apple
4 15 (5.15%) SAP
5 12 (4.12%) Cisco
5 12 (4.12%) Google
6 10 (3.44%) Adobe
7 9 (3.09%) Citrix
8 7 (2.41%) Sage
9 6 (2.06%) Databricks
9 6 (2.06%) Nimble Storage
9 6 (2.06%) Veeam
10 5 (1.72%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.72%) SYSPRO
10 5 (1.72%) Xamarin
10 5 (1.72%) Xerox
11 4 (1.37%) Canon
11 4 (1.37%) Meraki
11 4 (1.37%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.37%) ServiceNow