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 21 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 342 350 351
Rank change year-on-year +8 +1 -122
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 297 437 374
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.64% 0.72% 0.80%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.74% 2.16% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 152 169 311
10th Percentile £41,375 £38,100 £37,875
25th Percentile £53,313 £50,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -11.49%
75th Percentile £87,500 £107,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £113,000 £132,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%

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 17,097 20,219 17,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 36.87% 33.49% 38.56%
Number of salaries quoted 9,700 9,722 13,337
10th Percentile £27,750 £34,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -1.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £54,143 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.76% -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 21 November 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 21 November 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 +65 177 £80,000 -15.79% 256
Midlands +74 34 £51,000 -18.40% 28
North of England +25 33 £75,000 +36.36% 52
East Midlands +46 19 £50,000 -23.08% 11
South East +46 19 £65,000 +52.94% 74
North West +29 18 £70,000 +16.67% 37
West Midlands +47 15 £56,250 -6.25% 17
Yorkshire +10 14 £77,500 +210.00% 9
East of England +26 13 £45,000 - 28
South West -93 10 £35,532 -49.24% 12
North East - 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 14 (4.71%) Apache Airflow
1 14 (4.71%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.69%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.68%) CMS
4 4 (1.35%) Apache
4 4 (1.35%) Apache Pulsar
5 2 (0.67%) Luigi
5 2 (0.67%) Mendix
6 1 (0.34%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 30 (10.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.01%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.34%) 3ds Max
5 1 (0.34%) Blender
5 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.36%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (2.36%) PeopleSoft Financials
2 5 (1.68%) NetSuite
3 4 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.67%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.67%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (0.67%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.67%) SAP Retail
5 1 (0.34%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.34%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.34%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 70 (23.57%) AWS
2 59 (19.87%) Azure
3 56 (18.86%) Power Platform
4 30 (10.10%) GCP
5 20 (6.73%) GitHub
6 15 (5.05%) Serverless
7 10 (3.37%) SaaS
8 9 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (2.69%) Snowflake
10 6 (2.02%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (2.02%) Boomi
10 6 (2.02%) Power Automate
10 6 (2.02%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (1.35%) Amazon EMR
12 4 (1.35%) Figma
12 4 (1.35%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.35%) Slack
12 4 (1.35%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.01%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (17.17%) Power BI
2 36 (12.12%) NoSQL
3 28 (9.43%) Relational Database
4 22 (7.41%) SQL Server
5 21 (7.07%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (6.40%) MySQL
7 16 (5.39%) Data Lake
8 13 (4.38%) Metadata
9 12 (4.04%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (4.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 11 (3.70%) BigQuery
10 11 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (3.37%) Redis
11 10 (3.37%) Tableau
12 8 (2.69%) Flink
12 8 (2.69%) MongoDB
13 7 (2.36%) CockroachDB
14 6 (2.02%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (1.68%) BusinessObjects
15 5 (1.68%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 21 (7.07%) Git
2 11 (3.70%) ERwin
3 8 (2.69%) Postman
4 4 (1.35%) JIRA
4 4 (1.35%) JUnit
4 4 (1.35%) Mockito
4 4 (1.35%) Terragrunt
5 3 (1.01%) MLflow
6 2 (0.67%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.67%) JConsole
6 2 (0.67%) Selenium
6 2 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.67%) VisualVM
6 2 (0.67%) Xcode
7 1 (0.34%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.34%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.34%) GitLab
7 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
General
1 115 (38.72%) Finance
2 110 (37.04%) Social Skills
3 63 (21.21%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (17.51%) Law
5 31 (10.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 29 (9.76%) Banking
7 28 (9.43%) Marketing
8 26 (8.75%) Front Office
9 18 (6.06%) Public Sector
10 10 (3.37%) Investment Banking
11 9 (3.03%) Legal
12 7 (2.36%) Retail
13 4 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.35%) Wholesale Banking
14 3 (1.01%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.01%) Health Technology
14 3 (1.01%) Publishing
15 1 (0.34%) Advertising
15 1 (0.34%) Back Office
15 1 (0.34%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 80 (26.94%) Developer
2 58 (19.53%) Senior
3 57 (19.19%) Analyst
4 41 (13.80%) Software Engineer
5 35 (11.78%) Lead
6 34 (11.45%) Senior Developer
7 33 (11.11%) Python Developer
8 27 (9.09%) Data Engineer
9 24 (8.08%) C++ Developer
9 24 (8.08%) Senior Python Developer
10 21 (7.07%) Quantitative Developer
11 20 (6.73%) C++ Quantitative Developer
12 19 (6.40%) Linux Developer
12 19 (6.40%) Low Latency C++ Developer
12 19 (6.40%) Senior C++ Developer
12 19 (6.40%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
12 19 (6.40%) Senior Quantitative Developer
13 16 (5.39%) Architect
14 15 (5.05%) Data Architect
15 14 (4.71%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (13.47%) Kafka
2 36 (12.12%) React
3 26 (8.75%) REST
4 24 (8.08%) Flask
5 23 (7.74%) Django
6 20 (6.73%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 20 (6.73%) FastAPI
7 19 (6.40%) CSS
7 19 (6.40%) HTML
8 13 (4.38%) OAuth
8 13 (4.38%) Spring
8 13 (4.38%) Vue
9 12 (4.04%) OpenID
10 11 (3.70%) RESTful
11 10 (3.37%) .NET
11 10 (3.37%) JSON
11 10 (3.37%) Spring Boot
12 8 (2.69%) SwiftUI
12 8 (2.69%) Web Services
13 7 (2.36%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 73 (24.58%) Algorithms
2 35 (11.78%) Management Information System
3 32 (10.77%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
5 24 (8.08%) Hedge funds
6 20 (6.73%) Equities
6 20 (6.73%) Public Cloud
7 19 (6.40%) Product Ownership
8 14 (4.71%) Cloud Native
9 13 (4.38%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (3.37%) Client/Server
11 8 (2.69%) Low-Code
11 8 (2.69%) Private Cloud
12 6 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (2.02%) Mobile App
12 6 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (1.35%) Fixed Income
13 4 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 4 (1.35%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 28 (9.43%) Linux
2 9 (3.03%) Apple iOS
2 9 (3.03%) Unix
3 2 (0.67%) Android
4 1 (0.34%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (27.61%) Problem-Solving
2 75 (25.25%) Agile
3 67 (22.56%) Software Engineering
4 58 (19.53%) CI/CD
5 56 (18.86%) Computer Science
6 53 (17.85%) Business Intelligence
7 52 (17.51%) Data Modelling
7 52 (17.51%) Test Automation
8 51 (17.17%) AI
9 50 (16.84%) OOP
10 46 (15.49%) Analytics
10 46 (15.49%) Continuous Improvement
11 44 (14.81%) Mentoring
12 42 (14.14%) Mathematics
13 41 (13.80%) Data Analysis
14 39 (13.13%) ETL
15 38 (12.79%) Low Latency
15 38 (12.79%) SDLC
16 37 (12.46%) OO
17 34 (11.45%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 145 (48.82%) SQL
2 142 (47.81%) Python
3 40 (13.47%) C++
4 38 (12.79%) JavaScript
5 37 (12.46%) Java
6 15 (5.05%) TypeScript
7 14 (4.71%) C#
8 13 (4.38%) T-SQL
9 9 (3.03%) Go
9 9 (3.03%) Scala
10 8 (2.69%) Kotlin
10 8 (2.69%) Shell Script
10 8 (2.69%) Swift
11 6 (2.02%) VBA
12 5 (1.68%) Rust
13 4 (1.35%) Objective-C
14 3 (1.01%) R
15 2 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 1 (0.34%) ABAP
16 1 (0.34%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 77 (25.93%) Degree
2 22 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (6.06%) Master's Degree
4 14 (4.71%) Security Cleared
5 10 (3.37%) SC Cleared
6 9 (3.03%) AWS Certification
6 9 (3.03%) PhD
7 8 (2.69%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.67%) AWS Certified Developer
8 2 (0.67%) HNC
8 2 (0.67%) HND
8 2 (0.67%) MCSA
8 2 (0.67%) MCSE
8 2 (0.67%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.34%) ACCA
9 1 (0.34%) CIMA
9 1 (0.34%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (11.11%) Data Quality
2 17 (5.72%) GDPR
3 14 (4.71%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.02%) QA
5 2 (0.67%) GAAP
5 2 (0.67%) IFRS
5 2 (0.67%) IFRS 17
5 2 (0.67%) Solvency II
6 1 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 48 (16.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 27 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 26 (8.75%) Terraform
3 11 (3.70%) Ansible
4 3 (1.01%) Kubeflow
5 2 (0.67%) logstash
5 2 (0.67%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.67%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.67%) Puppet
6 1 (0.34%) Grafana
Vendors
1 46 (15.49%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.42%) Google
3 16 (5.39%) Oracle
4 14 (4.71%) Salesforce
5 11 (3.70%) Foundry
5 11 (3.70%) Intapp
6 10 (3.37%) Palantir
6 10 (3.37%) SAP
7 8 (2.69%) Workday
8 7 (2.36%) Databricks
8 7 (2.36%) PeopleSoft
8 7 (2.36%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.68%) HubSpot
10 4 (1.35%) Facebook
11 2 (0.67%) Alteryx
11 2 (0.67%) Dataiku
11 2 (0.67%) IBM
11 2 (0.67%) OutSystems
11 2 (0.67%) Talend
12 1 (0.34%) Informatica