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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 616 929 1049
Rank change year-on-year +313 +120 -173
Permanent jobs citing WhatsApp 289 41 183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.039% 0.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.82% 0.091% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 229 25 5
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,700 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £57,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.78% +76.92% -7.14%
75th Percentile £63,250 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,500 £76,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £31,250
% change year-on-year -19.05% +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 35,208 45,118 74,069
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.91% 43.11% 48.06%
Number of salaries quoted 26,662 29,500 41,930
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £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 £95,000 £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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +337 271 £47,500 -17.39% 15
UK excluding London +154 162 £42,500 -19.05% 7
Work from Home +204 132 £43,500 -24.35% 5
London +234 120 £60,000 -4.00% 7
South East +85 59 £40,000 +26.98% 2
Midlands +42 39 £44,250 +7.93% 1
South West +23 28 £40,000 -30.43% 3
East Midlands - 24 £40,000 - 1
West Midlands +36 15 £52,500 +28.05%
North of England +54 11 £43,750 - 1
North West - 11 £43,750 - 1
Wales - 9 £52,101 -
Scotland - 9 £62,500 -
East of England +19 7 £31,250 -

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 31 (10.73%) SharePoint
2 25 (8.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.42%) Confluence
4 5 (1.73%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.69%) Drupal
5 2 (0.69%) WordPress
6 1 (0.35%) CMS
6 1 (0.35%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.35%) Hyperledger
6 1 (0.35%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.35%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 23 (7.96%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (5.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (3.46%) Photoshop
4 9 (3.11%) Trello
5 7 (2.42%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (1.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (1.38%) Adobe XD
7 4 (1.38%) InDesign
7 4 (1.38%) Sketch
8 3 (1.04%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.69%) FileZilla
10 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.77%) Misys Midas
1 8 (2.77%) SAP ERP
2 4 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.04%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.69%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.35%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.35%) iTrent
5 1 (0.35%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.35%) Sage 300 ERP
5 1 (0.35%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.35%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.35%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.35%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 86 (29.76%) Azure
2 84 (29.07%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (12.80%) AWS
4 32 (11.07%) Entra ID
5 27 (9.34%) Power Platform
6 25 (8.65%) SaaS
7 16 (5.54%) OneDrive
8 13 (4.50%) Slack
9 10 (3.46%) PaaS
10 9 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (3.11%) PowerApps
11 8 (2.77%) Figma
11 8 (2.77%) Power Automate
12 6 (2.08%) GCP
12 6 (2.08%) IaaS
13 5 (1.73%) Mimecast
14 4 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
14 4 (1.38%) Google Workspace
14 4 (1.38%) iPaaS
15 3 (1.04%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 27 (9.34%) DNS
2 18 (6.23%) TCP/IP
3 16 (5.54%) DHCP
4 15 (5.19%) Firewall
5 13 (4.50%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (3.46%) LAN
6 10 (3.46%) VLAN
7 9 (3.11%) VPN
8 8 (2.77%) VoIP
9 7 (2.42%) WAN
10 5 (1.73%) NetScaler
10 5 (1.73%) SAN
10 5 (1.73%) Skype
10 5 (1.73%) WebEx
11 4 (1.38%) FTP
11 4 (1.38%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (1.38%) NAS
12 3 (1.04%) Internet
12 3 (1.04%) Unified Communications
12 3 (1.04%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (10.73%) SQL Server
2 18 (6.23%) Power BI
3 10 (3.46%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (3.11%) MySQL
5 8 (2.77%) Data Mining
6 5 (1.73%) Crystal Reports
6 5 (1.73%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.38%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.69%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.69%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.69%) MS Access
9 2 (0.69%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.35%) Mixpanel
10 1 (0.35%) OLAP Cube
Development Applications
1 11 (3.81%) JIRA
2 8 (2.77%) GitLab
3 5 (1.73%) Git
3 5 (1.73%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.35%) MSI
General
1 122 (42.21%) Social Skills
2 97 (33.56%) Finance
3 76 (26.30%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (16.26%) Legal
5 34 (11.76%) Retail
6 24 (8.30%) Marketing
7 19 (6.57%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.46%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.77%) Welsh Language
10 7 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.08%) French Language
12 5 (1.73%) Front Office
12 5 (1.73%) Games
12 5 (1.73%) Publishing
13 4 (1.38%) Automotive
14 3 (1.04%) Banking
14 3 (1.04%) German Language
15 2 (0.69%) Billing
15 2 (0.69%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 49 (16.96%) Analyst
2 39 (13.49%) Developer
3 28 (9.69%) IT Support
4 26 (9.00%) Senior
5 24 (8.30%) IT Analyst
5 24 (8.30%) Support Engineer
6 19 (6.57%) Lead
7 18 (6.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 17 (5.88%) Support Analyst
9 16 (5.54%) Administrator
10 14 (4.84%) IT Manager
11 12 (4.15%) .NET Developer
11 12 (4.15%) Applications Support
11 12 (4.15%) IT Support Analyst
11 12 (4.15%) Systems Analyst
12 11 (3.81%) Senior Developer
13 10 (3.46%) IT Technician
14 9 (3.11%) Support Technician
15 8 (2.77%) IT Support Technician
15 8 (2.77%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.23%) .NET
2 15 (5.19%) HTML
3 14 (4.84%) React
4 10 (3.46%) FastAPI
5 7 (2.42%) CSS
5 7 (2.42%) HTML5 Canvas
5 7 (2.42%) XML
6 6 (2.08%) ASP.NET
7 5 (1.73%) EDI
7 5 (1.73%) Node.js
7 5 (1.73%) WinForms
8 4 (1.38%) Express.js
8 4 (1.38%) NumPy
8 4 (1.38%) Pandas
8 4 (1.38%) Svelte
8 4 (1.38%) Vue
9 3 (1.04%) .NET Framework
9 3 (1.04%) REST
10 2 (0.69%) FIX Protocol
10 2 (0.69%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.30%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (4.84%) Greenfield Project
3 13 (4.50%) Onboarding
4 10 (3.46%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.77%) Cloud Native
5 8 (2.77%) Data Centre
5 8 (2.77%) Housing Association
6 7 (2.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (2.08%) Blackberry
7 6 (2.08%) BYOD
7 6 (2.08%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.73%) iPhone
8 5 (1.73%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.73%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.73%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.73%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.38%) Hedge funds
9 4 (1.38%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.38%) Smartphone
9 4 (1.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 80 (27.68%) Windows
2 36 (12.46%) Windows Server
3 20 (6.92%) Android
4 15 (5.19%) Apple iOS
4 15 (5.19%) Windows 10
5 12 (4.15%) Linux
6 8 (2.77%) Mac OS
7 7 (2.42%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (2.08%) Mac OS X
8 6 (2.08%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.69%) Windows Embedded Compact
11 1 (0.35%) CentOS
11 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (34.95%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (14.19%) Customer Service
3 38 (13.15%) ITIL
4 28 (9.69%) Migration
5 27 (9.34%) Computer Science
5 27 (9.34%) Project Management
6 26 (9.00%) Agile
7 25 (8.65%) Cybersecurity
8 24 (8.30%) ERP
8 24 (8.30%) Roadmaps
9 21 (7.27%) Artificial Intelligence
9 21 (7.27%) Business Intelligence
9 21 (7.27%) Service Delivery
10 20 (6.92%) Continuous Improvement
10 20 (6.92%) Data Analysis
10 20 (6.92%) Line Management
11 19 (6.57%) CRM
11 19 (6.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 18 (6.23%) Analytics
12 18 (6.23%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 55 (19.03%) SQL
2 36 (12.46%) Python
3 30 (10.38%) C#
4 19 (6.57%) PowerShell
5 18 (6.23%) JavaScript
6 12 (4.15%) TypeScript
7 11 (3.81%) Java
8 8 (2.77%) C++
9 4 (1.38%) C
10 2 (0.69%) Bash
10 2 (0.69%) Clojure
10 2 (0.69%) Groovy
10 2 (0.69%) PHP
10 2 (0.69%) Scala
11 1 (0.35%) Solidity
11 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 94 (32.53%) Degree
2 20 (6.92%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (6.57%) Master's Degree
4 17 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (4.15%) MCSE
6 11 (3.81%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.42%) AWS Certification
7 7 (2.42%) CCNA
7 7 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.42%) Network+ Certification
8 5 (1.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.38%) A+ Certification
10 3 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.04%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.69%) CISA
11 2 (0.69%) CISM
11 2 (0.69%) CISSP
11 2 (0.69%) MCSA
11 2 (0.69%) PhD
11 2 (0.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.81%) QA
2 9 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (1.73%) GDPR
5 5 (1.73%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.38%) NIST
7 3 (1.04%) SLA
8 2 (0.69%) Accessibility
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%) GRC
8 2 (0.69%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.69%) ITGC
8 2 (0.69%) MiFID
8 2 (0.69%) PMO
8 2 (0.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 55 (19.03%) Active Directory
2 22 (7.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.73%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.73%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (1.73%) XenDesktop
4 3 (1.04%) vSphere
5 2 (0.69%) Docker
6 1 (0.35%) pfSense
6 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 28 (9.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.11%) Jamf Pro
2 9 (3.11%) Terraform
3 8 (2.77%) SCCM
4 5 (1.73%) vCenter Server
5 4 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.04%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.69%) CASB
7 2 (0.69%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.35%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.35%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.35%) WMI
Vendors
1 86 (29.76%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.61%) VMware
3 17 (5.88%) Apple
4 16 (5.54%) SAP
5 14 (4.84%) Cisco
6 13 (4.50%) Google
7 11 (3.81%) Adobe
8 8 (2.77%) Citrix
9 7 (2.42%) Sage
10 5 (1.73%) Nimble Storage
10 5 (1.73%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.73%) SYSPRO
10 5 (1.73%) Veeam
10 5 (1.73%) Xamarin
10 5 (1.73%) Xerox
11 4 (1.38%) Canon
11 4 (1.38%) Databricks
11 4 (1.38%) Meraki
11 4 (1.38%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.38%) Salesforce