Data Structures Job Trends in Central London

Data Structures
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Structures in permanent job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Structures over the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 153 134
Rank change year-on-year +46 -19 +71
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 33 37 37
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 1.37% 1.15% 1.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.84% 2.71% 3.51%
Number of salaries quoted 23 15 37
10th Percentile £58,750 £34,500 £64,500
25th Percentile £71,250 £70,625 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £92,500 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% - +8.82%
75th Percentile £127,500 £123,750 £110,000
90th Percentile £170,000 - £122,000
London median annual salary £75,000 £90,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% -5.88%

All Generic Skills
Central London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 860 1,366 1,053
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 35.68% 42.32% 34.34%
Number of salaries quoted 661 772 921
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,875 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £122,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - +6.67%

Data Structures
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Structures relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Data Structures job vacancy trend in Central London

Data Structures
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Data Structures.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Data Structures

Data Structures
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Structures in Central London over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Structures in Central London

Data Structures
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Structures within the Central London region over the 6 months to 3 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +28 32 £85,000 -8.11% 31
City of Westminster +40 9 - - 1
Data Structures
London

Data Structures
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 2 (6.06%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (6.06%) Apache Spark
1 2 (6.06%) Luigi
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (6.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (3.03%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 15 (45.45%) Azure
2 11 (33.33%) AWS
3 10 (30.30%) GCP
4 3 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (9.09%) Power Platform
5 2 (6.06%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (6.06%) Power Automate
5 2 (6.06%) PowerApps
6 1 (3.03%) Amazon S3
6 1 (3.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (3.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (3.03%) Azure Table
6 1 (3.03%) IaaS
6 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (3.03%) PaaS
6 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.12%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (24.24%) BigQuery
1 8 (24.24%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (9.09%) NoSQL
2 3 (9.09%) Power BI
3 2 (6.06%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (6.06%) Hadoop
3 2 (6.06%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (6.06%) Power Query
4 1 (3.03%) Data Lake
4 1 (3.03%) KDB
4 1 (3.03%) Metadata
4 1 (3.03%) Relational Database
4 1 (3.03%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 5 (15.15%) ERwin
2 3 (9.09%) Eclipse
General
1 7 (21.21%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.12%) Finance
3 3 (9.09%) Front Office
4 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Billing
4 1 (3.03%) Law
Job Titles
1 10 (30.30%) Lead
2 8 (24.24%) Software Engineer
3 6 (18.18%) Architect
3 6 (18.18%) Data Architect
4 5 (15.15%) Lead Architect
4 5 (15.15%) Lead Data Architect
5 4 (12.12%) Analyst
5 4 (12.12%) Developer
5 4 (12.12%) Principal Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) Principal Software Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) Senior
5 4 (12.12%) Senior Software Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Data Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Data Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Java Developer
7 1 (3.03%) Azure Architect
7 1 (3.03%) Electronic Trading Developer
7 1 (3.03%) Java Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Java Quantitative Developer
7 1 (3.03%) Mac Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (24.24%) Django
2 5 (15.15%) Kafka
3 4 (12.12%) RESTful
4 3 (9.09%) FIX Protocol
4 3 (9.09%) Java Concurrency
5 2 (6.06%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (6.06%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (3.03%) .NET
6 1 (3.03%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 18 (54.55%) Algorithms
2 10 (30.30%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (24.24%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (18.18%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (12.12%) Blockchain
6 3 (9.09%) Cloud Native
6 3 (9.09%) Derivative
6 3 (9.09%) Reinsurance
7 1 (3.03%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (3.03%) Hedge funds
7 1 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (48.48%) Computer Science
2 14 (42.42%) Software Engineering
3 11 (33.33%) Data Science
3 11 (33.33%) Microservices
4 9 (27.27%) Coaching
4 9 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (27.27%) Data Modelling
5 8 (24.24%) DevOps
5 8 (24.24%) Mentoring
5 8 (24.24%) Software Architecture
6 7 (21.21%) AI
6 7 (21.21%) Analytics
6 7 (21.21%) Data Analysis
6 7 (21.21%) Data Architecture
6 7 (21.21%) Data Governance
6 7 (21.21%) Machine Learning
6 7 (21.21%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (18.18%) Agile
7 6 (18.18%) Data Integration
7 6 (18.18%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 12 (36.36%) Python
2 7 (21.21%) SQL
3 5 (15.15%) Java
4 2 (6.06%) C++
4 2 (6.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (6.06%) Scala
5 1 (3.03%) C#
Qualifications
1 18 (54.55%) Degree
2 12 (36.36%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (12.12%) PhD
3 4 (12.12%) Postgraduate
4 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) GDPR
2 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Ansible
1 2 (6.06%) Progress Chef
1 2 (6.06%) Puppet
2 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (24.24%) Google
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.03%) Databricks
3 1 (3.03%) SAP
3 1 (3.03%) Workday