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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 372 275
Rank change year-on-year +6 -97 +5
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 366 286 855
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 0.73% 1.01%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.67% 1.69% 2.89%
Number of salaries quoted 223 127 433
10th Percentile £41,993 £42,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £46,750 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £71,991 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +2.84% +3.70%
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% +6.06%

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 21,975 16,939 29,607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.74% 43.00% 34.94%
Number of salaries quoted 12,610 8,290 20,856
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £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 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £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 20 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 20 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 +79 231 £85,000 -5.56% 94
North of England -16 50 £57,500 -4.17% 39
Yorkshire -18 34 £57,500 -7.64% 12
South East -41 29 £56,000 +24.44% 41
East of England -10 19 £62,000 -18.95% 14
Midlands -45 12 £42,500 -12.37% 16
North West -6 9 £47,500 -17.39% 20
South West -91 9 £43,953 -37.21% 24
West Midlands -38 7 £43,000 -28.33% 9
North East -38 7 £55,000 -46.99% 8
East Midlands -38 5 £42,500 -12.37% 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 9 (2.46%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.19%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.91%) Palantir Foundry
4 5 (1.37%) Apache
4 5 (1.37%) Confluence
5 4 (1.09%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.82%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.82%) Oracle Application Server
6 3 (0.82%) SAS
7 1 (0.27%) Apache Pulsar
Applications
1 29 (7.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
3 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (3.55%) NetSuite
2 12 (3.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 6 (1.64%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (1.09%) Distributed Ledger
5 4 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.82%) FLEXCUBE
6 3 (0.82%) Misys Opics
6 3 (0.82%) SAP SD
7 2 (0.55%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.55%) Shopify
7 2 (0.55%) Temenos T24
7 2 (0.55%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.27%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.27%) Magento
8 1 (0.27%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.27%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.27%) SAP EHS
8 1 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 110 (30.05%) Azure
2 91 (24.86%) AWS
3 71 (19.40%) Power Platform
4 48 (13.11%) GCP
5 19 (5.19%) Entra ID
6 17 (4.64%) Serverless
7 16 (4.37%) SaaS
8 15 (4.10%) GitHub
9 14 (3.83%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (3.83%) Power Automate
9 14 (3.83%) PowerApps
10 11 (3.01%) Amazon S3
10 11 (3.01%) dbt
11 9 (2.46%) Azure Logic Apps
11 9 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (1.91%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (1.91%) Boomi
12 7 (1.91%) Snowflake
13 6 (1.64%) Cloud Composer
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.92%) Broadband
2 4 (1.09%) Network Security
3 1 (0.27%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (16.94%) Power BI
2 40 (10.93%) BigQuery
3 31 (8.47%) Metadata
4 30 (8.20%) Tableau
5 25 (6.83%) Elasticsearch
6 24 (6.56%) Data Lake
7 22 (6.01%) Data Warehouse
7 22 (6.01%) SQL Server
8 18 (4.92%) NoSQL
9 17 (4.64%) Relational Database
10 16 (4.37%) DynamoDB
11 14 (3.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 12 (3.28%) Oracle Reports
12 12 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
12 12 (3.28%) SAP BW
13 9 (2.46%) Data Vault
13 9 (2.46%) MySQL
14 8 (2.19%) Star Schema
15 7 (1.91%) RDBMS
15 7 (1.91%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 22 (6.01%) Git
2 15 (4.10%) Postman
3 9 (2.46%) Eclipse
3 9 (2.46%) ERwin
4 6 (1.64%) JIRA
5 3 (0.82%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.55%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.55%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.55%) Storybook
6 2 (0.55%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.27%) Android Studio
7 1 (0.27%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.27%) GitLab
7 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.27%) Maven
7 1 (0.27%) Toad
7 1 (0.27%) utPLSQL
General
1 143 (39.07%) Finance
2 121 (33.06%) Social Skills
3 71 (19.40%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (9.56%) Law
5 27 (7.38%) Front Office
6 23 (6.28%) Retail
7 19 (5.19%) Marketing
8 16 (4.37%) Public Sector
9 15 (4.10%) Banking
10 10 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.73%) Legal
10 10 (2.73%) Publishing
11 9 (2.46%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.91%) Billing
13 4 (1.09%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.09%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.82%) Corporate Banking
14 3 (0.82%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.82%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 89 (24.32%) Analyst
2 73 (19.95%) Senior
3 67 (18.31%) Developer
4 56 (15.30%) Data Analyst
5 41 (11.20%) Software Engineer
6 38 (10.38%) Senior Developer
7 37 (10.11%) Consultant
8 28 (7.65%) Python Developer
9 26 (7.10%) Architect
10 23 (6.28%) Data Architect
11 21 (5.74%) C++ Developer
11 21 (5.74%) Quantitative Developer
12 20 (5.46%) Administrator
13 19 (5.19%) C++ Quantitative Developer
13 19 (5.19%) Linux Developer
13 19 (5.19%) Low Latency C++ Developer
13 19 (5.19%) Senior C++ Developer
13 19 (5.19%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
13 19 (5.19%) Senior Python Developer
13 19 (5.19%) Senior Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (8.47%) Django
1 31 (8.47%) RESTful
2 24 (6.56%) JSON
3 19 (5.19%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 18 (4.92%) OpenAPI
4 18 (4.92%) Swagger
5 16 (4.37%) Oracle Fusion
5 16 (4.37%) XML
6 14 (3.83%) Kafka
6 14 (3.83%) REST
7 10 (2.73%) React
8 9 (2.46%) CSS
8 9 (2.46%) FIX Protocol
8 9 (2.46%) HTML
9 8 (2.19%) Flask
10 7 (1.91%) .NET
10 7 (1.91%) FpML
10 7 (1.91%) XML Schema
11 6 (1.64%) PySpark
11 6 (1.64%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 87 (23.77%) Algorithms
2 44 (12.02%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (10.11%) Greenfield Project
4 26 (7.10%) Management Information System
5 23 (6.28%) Hedge funds
6 21 (5.74%) Equities
7 18 (4.92%) Social Media
8 14 (3.83%) Onboarding
9 13 (3.55%) Product Ownership
10 11 (3.01%) Cloud Native
11 10 (2.73%) FMCG
11 10 (2.73%) Reinsurance
12 8 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (1.91%) e-Learning
14 6 (1.64%) Anti-Piracy
14 6 (1.64%) Client/Server
14 6 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
15 5 (1.37%) PKI
15 5 (1.37%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.46%) Linux
2 1 (0.27%) Android
2 1 (0.27%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (30.87%) Data Modelling
2 88 (24.04%) Agile
3 83 (22.68%) Analytics
4 82 (22.40%) Continuous Improvement
4 82 (22.40%) Software Engineering
5 80 (21.86%) Problem-Solving
6 79 (21.58%) Business Intelligence
7 70 (19.13%) Computer Science
8 60 (16.39%) Data Governance
9 51 (13.93%) ETL
10 49 (13.39%) Decision-Making
11 48 (13.11%) DevOps
12 47 (12.84%) CI/CD
13 46 (12.57%) OO
14 44 (12.02%) Validation
15 43 (11.75%) Mentoring
16 41 (11.20%) Data Analysis
17 38 (10.38%) Actionable Insight
17 38 (10.38%) ERP
18 37 (10.11%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 166 (45.36%) Python
2 156 (42.62%) SQL
3 43 (11.75%) C++
4 32 (8.74%) Java
5 19 (5.19%) JavaScript
6 17 (4.64%) Rust
7 12 (3.28%) T-SQL
8 10 (2.73%) C#
9 9 (2.46%) Scala
10 8 (2.19%) PL/SQL
10 8 (2.19%) PowerShell
10 8 (2.19%) TypeScript
11 5 (1.37%) Go
11 5 (1.37%) R
12 3 (0.82%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.82%) VBA
13 2 (0.55%) C
13 2 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.55%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.27%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 86 (23.50%) Degree
2 45 (12.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 35 (9.56%) Security Cleared
4 22 (6.01%) SC Cleared
5 13 (3.55%) ACCA
5 13 (3.55%) CIMA
6 6 (1.64%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.64%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.64%) PhD
7 5 (1.37%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.37%) Postgraduate
8 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.82%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.82%) IIBA
9 3 (0.82%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.55%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.27%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.27%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (18.85%) Data Quality
2 19 (5.19%) QA
3 14 (3.83%) GDPR
3 14 (3.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (3.01%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.37%) HIPAA
6 5 (1.37%) IFRS
6 5 (1.37%) NIST
7 3 (0.82%) GAAP
7 3 (0.82%) GRC
8 2 (0.55%) WCAG
9 1 (0.27%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.27%) Solvency II
System Software
1 19 (5.19%) Active Directory
2 18 (4.92%) Docker
3 1 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (3.83%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.55%) Terraform
3 3 (0.82%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.27%) Grafana
4 1 (0.27%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 41 (11.20%) Microsoft
2 33 (9.02%) Oracle
3 32 (8.74%) Google
4 28 (7.65%) SAP
5 18 (4.92%) Salesforce
6 13 (3.55%) ServiceNow
7 10 (2.73%) Foundry
8 8 (2.19%) Informatica
8 8 (2.19%) Sparx
8 8 (2.19%) Talend
9 7 (1.91%) Databricks
9 7 (1.91%) MuleSoft
9 7 (1.91%) Palantir
9 7 (1.91%) Workday
10 4 (1.09%) Sage
11 3 (0.82%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.82%) TOWER Software
12 2 (0.55%) Ariba
12 2 (0.55%) SendGrid
12 2 (0.55%) Temenos