Data Structures Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Data Structures
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Structures in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Structures over the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 73 99
Rank change year-on-year -17 +26 +14
Contract jobs citing Data Structures 16 11 9
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.82% 1.09% 0.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.79% 2.48% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 7
10th Percentile £439 £461 £338
25th Percentile £451 £476 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £490 £400
Median % change year-on-year +32.65% +22.50% -22.89%
75th Percentile - £543 £538
90th Percentile £665 £630 -
England median daily rate £525 £510 £550
% change year-on-year +2.94% -7.27% -4.35%

All Generic Skills
East of England

Data Structures falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 573 443 576
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 29.38% 43.99% 30.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 304 252 306
10th Percentile £196 £233 £194
25th Percentile £316 £396 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £583 £616 £559
90th Percentile £686 £700 £651
England median daily rate £513 £543 £545
% change year-on-year -5.53% -0.46% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 73 126
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.95 £13.18
25th Percentile £16.17 £30.78 £17.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £67.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.67% +22.73% -15.38%
75th Percentile £67.25 £85.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £88.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £34.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +8.70% +25.45% +15.59%

Data Structures
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Structures relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Data Structures job vacancy trend in the East of England

Data Structures
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Data Structures.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Data Structures

Data Structures
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Structures in the East of England over the 6 months to 22 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Structures in the East of England

Data Structures
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Data Structures.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Data Structures

Data Structures
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Structures within the East of England region over the 6 months to 22 March 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bedfordshire -10 5 £650 -3.70% 3
Hertfordshire -26 5 £454 -7.35% 9
Cambridgeshire - 5 - - 5
Norfolk -24 1 £463 - 2
Data Structures
England

Data Structures
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (31.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (6.25%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) SaaS
2 1 (6.25%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) JIRA
General
1 7 (43.75%) Pharmaceutical
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Finance
5 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
5 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Analyst
1 5 (31.25%) Project Manager
2 4 (25.00%) Data Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Excel Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Salesforce Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (12.50%) Business Data Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Data Migration Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Designer
4 2 (12.50%) Migration Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Product Designer
5 1 (6.25%) Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Data Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Lead Product Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Product Manager
5 1 (6.25%) SAP Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) SAP HCM Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) SAP Manager
5 1 (6.25%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) JSON
2 1 (6.25%) JSON-LD
2 1 (6.25%) SOAP
2 1 (6.25%) Web Services
2 1 (6.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (6.25%) Linked Data
1 1 (6.25%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) Migration
2 10 (62.50%) Validation
3 9 (56.25%) Data Migration
4 8 (50.00%) Data Modelling
5 7 (43.75%) Agile
6 6 (37.50%) Data Management
7 5 (31.25%) Data Design
7 5 (31.25%) Project Management
8 4 (25.00%) B2B
8 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (18.75%) Business Analysis
9 3 (18.75%) Data Cleansing
9 3 (18.75%) Data Conversion
9 3 (18.75%) Data Deduplication
9 3 (18.75%) ERP
10 2 (12.50%) Business Process Modelling
10 2 (12.50%) Ideation Sessions
10 2 (12.50%) Journey Map
10 2 (12.50%) User Journey Map
10 2 (12.50%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) VBA
2 1 (6.25%) ABAP
2 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) Degree
1 1 (6.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.25%) GMP
2 1 (6.25%) GxP
2 1 (6.25%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) SAP
2 4 (25.00%) Salesforce
3 3 (18.75%) Atlassian
3 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
4 1 (6.25%) Ariba
4 1 (6.25%) Avature
4 1 (6.25%) Workday