WhatsApp
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring WhatsApp skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 748 678 637
Rank change year-on-year -70 -41 +100
Permanent jobs citing WhatsApp 13 6 250
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.013% 0.012% 0.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.048% 0.038% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 207
10th Percentile £38,653 - £31,250
25th Percentile £42,800 £42,500 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,300 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.67% -5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £74,475 £47,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £79,883 - £86,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,300 - £43,000
% change year-on-year - - -20.00%

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

WhatsApp falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 27,060 15,940 33,582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.43% 32.39% 33.18%
Number of salaries quoted 17,658 11,111 25,497
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £30,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £51,333
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.27% -6.67%

WhatsApp
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing WhatsApp relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

WhatsApp job vacancy trend in the UK

WhatsApp
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing WhatsApp.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing WhatsApp

WhatsApp
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing WhatsApp over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Salary histogram for WhatsApp in the UK

WhatsApp
Top 11 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 12 July 2026. 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 -54 12 £54,300 +20.67% 4
UK excluding London -64 7 £54,300 - 2
Work from Home -6 6 £54,300 +20.67% 3
London -16 4 £46,000 +2.22% 4
South East -27 2 £47,900 - 1
East of England - 2 £54,300 -
North of England - 1 £38,252 -
South West - 1 £70,150 -
West Midlands - 1 £70,150 -
Midlands - 1 £70,150 -
North West - 1 £38,252 -

WhatsApp
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (7.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Canva
1 2 (15.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) SMS
2 2 (15.38%) ATM
2 2 (15.38%) Bluetooth
2 2 (15.38%) UWB
2 2 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (15.38%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Git
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
2 1 (7.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (53.85%) Law
2 6 (46.15%) Marketing
3 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (30.77%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
5 3 (23.08%) Finance
6 2 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (15.38%) Legal
6 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (7.69%) Aerospace
7 1 (7.69%) Billing
7 1 (7.69%) Brand Awareness
7 1 (7.69%) French Language
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Software Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Coordinator
2 2 (15.38%) Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Programme Coordinator
2 2 (15.38%) Senior
2 2 (15.38%) Senior Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Senior Software Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Software Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Account Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Campaign Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Head of Customer Services
3 1 (7.69%) PLC Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) PLC Software Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Apache Camel
1 1 (7.69%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Management Information System
2 2 (15.38%) ARM Cortex
2 2 (15.38%) Device Driver
2 2 (15.38%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (15.38%) Raspberry Pi
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (7.69%) Driving Licence
3 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 1 (7.69%) Robotics
3 1 (7.69%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Linux
2 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) AI
2 5 (38.46%) Software Engineering
3 4 (30.77%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (30.77%) Machine Learning
3 4 (30.77%) Project Management
3 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (23.08%) Agile
4 3 (23.08%) Data Analysis
4 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) Time Management
5 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (15.38%) CRM
5 2 (15.38%) Cryptography
5 2 (15.38%) Scrum
5 2 (15.38%) SEO
5 2 (15.38%) Software Testing
5 2 (15.38%) SysML
5 2 (15.38%) V-Model
5 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) C
1 4 (30.77%) Python
2 2 (15.38%) Ada
2 2 (15.38%) Rust
3 1 (7.69%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
1 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) Degree
3 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) QA
2 2 (15.38%) GDPR
2 2 (15.38%) JTAG
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Yahoo!
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Salesforce
3 2 (15.38%) Atlassian
3 2 (15.38%) Instagram
4 1 (7.69%) dotdigital
4 1 (7.69%) HubSpot
4 1 (7.69%) Rockwell
4 1 (7.69%) TippingPoint