Data Structures Contracts

Data Structures
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Structures in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Structures over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 293 318 272
Rank change year-on-year +25 -46 -10
Contract jobs citing Data Structures 330 481 926
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.76% 0.80% 1.04%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.48% 2.40% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 326 585
10th Percentile £381 £412 £413
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £613
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -6.12% +11.36%
75th Percentile £700 £740 £750
90th Percentile £758 £915 £849
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.01% +9.90% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 5
10th Percentile £40.20 £18.88 £12.55
25th Percentile £40.50 £27.44 £15.63
Median hourly rate £46.18 £57.72 £16.82
Median % change year-on-year -19.99% +243.16% -61.33%
75th Percentile - £79.19 £17.23
90th Percentile £60.47 - £23.04
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.34 £79.19 £16.82
% change year-on-year -45.27% +370.81% -70.75%

All Generic Skills
UK

Data Structures is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,288 20,071 29,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.44% 33.28% 32.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,518 13,779 20,528
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £650
90th Percentile £788 £800 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 905 665 729
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £13.89
25th Percentile £15.17 £11.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £22.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.44% -16.67% +3.85%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £49.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.00 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% +10.00% -16.67%

Data Structures
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Structures as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Structures in the UK

Data Structures
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Structures in the UK

Data Structures
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Structures over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Structures in the UK

Data Structures
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Structures in the UK

Data Structures
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Structures over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Structures in the UK

Data Structures
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
England +22 282 £550 -4.35% 197
London +25 171 £625 +3.48% 112
Work from Home +102 146 £600 +9.19% 146
UK excluding London -5 111 £500 -9.01% 102
North of England +63 47 £550 +7.32% 23
North West +41 33 £538 +14.67% 9
Midlands +35 21 £563 -6.25% 14
West Midlands +44 19 £500 -4.76% 11
Scotland +29 16 £400 -30.43% 16
South West +25 13 £525 - 10
East of England +17 11 £463 -10.84% 24
Yorkshire +27 10 £635 +15.45% 8
South East -49 9 £594 +3.26% 15
North East +28 8 £330 -40.00% 6
East Midlands +11 2 £638 +6.25% 3
Northern Ireland +5 2 £500 - 2
Wales 0 1 £175 -66.65% 2

Data Structures
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 16 (4.85%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.64%) Apache Spark
3 9 (2.73%) Confluence
4 6 (1.82%) Apache
4 6 (1.82%) SAS
5 5 (1.52%) IBM Notes
6 4 (1.21%) CICS
6 4 (1.21%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.61%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.30%) CMS
9 1 (0.30%) Ethereum
9 1 (0.30%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 12 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.30%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 27 (8.18%) Dynamics AX
2 13 (3.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.61%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.61%) SAP GTS
4 2 (0.61%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.61%) Shopify
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.30%) SAP Business ByDesign
5 1 (0.30%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.30%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.30%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 102 (30.91%) Azure
2 45 (13.64%) Power Platform
3 44 (13.33%) AWS
4 30 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
4 30 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
5 29 (8.79%) Power Automate
5 29 (8.79%) PowerApps
6 22 (6.67%) GCP
7 17 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (4.85%) Azure Stack
9 15 (4.55%) Amazon S3
10 14 (4.24%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (3.33%) GitHub
12 10 (3.03%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (2.73%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (2.73%) Serverless
14 6 (1.82%) Apigee
14 6 (1.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 6 (1.82%) Kong
14 6 (1.82%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.33%) DNS
2 10 (3.03%) Firewall
3 6 (1.82%) HTTP
3 6 (1.82%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.82%) VPN
4 4 (1.21%) DHCP
4 4 (1.21%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.61%) SSH
6 1 (0.30%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.30%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (13.03%) Power BI
2 38 (11.52%) Data Lake
3 37 (11.21%) Data Warehouse
3 37 (11.21%) Relational Database
4 19 (5.76%) NoSQL
5 16 (4.85%) Snowflake Schema
6 15 (4.55%) Big Data
6 15 (4.55%) Metadata
7 11 (3.33%) MongoDB
7 11 (3.33%) SQL Server
8 10 (3.03%) Tableau
9 9 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (2.42%) RDBMS
11 7 (2.12%) KDB
12 6 (1.82%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (1.52%) Data Mining
13 5 (1.52%) Redis
13 5 (1.52%) Star Schema
14 4 (1.21%) DB2
14 4 (1.21%) Oracle8/8i Database
Development Applications
1 23 (6.97%) JIRA
2 20 (6.06%) Jenkins
3 14 (4.24%) Git
3 14 (4.24%) GitLab
4 6 (1.82%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 6 (1.82%) CircleCI
4 6 (1.82%) Travis CI
4 6 (1.82%) webpack
5 5 (1.52%) ERwin
6 4 (1.21%) Jasmine
6 4 (1.21%) JUnit
6 4 (1.21%) Karma Test Runner
6 4 (1.21%) Mocha
7 3 (0.91%) Gradle
7 3 (0.91%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.91%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.61%) Ant
8 2 (0.61%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.61%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.61%) Maven
General
1 115 (34.85%) Social Skills
2 89 (26.97%) Analytical Skills
3 77 (23.33%) Finance
4 50 (15.15%) Public Sector
5 33 (10.00%) Retail
6 28 (8.48%) General Ledger
7 19 (5.76%) Banking
8 17 (5.15%) Front Office
9 12 (3.64%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (2.12%) Investment Banking
10 7 (2.12%) Manufacturing
10 7 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.82%) Marketing
12 5 (1.52%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.91%) Legal
13 3 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.91%) Police
14 2 (0.61%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 75 (22.73%) Developer
2 67 (20.30%) Architect
3 47 (14.24%) Analyst
4 42 (12.73%) Consultant
4 42 (12.73%) Senior
5 39 (11.82%) Data Architect
6 31 (9.39%) Data Analyst
7 29 (8.79%) Java Developer
8 20 (6.06%) Data Engineer
9 19 (5.76%) Microsoft Consultant
10 18 (5.45%) Technical Architect
11 16 (4.85%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
12 14 (4.24%) Lead
12 14 (4.24%) SAP Analyst
12 14 (4.24%) SAP Data Analyst
12 14 (4.24%) Senior Analyst
13 13 (3.94%) Senior Data Analyst
14 11 (3.33%) SharePoint Architect
15 10 (3.03%) Business Analyst
15 10 (3.03%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (10.61%) JSON
2 33 (10.00%) React
3 30 (9.09%) XML
4 27 (8.18%) REST
5 25 (7.58%) Spring
6 24 (7.27%) RESTful
7 20 (6.06%) Kafka
8 19 (5.76%) CSS
8 19 (5.76%) HTML
9 14 (4.24%) Node.js
10 10 (3.03%) AngularJS
10 10 (3.03%) Elastic Stack
11 9 (2.73%) .NET
11 9 (2.73%) YAML
12 8 (2.42%) JSON Schema
12 8 (2.42%) RabbitMQ
13 7 (2.12%) Django
13 7 (2.12%) Pandas
13 7 (2.12%) Spring Boot
14 6 (1.82%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 98 (29.70%) Algorithms
2 38 (11.52%) Distributed Systems
3 24 (7.27%) Cloud Native
4 20 (6.06%) Product Ownership
5 19 (5.76%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (4.55%) Management Information System
6 15 (4.55%) Reference Data
7 14 (4.24%) Derivative
8 10 (3.03%) Fixed Income
9 7 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (2.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (2.12%) Life Science
9 7 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.52%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.52%) Hedge funds
11 5 (1.52%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.52%) Mainframe
11 5 (1.52%) NHS
12 4 (1.21%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 36 (10.91%) Linux
2 17 (5.15%) Unix
3 3 (0.91%) Android
4 1 (0.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (28.48%) Data Modelling
2 93 (28.18%) Agile
3 63 (19.09%) Business Intelligence
3 63 (19.09%) Migration
4 61 (18.48%) DevOps
5 56 (16.97%) Analytics
5 56 (16.97%) Microservices
6 53 (16.06%) CI/CD
7 51 (15.45%) Computer Science
8 47 (14.24%) Problem-Solving
9 43 (13.03%) Data Migration
10 40 (12.12%) Requirements Gathering
11 38 (11.52%) ETL
12 37 (11.21%) Data Architecture
13 35 (10.61%) Data Governance
14 34 (10.30%) Design Patterns
15 30 (9.09%) Accounts Payable
16 29 (8.79%) Change Management
16 29 (8.79%) Requirements Workshops
16 29 (8.79%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 79 (23.94%) Python
2 69 (20.91%) Java
3 63 (19.09%) SQL
4 32 (9.70%) JavaScript
5 20 (6.06%) C++
6 18 (5.45%) Shell Script
7 13 (3.94%) C#
7 13 (3.94%) Kotlin
7 13 (3.94%) Scala
7 13 (3.94%) TypeScript
8 12 (3.64%) Go
9 10 (3.03%) Perl
10 9 (2.73%) C
10 9 (2.73%) R
11 7 (2.12%) Bash
12 6 (1.82%) PowerShell
13 5 (1.52%) COBOL
14 4 (1.21%) ABAP
14 4 (1.21%) JCL
14 4 (1.21%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 60 (18.18%) Degree
2 30 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 30 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 27 (8.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (1.52%) Master's Degree
5 4 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.21%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (0.91%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.30%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.30%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (15.15%) Data Quality
2 18 (5.45%) GDPR
3 15 (4.55%) QA
4 5 (1.52%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.30%) MiFID
5 1 (0.30%) NIST
System Software
1 26 (7.88%) Docker
2 8 (2.42%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 4 (1.21%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 41 (12.42%) Kubernetes
2 18 (5.45%) Prometheus
3 14 (4.24%) Grafana
4 9 (2.73%) Terraform
5 8 (2.42%) Consul
6 6 (1.82%) Ansible
6 6 (1.82%) Docker Swarm
6 6 (1.82%) Kibana
6 6 (1.82%) logstash
6 6 (1.82%) Progress Chef
6 6 (1.82%) Puppet
7 4 (1.21%) Data Guard
7 4 (1.21%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (1.21%) Zipkin
8 1 (0.30%) Argo
8 1 (0.30%) Istio
8 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 87 (26.36%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.39%) SAP
3 16 (4.85%) NetApp
4 14 (4.24%) Oracle
5 12 (3.64%) Splunk
6 10 (3.03%) Ariba
7 9 (2.73%) Databricks
8 8 (2.42%) SaltStack
9 7 (2.12%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.52%) Autodesk
10 5 (1.52%) Google
10 5 (1.52%) IBM
10 5 (1.52%) ION Trading
10 5 (1.52%) Lotus
10 5 (1.52%) New Relic
11 4 (1.21%) Sparx
12 3 (0.91%) Facebook
12 3 (0.91%) Instagram
12 3 (0.91%) Salesforce
12 3 (0.91%) YouTube