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 15 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 387 293
Rank change year-on-year +17 -94 -21
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 333 248 770
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.44% 0.67% 0.95%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.50% 1.73% 2.68%
Number of salaries quoted 215 127 457
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,750 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £71,991 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +2.84% +0.80%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,625 £90,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £127,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £71,991 £69,500
% change year-on-year +0.71% +3.58% +0.98%

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 22,148 14,318 28,727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 29.21% 38.94% 35.33%
Number of salaries quoted 11,490 8,224 20,653
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,561 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £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 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £58,445 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.59% +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 15 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 15 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 +83 222 £83,750 -7.20% 110
North of England -55 44 £58,750 -2.08% 36
Yorkshire -35 34 £68,510 +41.24% 11
South East -59 22 £49,000 +8.89% 52
Midlands -54 13 £48,500 -1.52% 23
East of England -23 12 £70,000 -8.50% 13
East Midlands -52 7 £48,500 - 11
West Midlands -27 6 £47,500 -20.83% 12
North West -32 6 £41,750 -27.39% 19
South West -67 6 £43,953 -38.95% 15
North East -31 4 £60,000 -42.17% 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 8 (2.40%) Apache Spark
1 8 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.10%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.80%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.80%) Palantir Foundry
4 5 (1.50%) Confluence
5 4 (1.20%) SAS
6 3 (0.90%) Apache
6 3 (0.90%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.30%) CMS
7 1 (0.30%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.30%) Mendix
Applications
1 15 (4.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.60%) Chatbot
4 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 95 (28.53%) Azure
2 92 (27.63%) AWS
3 50 (15.02%) GCP
4 44 (13.21%) Power Platform
5 24 (7.21%) GitHub
5 24 (7.21%) Serverless
6 16 (4.80%) SaaS
7 14 (4.20%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (3.00%) Entra ID
9 9 (2.70%) Boomi
9 9 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (2.40%) dbt
10 8 (2.40%) Power Automate
11 7 (2.10%) Amazon S3
11 7 (2.10%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (1.80%) Cloud Composer
12 6 (1.80%) Dagster
12 6 (1.80%) Matillion
12 6 (1.80%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.80%) Broadband
2 4 (1.20%) Network Security
3 1 (0.30%) Internet
3 1 (0.30%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (13.21%) Power BI
2 41 (12.31%) BigQuery
3 32 (9.61%) Metadata
3 32 (9.61%) SQL Server
4 25 (7.51%) NoSQL
5 24 (7.21%) Elasticsearch
6 21 (6.31%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (5.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 18 (5.41%) DynamoDB
8 18 (5.41%) Relational Database
8 18 (5.41%) Tableau
9 13 (3.90%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (3.60%) Data Lake
11 10 (3.00%) MySQL
12 9 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
13 8 (2.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (2.10%) RDBMS
15 6 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (1.80%) Snowflake Schema
15 6 (1.80%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (5.71%) Git
1 19 (5.71%) Postman
2 9 (2.70%) Eclipse
2 9 (2.70%) ERwin
3 6 (1.80%) JIRA
4 2 (0.60%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.60%) PowerDesigner
4 2 (0.60%) Storybook
4 2 (0.60%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.30%) Android Studio
5 1 (0.30%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.30%) Maven
5 1 (0.30%) Toad
5 1 (0.30%) utPLSQL
General
1 107 (32.13%) Finance
2 101 (30.33%) Social Skills
3 81 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (13.21%) Law
5 26 (7.81%) Front Office
6 20 (6.01%) Retail
7 18 (5.41%) Marketing
8 17 (5.11%) Public Sector
9 12 (3.60%) Banking
10 11 (3.30%) Legal
10 11 (3.30%) Publishing
11 8 (2.40%) Financial Institution
11 8 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (2.10%) Billing
13 4 (1.20%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.90%) Corporate Banking
14 3 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.90%) Retail Banking
15 2 (0.60%) Manufacturing
16 1 (0.30%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 81 (24.32%) Developer
2 74 (22.22%) Analyst
3 73 (21.92%) Senior
4 51 (15.32%) Data Analyst
5 39 (11.71%) Senior Developer
5 39 (11.71%) Software Engineer
6 35 (10.51%) Python Developer
7 24 (7.21%) Architect
8 23 (6.91%) Consultant
9 22 (6.61%) C++ Developer
10 21 (6.31%) Quantitative Developer
10 21 (6.31%) Senior Python Developer
11 20 (6.01%) Data Architect
12 19 (5.71%) C++ Quantitative Developer
12 19 (5.71%) Lead
12 19 (5.71%) Linux Developer
12 19 (5.71%) Low Latency C++ Developer
12 19 (5.71%) Senior C++ Developer
12 19 (5.71%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
12 19 (5.71%) Senior Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (12.01%) Django
2 34 (10.21%) RESTful
3 29 (8.71%) JSON
4 22 (6.61%) OpenAPI
4 22 (6.61%) Swagger
5 20 (6.01%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 20 (6.01%) CSS
5 20 (6.01%) HTML
5 20 (6.01%) XML
6 19 (5.71%) Flask
6 19 (5.71%) REST
7 17 (5.11%) React
8 15 (4.50%) FastAPI
8 15 (4.50%) Kafka
8 15 (4.50%) Vue
9 9 (2.70%) .NET
9 9 (2.70%) FIX Protocol
10 7 (2.10%) FpML
10 7 (2.10%) OAuth
10 7 (2.10%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 82 (24.62%) Algorithms
2 45 (13.51%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (11.41%) Greenfield Project
4 25 (7.51%) Management Information System
5 22 (6.61%) Hedge funds
6 21 (6.31%) Equities
7 16 (4.80%) Onboarding
8 13 (3.90%) Product Ownership
9 10 (3.00%) Cloud Native
9 10 (3.00%) FMCG
9 10 (3.00%) Reinsurance
10 8 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (2.10%) e-Learning
11 7 (2.10%) Low-Code
12 6 (1.80%) Anti-Piracy
12 6 (1.80%) PKI
12 6 (1.80%) Social Media
13 5 (1.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.01%) Linux
2 2 (0.60%) Android
3 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (28.83%) Data Modelling
2 87 (26.13%) Problem-Solving
3 86 (25.83%) Agile
4 74 (22.22%) Software Engineering
5 69 (20.72%) Analytics
5 69 (20.72%) Computer Science
6 65 (19.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 60 (18.02%) Business Intelligence
8 58 (17.42%) ETL
9 54 (16.22%) Data Governance
10 48 (14.41%) OO
11 47 (14.11%) Decision-Making
11 47 (14.11%) OOP
12 46 (13.81%) Mentoring
13 44 (13.21%) Data Analysis
14 41 (12.31%) CI/CD
15 40 (12.01%) Validation
16 38 (11.41%) Microservices
17 36 (10.81%) Migration
18 33 (9.91%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 170 (51.05%) Python
2 150 (45.05%) SQL
3 43 (12.91%) C++
4 30 (9.01%) Java
5 29 (8.71%) JavaScript
6 16 (4.80%) T-SQL
7 13 (3.90%) Rust
8 12 (3.60%) Scala
9 9 (2.70%) C#
10 8 (2.40%) PowerShell
11 6 (1.80%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.50%) PL/SQL
12 5 (1.50%) R
12 5 (1.50%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.90%) Go
13 3 (0.90%) VBA
14 2 (0.60%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.30%) C
15 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 84 (25.23%) Degree
2 43 (12.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (8.11%) Security Cleared
4 19 (5.71%) 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 11 (3.30%) GDPR
4 10 (3.00%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (2.10%) QA
7 5 (1.50%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.50%) NIST
8 4 (1.20%) IFRS
9 3 (0.90%) GAAP
9 3 (0.90%) GRC
10 2 (0.60%) WCAG
11 1 (0.30%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.30%) Solvency II
System Software
1 18 (5.41%) Docker
2 10 (3.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (5.41%) Terraform
2 7 (2.10%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.90%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.30%) Grafana
4 1 (0.30%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 35 (10.51%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.31%) Google
3 18 (5.41%) Oracle
4 17 (5.11%) Salesforce
5 13 (3.90%) SAP
5 13 (3.90%) ServiceNow
6 10 (3.00%) Foundry
6 10 (3.00%) Talend
7 9 (2.70%) Informatica
8 8 (2.40%) Sparx
9 7 (2.10%) Workday
10 6 (1.80%) MuleSoft
10 6 (1.80%) Palantir
11 5 (1.50%) Intapp
12 4 (1.20%) Databricks
13 3 (0.90%) Alteryx
13 3 (0.90%) Temenos
14 2 (0.60%) OpenAI
14 2 (0.60%) Sage
14 2 (0.60%) SendGrid