Data Structures Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Data Structures
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Structures in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Structures over the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 96 102
Rank change year-on-year -8 +6 +35
Contract jobs citing Data Structures 17 18 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.93% 0.94% 0.87%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.43% 3.31% 2.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 10 14
10th Percentile - £446 £407
25th Percentile £500 £503 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £613 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% +22.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile - £696 £634
90th Percentile £625 £794 £875
England median daily rate £550 £598 £625
% change year-on-year -7.95% -4.40% -

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 700 544 705
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 38.23% 28.42% 34.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 427 330 424
10th Percentile £233 £208 £293
25th Percentile £400 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £511
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.58% +2.25%
75th Percentile £597 £650 £606
90th Percentile £663 £750 £725
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 17 34
10th Percentile - £15.35 £18.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £18.50 £21.39
Median hourly rate £30.00 £30.88 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.83% +12.27% +37.50%
75th Percentile £50.00 £50.00 £64.06
90th Percentile - £57.85 £68.38
England median hourly rate £33.03 £57.35 £45.88
% change year-on-year -42.41% +25.00% +81.06%

Data Structures
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Structures in the West Midlands

Data Structures
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Data Structures.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Data Structures

Data Structures
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Structures in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Structures in the West Midlands

Data Structures
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Data Structures.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Data Structures

Data Structures
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Warwickshire +4 15 £550 -4.35% 5
Birmingham +1 2 £550 -15.87% 2
Data Structures
England

Data Structures
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Maya
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.76%) NUKE
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Power Platform
1 2 (11.76%) SaaS
2 1 (5.88%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Metadata
1 2 (11.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) ERwin
General
1 9 (52.94%) Analytical Skills
1 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Automotive
3 1 (5.88%) Law
3 1 (5.88%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Analyst
2 6 (35.29%) Business Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Architect
4 3 (17.65%) Applications Architect
5 2 (11.76%) Data Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Data Modeller
6 1 (5.88%) Data Architect
6 1 (5.88%) Lead
6 1 (5.88%) Legal Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) SIEM Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Workday Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Onboarding
2 3 (17.65%) Blockchain
2 3 (17.65%) IoT
3 2 (11.76%) Animation
3 2 (11.76%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (11.76%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Data Modelling
2 8 (47.06%) Agile
2 8 (47.06%) Migration
3 7 (41.18%) Data Analysis
3 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (29.41%) Business Analysis
4 5 (29.41%) Business Process Modelling
4 5 (29.41%) Change Control
4 5 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 5 (29.41%) Waterfall
5 4 (23.53%) MoSCoW
5 4 (23.53%) Validation
6 3 (17.65%) Data Governance
6 3 (17.65%) Data Migration
6 3 (17.65%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (17.65%) Machine Learning
6 3 (17.65%) Project Planning
6 3 (17.65%) SOA
6 3 (17.65%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) Python
2 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
2 2 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
1 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) NIST
2 3 (17.65%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) CyberArk
1 2 (11.76%) OpenText
1 2 (11.76%) SAP
1 2 (11.76%) Workday