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 1 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 343 349 368
Rank change year-on-year +6 +19 -133
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 286 448 353
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.61% 0.77% 0.78%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.73% 2.20% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 157 176 298
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £37,866
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £87,500 £105,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £115,250 £132,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -10.34%

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 16,558 20,391 17,297
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.19% 35.09% 38.16%
Number of salaries quoted 9,484 9,919 13,036
10th Percentile £27,707 £33,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,628 £45,653
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £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 1 December 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 1 December 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 +62 172 £80,000 -13.51% 64
North of England +12 33 £75,000 +35.75% 23
Midlands +66 32 £50,500 -22.31% 19
South East +39 19 £65,000 +52.94% 51
East Midlands +39 18 £49,250 -24.23% 6
North West +34 17 £70,000 +19.15% 13
Yorkshire +2 15 £77,500 +210.00% 5
West Midlands +54 14 £56,250 -6.25% 13
East of England +25 12 £45,000 -55.00% 14
South West -101 7 £35,532 -49.24% 11
North East +12 1 - - 6
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 11 (3.85%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (3.50%) Apache Spark
3 8 (2.80%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.75%) CMS
5 3 (1.05%) Apache
6 2 (0.70%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.70%) Luigi
6 2 (0.70%) Mendix
7 1 (0.35%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 30 (10.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.05%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.35%) 3ds Max
5 1 (0.35%) Blender
5 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.45%) PeopleSoft Financials
2 6 (2.10%) NetSuite
3 5 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.05%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.70%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.70%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 2 (0.70%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.70%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.35%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.35%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.35%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 57 (19.93%) AWS
1 57 (19.93%) Power Platform
2 55 (19.23%) Azure
3 28 (9.79%) GCP
4 20 (6.99%) GitHub
5 15 (5.24%) Serverless
6 9 (3.15%) SaaS
7 8 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (2.45%) Power Automate
8 7 (2.45%) Snowflake
9 6 (2.10%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (2.10%) Boomi
9 6 (2.10%) PowerApps
10 5 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.40%) Figma
11 4 (1.40%) Google Analytics
11 4 (1.40%) Slack
11 4 (1.40%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (1.40%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.35%) Internet
1 1 (0.35%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (18.88%) Power BI
2 33 (11.54%) NoSQL
3 23 (8.04%) SQL Server
4 20 (6.99%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (6.64%) Relational Database
6 16 (5.59%) Data Lake
7 14 (4.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 13 (4.55%) Metadata
8 13 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (3.85%) BigQuery
9 11 (3.85%) Tableau
10 10 (3.50%) MySQL
11 8 (2.80%) Redis
12 7 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (2.10%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (2.10%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (2.10%) MongoDB
14 5 (1.75%) BusinessObjects
14 5 (1.75%) DynamoDB
15 4 (1.40%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 21 (7.34%) Git
2 11 (3.85%) ERwin
3 10 (3.50%) Postman
4 3 (1.05%) JIRA
4 3 (1.05%) JUnit
4 3 (1.05%) MLflow
4 3 (1.05%) Mockito
5 2 (0.70%) JConsole
5 2 (0.70%) Terragrunt
5 2 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.70%) VisualVM
5 2 (0.70%) Xcode
6 1 (0.35%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.35%) GitLab
6 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 103 (36.01%) Social Skills
2 98 (34.27%) Finance
3 61 (21.33%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (13.29%) Law
5 25 (8.74%) Front Office
6 20 (6.99%) Banking
6 20 (6.99%) Marketing
7 18 (6.29%) Public Sector
8 16 (5.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (3.50%) Investment Banking
10 8 (2.80%) Legal
10 8 (2.80%) Retail
11 4 (1.40%) Publishing
12 3 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.05%) Health Technology
12 3 (1.05%) Wholesale Banking
13 1 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.35%) Social Housing
13 1 (0.35%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 83 (29.02%) Developer
2 61 (21.33%) Analyst
3 55 (19.23%) Senior
4 34 (11.89%) Senior Developer
5 32 (11.19%) Lead
5 32 (11.19%) Python Developer
5 32 (11.19%) Software Engineer
6 24 (8.39%) C++ Developer
7 23 (8.04%) Senior Python Developer
8 21 (7.34%) Data Engineer
9 20 (6.99%) Quantitative Developer
10 19 (6.64%) C++ Quantitative Developer
11 18 (6.29%) Data Analyst
11 18 (6.29%) Linux Developer
11 18 (6.29%) Low Latency C++ Developer
11 18 (6.29%) Senior C++ Developer
11 18 (6.29%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
11 18 (6.29%) Senior Quantitative Developer
12 17 (5.94%) Architect
13 15 (5.24%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (9.79%) Kafka
2 27 (9.44%) React
3 25 (8.74%) Django
4 24 (8.39%) Flask
5 22 (7.69%) REST
6 20 (6.99%) FastAPI
7 19 (6.64%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 17 (5.94%) CSS
8 17 (5.94%) HTML
9 13 (4.55%) Vue
10 12 (4.20%) RESTful
11 11 (3.85%) JSON
12 9 (3.15%) .NET
12 9 (3.15%) OAuth
13 8 (2.80%) OpenID
13 8 (2.80%) SwiftUI
13 8 (2.80%) Web Services
14 7 (2.45%) Spring
15 6 (2.10%) Swagger
15 6 (2.10%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 66 (23.08%) Algorithms
2 34 (11.89%) Management Information System
3 31 (10.84%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (9.44%) Legacy Systems
5 23 (8.04%) Hedge funds
6 18 (6.29%) Equities
7 13 (4.55%) Product Ownership
8 12 (4.20%) Analytical Mindset
8 12 (4.20%) Cloud Native
9 10 (3.50%) Public Cloud
10 9 (3.15%) Client/Server
10 9 (3.15%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (2.80%) Low-Code
12 6 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (1.75%) Mobile App
14 4 (1.40%) Derivative
14 4 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 4 (1.40%) PKI
14 4 (1.40%) Private Cloud
14 4 (1.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (8.74%) Linux
2 9 (3.15%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.75%) Unix
4 2 (0.70%) Android
5 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (26.22%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (21.68%) Agile
3 56 (19.58%) Business Intelligence
3 56 (19.58%) Data Modelling
3 56 (19.58%) Software Engineering
4 54 (18.88%) Computer Science
5 50 (17.48%) CI/CD
6 49 (17.13%) AI
6 49 (17.13%) OOP
7 47 (16.43%) Analytics
7 47 (16.43%) Mentoring
8 43 (15.03%) Continuous Improvement
8 43 (15.03%) Data Analysis
8 43 (15.03%) Test Automation
9 40 (13.99%) ETL
9 40 (13.99%) Mathematics
10 36 (12.59%) Low Latency
11 35 (12.24%) Data Governance
12 32 (11.19%) Data Integration
12 32 (11.19%) OO
Programming Languages
1 135 (47.20%) Python
2 133 (46.50%) SQL
3 38 (13.29%) C++
4 34 (11.89%) JavaScript
5 29 (10.14%) Java
6 13 (4.55%) C#
7 12 (4.20%) T-SQL
8 9 (3.15%) Scala
8 9 (3.15%) TypeScript
9 8 (2.80%) Swift
10 7 (2.45%) Go
11 6 (2.10%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.75%) VBA
13 4 (1.40%) Objective-C
13 4 (1.40%) Shell Script
14 3 (1.05%) Rust
15 2 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 1 (0.35%) ABAP
16 1 (0.35%) PHP
16 1 (0.35%) R
Qualifications
1 80 (27.97%) Degree
2 24 (8.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (6.29%) Master's Degree
4 15 (5.24%) Security Cleared
5 11 (3.85%) SC Cleared
6 10 (3.50%) PhD
7 8 (2.80%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.40%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.70%) ACCA
10 2 (0.70%) CIMA
10 2 (0.70%) HNC
10 2 (0.70%) HND
10 2 (0.70%) MCSA
10 2 (0.70%) MCSE
10 2 (0.70%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.35%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.35%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (11.19%) Data Quality
2 17 (5.94%) GDPR
3 14 (4.90%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.75%) QA
5 1 (0.35%) GAAP
5 1 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.35%) IFRS
5 1 (0.35%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.35%) Solvency II
System Software
1 35 (12.24%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (7.34%) Terraform
2 17 (5.94%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.45%) Ansible
4 3 (1.05%) Kubeflow
5 2 (0.70%) logstash
5 2 (0.70%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.70%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.70%) Puppet
Vendors
1 45 (15.73%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.34%) Google
3 14 (4.90%) Salesforce
4 11 (3.85%) Foundry
4 11 (3.85%) Intapp
4 11 (3.85%) Oracle
5 10 (3.50%) Palantir
5 10 (3.50%) SAP
6 8 (2.80%) Workday
7 7 (2.45%) PeopleSoft
7 7 (2.45%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.75%) Databricks
8 5 (1.75%) HubSpot
9 4 (1.40%) Facebook
10 3 (1.05%) Temenos
11 2 (0.70%) Alteryx
11 2 (0.70%) Dataiku
11 2 (0.70%) IBM
11 2 (0.70%) OutSystems
11 2 (0.70%) Talend