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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 377 293
Rank change year-on-year +5 -84 -18
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 341 255 789
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.44% 0.69% 0.96%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.52% 1.74% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 214 130 454
10th Percentile £43,625 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £46,750 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,246 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.35% +3.21% +1.71%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £101,750 £127,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £71,991 £69,750
% change year-on-year +0.71% +3.21% +1.35%

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 22,440 14,637 29,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 29.16% 39.38% 35.30%
Number of salaries quoted 11,651 8,254 20,814
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £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 £83,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £98,474
UK median annual salary £59,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.67% +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 18 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 18 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 +91 224 £85,000 -5.82% 108
North of England -39 46 £60,000 - 35
Yorkshire -37 35 £68,510 +10.05% 12
South East -61 22 £49,000 +8.89% 52
Midlands -49 14 £48,500 - 25
East of England -32 13 £65,000 -15.03% 12
North West -30 7 £52,500 -8.70% 16
West Midlands -31 7 £48,750 -18.75% 13
East Midlands -54 7 £48,500 - 12
South West -64 6 £43,953 -38.95% 21
North East -33 4 £60,000 -42.17% 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 8 (2.35%) Apache Spark
1 8 (2.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.05%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (2.05%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.47%) Confluence
3 5 (1.47%) Palantir Foundry
4 4 (1.17%) SAS
5 3 (0.88%) Apache
5 3 (0.88%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.29%) CMS
6 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.29%) Mendix
Applications
1 20 (5.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.59%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 11 (3.23%) NetSuite
2 6 (1.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 6 (1.76%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.47%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.17%) Distributed Ledger
5 3 (0.88%) FLEXCUBE
5 3 (0.88%) Misys Opics
5 3 (0.88%) SAP SD
5 3 (0.88%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.59%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.59%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.59%) Shopify
6 2 (0.59%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.29%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.29%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.29%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.29%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.29%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 97 (28.45%) Azure
2 95 (27.86%) AWS
3 53 (15.54%) GCP
4 50 (14.66%) Power Platform
5 24 (7.04%) GitHub
5 24 (7.04%) Serverless
6 14 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (4.11%) SaaS
7 10 (2.93%) Entra ID
8 9 (2.64%) Boomi
8 9 (2.64%) dbt
8 9 (2.64%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (2.64%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (2.35%) Power Automate
10 7 (2.05%) Amazon S3
10 7 (2.05%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (2.05%) Snowflake
11 6 (1.76%) Cloud Composer
11 6 (1.76%) Dagster
11 6 (1.76%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.52%) Broadband
2 4 (1.17%) Network Security
3 1 (0.29%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (14.66%) Power BI
2 44 (12.90%) BigQuery
3 32 (9.38%) Metadata
4 30 (8.80%) SQL Server
5 26 (7.62%) Elasticsearch
6 24 (7.04%) NoSQL
6 24 (7.04%) Tableau
7 20 (5.87%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (5.28%) DynamoDB
9 17 (4.99%) Data Lake
9 17 (4.99%) Relational Database
9 17 (4.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 13 (3.81%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (2.93%) MySQL
12 9 (2.64%) Oracle Reports
13 7 (2.05%) Data Vault
13 7 (2.05%) RDBMS
13 7 (2.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (1.76%) Snowflake Schema
14 6 (1.76%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (5.57%) Postman
2 18 (5.28%) Git
3 9 (2.64%) Eclipse
3 9 (2.64%) ERwin
4 6 (1.76%) JIRA
5 2 (0.59%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.59%) PowerDesigner
5 2 (0.59%) Storybook
5 2 (0.59%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.59%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.29%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.29%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.29%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.29%) Maven
6 1 (0.29%) Toad
6 1 (0.29%) utPLSQL
General
1 115 (33.72%) Finance
2 107 (31.38%) Social Skills
3 79 (23.17%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (12.90%) Law
5 26 (7.62%) Front Office
6 21 (6.16%) Retail
7 19 (5.57%) Marketing
8 16 (4.69%) Public Sector
9 13 (3.81%) Banking
10 10 (2.93%) Legal
10 10 (2.93%) Publishing
11 8 (2.35%) Financial Institution
11 8 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (2.05%) Billing
13 4 (1.17%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.88%) Corporate Banking
14 3 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.88%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.88%) Retail Banking
15 2 (0.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 80 (23.46%) Analyst
1 80 (23.46%) Developer
2 72 (21.11%) Senior
3 55 (16.13%) Data Analyst
4 39 (11.44%) Senior Developer
4 39 (11.44%) Software Engineer
5 35 (10.26%) Python Developer
6 25 (7.33%) Consultant
7 24 (7.04%) Architect
8 22 (6.45%) C++ Developer
9 21 (6.16%) Quantitative Developer
9 21 (6.16%) Senior Python Developer
10 20 (5.87%) Data Architect
11 19 (5.57%) C++ Quantitative Developer
11 19 (5.57%) Linux Developer
11 19 (5.57%) Low Latency C++ Developer
11 19 (5.57%) Senior C++ Developer
11 19 (5.57%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
11 19 (5.57%) Senior Quantitative Developer
12 18 (5.28%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (12.02%) Django
2 35 (10.26%) RESTful
3 29 (8.50%) JSON
4 22 (6.45%) OpenAPI
4 22 (6.45%) Swagger
5 20 (5.87%) XML
6 19 (5.57%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 19 (5.57%) CSS
6 19 (5.57%) HTML
6 19 (5.57%) REST
7 18 (5.28%) Flask
8 15 (4.40%) Kafka
8 15 (4.40%) React
9 14 (4.11%) FastAPI
9 14 (4.11%) Vue
10 9 (2.64%) FIX Protocol
10 9 (2.64%) Oracle Fusion
11 8 (2.35%) .NET
12 7 (2.05%) FpML
12 7 (2.05%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 82 (24.05%) Algorithms
2 45 (13.20%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (11.44%) Greenfield Project
4 25 (7.33%) Management Information System
5 22 (6.45%) Hedge funds
6 21 (6.16%) Equities
7 16 (4.69%) Onboarding
8 14 (4.11%) Product Ownership
9 12 (3.52%) Social Media
10 11 (3.23%) Cloud Native
11 10 (2.93%) FMCG
11 10 (2.93%) Reinsurance
12 9 (2.64%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (2.35%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (2.05%) e-Learning
14 7 (2.05%) Low-Code
15 6 (1.76%) Anti-Piracy
15 6 (1.76%) PKI
16 5 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.87%) Linux
2 1 (0.29%) Android
2 1 (0.29%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (30.21%) Data Modelling
2 90 (26.39%) Agile
3 85 (24.93%) Problem-Solving
4 76 (22.29%) Software Engineering
5 69 (20.23%) Computer Science
5 69 (20.23%) Continuous Improvement
6 68 (19.94%) Analytics
7 66 (19.35%) Business Intelligence
8 58 (17.01%) ETL
9 53 (15.54%) Data Governance
10 48 (14.08%) OO
11 47 (13.78%) Decision-Making
12 46 (13.49%) Data Analysis
12 46 (13.49%) Mentoring
13 45 (13.20%) OOP
14 41 (12.02%) CI/CD
14 41 (12.02%) Validation
15 39 (11.44%) Microservices
16 35 (10.26%) DevOps
16 35 (10.26%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 171 (50.15%) Python
2 148 (43.40%) SQL
3 42 (12.32%) C++
4 29 (8.50%) Java
5 27 (7.92%) JavaScript
6 15 (4.40%) T-SQL
7 13 (3.81%) Rust
8 12 (3.52%) Scala
9 8 (2.35%) C#
9 8 (2.35%) PowerShell
10 6 (1.76%) Kotlin
11 5 (1.47%) PL/SQL
11 5 (1.47%) R
11 5 (1.47%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.88%) Go
12 3 (0.88%) VBA
13 2 (0.59%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.29%) ABAP
14 1 (0.29%) C
14 1 (0.29%) PHP
Qualifications
1 84 (24.63%) Degree
2 45 (13.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (7.62%) Security Cleared
4 18 (5.28%) SC Cleared
5 10 (2.93%) ACCA
5 10 (2.93%) CIMA
5 10 (2.93%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.47%) AWS Certification
6 5 (1.47%) PhD
7 4 (1.17%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.17%) Postgraduate
8 3 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.88%) IIBA
8 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.59%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.59%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (16.72%) Data Quality
2 13 (3.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (3.23%) GDPR
4 9 (2.64%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.35%) QA
5 8 (2.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.47%) HIPAA
6 5 (1.47%) NIST
7 4 (1.17%) IFRS
8 3 (0.88%) GAAP
8 3 (0.88%) GRC
9 2 (0.59%) WCAG
10 1 (0.29%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.29%) Solvency II
System Software
1 18 (5.28%) Docker
2 10 (2.93%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (5.57%) Terraform
2 7 (2.05%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.88%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.29%) Grafana
4 1 (0.29%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 34 (9.97%) Microsoft
2 33 (9.68%) Google
3 22 (6.45%) Oracle
4 20 (5.87%) SAP
5 17 (4.99%) Salesforce
6 13 (3.81%) ServiceNow
7 10 (2.93%) Talend
8 9 (2.64%) Foundry
8 9 (2.64%) Informatica
9 8 (2.35%) Sparx
10 6 (1.76%) MuleSoft
10 6 (1.76%) Workday
11 5 (1.47%) Databricks
11 5 (1.47%) Intapp
11 5 (1.47%) Palantir
12 3 (0.88%) Alteryx
12 3 (0.88%) Temenos
13 2 (0.59%) Ariba
13 2 (0.59%) Sage
13 2 (0.59%) SendGrid