Data Structures Contracts in the South East

Data Structures
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Structures in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Structures over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 196 153
Rank change year-on-year +58 -43 +42
Contract jobs citing Data Structures 17 12 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.54% 0.21% 1.07%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.67% 0.74% 3.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 43
10th Percentile £499 £306 £454
25th Percentile £520 £363 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £375 £575
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% -34.78% +10.58%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £650
90th Percentile £709 £744 £750
England median daily rate £540 £588 £590
% change year-on-year -8.09% -0.42% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £79.19
England median hourly rate £41.00 £40.50 £79.19
% change year-on-year +1.23% -48.86% +295.95%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,015 1,625 1,933
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 32.27% 28.63% 33.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 619 953 1,319
10th Percentile £205 £213 £213
25th Percentile £350 £370 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £597 £623 £629
90th Percentile £660 £690 £721
England median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 175 97
10th Percentile £15.13 £11.79 £16.94
25th Percentile £16.95 £17.64 £20.50
Median hourly rate £33.89 £55.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.39% +4.76% +153.68%
75th Percentile £61.12 £61.30 £66.21
90th Percentile £85.50 £75.16 £75.00
England median hourly rate £32.81 £37.00 £23.33
% change year-on-year -11.32% +58.63% -11.98%

Data Structures
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Data Structures as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Data Structures in the South East

Data Structures
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Structures in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Data Structures in the South East

Data Structures
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Structures in the South East over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Structures in the South East

Data Structures
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Structures in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Data Structures in the South East

Data Structures
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 1 July 2025. 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
Thames Valley +37 14 £550 +46.67% 116
Berkshire +26 11 £550 +46.67% 87
Hampshire +28 3 £550 -20.00% 34
Buckinghamshire - 3 £600 - 21
West Sussex +6 1 - - 13
Home Counties - 1 - -
Kent - 1 £775 - 16
Data Structures
England

Data Structures
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (17.65%) Apache Spark
1 3 (17.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (11.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Adobe Captivate
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (11.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) BusinessObjects
1 3 (17.65%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (11.76%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) ERwin
1 2 (11.76%) PowerDesigner
2 1 (5.88%) Git
General
1 5 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Data Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Data Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Consultant
4 2 (11.76%) Data Modeller
4 2 (11.76%) Oracle Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Data Migration Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Integration Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Integration Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) JavaScript Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Migration Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Oracle Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) PySpark
1 3 (17.65%) Web Services
2 1 (5.88%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Learning Management System
1 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Artificial Intelligence
1 7 (41.18%) Validation
2 5 (29.41%) Data Engineering
2 5 (29.41%) Data Mapping
2 5 (29.41%) Generative AI
2 5 (29.41%) Machine Learning
3 4 (23.53%) Data Transformation
3 4 (23.53%) Data Validation
3 4 (23.53%) LLM
3 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (17.65%) Analytics
4 3 (17.65%) Data Governance
4 3 (17.65%) Data Management
4 3 (17.65%) Data Modelling
4 3 (17.65%) Data Protection
4 3 (17.65%) Impact Analysis
4 3 (17.65%) Impact Assessments
4 3 (17.65%) Integration Testing
4 3 (17.65%) Roadmaps
4 3 (17.65%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 6 (35.29%) SQL
2 5 (29.41%) Python
3 4 (23.53%) JavaScript
3 4 (23.53%) TypeScript
4 3 (17.65%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) GDPR
2 3 (17.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Foundry
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
1 4 (23.53%) Palantir
2 3 (17.65%) Oracle
3 2 (11.76%) Sparx
4 1 (5.88%) Adobe