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 5 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 370 303
Rank change year-on-year +1 -67 -6
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 410 318 814
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 0.75% 0.89%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.86% 1.79% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 274 125 394
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,813 £46,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £71,991 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +2.84% +7.69%
75th Percentile £90,938 £97,500 £93,063
90th Percentile £100,000 £125,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% - +11.11%

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 22,090 17,737 30,498
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.59% 41.93% 33.29%
Number of salaries quoted 14,617 8,795 20,539
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,250 £28,498
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,475 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £59,490 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.46% +4.55% -14.10%

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 5 July 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 5 July 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 +39 235 £85,000 -5.56% 134
South East -31 60 £60,000 +26.32% 47
North of England 0 56 £57,500 -22.82% 29
North West -5 22 £60,000 +20.00% 14
Yorkshire -9 22 £57,500 -25.81% 6
East of England -12 19 £37,500 -42.31% 10
Midlands -39 16 £42,500 -12.37% 25
West Midlands -20 13 £43,000 -6.78% 13
South West -93 13 £68,750 -1.79% 13
North East -34 12 £55,000 -52.17% 10
East Midlands -38 3 £42,500 -12.37% 12
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 17 (4.15%) Apache Spark
2 14 (3.41%) Apache
3 13 (3.17%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (2.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.95%) Jupyter
5 8 (1.95%) SAS
6 7 (1.71%) Palantir Foundry
6 7 (1.71%) SharePoint
7 6 (1.46%) Confluence
8 3 (0.73%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.49%) Apache Pulsar
10 1 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 33 (8.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.49%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 11 (2.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.95%) NetSuite
4 7 (1.71%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (1.46%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (1.22%) SAP SCM
7 4 (0.98%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.73%) FLEXCUBE
8 3 (0.73%) Misys Opics
8 3 (0.73%) SAP SD
9 2 (0.49%) Elite 3E
9 2 (0.49%) Shopify
10 1 (0.24%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 1 (0.24%) Loan IQ
10 1 (0.24%) Magento
10 1 (0.24%) Raiser’s Edge
10 1 (0.24%) Sage X3
10 1 (0.24%) SAP EHS
10 1 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 113 (27.56%) Azure
2 97 (23.66%) AWS
3 93 (22.68%) Power Platform
4 50 (12.20%) GCP
5 30 (7.32%) SaaS
6 22 (5.37%) Amazon S3
6 22 (5.37%) Entra ID
7 18 (4.39%) PowerApps
8 17 (4.15%) dbt
8 17 (4.15%) Dynamics 365
8 17 (4.15%) Power Automate
9 14 (3.41%) Snowflake
10 13 (3.17%) Serverless
11 12 (2.93%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (2.68%) GitHub
12 11 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (2.20%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (2.20%) Azure Logic Apps
13 9 (2.20%) Intacct
14 8 (1.95%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.39%) Broadband
2 2 (0.49%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (19.51%) Power BI
2 35 (8.54%) Tableau
3 33 (8.05%) BigQuery
4 27 (6.59%) Data Lake
5 24 (5.85%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (5.12%) Metadata
6 21 (5.12%) Relational Database
7 20 (4.88%) SQL Server
8 19 (4.63%) Elasticsearch
9 18 (4.39%) PostgreSQL
10 16 (3.90%) Data Vault
11 14 (3.41%) Amazon Athena
11 14 (3.41%) MySQL
12 13 (3.17%) Star Schema
13 12 (2.93%) Oracle Reports
13 12 (2.93%) SAP BW
14 11 (2.68%) Snowflake Schema
15 10 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 9 (2.20%) NoSQL
17 8 (1.95%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 25 (6.10%) Git
2 10 (2.44%) Postman
3 9 (2.20%) ERwin
4 8 (1.95%) JIRA
5 6 (1.46%) Eclipse
5 6 (1.46%) GitLab
6 3 (0.73%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.73%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.49%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.49%) MLflow
7 2 (0.49%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.24%) CMake
8 1 (0.24%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.24%) Maven
8 1 (0.24%) Toad
8 1 (0.24%) utPLSQL
8 1 (0.24%) Valgrind
General
1 169 (41.22%) Finance
2 161 (39.27%) Social Skills
3 68 (16.59%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (9.02%) Law
5 23 (5.61%) Front Office
6 19 (4.63%) Banking
7 18 (4.39%) Retail
8 17 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (4.15%) Legal
9 15 (3.66%) Marketing
10 14 (3.41%) Billing
11 13 (3.17%) Public Sector
12 11 (2.68%) Manufacturing
13 10 (2.44%) Financial Institution
14 9 (2.20%) Telecoms
15 7 (1.71%) Investment Banking
16 6 (1.46%) General Ledger
17 5 (1.22%) German Language
17 5 (1.22%) Military
17 5 (1.22%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 102 (24.88%) Analyst
2 90 (21.95%) Senior
3 64 (15.61%) Developer
4 48 (11.71%) Data Analyst
5 46 (11.22%) Consultant
6 39 (9.51%) Software Engineer
7 38 (9.27%) Senior Developer
8 28 (6.83%) Administrator
9 25 (6.10%) Architect
10 24 (5.85%) Python Developer
11 23 (5.61%) Systems Administrator
12 22 (5.37%) Data Engineer
13 20 (4.88%) Data Architect
13 20 (4.88%) Lead
14 19 (4.63%) Data Consultant
14 19 (4.63%) Systems Analyst
15 18 (4.39%) C++ Developer
15 18 (4.39%) Quantitative Developer
15 18 (4.39%) Senior C++ Developer
15 18 (4.39%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (6.34%) RESTful
2 24 (5.85%) JSON
3 22 (5.37%) Django
4 20 (4.88%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 20 (4.88%) REST
4 20 (4.88%) XML
5 17 (4.15%) Kafka
5 17 (4.15%) Oracle Fusion
6 14 (3.41%) PySpark
6 14 (3.41%) React
7 11 (2.68%) OpenAPI
7 11 (2.68%) Swagger
8 9 (2.20%) FIX Protocol
8 9 (2.20%) Flask
9 7 (1.71%) .NET
9 7 (1.71%) FastAPI
9 7 (1.71%) FpML
9 7 (1.71%) Middleware
9 7 (1.71%) XML Schema
10 6 (1.46%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 87 (21.22%) Algorithms
2 44 (10.73%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (6.83%) Management Information System
4 27 (6.59%) Greenfield Project
5 21 (5.12%) Hedge funds
6 18 (4.39%) Equities
6 18 (4.39%) Social Media
7 17 (4.15%) Onboarding
8 16 (3.90%) Cloud Native
9 12 (2.93%) Product Ownership
10 8 (1.95%) Client/Server
11 7 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.71%) e-Learning
11 7 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.71%) Reinsurance
12 6 (1.46%) Anti-Piracy
13 5 (1.22%) FMCG
13 5 (1.22%) PKI
13 5 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (1.22%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.37%) Linux
2 4 (0.98%) Windows
3 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (28.54%) Data Modelling
2 101 (24.63%) Business Intelligence
3 99 (24.15%) Analytics
4 89 (21.71%) Problem-Solving
5 84 (20.49%) Software Engineering
6 81 (19.76%) Agile
7 74 (18.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 67 (16.34%) Decision-Making
9 66 (16.10%) Computer Science
10 65 (15.85%) Data Engineering
10 65 (15.85%) Validation
11 61 (14.88%) ERP
12 60 (14.63%) AI
12 60 (14.63%) Data Governance
13 56 (13.66%) ETL
14 55 (13.41%) CI/CD
15 52 (12.68%) Data Pipeline
16 51 (12.44%) DevOps
17 46 (11.22%) Data Analysis
17 46 (11.22%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 183 (44.63%) Python
1 183 (44.63%) SQL
2 45 (10.98%) C++
3 40 (9.76%) Java
4 26 (6.34%) JavaScript
5 18 (4.39%) Rust
6 14 (3.41%) T-SQL
7 12 (2.93%) TypeScript
8 11 (2.68%) PowerShell
9 10 (2.44%) Go
9 10 (2.44%) Scala
10 9 (2.20%) C#
11 8 (1.95%) PL/SQL
12 6 (1.46%) R
13 5 (1.22%) C
13 5 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.73%) SAS Macro
14 3 (0.73%) VBA
15 1 (0.24%) ABAP
15 1 (0.24%) Bash
Qualifications
1 82 (20.00%) Degree
2 38 (9.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 37 (9.02%) Security Cleared
4 22 (5.37%) ACCA
4 22 (5.37%) CIMA
5 21 (5.12%) SC Cleared
6 8 (1.95%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.46%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.98%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.73%) HND
9 3 (0.73%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.49%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.49%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.49%) PhD
11 1 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.24%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (21.22%) Data Quality
2 17 (4.15%) QA
3 14 (3.41%) Accessibility
3 14 (3.41%) GDPR
4 11 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.22%) IFRS
5 5 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.73%) CDISC
6 3 (0.73%) GAAP
6 3 (0.73%) GRC
7 2 (0.49%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.49%) NIST
7 2 (0.49%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.24%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.24%) MiFID
8 1 (0.24%) Solvency II
System Software
1 28 (6.83%) Docker
2 19 (4.63%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (4.88%) Kubernetes
2 16 (3.90%) Terraform
3 4 (0.98%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.49%) Ansible
4 2 (0.49%) Grafana
4 2 (0.49%) Packer
5 1 (0.24%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 55 (13.41%) Microsoft
2 43 (10.49%) Oracle
2 43 (10.49%) SAP
3 26 (6.34%) Google
4 22 (5.37%) Salesforce
5 21 (5.12%) Sage
6 15 (3.66%) Databricks
7 10 (2.44%) Foundry
7 10 (2.44%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.20%) Workday
9 8 (1.95%) Sparx
10 7 (1.71%) Palantir
11 6 (1.46%) Informatica
11 6 (1.46%) Talend
12 5 (1.22%) Alteryx
12 5 (1.22%) MuleSoft
13 4 (0.98%) OpenAI
14 3 (0.73%) TOWER Software
15 2 (0.49%) Concur
15 2 (0.49%) Intapp