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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 330 315
Rank change year-on-year -15 -15 -51
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 294 396 493
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.54% 0.83% 0.88%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.57% 2.22% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 173 128 408
10th Percentile £46,250 £38,375 £35,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £45,938 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +3.70% -10.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £96,875 £90,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £130,750 £106,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% -6.90%

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 18,720 17,862 20,106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.56% 37.45% 36.04%
Number of salaries quoted 9,511 8,354 15,120
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,819 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% +1.37% -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £103,978
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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 January 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 21 January 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 +87 183 £72,500 -19.44% 69
North of England +24 45 £75,000 +30.43% 41
Midlands +32 27 £50,500 -19.20% 32
Yorkshire -1 27 £76,250 +117.86% 16
North West +20 17 £72,500 +20.83% 17
East Midlands +8 17 £49,250 -24.23% 20
East of England +10 11 £70,000 -22.22% 42
West Midlands +18 10 £56,250 -6.25% 12
South East +2 9 £52,500 +23.53% 83
South West -112 3 £43,953 -38.95% 34
North East +5 1 - - 8
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 5 (1.70%) Apache Airflow
1 5 (1.70%) CMS
1 5 (1.70%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.36%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.68%) Apache
3 2 (0.68%) Luigi
3 2 (0.68%) Mendix
3 2 (0.68%) SAS
Applications
1 30 (10.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.02%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 13 (4.42%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.36%) Distributed Ledger
2 4 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.02%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.68%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.68%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.68%) SAP Retail
5 1 (0.34%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.34%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 63 (21.43%) AWS
2 58 (19.73%) Azure
3 55 (18.71%) Power Platform
4 23 (7.82%) GCP
4 23 (7.82%) GitHub
5 21 (7.14%) Serverless
6 10 (3.40%) Boomi
7 9 (3.06%) SaaS
8 8 (2.72%) Snowflake
9 7 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.38%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.70%) Amazon Kinesis
10 5 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.70%) Firebase
10 5 (1.70%) Matillion
11 4 (1.36%) AWS KMS
11 4 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.36%) Slack
11 4 (1.36%) Zapier
12 3 (1.02%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.36%) Network Security
2 1 (0.34%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (18.71%) Power BI
2 36 (12.24%) NoSQL
3 25 (8.50%) SQL Server
4 21 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (6.80%) Metadata
6 16 (5.44%) BigQuery
7 15 (5.10%) DynamoDB
7 15 (5.10%) Tableau
8 13 (4.42%) Data Lake
8 13 (4.42%) Relational Database
8 13 (4.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 12 (4.08%) Elasticsearch
9 12 (4.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (2.72%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (2.38%) Redis
11 7 (2.38%) Snowflake Schema
12 5 (1.70%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (1.70%) Couchbase
12 5 (1.70%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 19 (6.46%) Git
2 18 (6.12%) Postman
3 12 (4.08%) ERwin
4 6 (2.04%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.68%) JConsole
5 2 (0.68%) JIRA
5 2 (0.68%) Storybook
5 2 (0.68%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.68%) VisualVM
6 1 (0.34%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.34%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.34%) PowerDesigner
General
1 98 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 82 (27.89%) Finance
3 71 (24.15%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (10.88%) Law
5 28 (9.52%) Front Office
6 22 (7.48%) Public Sector
7 21 (7.14%) Retail
8 14 (4.76%) Marketing
9 12 (4.08%) Banking
10 11 (3.74%) Investment Banking
11 10 (3.40%) Publishing
12 4 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.68%) Billing
13 2 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.68%) Legal
14 1 (0.34%) Advertising
14 1 (0.34%) Corporate Banking
14 1 (0.34%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.34%) Local Government
14 1 (0.34%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 85 (28.91%) Developer
2 62 (21.09%) Analyst
3 52 (17.69%) Senior
4 35 (11.90%) Python Developer
5 33 (11.22%) Senior Developer
6 32 (10.88%) Lead
7 30 (10.20%) Data Analyst
8 28 (9.52%) Architect
9 25 (8.50%) Data Architect
10 24 (8.16%) Software Engineer
11 23 (7.82%) C++ Developer
12 21 (7.14%) Quantitative Developer
12 21 (7.14%) Senior Python Developer
13 18 (6.12%) C++ Quantitative Developer
13 18 (6.12%) Consultant
14 17 (5.78%) Linux Developer
14 17 (5.78%) Low Latency C++ Developer
14 17 (5.78%) Senior C++ Developer
14 17 (5.78%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
14 17 (5.78%) Senior Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (11.90%) Django
2 26 (8.84%) Flask
3 24 (8.16%) FastAPI
4 22 (7.48%) RESTful
5 21 (7.14%) CSS
5 21 (7.14%) HTML
6 20 (6.80%) React
7 18 (6.12%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 17 (5.78%) Kafka
9 16 (5.44%) OpenAPI
9 16 (5.44%) REST
9 16 (5.44%) Swagger
10 15 (5.10%) Vue
11 12 (4.08%) JSON
12 8 (2.72%) .NET
12 8 (2.72%) Web Services
13 7 (2.38%) OAuth
14 5 (1.70%) Memcached
14 5 (1.70%) SOAP
14 5 (1.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (18.37%) Algorithms
2 29 (9.86%) Management Information System
3 28 (9.52%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (8.50%) Legacy Systems
5 21 (7.14%) Greenfield Project
5 21 (7.14%) Hedge funds
6 19 (6.46%) Equities
7 13 (4.42%) Product Ownership
8 11 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (3.06%) Low-Code
10 8 (2.72%) FMCG
11 7 (2.38%) Cloud Native
11 7 (2.38%) Reinsurance
12 6 (2.04%) Client/Server
12 6 (2.04%) Onboarding
13 5 (1.70%) Virtual Team
14 4 (1.36%) Blockchain
14 4 (1.36%) Derivative
14 4 (1.36%) PKI
15 3 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.80%) Linux
2 3 (1.02%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.68%) Android
4 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (26.19%) Data Modelling
2 72 (24.49%) Problem-Solving
3 63 (21.43%) Agile
4 60 (20.41%) Business Intelligence
4 60 (20.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 59 (20.07%) Analytics
6 54 (18.37%) Data Analysis
7 52 (17.69%) Computer Science
7 52 (17.69%) OOP
8 51 (17.35%) Data Governance
9 47 (15.99%) AI
9 47 (15.99%) ETL
10 43 (14.63%) CI/CD
10 43 (14.63%) Data Integration
11 42 (14.29%) Mentoring
12 40 (13.61%) Stakeholder Management
13 38 (12.93%) Software Engineering
14 35 (11.90%) Mathematics
14 35 (11.90%) Microservices
15 34 (11.56%) OO
Programming Languages
1 147 (50.00%) Python
2 140 (47.62%) SQL
3 33 (11.22%) JavaScript
4 27 (9.18%) C++
5 23 (7.82%) Java
6 10 (3.40%) Scala
7 8 (2.72%) C#
8 7 (2.38%) T-SQL
9 6 (2.04%) Kotlin
9 6 (2.04%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.36%) Go
10 4 (1.36%) VBA
11 2 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.68%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.68%) R
11 2 (0.68%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.68%) Swift
12 1 (0.34%) ANSI SQL
12 1 (0.34%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.34%) PHP
Qualifications
1 83 (28.23%) Degree
2 33 (11.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (8.50%) Security Cleared
4 19 (6.46%) SC Cleared
5 11 (3.74%) Master's Degree
6 8 (2.72%) ACCA
6 8 (2.72%) CIMA
6 8 (2.72%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.70%) PhD
8 4 (1.36%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.36%) Postgraduate
9 2 (0.68%) HNC
9 2 (0.68%) HND
9 2 (0.68%) IIBA
9 2 (0.68%) MCSA
9 2 (0.68%) MCSE
9 2 (0.68%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.34%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.34%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (13.95%) Data Quality
2 20 (6.80%) GDPR
3 14 (4.76%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.70%) QA
5 4 (1.36%) HIPAA
5 4 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.36%) NIST
5 4 (1.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.68%) WCAG
7 1 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.34%) IFRS
7 1 (0.34%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.34%) Solvency II
System Software
1 21 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (6.12%) Terraform
2 6 (2.04%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.68%) Ansible
3 2 (0.68%) logstash
3 2 (0.68%) Progress Chef
3 2 (0.68%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.68%) Puppet
Vendors
1 36 (12.24%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.14%) Salesforce
3 15 (5.10%) Google
3 15 (5.10%) Oracle
4 14 (4.76%) Foundry
5 11 (3.74%) Palantir
6 9 (3.06%) SAP
7 7 (2.38%) ServiceNow
7 7 (2.38%) Talend
8 6 (2.04%) Informatica
9 5 (1.70%) Databricks
9 5 (1.70%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.36%) Facebook
10 4 (1.36%) HubSpot
10 4 (1.36%) Intapp
11 3 (1.02%) Temenos
11 3 (1.02%) Workday
12 2 (0.68%) Alteryx
12 2 (0.68%) Dataiku
12 2 (0.68%) OutSystems