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 2 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 370 284
Rank change year-on-year +17 -86 0
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 383 281 857
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.46% 0.72% 0.96%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.69% 1.67% 2.84%
Number of salaries quoted 238 110 432
10th Percentile £42,125 £42,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £71,991 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +2.84% +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £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% +7.69%

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 22,602 16,838 30,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.18% 43.17% 33.87%
Number of salaries quoted 13,154 8,002 20,977
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,000 £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 £80,938 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +66 233 £85,000 -7.10% 148
North of England +2 57 £57,500 -11.54% 34
Yorkshire -11 35 £63,005 -17.10% 9
South East -33 32 £58,000 +16.00% 41
East of England +3 21 £62,000 -10.14% 11
Midlands -39 14 £42,500 -12.37% 19
North West -14 12 £46,250 -11.90% 16
North East -33 10 £57,500 -50.00% 10
South West -90 10 £68,750 -1.79% 21
West Midlands -32 9 £42,750 -22.27% 14
East Midlands -38 5 £42,500 -12.37% 5
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 12 (3.13%) Apache Spark
2 11 (2.87%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (2.35%) Apache
4 8 (2.09%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.83%) Palantir Foundry
6 6 (1.57%) Confluence
6 6 (1.57%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.78%) Oracle Application Server
7 3 (0.78%) SAS
7 3 (0.78%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.26%) Apache Pulsar
Applications
1 29 (7.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (3.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 11 (2.87%) NetSuite
3 5 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.04%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (1.04%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.78%) Distributed Ledger
5 3 (0.78%) FLEXCUBE
5 3 (0.78%) Misys Opics
5 3 (0.78%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.52%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.52%) Shopify
6 2 (0.52%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.26%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.26%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.26%) Magento
7 1 (0.26%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.26%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.26%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.26%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 111 (28.98%) Azure
2 101 (26.37%) AWS
3 66 (17.23%) Power Platform
4 48 (12.53%) GCP
5 19 (4.96%) Entra ID
6 18 (4.70%) Amazon S3
7 17 (4.44%) SaaS
8 16 (4.18%) Serverless
9 15 (3.92%) dbt
9 15 (3.92%) GitHub
10 14 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (3.39%) Power Automate
11 13 (3.39%) PowerApps
12 11 (2.87%) Snowflake
13 10 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
14 9 (2.35%) Azure Logic Apps
15 8 (2.09%) Boomi
15 8 (2.09%) Microsoft 365
16 7 (1.83%) AWS Lambda
17 6 (1.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.70%) Broadband
2 3 (0.78%) Network Security
3 2 (0.52%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (14.88%) Power BI
2 38 (9.92%) BigQuery
3 31 (8.09%) Metadata
4 29 (7.57%) Tableau
5 25 (6.53%) Data Lake
6 23 (6.01%) Data Warehouse
6 23 (6.01%) Elasticsearch
7 20 (5.22%) SQL Server
8 19 (4.96%) NoSQL
9 17 (4.44%) DynamoDB
9 17 (4.44%) Relational Database
10 15 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
11 13 (3.39%) Data Vault
12 12 (3.13%) SAP BW
12 12 (3.13%) Star Schema
13 11 (2.87%) MySQL
13 11 (2.87%) Oracle Reports
13 11 (2.87%) Snowflake Schema
13 11 (2.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 9 (2.35%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 24 (6.27%) Git
2 13 (3.39%) Postman
3 9 (2.35%) Eclipse
3 9 (2.35%) ERwin
4 7 (1.83%) JIRA
5 4 (1.04%) GitLab
6 3 (0.78%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.52%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.52%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.52%) Storybook
8 1 (0.26%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.26%) CMake
8 1 (0.26%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.26%) Maven
8 1 (0.26%) Toad
8 1 (0.26%) utPLSQL
8 1 (0.26%) Valgrind
General
1 153 (39.95%) Finance
2 130 (33.94%) Social Skills
3 73 (19.06%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (9.14%) Law
5 28 (7.31%) Front Office
6 26 (6.79%) Retail
7 18 (4.70%) Public Sector
8 16 (4.18%) Banking
8 16 (4.18%) Marketing
9 12 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (2.87%) Financial Institution
10 11 (2.87%) Legal
11 10 (2.61%) Billing
12 7 (1.83%) Publishing
13 6 (1.57%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.31%) Investment Banking
15 4 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.04%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.78%) Corporate Banking
16 3 (0.78%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 89 (23.24%) Analyst
2 79 (20.63%) Senior
3 63 (16.45%) Developer
4 51 (13.32%) Data Analyst
5 41 (10.70%) Software Engineer
6 39 (10.18%) Consultant
6 39 (10.18%) Senior Developer
7 30 (7.83%) Architect
7 30 (7.83%) Python Developer
8 27 (7.05%) Data Architect
9 22 (5.74%) Quantitative Developer
10 21 (5.48%) Administrator
10 21 (5.48%) C++ Developer
10 21 (5.48%) Lead
10 21 (5.48%) Senior C++ Developer
10 21 (5.48%) Senior Python Developer
11 20 (5.22%) C++ Quantitative Developer
11 20 (5.22%) Linux Developer
11 20 (5.22%) Low Latency C++ Developer
11 20 (5.22%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (8.09%) Django
1 31 (8.09%) RESTful
2 24 (6.27%) JSON
3 20 (5.22%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 17 (4.44%) XML
5 16 (4.18%) OpenAPI
5 16 (4.18%) Oracle Fusion
5 16 (4.18%) Swagger
6 15 (3.92%) REST
7 14 (3.66%) Kafka
8 12 (3.13%) React
9 10 (2.61%) Flask
9 10 (2.61%) PySpark
10 9 (2.35%) CSS
10 9 (2.35%) FIX Protocol
10 9 (2.35%) HTML
11 8 (2.09%) FastAPI
12 7 (1.83%) .NET
12 7 (1.83%) FpML
12 7 (1.83%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 89 (23.24%) Algorithms
2 43 (11.23%) Distributed Systems
3 32 (8.36%) Greenfield Project
4 31 (8.09%) Management Information System
5 24 (6.27%) Hedge funds
6 22 (5.74%) Equities
7 18 (4.70%) Social Media
8 14 (3.66%) Onboarding
8 14 (3.66%) Product Ownership
9 13 (3.39%) Cloud Native
10 10 (2.61%) Reinsurance
11 8 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.83%) e-Learning
12 7 (1.83%) FMCG
12 7 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (1.57%) Anti-Piracy
13 6 (1.57%) Client/Server
14 5 (1.31%) PKI
14 5 (1.31%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.01%) Linux
2 2 (0.52%) Windows
3 1 (0.26%) Android
3 1 (0.26%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (30.03%) Data Modelling
2 92 (24.02%) Agile
3 88 (22.98%) Analytics
4 83 (21.67%) Problem-Solving
5 82 (21.41%) Software Engineering
6 80 (20.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 77 (20.10%) Business Intelligence
8 73 (19.06%) Computer Science
9 66 (17.23%) Data Governance
10 53 (13.84%) CI/CD
11 51 (13.32%) Decision-Making
11 51 (13.32%) ETL
12 50 (13.05%) Data Engineering
12 50 (13.05%) DevOps
13 48 (12.53%) Validation
14 47 (12.27%) OO
15 46 (12.01%) AI
16 45 (11.75%) Data Analysis
17 42 (10.97%) Mentoring
18 41 (10.70%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 178 (46.48%) Python
2 163 (42.56%) SQL
3 43 (11.23%) C++
4 34 (8.88%) Java
5 21 (5.48%) JavaScript
6 18 (4.70%) Rust
7 12 (3.13%) T-SQL
8 10 (2.61%) TypeScript
9 9 (2.35%) Scala
10 8 (2.09%) C#
10 8 (2.09%) Go
10 8 (2.09%) PowerShell
11 7 (1.83%) PL/SQL
12 5 (1.31%) R
13 3 (0.78%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.78%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.78%) VBA
14 2 (0.52%) C
14 2 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.26%) Bash
Qualifications
1 87 (22.72%) Degree
2 45 (11.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 37 (9.66%) Security Cleared
4 24 (6.27%) SC Cleared
5 11 (2.87%) ACCA
5 11 (2.87%) CIMA
6 7 (1.83%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.57%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.31%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.31%) PhD
9 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.04%) Postgraduate
10 3 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.78%) IIBA
10 3 (0.78%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.52%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (20.37%) Data Quality
2 19 (4.96%) QA
3 15 (3.92%) GDPR
4 14 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (3.13%) Accessibility
6 8 (2.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (1.31%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.31%) IFRS
7 5 (1.31%) NIST
8 3 (0.78%) GAAP
8 3 (0.78%) GRC
9 2 (0.52%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.52%) WCAG
10 1 (0.26%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.26%) MiFID
10 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.26%) Solvency II
System Software
1 23 (6.01%) Docker
2 19 (4.96%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.26%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (4.44%) Kubernetes
2 16 (4.18%) Terraform
3 3 (0.78%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.26%) Grafana
4 1 (0.26%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 41 (10.70%) Microsoft
2 32 (8.36%) Oracle
3 30 (7.83%) Google
3 30 (7.83%) SAP
4 18 (4.70%) Salesforce
5 13 (3.39%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.61%) Foundry
7 9 (2.35%) Databricks
7 9 (2.35%) Sage
8 8 (2.09%) Informatica
8 8 (2.09%) MuleSoft
8 8 (2.09%) Sparx
8 8 (2.09%) Talend
9 7 (1.83%) Palantir
9 7 (1.83%) Workday
10 3 (0.78%) Alteryx
10 3 (0.78%) TOWER Software
11 2 (0.52%) Intapp
11 2 (0.52%) OpenAI
11 2 (0.52%) SendGrid