Data Structures Job Trends in England

Data Structures
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Structures in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Structures over the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 376 376 303
Rank change year-on-year 0 -73 -36
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 333 252 743
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 0.69% 0.93%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.52% 1.78% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 213 129 453
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,750 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.57% +0.80%
75th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £127,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,246 £68,250
% change year-on-year +0.35% +5.85% -0.83%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 21,956 14,135 28,440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 29.66% 38.68% 35.44%
Number of salaries quoted 11,418 8,189 20,566
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,773 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £58,099 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.17% +9.09% -15.38%

Data Structures
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Data Structures job vacancy trend in England

Data Structures
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Structures.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Structures

Data Structures
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Structures in England over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Structures in England

Data Structures
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Structures within the England region over the 6 months to 10 April 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
London +79 221 £82,500 -8.84% 111
North of England -50 46 £58,750 -2.08% 53
Yorkshire -25 37 £71,755 +47.93% 25
South East -49 22 £49,000 +8.89% 65
Midlands -64 13 £48,500 -1.52% 19
East of England -38 12 £70,000 -8.50% 19
East Midlands -58 7 £48,500 - 15
West Midlands -25 6 £47,500 -20.83% 4
North West -39 6 £41,750 -27.39% 17
South West -65 5 £43,953 -38.95% 20
North East -33 3 £45,250 -56.39% 12
Data Structures
UK

Data Structures
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 8 (2.40%) Apache Spark
1 8 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (2.40%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.80%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (1.80%) Palantir Foundry
3 5 (1.50%) Confluence
4 4 (1.20%) SAS
5 3 (0.90%) Apache
5 3 (0.90%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.60%) Mendix
7 1 (0.30%) CMS
7 1 (0.30%) Jupyter
Applications
1 14 (4.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.90%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 11 (3.30%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.50%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (1.20%) Distributed Ledger
3 4 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.90%) FLEXCUBE
4 3 (0.90%) Misys Opics
4 3 (0.90%) SAP SD
4 3 (0.90%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.60%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.60%) Shopify
5 2 (0.60%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.30%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.30%) Magento
6 1 (0.30%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.30%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.30%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 93 (27.93%) AWS
1 93 (27.93%) Azure
2 48 (14.41%) GCP
3 44 (13.21%) Power Platform
4 27 (8.11%) GitHub
4 27 (8.11%) Serverless
5 16 (4.80%) SaaS
6 14 (4.20%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (3.00%) Boomi
7 10 (3.00%) Entra ID
8 9 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (2.70%) Power Automate
9 8 (2.40%) dbt
10 7 (2.10%) Amazon S3
10 7 (2.10%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (1.80%) Cloud Composer
11 6 (1.80%) Dagster
11 6 (1.80%) Matillion
11 6 (1.80%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.80%) Broadband
2 4 (1.20%) Network Security
3 1 (0.30%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (13.21%) Power BI
2 40 (12.01%) BigQuery
3 33 (9.91%) SQL Server
4 32 (9.61%) Metadata
5 25 (7.51%) NoSQL
6 24 (7.21%) Elasticsearch
7 21 (6.31%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (5.71%) Relational Database
8 19 (5.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 18 (5.41%) DynamoDB
9 18 (5.41%) Tableau
10 13 (3.90%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (3.60%) Data Lake
12 10 (3.00%) MySQL
13 9 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
14 8 (2.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 7 (2.10%) RDBMS
16 6 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
16 6 (1.80%) Snowflake Schema
16 6 (1.80%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (5.71%) Postman
2 18 (5.41%) Git
3 9 (2.70%) Eclipse
3 9 (2.70%) ERwin
4 6 (1.80%) JIRA
5 2 (0.60%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.60%) PowerDesigner
5 2 (0.60%) Storybook
5 2 (0.60%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.30%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.30%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.30%) Maven
6 1 (0.30%) Toad
6 1 (0.30%) utPLSQL
General
1 107 (32.13%) Finance
2 101 (30.33%) Social Skills
3 82 (24.62%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (13.21%) Law
5 28 (8.41%) Front Office
6 20 (6.01%) Retail
7 18 (5.41%) Public Sector
8 17 (5.11%) Marketing
9 12 (3.60%) Banking
10 11 (3.30%) Publishing
11 10 (3.00%) Legal
12 8 (2.40%) Financial Institution
12 8 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (2.10%) Billing
14 4 (1.20%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.90%) Corporate Banking
15 3 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.90%) Retail Banking
16 2 (0.60%) Manufacturing
17 1 (0.30%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 86 (25.83%) Developer
2 73 (21.92%) Senior
3 72 (21.62%) Analyst
4 51 (15.32%) Data Analyst
5 39 (11.71%) Python Developer
5 39 (11.71%) Senior Developer
6 36 (10.81%) Software Engineer
7 24 (7.21%) Architect
8 23 (6.91%) C++ Developer
8 23 (6.91%) Consultant
8 23 (6.91%) Quantitative Developer
9 22 (6.61%) Senior Python Developer
10 21 (6.31%) Lead
11 20 (6.01%) C++ Quantitative Developer
11 20 (6.01%) Data Architect
11 20 (6.01%) Linux Developer
11 20 (6.01%) Low Latency C++ Developer
11 20 (6.01%) Senior C++ Developer
11 20 (6.01%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
11 20 (6.01%) Senior Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (12.91%) Django
2 34 (10.21%) RESTful
3 30 (9.01%) JSON
4 24 (7.21%) CSS
4 24 (7.21%) HTML
5 22 (6.61%) Flask
5 22 (6.61%) OpenAPI
5 22 (6.61%) Swagger
6 21 (6.31%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 21 (6.31%) REST
6 21 (6.31%) XML
7 20 (6.01%) React
8 19 (5.71%) Vue
9 18 (5.41%) FastAPI
10 16 (4.80%) Kafka
11 10 (3.00%) FIX Protocol
12 8 (2.40%) .NET
13 7 (2.10%) FpML
13 7 (2.10%) OAuth
13 7 (2.10%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 79 (23.72%) Algorithms
2 43 (12.91%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (11.41%) Greenfield Project
4 26 (7.81%) Management Information System
5 22 (6.61%) Equities
5 22 (6.61%) Hedge funds
6 17 (5.11%) Onboarding
7 13 (3.90%) Product Ownership
8 11 (3.30%) Cloud Native
9 10 (3.00%) FMCG
9 10 (3.00%) Reinsurance
10 9 (2.70%) Low-Code
11 8 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (2.10%) e-Learning
13 6 (1.80%) Anti-Piracy
13 6 (1.80%) Social Media
14 5 (1.50%) PKI
14 5 (1.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.31%) Linux
2 2 (0.60%) Android
3 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (29.13%) Data Modelling
2 89 (26.73%) Agile
3 86 (25.83%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (20.72%) Software Engineering
5 68 (20.42%) Analytics
6 67 (20.12%) Computer Science
7 66 (19.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 60 (18.02%) Business Intelligence
9 58 (17.42%) ETL
10 54 (16.22%) Data Governance
11 50 (15.02%) OO
12 49 (14.71%) OOP
13 48 (14.41%) Mentoring
14 46 (13.81%) Data Analysis
14 46 (13.81%) Decision-Making
15 43 (12.91%) CI/CD
16 41 (12.31%) Validation
17 38 (11.41%) Microservices
18 36 (10.81%) Migration
19 33 (9.91%) AI
Programming Languages
1 172 (51.65%) Python
2 152 (45.65%) SQL
3 41 (12.31%) C++
4 34 (10.21%) JavaScript
5 30 (9.01%) Java
6 16 (4.80%) T-SQL
7 12 (3.60%) Rust
7 12 (3.60%) Scala
8 8 (2.40%) C#
8 8 (2.40%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.80%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.50%) PL/SQL
10 5 (1.50%) R
10 5 (1.50%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.90%) Go
11 3 (0.90%) VBA
12 2 (0.60%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.30%) ANSI SQL
13 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 81 (24.32%) Degree
2 43 (12.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (7.81%) Security Cleared
4 18 (5.41%) SC Cleared
5 11 (3.30%) Master's Degree
6 10 (3.00%) ACCA
6 10 (3.00%) CIMA
7 5 (1.50%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.50%) PhD
8 4 (1.20%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.20%) Postgraduate
9 3 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.90%) IIBA
9 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.60%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.30%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.30%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (16.82%) Data Quality
2 13 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (3.00%) Accessibility
3 10 (3.00%) GDPR
4 8 (2.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (2.10%) QA
6 5 (1.50%) HIPAA
6 5 (1.50%) NIST
7 4 (1.20%) IFRS
8 3 (0.90%) GAAP
8 3 (0.90%) GRC
9 2 (0.60%) WCAG
10 1 (0.30%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.30%) Solvency II
System Software
1 20 (6.01%) Docker
2 10 (3.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (6.01%) Terraform
2 6 (1.80%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.90%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.30%) Grafana
4 1 (0.30%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 34 (10.21%) Microsoft
2 30 (9.01%) Google
3 18 (5.41%) Oracle
4 17 (5.11%) Salesforce
5 13 (3.90%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.60%) SAP
7 10 (3.00%) Foundry
7 10 (3.00%) Talend
8 9 (2.70%) Informatica
9 8 (2.40%) Sparx
10 7 (2.10%) Workday
11 6 (1.80%) Intapp
11 6 (1.80%) MuleSoft
11 6 (1.80%) Palantir
12 4 (1.20%) Databricks
13 3 (0.90%) Alteryx
13 3 (0.90%) Temenos
14 2 (0.60%) OutSystems
14 2 (0.60%) Sage
14 2 (0.60%) SendGrid