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 12 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 375 373 272
Rank change year-on-year -2 -101 +10
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 355 283 857
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.44% 0.72% 1.02%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.65% 1.72% 2.90%
Number of salaries quoted 217 133 442
10th Percentile £41,696 £41,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,750 £46,604
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £71,991 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +2.84% +1.71%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £127,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £71,991 £70,000
% change year-on-year +0.71% +2.84% +3.70%

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 21,574 16,424 29,533
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.81% 42.01% 35.07%
Number of salaries quoted 12,299 8,385 20,862
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 £75,133
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 12 May 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 12 May 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 +77 227 £85,000 -5.56% 98
North of England -17 46 £57,500 -4.17% 31
Yorkshire -27 32 £57,500 -7.64% 11
South East -34 25 £52,500 +16.67% 51
East of England -7 20 £57,000 -25.49% 19
Midlands -45 13 £42,750 -11.86% 16
North West -13 9 £47,500 -17.39% 15
South West -74 9 £43,953 -38.09% 16
West Midlands -32 7 £43,000 -28.33% 11
East Midlands -38 6 £42,500 -12.37% 5
North East -37 5 £60,000 -42.17% 5
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 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.97%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (1.97%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.69%) Palantir Foundry
4 5 (1.41%) Confluence
5 4 (1.13%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.85%) Apache
6 3 (0.85%) Oracle Application Server
6 3 (0.85%) SAS
7 1 (0.28%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
Applications
1 28 (7.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
3 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (3.38%) NetSuite
1 12 (3.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 6 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.41%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.13%) Distributed Ledger
5 3 (0.85%) FLEXCUBE
5 3 (0.85%) Misys Opics
5 3 (0.85%) SAP SD
5 3 (0.85%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.56%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.56%) Shopify
6 2 (0.56%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.28%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.28%) Magento
7 1 (0.28%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.28%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.28%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 105 (29.58%) Azure
2 85 (23.94%) AWS
3 69 (19.44%) Power Platform
4 50 (14.08%) GCP
5 18 (5.07%) Entra ID
6 17 (4.79%) Serverless
7 15 (4.23%) GitHub
7 15 (4.23%) SaaS
8 14 (3.94%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (3.66%) Power Automate
9 13 (3.66%) PowerApps
10 10 (2.82%) dbt
11 9 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (2.25%) Amazon S3
12 8 (2.25%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (1.97%) AWS Lambda
13 7 (1.97%) Boomi
13 7 (1.97%) Snowflake
14 6 (1.69%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.07%) Broadband
2 4 (1.13%) Network Security
3 1 (0.28%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (17.18%) Power BI
2 42 (11.83%) BigQuery
3 31 (8.73%) Metadata
4 30 (8.45%) Tableau
5 25 (7.04%) Elasticsearch
5 25 (7.04%) SQL Server
6 24 (6.76%) Data Lake
7 21 (5.92%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (5.63%) NoSQL
9 16 (4.51%) Relational Database
10 15 (4.23%) DynamoDB
10 15 (4.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 12 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (3.38%) SAP BW
12 11 (3.10%) Oracle Reports
13 10 (2.82%) MySQL
14 8 (2.25%) Data Vault
15 7 (1.97%) RDBMS
15 7 (1.97%) Snowflake Schema
15 7 (1.97%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 20 (5.63%) Git
2 16 (4.51%) Postman
3 9 (2.54%) Eclipse
3 9 (2.54%) ERwin
4 6 (1.69%) JIRA
5 2 (0.56%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.56%) PowerDesigner
5 2 (0.56%) Storybook
5 2 (0.56%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.28%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.28%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.28%) Maven
6 1 (0.28%) Toad
6 1 (0.28%) utPLSQL
General
1 132 (37.18%) Finance
2 113 (31.83%) Social Skills
3 70 (19.72%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (10.70%) Law
5 26 (7.32%) Front Office
6 22 (6.20%) Retail
7 21 (5.92%) Marketing
8 15 (4.23%) Banking
8 15 (4.23%) Public Sector
9 10 (2.82%) Legal
9 10 (2.82%) Publishing
10 8 (2.25%) Financial Institution
10 8 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.97%) Billing
12 4 (1.13%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.13%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.85%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (0.85%) Retail Banking
13 3 (0.85%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 86 (24.23%) Analyst
2 73 (20.56%) Senior
3 69 (19.44%) Developer
4 55 (15.49%) Data Analyst
5 39 (10.99%) Senior Developer
6 38 (10.70%) Software Engineer
7 32 (9.01%) Consultant
8 27 (7.61%) Python Developer
9 25 (7.04%) Architect
10 22 (6.20%) C++ Developer
10 22 (6.20%) Data Architect
11 21 (5.92%) Administrator
11 21 (5.92%) Quantitative Developer
12 19 (5.35%) C++ Quantitative Developer
12 19 (5.35%) Linux Developer
12 19 (5.35%) Low Latency C++ Developer
12 19 (5.35%) Senior C++ Developer
12 19 (5.35%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
12 19 (5.35%) Senior Python Developer
12 19 (5.35%) Senior Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (9.58%) Django
2 32 (9.01%) RESTful
3 24 (6.76%) JSON
4 19 (5.35%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 19 (5.35%) OpenAPI
4 19 (5.35%) Swagger
5 16 (4.51%) XML
6 15 (4.23%) Oracle Fusion
7 14 (3.94%) Kafka
7 14 (3.94%) REST
8 10 (2.82%) CSS
8 10 (2.82%) HTML
9 9 (2.54%) FIX Protocol
9 9 (2.54%) Flask
9 9 (2.54%) React
10 7 (1.97%) .NET
10 7 (1.97%) FastAPI
10 7 (1.97%) FpML
10 7 (1.97%) Vue
10 7 (1.97%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 84 (23.66%) Algorithms
2 47 (13.24%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (10.42%) Greenfield Project
4 26 (7.32%) Management Information System
5 22 (6.20%) Hedge funds
6 21 (5.92%) Equities
7 18 (5.07%) Social Media
8 14 (3.94%) Onboarding
8 14 (3.94%) Product Ownership
9 10 (2.82%) Cloud Native
9 10 (2.82%) FMCG
9 10 (2.82%) Reinsurance
10 9 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.97%) e-Learning
13 6 (1.69%) Anti-Piracy
14 5 (1.41%) PKI
14 5 (1.41%) Taxonomies
15 4 (1.13%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.63%) Linux
2 1 (0.28%) Android
2 1 (0.28%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (30.99%) Data Modelling
2 83 (23.38%) Agile
3 80 (22.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 79 (22.25%) Analytics
5 78 (21.97%) Software Engineering
6 77 (21.69%) Business Intelligence
6 77 (21.69%) Problem-Solving
7 64 (18.03%) Computer Science
8 58 (16.34%) Data Governance
9 52 (14.65%) ETL
10 50 (14.08%) Decision-Making
11 47 (13.24%) OO
12 45 (12.68%) DevOps
13 43 (12.11%) CI/CD
13 43 (12.11%) Validation
14 40 (11.27%) Mentoring
15 37 (10.42%) Actionable Insight
15 37 (10.42%) Data Analysis
15 37 (10.42%) Microservices
16 36 (10.14%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 163 (45.92%) Python
2 150 (42.25%) SQL
3 43 (12.11%) C++
4 30 (8.45%) Java
5 17 (4.79%) JavaScript
6 15 (4.23%) Rust
7 13 (3.66%) T-SQL
8 9 (2.54%) Scala
9 8 (2.25%) PowerShell
10 7 (1.97%) C#
10 7 (1.97%) PL/SQL
10 7 (1.97%) TypeScript
11 5 (1.41%) R
12 4 (1.13%) Go
13 3 (0.85%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.85%) VBA
14 2 (0.56%) C
14 2 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.56%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.28%) Cypher
Qualifications
1 80 (22.54%) Degree
2 41 (11.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 31 (8.73%) Security Cleared
4 20 (5.63%) SC Cleared
5 12 (3.38%) ACCA
5 12 (3.38%) CIMA
6 6 (1.69%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.41%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.41%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.41%) PhD
8 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.13%) Postgraduate
9 3 (0.85%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.85%) IIBA
9 3 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.56%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.28%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (18.59%) Data Quality
2 17 (4.79%) QA
3 14 (3.94%) GDPR
3 14 (3.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.82%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.41%) HIPAA
6 5 (1.41%) IFRS
6 5 (1.41%) NIST
7 3 (0.85%) GAAP
7 3 (0.85%) GRC
8 2 (0.56%) WCAG
9 1 (0.28%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.28%) Solvency II
System Software
1 18 (5.07%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.94%) Docker
3 1 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (3.38%) Terraform
2 11 (3.10%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.85%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.28%) Grafana
4 1 (0.28%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 39 (10.99%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.01%) Google
3 31 (8.73%) Oracle
4 27 (7.61%) SAP
5 18 (5.07%) Salesforce
6 13 (3.66%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.54%) Foundry
7 9 (2.54%) Informatica
7 9 (2.54%) Talend
8 8 (2.25%) Sparx
9 7 (1.97%) MuleSoft
9 7 (1.97%) Workday
10 6 (1.69%) Databricks
10 6 (1.69%) Palantir
11 3 (0.85%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.85%) Sage
11 3 (0.85%) Temenos
12 2 (0.56%) Ariba
12 2 (0.56%) OpenAI
12 2 (0.56%) TOWER Software