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 13 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 414 347 327
Rank change year-on-year -67 -20 +11
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 382 338 548
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.38% 0.78% 0.80%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.49% 1.86% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 251 129 202
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,500 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.33% +7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £98,418
90th Percentile £97,500 £123,000 £130,000
UK median annual salary £65,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.43% - +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 25,674 18,200 22,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.64% 41.95% 32.05%
Number of salaries quoted 16,839 9,227 12,040
10th Percentile £31,016 £28,742 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,925 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -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 13 September 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 13 September 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 -35 181 £82,500 -2.94% 358
North of England -14 71 £55,000 -26.42% 50
South East -38 53 £68,000 +2.64% 66
North West -4 32 £60,000 -14.29% 32
Midlands -66 32 £52,500 +8.25% 33
Yorkshire -26 22 £55,000 -29.03% 8
West Midlands -36 20 £52,500 - 21
East of England -23 19 £37,500 -10.23% 25
South West -79 19 £60,000 -14.29% 30
North East -47 17 £55,000 -52.17% 10
East Midlands -46 12 £54,521 +12.41% 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 15 (3.93%) Apache
1 15 (3.93%) Apache Spark
2 11 (2.88%) Jupyter
3 10 (2.62%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.83%) SAS
4 7 (1.83%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.57%) Confluence
6 3 (0.79%) IIS
6 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.79%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.52%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.26%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 34 (8.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.52%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.52%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (3.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 10 (2.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (1.83%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (1.31%) Workday HCM
6 4 (1.05%) Infor M3
6 4 (1.05%) SAP SCM
7 3 (0.79%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.52%) Elite 3E
8 2 (0.52%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 2 (0.52%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.52%) Oracle iProcurement
9 1 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.26%) Dynamics SL
9 1 (0.26%) FastStats
9 1 (0.26%) Loan IQ
9 1 (0.26%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.26%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 87 (22.77%) Power Platform
2 86 (22.51%) AWS
3 81 (21.20%) Azure
4 31 (8.12%) GCP
5 24 (6.28%) Amazon S3
5 24 (6.28%) Dynamics 365
6 22 (5.76%) SaaS
7 19 (4.97%) Entra ID
7 19 (4.97%) PowerApps
8 18 (4.71%) Power Automate
8 18 (4.71%) Snowflake
9 15 (3.93%) dbt
10 14 (3.66%) Amazon EC2
11 13 (3.40%) Amazon EMR
11 13 (3.40%) Serverless
12 11 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
12 11 (2.88%) SuccessFactors
13 10 (2.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 9 (2.36%) Amazon ECR
14 9 (2.36%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.14%) Broadband
2 3 (0.79%) Intranet
3 2 (0.52%) Internet
4 1 (0.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (18.85%) Power BI
2 30 (7.85%) Data Lake
3 27 (7.07%) Tableau
4 21 (5.50%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (4.97%) Relational Database
6 16 (4.19%) Data Vault
7 15 (3.93%) Amazon Athena
7 15 (3.93%) Star Schema
8 14 (3.66%) BigQuery
8 14 (3.66%) Snowflake Schema
9 12 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (3.14%) SAP BW
9 12 (3.14%) SQL Server
10 11 (2.88%) Metadata
11 10 (2.62%) Big Data
12 7 (1.83%) DynamoDB
12 7 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (1.83%) NoSQL
13 6 (1.57%) MySQL
14 5 (1.31%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 27 (7.07%) Git
2 9 (2.36%) GitLab
3 6 (1.57%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.57%) JIRA
4 3 (0.79%) ERwin
4 3 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.52%) MLflow
6 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.26%) CMake
6 1 (0.26%) Maven
6 1 (0.26%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.26%) Valgrind
General
1 148 (38.74%) Finance
1 148 (38.74%) Social Skills
2 76 (19.90%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (7.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 23 (6.02%) Law
5 18 (4.71%) Legal
5 18 (4.71%) Retail
6 16 (4.19%) Banking
7 14 (3.66%) Billing
7 14 (3.66%) Manufacturing
8 13 (3.40%) Financial Institution
8 13 (3.40%) Marketing
9 11 (2.88%) Front Office
10 9 (2.36%) Telecoms
11 8 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.83%) General Ledger
12 7 (1.83%) Public Sector
13 6 (1.57%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.31%) Advertising
14 5 (1.31%) Military
Job Titles
1 88 (23.04%) Analyst
2 72 (18.85%) Senior
3 56 (14.66%) Developer
4 39 (10.21%) Software Engineer
5 37 (9.69%) Consultant
6 28 (7.33%) Systems Analyst
7 27 (7.07%) Architect
8 25 (6.54%) Administrator
9 23 (6.02%) Senior Developer
10 22 (5.76%) Systems Administrator
11 21 (5.50%) Data Analyst
12 20 (5.24%) Data Architect
12 20 (5.24%) Data Engineer
13 16 (4.19%) Business Analyst
13 16 (4.19%) Lead
14 13 (3.40%) Python Developer
14 13 (3.40%) Snowflake Architect
15 12 (3.14%) Backend Developer
15 12 (3.14%) Data Consultant
15 12 (3.14%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.76%) React
2 21 (5.50%) Terraform
3 20 (5.24%) .NET
4 17 (4.45%) REST
5 16 (4.19%) PySpark
6 14 (3.66%) Oracle Fusion
7 13 (3.40%) Kafka
8 12 (3.14%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 10 (2.62%) RESTful
10 9 (2.36%) Django
11 8 (2.09%) Spring Boot
12 7 (1.83%) ASP.NET
12 7 (1.83%) CSS
12 7 (1.83%) Flask
12 7 (1.83%) HTML
12 7 (1.83%) JSON
12 7 (1.83%) Vue
12 7 (1.83%) XML
13 6 (1.57%) .NET Framework
13 6 (1.57%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 79 (20.68%) Algorithms
2 35 (9.16%) Management Information System
3 27 (7.07%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (4.97%) Onboarding
5 14 (3.66%) Hedge funds
6 12 (3.14%) Product Ownership
6 12 (3.14%) Social Media
7 11 (2.88%) Cloud Native
8 10 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (2.36%) Equities
9 9 (2.36%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.83%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.31%) Clustering
11 5 (1.31%) Credit Risk
11 5 (1.31%) PKI
11 5 (1.31%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.05%) Embedded Systems
12 4 (1.05%) FMCG
13 3 (0.79%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.50%) Linux
2 14 (3.66%) Windows
3 3 (0.79%) Unix
4 1 (0.26%) Android
4 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.26%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (28.80%) Problem-Solving
2 103 (26.96%) Data Modelling
3 90 (23.56%) Analytics
4 89 (23.30%) Business Intelligence
5 80 (20.94%) Agile
6 78 (20.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 75 (19.63%) Software Engineering
8 74 (19.37%) AI
9 69 (18.06%) Computer Science
10 66 (17.28%) Decision-Making
11 65 (17.02%) Stakeholder Management
12 63 (16.49%) CI/CD
12 63 (16.49%) Data Engineering
13 57 (14.92%) Data Pipeline
14 56 (14.66%) ERP
14 56 (14.66%) Validation
15 51 (13.35%) Data Architecture
16 50 (13.09%) Data Governance
17 48 (12.57%) Data Management
17 48 (12.57%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 149 (39.01%) SQL
2 133 (34.82%) Python
3 42 (10.99%) Java
4 34 (8.90%) C++
5 28 (7.33%) JavaScript
6 26 (6.81%) C#
7 17 (4.45%) TypeScript
8 15 (3.93%) Rust
9 14 (3.66%) Go
10 7 (1.83%) C
11 6 (1.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (1.57%) T-SQL
12 5 (1.31%) PL/SQL
13 4 (1.05%) Bash
13 4 (1.05%) Scala
13 4 (1.05%) VBA
14 3 (0.79%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.79%) SAS Macro
14 3 (0.79%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.79%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 87 (22.77%) Degree
2 41 (10.73%) Security Cleared
3 29 (7.59%) Computer Science Degree
4 26 (6.81%) SC Cleared
5 18 (4.71%) ACCA
5 18 (4.71%) CIMA
6 10 (2.62%) Master's Degree
7 9 (2.36%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.83%) PhD
9 5 (1.31%) Numerate Degree
9 5 (1.31%) PMP
10 4 (1.05%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.05%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.05%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.79%) HND
11 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (22.25%) Data Quality
2 21 (5.50%) QA
3 19 (4.97%) GDPR
4 15 (3.93%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.79%) CDISC
6 2 (0.52%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.26%) GRC
7 1 (0.26%) IFRS
7 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.26%) MiFID
System Software
1 33 (8.64%) Docker
2 11 (2.88%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.52%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.26%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (5.24%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.31%) Ansible
3 4 (1.05%) Packer
4 2 (0.52%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.26%) Grafana
5 1 (0.26%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 58 (15.18%) Microsoft
2 46 (12.04%) SAP
3 38 (9.95%) Oracle
4 20 (5.24%) Sage
5 17 (4.45%) Databricks
6 14 (3.66%) Google
6 14 (3.66%) Salesforce
7 8 (2.09%) Workday
8 7 (1.83%) HubSpot
9 4 (1.05%) Infor
10 3 (0.79%) Avaya
10 3 (0.79%) Cisco
10 3 (0.79%) Foundry
10 3 (0.79%) Genesys
10 3 (0.79%) MuleSoft
10 3 (0.79%) Palantir
10 3 (0.79%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.79%) TOWER Software
11 2 (0.52%) CA Agile Central
11 2 (0.52%) Concur