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 5 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 341 348 363
Rank change year-on-year +7 +15 -129
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 305 443 383
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.70% 0.73% 0.81%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.84% 2.20% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 142 167 317
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £37,863
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £87,500 £106,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £117,125 £132,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -8.63%

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 16,566 20,100 18,370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 38.18% 33.06% 38.90%
Number of salaries quoted 9,531 9,669 13,748
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.68% -4.00% -0.79%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.83% -4.00% -

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 5 November 2025.

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 5 November 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +63 178 £80,000 -14.67% 278
Midlands +65 34 £52,500 -12.50% 33
North of England -4 33 £75,000 +35.75% 50
South West -72 20 £52,766 -24.62% 13
South East +38 19 £77,500 +82.35% 232
East Midlands +31 19 £50,000 -23.08% 15
North West +14 19 £70,000 +12.45% 24
West Midlands +48 15 £56,250 -6.25% 17
Yorkshire +1 13 £77,500 +210.00% 9
East of England +25 11 £45,000 -25.00% 23
North East - 1 - - 17
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 16 (5.25%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (4.59%) Apache Spark
3 8 (2.62%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.64%) Apache
4 5 (1.64%) CMS
5 4 (1.31%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.66%) Luigi
6 2 (0.66%) Mendix
7 1 (0.33%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.33%) SAS
Applications
1 41 (13.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (6.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.62%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.66%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.33%) 3ds Max
5 1 (0.33%) Blender
5 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (3.28%) PeopleSoft Financials
2 7 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.31%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.66%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.66%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 2 (0.66%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.66%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.33%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.33%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 77 (25.25%) Azure
2 68 (22.30%) AWS
3 62 (20.33%) Power Platform
4 27 (8.85%) GCP
5 19 (6.23%) GitHub
6 15 (4.92%) Serverless
7 11 (3.61%) SaaS
8 9 (2.95%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (2.95%) Snowflake
9 6 (1.97%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (1.97%) Power Automate
9 6 (1.97%) PowerApps
10 5 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.64%) Boomi
10 5 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.31%) Amazon EMR
11 4 (1.31%) Figma
11 4 (1.31%) Google Analytics
11 4 (1.31%) Slack
11 4 (1.31%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.98%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (18.69%) Power BI
2 43 (14.10%) NoSQL
3 28 (9.18%) Relational Database
4 21 (6.89%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (6.89%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (6.23%) MongoDB
6 17 (5.57%) Data Lake
6 17 (5.57%) MySQL
6 17 (5.57%) SQL Server
7 14 (4.59%) Metadata
8 13 (4.26%) BusinessObjects
8 13 (4.26%) Data Mining
9 11 (3.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (3.28%) DB2
10 10 (3.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (2.95%) Redis
11 9 (2.95%) Tableau
12 8 (2.62%) BigQuery
12 8 (2.62%) Flink
13 7 (2.30%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 21 (6.89%) Git
2 11 (3.61%) ERwin
3 6 (1.97%) Postman
4 4 (1.31%) JIRA
4 4 (1.31%) JUnit
4 4 (1.31%) Mockito
4 4 (1.31%) Terragrunt
5 3 (0.98%) MLflow
6 2 (0.66%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.66%) JConsole
6 2 (0.66%) Selenium
6 2 (0.66%) Subversion
6 2 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.66%) VisualVM
6 2 (0.66%) Xcode
7 1 (0.33%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.33%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.33%) GitLab
7 1 (0.33%) Jenkins
General
1 116 (38.03%) Finance
2 109 (35.74%) Social Skills
3 69 (22.62%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (16.07%) Law
5 41 (13.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 29 (9.51%) Banking
7 27 (8.85%) Public Sector
8 25 (8.20%) Front Office
8 25 (8.20%) Marketing
9 16 (5.25%) Retail
10 12 (3.93%) Legal
11 10 (3.28%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.31%) Wholesale Banking
13 3 (0.98%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.98%) Health Technology
14 2 (0.66%) Publishing
15 1 (0.33%) Back Office
15 1 (0.33%) Electronics
15 1 (0.33%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 83 (27.21%) Developer
2 60 (19.67%) Senior
3 54 (17.70%) Analyst
4 38 (12.46%) Software Engineer
5 35 (11.48%) Lead
6 32 (10.49%) Senior Developer
7 31 (10.16%) Python Developer
8 27 (8.85%) Data Engineer
9 23 (7.54%) Senior Python Developer
10 22 (7.21%) C++ Developer
11 20 (6.56%) Quantitative Developer
12 19 (6.23%) C++ Quantitative Developer
12 19 (6.23%) Linux Developer
13 18 (5.90%) Low Latency C++ Developer
13 18 (5.90%) Senior C++ Developer
13 18 (5.90%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
13 18 (5.90%) Senior Quantitative Developer
14 16 (5.25%) Architect
15 15 (4.92%) Data Architect
16 14 (4.59%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (14.10%) React
2 40 (13.11%) Kafka
3 25 (8.20%) REST
4 21 (6.89%) Flask
5 19 (6.23%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 19 (6.23%) Django
6 17 (5.57%) CSS
6 17 (5.57%) FastAPI
6 17 (5.57%) HTML
7 13 (4.26%) AngularJS
7 13 (4.26%) OAuth
7 13 (4.26%) Spring
8 12 (3.93%) jQuery
8 12 (3.93%) OpenID
9 11 (3.61%) Spring Boot
9 11 (3.61%) Vue
10 10 (3.28%) Backbone.js
10 10 (3.28%) Bootstrap
10 10 (3.28%) Ember.js
11 9 (2.95%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 80 (26.23%) Algorithms
2 33 (10.82%) Management Information System
3 29 (9.51%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (8.85%) Legacy Systems
5 23 (7.54%) Hedge funds
6 20 (6.56%) Public Cloud
7 19 (6.23%) Equities
8 17 (5.57%) Product Ownership
9 13 (4.26%) Analytical Mindset
9 13 (4.26%) Cloud Native
10 11 (3.61%) Hybrid Cloud
11 10 (3.28%) Client/Server
11 10 (3.28%) e-Learning
12 8 (2.62%) Private Cloud
13 6 (1.97%) Low-Code
13 6 (1.97%) Mobile App
14 5 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 5 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
14 5 (1.64%) Legacy Code
14 5 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 38 (12.46%) Linux
2 19 (6.23%) Apple iOS
3 12 (3.93%) Android
4 11 (3.61%) Windows
5 9 (2.95%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (27.87%) Agile
2 78 (25.57%) Problem-Solving
3 64 (20.98%) Software Engineering
4 59 (19.34%) Mentoring
5 58 (19.02%) AI
6 53 (17.38%) CI/CD
7 52 (17.05%) Computer Science
8 51 (16.72%) Business Intelligence
8 51 (16.72%) Data Modelling
8 51 (16.72%) Test Automation
9 48 (15.74%) Coaching
10 47 (15.41%) Data Analysis
11 46 (15.08%) Analytics
11 46 (15.08%) OOP
12 44 (14.43%) Continuous Improvement
13 42 (13.77%) Mathematics
14 38 (12.46%) SDLC
15 36 (11.80%) Low Latency
16 35 (11.48%) Data Governance
16 35 (11.48%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 158 (51.80%) SQL
2 135 (44.26%) Python
3 38 (12.46%) C++
4 36 (11.80%) JavaScript
5 35 (11.48%) Java
6 17 (5.57%) VBA
7 14 (4.59%) C#
8 13 (4.26%) TypeScript
9 12 (3.93%) T-SQL
10 8 (2.62%) Scala
10 8 (2.62%) Shell Script
10 8 (2.62%) Swift
11 7 (2.30%) Go
11 7 (2.30%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.64%) R
12 5 (1.64%) Rust
13 4 (1.31%) Objective-C
14 2 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.66%) Julia
15 1 (0.33%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 72 (23.61%) Degree
2 18 (5.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (5.57%) Master's Degree
4 13 (4.26%) Security Cleared
5 10 (3.28%) SC Cleared
6 9 (2.95%) AWS Certification
6 9 (2.95%) PhD
7 8 (2.62%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.66%) AWS Certified Developer
8 2 (0.66%) HNC
8 2 (0.66%) HND
8 2 (0.66%) MCSA
8 2 (0.66%) MCSE
8 2 (0.66%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.51%) Data Quality
2 16 (5.25%) GDPR
3 14 (4.59%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.30%) QA
5 2 (0.66%) GAAP
5 2 (0.66%) IFRS
5 2 (0.66%) IFRS 17
5 2 (0.66%) Solvency II
6 1 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 47 (15.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 27 (8.85%) Kubernetes
2 26 (8.52%) Terraform
3 11 (3.61%) Ansible
4 3 (0.98%) Kubeflow
5 2 (0.66%) logstash
5 2 (0.66%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.66%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.66%) Puppet
6 1 (0.33%) Grafana
Vendors
1 55 (18.03%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.20%) Google
3 15 (4.92%) Oracle
4 14 (4.59%) Intapp
5 13 (4.26%) Facebook
5 13 (4.26%) Salesforce
6 12 (3.93%) IBM
7 11 (3.61%) Foundry
7 11 (3.61%) Workday
8 10 (3.28%) Palantir
8 10 (3.28%) PeopleSoft
8 10 (3.28%) Red Hat
8 10 (3.28%) ServiceNow
9 8 (2.62%) SAP
10 7 (2.30%) Databricks
11 5 (1.64%) HubSpot
12 2 (0.66%) Alteryx
12 2 (0.66%) Dataiku
12 2 (0.66%) OutSystems
13 1 (0.33%) Talend