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 7 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 342 345 335
Rank change year-on-year +3 -10 -68
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 289 406 395
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.55% 0.83% 0.83%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.55% 2.23% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 161 141 327
10th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,250 £50,038
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +3.70% -9.24%
75th Percentile £87,500 £98,250 £89,375
90th Percentile £113,750 £130,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £69,000
% change year-on-year - +1.45% -1.43%

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 18,597 18,183 17,299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.36% 37.29% 36.45%
Number of salaries quoted 9,394 8,604 12,873
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,688 £83,750 £84,056
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £107,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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 7 January 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 7 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
London +74 176 £75,000 -16.67% 89
North of England +21 45 £75,000 +30.43% 40
Midlands +29 27 £50,500 -22.31% 24
Yorkshire +2 27 £76,250 +205.00% 19
North West +20 17 £72,500 +16.47% 14
East Midlands +17 17 £49,250 -24.23% 14
South East +7 12 £65,000 +52.94% 73
West Midlands +18 10 £56,250 -6.25% 10
East of England +15 10 £65,000 -27.78% 34
South West -111 3 £43,953 -38.95% 24
North East +4 1 - - 7
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 6 (2.08%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (1.73%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.73%) CMS
2 5 (1.73%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.69%) Apache
3 2 (0.69%) Luigi
3 2 (0.69%) Mendix
4 1 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 29 (10.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.77%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.04%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 10 (3.46%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.38%) Distributed Ledger
2 4 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.04%) PeopleSoft Financials
3 3 (1.04%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.69%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (0.69%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.69%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.69%) SAP Retail
5 1 (0.35%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 64 (22.15%) AWS
2 52 (17.99%) Azure
3 51 (17.65%) Power Platform
4 25 (8.65%) GCP
5 24 (8.30%) GitHub
6 21 (7.27%) Serverless
7 9 (3.11%) Boomi
8 8 (2.77%) SaaS
8 8 (2.77%) Snowflake
9 7 (2.42%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.73%) Amazon Kinesis
10 5 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.73%) Firebase
11 4 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.38%) Matillion
11 4 (1.38%) Slack
11 4 (1.38%) Zapier
12 3 (1.04%) AWS KMS
12 3 (1.04%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.38%) Network Security
2 1 (0.35%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (17.65%) Power BI
2 38 (13.15%) NoSQL
3 24 (8.30%) SQL Server
4 21 (7.27%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (6.92%) Metadata
6 16 (5.54%) BigQuery
6 16 (5.54%) Data Lake
7 15 (5.19%) DynamoDB
8 14 (4.84%) Relational Database
9 13 (4.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 12 (4.15%) Elasticsearch
10 12 (4.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 12 (4.15%) Tableau
11 8 (2.77%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
12 7 (2.42%) Redis
13 6 (2.08%) Snowflake Schema
14 5 (1.73%) BusinessObjects
14 5 (1.73%) Couchbase
14 5 (1.73%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 22 (7.61%) Git
2 13 (4.50%) Postman
3 12 (4.15%) ERwin
4 4 (1.38%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.69%) JConsole
5 2 (0.69%) JIRA
5 2 (0.69%) Storybook
5 2 (0.69%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.69%) VisualVM
5 2 (0.69%) Xcode
6 1 (0.35%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.35%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.35%) MLflow
6 1 (0.35%) PowerDesigner
General
1 95 (32.87%) Social Skills
2 83 (28.72%) Finance
3 65 (22.49%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (9.34%) Front Office
4 27 (9.34%) Law
5 20 (6.92%) Public Sector
6 18 (6.23%) Retail
7 12 (4.15%) Banking
8 11 (3.81%) Investment Banking
8 11 (3.81%) Marketing
9 7 (2.42%) Publishing
10 4 (1.38%) Legal
11 3 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.69%) Billing
12 2 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.35%) Advertising
13 1 (0.35%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.35%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 86 (29.76%) Developer
2 55 (19.03%) Analyst
3 54 (18.69%) Senior
4 35 (12.11%) Python Developer
5 34 (11.76%) Senior Developer
6 32 (11.07%) Lead
7 28 (9.69%) Architect
8 26 (9.00%) Data Architect
8 26 (9.00%) Software Engineer
9 24 (8.30%) C++ Developer
10 22 (7.61%) Senior Python Developer
11 21 (7.27%) Data Analyst
11 21 (7.27%) Quantitative Developer
12 19 (6.57%) C++ Quantitative Developer
13 18 (6.23%) Linux Developer
13 18 (6.23%) Low Latency C++ Developer
13 18 (6.23%) Senior C++ Developer
13 18 (6.23%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
13 18 (6.23%) Senior Quantitative Developer
14 14 (4.84%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (12.46%) Django
2 27 (9.34%) Flask
3 25 (8.65%) FastAPI
4 21 (7.27%) CSS
4 21 (7.27%) HTML
5 20 (6.92%) React
6 19 (6.57%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 18 (6.23%) Kafka
8 17 (5.88%) RESTful
9 15 (5.19%) REST
9 15 (5.19%) Vue
10 11 (3.81%) JSON
10 11 (3.81%) OpenAPI
10 11 (3.81%) Swagger
11 8 (2.77%) .NET
11 8 (2.77%) Web Services
12 7 (2.42%) OAuth
13 5 (1.73%) Memcached
13 5 (1.73%) TensorFlow
13 5 (1.73%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 59 (20.42%) Algorithms
2 33 (11.42%) Management Information System
3 29 (10.03%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (9.00%) Legacy Systems
5 22 (7.61%) Hedge funds
6 19 (6.57%) Equities
7 18 (6.23%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (4.15%) Product Ownership
9 9 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (2.77%) Low-Code
11 7 (2.42%) Client/Server
11 7 (2.42%) Cloud Native
12 5 (1.73%) FMCG
12 5 (1.73%) Onboarding
12 5 (1.73%) Reinsurance
12 5 (1.73%) Virtual Team
13 4 (1.38%) Blockchain
13 4 (1.38%) Derivative
13 4 (1.38%) PKI
14 3 (1.04%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 22 (7.61%) Linux
2 6 (2.08%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.69%) Android
4 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (24.57%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (23.88%) Data Modelling
3 68 (23.53%) Agile
4 58 (20.07%) Continuous Improvement
5 56 (19.38%) Computer Science
6 55 (19.03%) Business Intelligence
7 54 (18.69%) OOP
8 53 (18.34%) Analytics
9 50 (17.30%) Data Analysis
10 48 (16.61%) Data Governance
11 46 (15.92%) AI
12 45 (15.57%) CI/CD
13 44 (15.22%) Mentoring
14 43 (14.88%) Software Engineering
15 42 (14.53%) ETL
16 41 (14.19%) Data Integration
17 39 (13.49%) Stakeholder Management
18 36 (12.46%) Mathematics
18 36 (12.46%) Microservices
19 35 (12.11%) OO
Programming Languages
1 140 (48.44%) Python
2 131 (45.33%) SQL
3 33 (11.42%) JavaScript
4 31 (10.73%) C++
5 24 (8.30%) Java
6 11 (3.81%) Scala
7 9 (3.11%) C#
8 8 (2.77%) T-SQL
9 6 (2.08%) Kotlin
9 6 (2.08%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.73%) Swift
11 4 (1.38%) Go
11 4 (1.38%) VBA
12 2 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.69%) Objective-C
12 2 (0.69%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.69%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.35%) ANSI SQL
13 1 (0.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 82 (28.37%) Degree
2 32 (11.07%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (7.61%) Security Cleared
4 17 (5.88%) SC Cleared
5 14 (4.84%) Master's Degree
6 7 (2.42%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.42%) PhD
7 5 (1.73%) ACCA
7 5 (1.73%) CIMA
8 4 (1.38%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.38%) Postgraduate
9 2 (0.69%) HNC
9 2 (0.69%) HND
9 2 (0.69%) IIBA
9 2 (0.69%) MCSA
9 2 (0.69%) MCSE
9 2 (0.69%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.35%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.35%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (13.49%) Data Quality
2 20 (6.92%) GDPR
3 13 (4.50%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.38%) QA
5 3 (1.04%) HIPAA
5 3 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.04%) NIST
5 3 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.69%) WCAG
7 1 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.35%) IFRS
7 1 (0.35%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.35%) Solvency II
System Software
1 22 (7.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (6.23%) Terraform
2 7 (2.42%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.69%) Ansible
3 2 (0.69%) logstash
3 2 (0.69%) Progress Chef
3 2 (0.69%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.69%) Puppet
4 1 (0.35%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 36 (12.46%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.88%) Google
2 17 (5.88%) Salesforce
3 13 (4.50%) Oracle
4 10 (3.46%) Foundry
5 9 (3.11%) Palantir
5 9 (3.11%) SAP
6 7 (2.42%) Intapp
6 7 (2.42%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.73%) Databricks
7 5 (1.73%) Talend
7 5 (1.73%) Workday
8 4 (1.38%) Facebook
8 4 (1.38%) HubSpot
8 4 (1.38%) Informatica
8 4 (1.38%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.04%) PeopleSoft
9 3 (1.04%) Temenos
10 2 (0.69%) Dataiku
10 2 (0.69%) SendGrid