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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 322 322
Rank change year-on-year -31 0 -61
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 321 361 640
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.49% 0.92% 0.86%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.57% 2.36% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 214 119 457
10th Percentile £45,257 £41,150 £35,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.57% +0.80%
75th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £128,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £69,500
% change year-on-year - +4.32% +0.98%

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 20,477 15,310 26,470
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 31.40% 39.07% 35.76%
Number of salaries quoted 10,556 7,976 19,617
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £28,274
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,110 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% +11.11% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.83% +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 13 March 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 March 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 +92 216 £80,000 -13.51% 82
North of England -29 39 £57,500 -2.13% 40
Yorkshire -30 30 £75,000 +54.62% 13
South East -27 20 £42,500 -5.56% 41
Midlands -28 13 £48,500 -22.40% 17
East of England -9 11 £75,000 -6.25% 14
East Midlands -25 9 £48,500 -25.38% 12
North West -26 7 £44,237 -24.70% 20
West Midlands -19 4 £53,750 -10.42% 4
South West -128 4 £43,953 -38.95% 14
North East -24 2 £30,500 -49.17% 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 12 (3.74%) Palantir Foundry
2 8 (2.49%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.18%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (2.18%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.25%) SAS
5 3 (0.93%) Apache
5 3 (0.93%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.62%) CMS
6 2 (0.62%) Mendix
7 1 (0.31%) Confluence
7 1 (0.31%) Jupyter
Applications
1 12 (3.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.93%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 12 (3.74%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.56%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (1.25%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.93%) FLEXCUBE
4 3 (0.93%) Misys Opics
4 3 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.93%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.62%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.62%) Shopify
5 2 (0.62%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.31%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.31%) Magento
6 1 (0.31%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.31%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.31%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 87 (27.10%) AWS
1 87 (27.10%) Azure
2 45 (14.02%) Power Platform
3 40 (12.46%) GCP
4 28 (8.72%) GitHub
5 27 (8.41%) Serverless
6 15 (4.67%) SaaS
7 13 (4.05%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (3.43%) Boomi
9 9 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (2.80%) Power Automate
10 8 (2.49%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (2.49%) dbt
10 8 (2.49%) Entra ID
11 7 (2.18%) Amazon S3
11 7 (2.18%) Cloud Composer
11 7 (2.18%) Snowflake
12 6 (1.87%) Dagster
12 6 (1.87%) Matillion
13 5 (1.56%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.87%) Broadband
2 4 (1.25%) Network Security
3 1 (0.31%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (14.02%) Power BI
2 36 (11.21%) SQL Server
3 33 (10.28%) BigQuery
4 31 (9.66%) NoSQL
5 29 (9.03%) Metadata
6 23 (7.17%) Data Warehouse
7 21 (6.54%) Elasticsearch
8 20 (6.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 19 (5.92%) DynamoDB
10 18 (5.61%) Tableau
11 16 (4.98%) Relational Database
12 14 (4.36%) Data Lake
12 14 (4.36%) PostgreSQL
13 12 (3.74%) MySQL
14 11 (3.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 9 (2.80%) Oracle Reports
16 8 (2.49%) Azure SQL Database
17 6 (1.87%) Pentaho
17 6 (1.87%) Redis
17 6 (1.87%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 20 (6.23%) Git
1 20 (6.23%) Postman
2 9 (2.80%) Eclipse
3 6 (1.87%) ERwin
4 3 (0.93%) JIRA
5 2 (0.62%) Storybook
5 2 (0.62%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.62%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.31%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.31%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.31%) JConsole
6 1 (0.31%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.31%) Toad
6 1 (0.31%) utPLSQL
6 1 (0.31%) VisualVM
General
1 105 (32.71%) Social Skills
2 100 (31.15%) Finance
3 85 (26.48%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (12.46%) Law
5 30 (9.35%) Front Office
6 23 (7.17%) Public Sector
7 19 (5.92%) Retail
8 15 (4.67%) Banking
9 14 (4.36%) Marketing
10 11 (3.43%) Publishing
11 7 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (2.18%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.87%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.56%) Legal
14 4 (1.25%) Billing
15 3 (0.93%) Corporate Banking
15 3 (0.93%) Retail Banking
16 2 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
17 1 (0.31%) Digital Economy
17 1 (0.31%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 88 (27.41%) Developer
2 72 (22.43%) Senior
3 64 (19.94%) Analyst
4 50 (15.58%) Data Analyst
5 40 (12.46%) Python Developer
5 40 (12.46%) Senior Developer
6 33 (10.28%) Software Engineer
7 26 (8.10%) Consultant
8 25 (7.79%) Architect
9 24 (7.48%) Lead
9 24 (7.48%) Senior Python Developer
10 23 (7.17%) C++ Developer
10 23 (7.17%) Quantitative Developer
11 21 (6.54%) Data Architect
12 20 (6.23%) C++ Quantitative Developer
12 20 (6.23%) Linux Developer
12 20 (6.23%) Low Latency C++ Developer
12 20 (6.23%) Senior C++ Developer
12 20 (6.23%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
12 20 (6.23%) Senior Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (13.08%) Django
2 31 (9.66%) RESTful
3 28 (8.72%) JSON
4 24 (7.48%) Flask
5 23 (7.17%) REST
6 22 (6.85%) CSS
6 22 (6.85%) HTML
6 22 (6.85%) OpenAPI
6 22 (6.85%) Swagger
7 21 (6.54%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 21 (6.54%) FastAPI
8 19 (5.92%) React
9 18 (5.61%) XML
10 16 (4.98%) Kafka
10 16 (4.98%) Vue
11 10 (3.12%) .NET
12 8 (2.49%) FIX Protocol
12 8 (2.49%) SOAP
13 7 (2.18%) Web Services
14 6 (1.87%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 73 (22.74%) Algorithms
2 41 (12.77%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (10.90%) Greenfield Project
4 28 (8.72%) Management Information System
5 22 (6.85%) Equities
5 22 (6.85%) Hedge funds
6 15 (4.67%) Onboarding
7 13 (4.05%) Cloud Native
8 12 (3.74%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (3.74%) Product Ownership
9 10 (3.12%) FMCG
9 10 (3.12%) Reinsurance
10 9 (2.80%) Low-Code
11 8 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (1.87%) Anti-Piracy
13 6 (1.87%) Social Media
14 5 (1.56%) e-Learning
14 5 (1.56%) Virtual Team
15 4 (1.25%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.23%) Linux
2 2 (0.62%) Android
3 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (29.91%) Data Modelling
2 81 (25.23%) Problem-Solving
3 75 (23.36%) Agile
4 70 (21.81%) Analytics
5 66 (20.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 65 (20.25%) Computer Science
7 64 (19.94%) ETL
8 59 (18.38%) Software Engineering
9 58 (18.07%) Business Intelligence
9 58 (18.07%) Data Governance
10 51 (15.89%) OOP
11 50 (15.58%) Mentoring
12 46 (14.33%) Data Analysis
13 44 (13.71%) AI
14 43 (13.40%) CI/CD
14 43 (13.40%) Decision-Making
14 43 (13.40%) OO
15 38 (11.84%) Migration
15 38 (11.84%) Validation
16 37 (11.53%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 171 (53.27%) Python
2 155 (48.29%) SQL
3 41 (12.77%) C++
4 33 (10.28%) JavaScript
5 28 (8.72%) Java
6 16 (4.98%) T-SQL
7 12 (3.74%) Scala
8 10 (3.12%) C#
9 9 (2.80%) Rust
10 8 (2.49%) PowerShell
11 6 (1.87%) Kotlin
11 6 (1.87%) PL/SQL
12 5 (1.56%) R
13 4 (1.25%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.93%) Go
15 2 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.62%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.62%) VBA
16 1 (0.31%) ANSI SQL
16 1 (0.31%) PHP
Qualifications
1 71 (22.12%) Degree
2 40 (12.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 28 (8.72%) Security Cleared
4 20 (6.23%) SC Cleared
5 12 (3.74%) Master's Degree
6 10 (3.12%) ACCA
6 10 (3.12%) CIMA
7 9 (2.80%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.87%) PhD
9 5 (1.56%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.25%) Postgraduate
11 3 (0.93%) IIBA
11 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.62%) Oracle Certification
13 1 (0.31%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.31%) HNC
13 1 (0.31%) HND
13 1 (0.31%) MCSA
13 1 (0.31%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (17.45%) Data Quality
2 14 (4.36%) Accessibility
3 13 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (3.43%) GDPR
5 8 (2.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.56%) HIPAA
6 5 (1.56%) NIST
6 5 (1.56%) QA
7 4 (1.25%) IFRS
8 3 (0.93%) GAAP
9 2 (0.62%) GRC
9 2 (0.62%) WCAG
10 1 (0.31%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.31%) Solvency II
System Software
1 20 (6.23%) Docker
2 8 (2.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 19 (5.92%) Terraform
2 5 (1.56%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.93%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.31%) Grafana
4 1 (0.31%) logstash
Vendors
1 38 (11.84%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.17%) Google
3 21 (6.54%) Oracle
4 19 (5.92%) Salesforce
5 16 (4.98%) Foundry
6 12 (3.74%) Palantir
7 10 (3.12%) SAP
7 10 (3.12%) ServiceNow
7 10 (3.12%) Talend
8 9 (2.80%) Informatica
9 7 (2.18%) Workday
10 6 (1.87%) MuleSoft
10 6 (1.87%) Sparx
11 5 (1.56%) Databricks
12 4 (1.25%) Alteryx
12 4 (1.25%) Intapp
13 3 (0.93%) Temenos
14 2 (0.62%) OpenAI
14 2 (0.62%) OutSystems
14 2 (0.62%) SendGrid