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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 618 917 1003
Rank change year-on-year +299 +86 -111
Permanent jobs citing WhatsApp 293 63 198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.062% 0.13%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.83% 0.15% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 233 47 7
10th Percentile £30,800 £29,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £37,125 £30,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - +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 £44,250 £31,250
% change year-on-year -3.95% +41.60% -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 35,402 43,277 76,049
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.68% 42.84% 48.35%
Number of salaries quoted 26,746 28,483 41,379
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,790 £33,779
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 10 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 10 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 +305 274 £47,500 -17.39% 16
UK excluding London +126 166 £42,500 -3.95% 8
Work from Home +169 135 £47,500 -17.39% 8
London +201 118 £60,000 -7.69% 8
South East +63 59 £37,500 +4.90% 2
Midlands +17 39 £44,250 +7.93% 1
South West +1 30 £47,500 -15.18% 4
East Midlands +8 24 £40,000 +23.08% 1
West Midlands +9 15 £52,500 +28.05%
North of England +52 12 £45,000 -
North West - 11 £43,750 -
Scotland - 10 £62,500 -
Wales - 9 £52,101 -
East of England +24 7 £32,000 -44.35%
Yorkshire - 1 £80,000 -

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 (9.90%) SharePoint
2 26 (8.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.39%) Confluence
4 4 (1.37%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.68%) Drupal
5 2 (0.68%) 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 (7.85%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (5.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (3.41%) Photoshop
4 9 (3.07%) Trello
5 7 (2.39%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (2.05%) 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 (1.02%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.68%) FileZilla
10 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.73%) Misys Midas
2 7 (2.39%) SAP ERP
3 4 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.37%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.68%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.34%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.34%) iTrent
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 85 (29.01%) Azure
1 85 (29.01%) Microsoft 365
2 37 (12.63%) AWS
3 33 (11.26%) Entra ID
4 28 (9.56%) Power Platform
4 28 (9.56%) SaaS
5 16 (5.46%) OneDrive
6 13 (4.44%) Slack
7 10 (3.41%) PaaS
8 9 (3.07%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (3.07%) PowerApps
9 8 (2.73%) Figma
9 8 (2.73%) Power Automate
10 6 (2.05%) IaaS
11 5 (1.71%) GCP
11 5 (1.71%) Mimecast
12 4 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (1.37%) iPaaS
13 3 (1.02%) Amazon S3
13 3 (1.02%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 28 (9.56%) DNS
2 20 (6.83%) TCP/IP
3 16 (5.46%) DHCP
3 16 (5.46%) Firewall
4 14 (4.78%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (3.75%) VoIP
6 10 (3.41%) LAN
6 10 (3.41%) VLAN
6 10 (3.41%) VPN
7 8 (2.73%) WAN
8 6 (2.05%) NetScaler
9 5 (1.71%) FTP
10 4 (1.37%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (1.37%) SAN
10 4 (1.37%) Skype
10 4 (1.37%) WebEx
11 3 (1.02%) Internet
11 3 (1.02%) NAS
11 3 (1.02%) Unified Communications
11 3 (1.02%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (10.24%) SQL Server
2 21 (7.17%) Power BI
3 10 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (3.07%) MySQL
5 8 (2.73%) Data Mining
6 5 (1.71%) Crystal Reports
6 5 (1.71%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.37%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.02%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.02%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.68%) MS Access
9 2 (0.68%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.68%) 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%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 11 (3.75%) JIRA
2 8 (2.73%) GitLab
3 5 (1.71%) Git
3 5 (1.71%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.02%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.34%) MSI
General
1 125 (42.66%) Social Skills
2 95 (32.42%) Finance
3 72 (24.57%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (11.95%) Retail
5 33 (11.26%) Legal
6 24 (8.19%) Marketing
7 19 (6.48%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (4.10%) Manufacturing
9 9 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.73%) Welsh Language
11 7 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (2.05%) French Language
13 5 (1.71%) Automotive
13 5 (1.71%) Front Office
13 5 (1.71%) Publishing
14 4 (1.37%) Games
15 3 (1.02%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.02%) Aviation
15 3 (1.02%) German Language
16 2 (0.68%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 45 (15.36%) Analyst
2 35 (11.95%) Developer
3 28 (9.56%) IT Support
4 25 (8.53%) Senior
5 24 (8.19%) Support Engineer
6 22 (7.51%) IT Analyst
7 19 (6.48%) Lead
8 18 (6.14%) Administrator
8 18 (6.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 17 (5.80%) IT Manager
10 16 (5.46%) Support Analyst
11 12 (4.10%) Applications Support
11 12 (4.10%) Systems Analyst
12 11 (3.75%) IT Support Analyst
12 11 (3.75%) IT Technician
12 11 (3.75%) Support Technician
13 9 (3.07%) .NET Developer
13 9 (3.07%) IT Support Technician
13 9 (3.07%) Senior Developer
13 9 (3.07%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.46%) .NET
2 15 (5.12%) React
3 13 (4.44%) HTML
4 11 (3.75%) FastAPI
5 8 (2.73%) XML
6 6 (2.05%) CSS
7 5 (1.71%) ASP.NET
7 5 (1.71%) EDI
7 5 (1.71%) HTML5 Canvas
7 5 (1.71%) Node.js
7 5 (1.71%) NumPy
7 5 (1.71%) 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 (1.02%) AngularJS
9 3 (1.02%) Kafka
9 3 (1.02%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.19%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (4.78%) Onboarding
3 13 (4.44%) Greenfield Project
4 10 (3.41%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.73%) Cloud Native
5 8 (2.73%) Data Centre
5 8 (2.73%) Housing Association
5 8 (2.73%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.05%) Blackberry
6 6 (2.05%) BYOD
6 6 (2.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (2.05%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.71%) Hedge funds
7 5 (1.71%) 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 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.02%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 82 (27.99%) Windows
2 35 (11.95%) Windows Server
3 19 (6.48%) Android
4 15 (5.12%) Apple iOS
4 15 (5.12%) Linux
5 13 (4.44%) Windows 10
6 8 (2.73%) Mac OS
7 7 (2.39%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (1.71%) Mac OS X
8 5 (1.71%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.02%) Windows Embedded Compact
9 3 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.34%) CentOS
10 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (32.76%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (14.33%) Customer Service
3 41 (13.99%) ITIL
4 32 (10.92%) Project Management
5 29 (9.90%) Computer Science
6 28 (9.56%) Agile
7 27 (9.22%) Migration
8 24 (8.19%) Cybersecurity
9 23 (7.85%) ERP
10 22 (7.51%) Business Intelligence
11 21 (7.17%) ITSM
11 21 (7.17%) Roadmaps
12 20 (6.83%) Analytics
12 20 (6.83%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (6.83%) Service Delivery
13 19 (6.48%) Artificial Intelligence
13 19 (6.48%) CRM
13 19 (6.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 19 (6.48%) Line Management
13 19 (6.48%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (18.09%) SQL
2 37 (12.63%) Python
3 29 (9.90%) C#
4 18 (6.14%) PowerShell
5 15 (5.12%) JavaScript
6 12 (4.10%) Java
6 12 (4.10%) TypeScript
7 9 (3.07%) C++
8 5 (1.71%) C
9 3 (1.02%) Clojure
9 3 (1.02%) Groovy
9 3 (1.02%) Scala
10 2 (0.68%) Bash
10 2 (0.68%) PHP
11 1 (0.34%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 96 (32.76%) Degree
2 21 (7.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (6.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (6.48%) Master's Degree
4 13 (4.44%) MCSE
5 12 (4.10%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.39%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.39%) CCNA
6 7 (2.39%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (2.39%) Network+ Certification
7 6 (2.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (1.37%) A+ Certification
9 3 (1.02%) CISSP
9 3 (1.02%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (1.02%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.68%) CISA
10 2 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.68%) MCSA
10 2 (0.68%) PhD
10 2 (0.68%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.10%) QA
2 10 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.73%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (2.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (2.39%) GDPR
5 5 (1.71%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.37%) NIST
7 3 (1.02%) GRC
7 3 (1.02%) MiFID
7 3 (1.02%) SLA
7 3 (1.02%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.68%) COBIT
8 2 (0.68%) FISMA
8 2 (0.68%) GLBA
8 2 (0.68%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.68%) ITGC
8 2 (0.68%) PMO
9 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.34%) Data Quality
System Software
1 53 (18.09%) Active Directory
2 21 (7.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.05%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (2.05%) XenDesktop
4 5 (1.71%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.68%) Docker
5 2 (0.68%) 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 (9.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.07%) Jamf Pro
2 9 (3.07%) SCCM
2 9 (3.07%) Terraform
3 6 (2.05%) vCenter Server
4 4 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.02%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.68%) CASB
6 2 (0.68%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.34%) Dell DRAC
7 1 (0.34%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.34%) WMI
Vendors
1 82 (27.99%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.17%) VMware
3 16 (5.46%) Apple
4 15 (5.12%) SAP
5 12 (4.10%) Cisco
5 12 (4.10%) Google
6 10 (3.41%) Adobe
7 9 (3.07%) Citrix
8 7 (2.39%) Sage
9 6 (2.05%) Databricks
9 6 (2.05%) Nimble Storage
9 6 (2.05%) Veeam
10 5 (1.71%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.71%) SYSPRO
10 5 (1.71%) Xamarin
10 5 (1.71%) Xerox
11 4 (1.37%) Canon
11 4 (1.37%) Meraki
11 4 (1.37%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.37%) ServiceNow