Data Structures Contracts in the Thames Valley

Data Structures
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 141 127
Rank change year-on-year +56 -14 +28
Contract jobs citing Data Structures 17 4 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.13% 0.15% 0.82%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.12% 0.50% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 3 20
10th Percentile £514 £266 £252
25th Percentile £550 £281 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £586 £313 £454
Median % change year-on-year +87.60% -31.13% -2.94%
75th Percentile £600 £353 £575
90th Percentile - £374 £643
South East median daily rate £584 £563 £575
% change year-on-year +3.78% -2.17% +13.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £79.19
South East median hourly rate - - £79.19
% change year-on-year - - +370.81%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 545 801 934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.07% 29.82% 31.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 322 473 613
10th Percentile £303 £205 £280
25th Percentile £423 £295 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £620
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 62 24
10th Percentile £14.16 £11.79 £18.08
25th Percentile £24.08 £22.50 £19.63
Median hourly rate £52.50 £30.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -38.46% +143.75%
75th Percentile £66.12 £59.97 £70.90
90th Percentile £88.60 £65.00 £77.93
South East median hourly rate £47.81 £47.19 £51.25
% change year-on-year +1.31% -7.93% +138.37%

Data Structures
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Structures in the Thames Valley

Data Structures
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Structures in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Data Structures in the Thames Valley

Data Structures
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Structures in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Structures in the Thames Valley

Data Structures
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Structures in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Data Structures in the Thames Valley

Data Structures
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Berkshire +37 10 £550 +76.00% 19
Buckinghamshire - 7 £590 - 7
Data Structures
South East

Data Structures
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 7 (41.18%) Confluence
2 3 (17.65%) Apache Spark
3 2 (11.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (41.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Azure
1 1 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (11.76%) Metadata
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (41.18%) ERwin
1 7 (41.18%) PowerDesigner
General
1 8 (47.06%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Data Modeller
2 5 (29.41%) Architect
3 4 (23.53%) Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Data Architect
4 3 (17.65%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Data Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Data Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Integration Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) JavaScript Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Oracle Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Oracle Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Python Data Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Python Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Python Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) PySpark
2 2 (11.76%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Data Management
1 8 (47.06%) Roadmaps
2 7 (41.18%) Analytical Thinking
2 7 (41.18%) Analytics
2 7 (41.18%) Architecture Roadmap
2 7 (41.18%) BPMN
2 7 (41.18%) Data Architecture
2 7 (41.18%) Data Modelling
2 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (29.41%) Artificial Intelligence
3 5 (29.41%) Validation
4 4 (23.53%) Data Engineering
4 4 (23.53%) Generative AI
4 4 (23.53%) LLM
4 4 (23.53%) Machine Learning
5 3 (17.65%) Data Mapping
5 3 (17.65%) Data Validation
6 2 (11.76%) Data Governance
6 2 (11.76%) Data Protection
6 2 (11.76%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) JavaScript
1 4 (23.53%) Python
1 4 (23.53%) TypeScript
2 3 (17.65%) SQL
3 2 (11.76%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) GDPR
1 2 (11.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Sparx
2 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
3 4 (23.53%) Foundry
3 4 (23.53%) Palantir
4 2 (11.76%) Oracle