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WPP tech stack

WPP builds mostly with Python, SQL, JavaScript, Java. Its stack also includes Azure, GCP, Google BigQuery, Playwright. Python is named in 59 of the 229 job postings WPP published in the last 12 months (26%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of WPP, updated Nov 12, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Nov 12, 2026
Technologies in use
220
Postings analysed
229
Open now
102
Modernity
77 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does WPP use?

Python is named in 26% of job postings at WPP, followed by SQL (18%), JavaScript (7%), Java (7%).

Python 59 26% required in 93% · 22 open now · since Feb 2026
SQL 41 18% required in 83% · 12 open now · since Jan 2026
JavaScript 17 7% required in 59% · 9 open now · since Jan 2026
Java 16 7% required in 63% · 10 open now · since Feb 2026
TypeScript 15 7% required in 87% · 8 open now · since Jan 2026
C# 10 4% required in 90% · 4 open now · since Jan 2026
PowerShell 9 4% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Mar 2026
Go 7 3% required in 86% · 6 open now · since Sep 2026
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Scala6
Node JS5
Kotlin4
C++3
Bash2
R1
Rust1
Sass1
Swift1

What frameworks and libraries does WPP use?

Playwright is named in 4% of job postings at WPP, followed by React.js (4%), LangChain (3%), LangGraph (3%).

Playwright 10 4% required in 100% · 7 open now · since Jul 2026
React.js 9 4% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jan 2026
LangChain 7 3% required in 29% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
LangGraph 7 3% required in 29% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
FastAPI 5 2% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Feb 2026
OpenTelemetry 5 2% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Oct 2026
Testcontainers 5 2% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Oct 2026
OpenAI Agents SDK 5 2% optional · 5 open now · since Oct 2026
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Celery4
Pandas4
Angular3
BullMQ3
Cypress3
Pact3
Pytest3
SQLAlchemy3
Spring Boot3
ASP.NET Core2
Alembic2
Asyncio2
Django2
Fastify2
Jest2
Nest.JS2
Redux2
Selenium2
Transformers2
Vue.js2
Zod2
Plotly2
AutoGen1
Bootstrap1
CrewAI1
JQuery1
Matplotlib1
NumPy1
Openpilot1
Pure Data1
PyTorch1
Pydantic1

And 8 more, each named in fewer postings.

What databases does WPP use?

Google BigQuery is named in 5% of job postings at WPP, followed by PostgreSQL (3%), Delta Lake (3%), Redis (3%).

Google BigQuery 11 5% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Feb 2026
PostgreSQL 8 3% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Mar 2026
Delta Lake 7 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Apr 2026
Redis 6 3% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
Snowflake 6 3% required in 83% · 4 open now · since Feb 2026
DynamoDB 5 2% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Oct 2026
Azure SQL Database 5 2% required in 80% · since May 2026
Amazon Redshift 3 1% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
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Couchbase2
MySQL2
Neo4j2
Google Bigtable2
Amazon Neptune1

What cloud and platforms does WPP use?

Azure is named in 26% of job postings at WPP, followed by GCP (21%), AWS (15%), Power BI (14%).

Azure 59 26% required in 80% · 23 open now · since Jan 2026
GCP 49 21% required in 80% · 25 open now · since Jan 2026
AWS 35 15% required in 71% · 24 open now · since Jan 2026
Power BI 31 14% required in 68% · 12 open now · since Mar 2026
Kubernetes 25 11% required in 84% · 16 open now · since May 2026
Databricks 19 8% required in 95% · 5 open now · since Apr 2026
GitHub 16 7% required in 94% · 6 open now · since Feb 2026
GitHub Actions 13 6% required in 100% · 7 open now · since Feb 2026
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Azure DevOps13
SIEM13
Spark13
Apache Kafka10
Datadog9
Okta9
OpenAI7
.NET5
AWS Lambda5
Amazon CloudWatch5
Anthropic5
Vertex AI5
Copilot Studio5
Tableau5
GitLab CI3
Google Cloud Run3
Looker3
Splunk3
AWS Step Functions2
Active Directory2
Amazon EventBridge2
Amazon S32
BrowserStack2
Cortex XSOAR2
Microsoft Entra ID2
Postman2
SAP BusinessObjects2
Windows2
Figma2
Microsoft Defender2
PagerDuty2
Qualys Cloud Platform2

And 15 more, each named in fewer postings.

What developer tools does WPP use?

Microsoft Excel is named in 14% of job postings at WPP, followed by Terraform (10%), Rest API (9%), Git (7%).

Microsoft Excel 32 14% required in 88% · 16 open now · since Sep 2025
Terraform 23 10% required in 87% · 15 open now · since Apr 2026
Rest API 20 9% required in 95% · 12 open now · since Feb 2026
Git 17 7% required in 88% · 10 open now · since Jan 2026
Copilot 14 6% required in 93% · 4 open now · since Feb 2026
Model Context Protocol 10 4% required in 90% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
Docker 9 4% required in 56% · 4 open now · since May 2026
dbt 7 3% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Apr 2026
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Claude Code6
pySpark6
Keycloak6
AWS CDK5
Google ADK5
Azure Data Factory4
GraphQL4
Helm4
Prometheus4
Informatica3
Jenkins3
A2A2
Adobe Photoshop2
Cortex2
TestRail2
Turborepo2
Adobe InDesign1
Alteryx1
Ansible1
Argo Workflows1
ArgoCD1
Bicep1
Cursor1
OpenTofu1
Prisma1
Semantic Kernel1
Terragrunt1
Veeva1
Windsurf1
gRPC1
pre-commit1

What AI and ML technologies does WPP use?

LLM is named in 3% of job postings at WPP, followed by Claude (1%).

LLM 6 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
Claude 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Oct 2026

Which engineering practices does WPP ask for?

AI Agents is named in 31% of job postings at WPP, followed by CI/CD (23%), Incident Management (10%), Agentic Workflows (7%).

AI Agents 72 31% required in 93% · 27 open now · since Jan 2026
CI/CD 52 23% required in 100% · 28 open now · since Jan 2026
Incident Management 24 10% required in 96% · 15 open now · since Apr 2026
Agentic Workflows 17 7% required in 100% · 11 open now · since May 2026
Embeddings 13 6% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jun 2026
Machine Learning 13 6% required in 85% · 1 open now · since Jan 2026
ETL/ELT 12 5% required in 92% · 8 open now · since Jun 2026
Platform Engineering 10 4% required in 100% · 8 open now · since Apr 2026
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IAM10
Prompt Engineering10
Master Data Management8
Function Calling7
Trunk-Based Development7
RAG7
LLM Guardrails7
Structured Outputs6
Anomaly Detection5
SLI/SLO/SLA5
FinOps5
Multi-Agent Systems5
Clean Architecture4
Human-in-the-Loop4
GitOps3
Multimodal AI3
Dimensional Modeling2
Semantic Search2
A/B Testing2
DNS2
AIOps1
Blue-Green Deployment1
Canary Release1
Configuration Management1
Context Engineering1
DPO1
Data Vault1
Feature Store1
Federated Learning1
Knowledge Graph1
NLP1
Progressive Delivery1

And 6 more, each named in fewer postings.

What does each WPP team work with?

The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.

Legal

36 postings
Azure5
Microsoft Excel4
SQL4
Terraform4
GCP3
GitHub Actions3

Finance

27 postings
Microsoft Excel12
Power BI4
SAP BusinessObjects2

Data Science

23 postings
Python20
GCP14
Azure13
SQL9
Spark9
AWS8

Backend

20 postings
Python11
Azure10
Kubernetes9
GCP8
Java8
Rest API8

Analytics

15 postings
Power BI6
Microsoft Excel5
SQL4
Databricks3
Google BigQuery2

Security

14 postings
PowerShell6
Python6
SIEM6
Azure3
GCP2

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How is the WPP stack changing?

Read from the dates of the postings themselves: a technology is new when the first posting that names it appeared in the last six months, rising or falling when its share of postings moved between the last two quarters.

First appeared
PactNov 2026
PytestNov 2026
SQLAlchemyNov 2026
AlembicNov 2026
AsyncioNov 2026
DjangoNov 2026
PostmanOct 2026
TestRailOct 2026
Rising
Python17% → 32%
CI/CD15% → 28%
Terraform4% → 16%
Git1% → 13%
GCP15% → 26%
Kubernetes6% → 17%
AWS11% → 20%
Datadog0% → 9%
Falling
AI Agents42% → 23%
Machine Learning8% → 4%
C#5% → 2%
Spring Boot3% → 0%
Not named for 6 months
ReduxMay 2026

How modern is the WPP stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 77/100

WPP scores 77 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 2; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the WPP stack in its industry?

Share of the 4,120 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Azure10%
Python24%
GCP12%
SQL24%
AWS16%
Power BI9%
Kubernetes10%
Databricks4%
JavaScript28%
GitHub9%

What sets WPP apart

Databricks4%
Azure DevOps2%
SIEM2%
Playwright3%
Datadog3%
Okta1%
PowerShell3%
Delta Lake1%
LangChain4%
LangGraph3%

Questions about the WPP tech stack

What programming languages does WPP use?

The languages named in WPP job postings are Python (26%), SQL (18%), JavaScript (7%), Java (7%), TypeScript (7%), as a share of the 229 postings of the last 12 months.

Does WPP use Playwright?

Yes. Playwright is named in 10 of 229 job postings (4%) and required in 10 of them.

What cloud and platforms does WPP use?

The cloud and platforms named in WPP job postings are Azure (59), GCP (49), AWS (35) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Legal job at WPP?

Legal postings at WPP most often require Azure (5), Microsoft Excel (4), SQL (4), Terraform (4), out of 36 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the WPP tech stack changing?

Yes. Pact, Pytest, SQLAlchemy, Alembic first appeared in WPP job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the WPP tech stack?

WPP scores 77 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 2; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the WPP tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting WPP publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 229 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 12, 2026.

Method and citation

Alion reads every job posting the company publishes and tags the technologies each one names. Shares count the postings of the last 12 months, open and closed; the company's own products are counted apart. How we count

Alion, "WPP tech stack: 220 technologies from 229 job postings", as of Nov 12, 2026. https://alion.io/company/wpp/technologies

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