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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 302 315
Rank change year-on-year -61 +13 -49
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 331 365 722
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.46% 1.00% 0.91%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.53% 2.57% 2.57%
Number of salaries quoted 217 126 450
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,750 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £74,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% +5.71% +0.80%
75th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £127,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +3.57% +1.71%

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 21,625 14,189 28,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 29.82% 38.73% 35.44%
Number of salaries quoted 11,247 8,157 20,364
10th Percentile £29,500 £31,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £39,050 £43,799 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 6 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 6 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 +92 223 £80,000 -13.51% 111
North of England -45 44 £58,750 -2.08% 53
Yorkshire -24 36 £71,755 +47.93% 25
South East -52 22 £49,000 +8.89% 65
East of England -33 12 £70,000 -8.50% 19
Midlands -48 11 £48,500 -7.62% 19
East Midlands -49 6 £48,500 - 15
West Midlands -24 5 £47,500 -20.83% 4
North West -35 5 £41,750 -27.39% 17
South West -146 5 £43,953 -38.95% 20
North East -30 3 £45,250 -56.39% 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 8 (2.42%) Apache Spark
1 8 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (2.42%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.11%) Palantir Foundry
3 6 (1.81%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.51%) Confluence
5 4 (1.21%) SAS
6 3 (0.91%) Apache
6 3 (0.91%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.60%) Mendix
8 1 (0.30%) CMS
8 1 (0.30%) Jupyter
Applications
1 14 (4.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.91%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 11 (3.32%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.51%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (1.21%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.91%) FLEXCUBE
4 3 (0.91%) Misys Opics
4 3 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.91%) SAP SD
4 3 (0.91%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.60%) Shopify
5 2 (0.60%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.30%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.30%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.30%) Magento
6 1 (0.30%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.30%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.30%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 94 (28.40%) AWS
2 93 (28.10%) Azure
3 48 (14.50%) GCP
4 44 (13.29%) Power Platform
5 27 (8.16%) GitHub
5 27 (8.16%) Serverless
6 17 (5.14%) SaaS
7 14 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (3.32%) Boomi
9 10 (3.02%) Entra ID
10 9 (2.72%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (2.72%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (2.72%) Power Automate
11 8 (2.42%) dbt
12 7 (2.11%) Amazon S3
12 7 (2.11%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (2.11%) Snowflake
13 6 (1.81%) Cloud Composer
13 6 (1.81%) Dagster
13 6 (1.81%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.81%) Broadband
2 4 (1.21%) Network Security
3 1 (0.30%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (13.29%) Power BI
2 39 (11.78%) BigQuery
3 33 (9.97%) SQL Server
4 32 (9.67%) Metadata
5 27 (8.16%) NoSQL
6 24 (7.25%) Elasticsearch
7 21 (6.34%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (5.74%) Relational Database
9 18 (5.44%) DynamoDB
9 18 (5.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 18 (5.44%) Tableau
10 13 (3.93%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (3.63%) Data Lake
12 11 (3.32%) MySQL
13 9 (2.72%) Oracle Reports
14 8 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 7 (2.11%) RDBMS
16 6 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
16 6 (1.81%) Snowflake Schema
16 6 (1.81%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (5.74%) Git
1 19 (5.74%) Postman
2 9 (2.72%) Eclipse
2 9 (2.72%) ERwin
3 6 (1.81%) JIRA
4 2 (0.60%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.60%) PowerDesigner
4 2 (0.60%) Storybook
4 2 (0.60%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.30%) Android Studio
5 1 (0.30%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.30%) Maven
5 1 (0.30%) Toad
5 1 (0.30%) utPLSQL
General
1 107 (32.33%) Finance
2 102 (30.82%) Social Skills
3 84 (25.38%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (12.99%) Law
5 27 (8.16%) Front Office
6 20 (6.04%) Retail
7 19 (5.74%) Public Sector
8 16 (4.83%) Marketing
9 12 (3.63%) Banking
10 11 (3.32%) Publishing
11 9 (2.72%) Legal
12 8 (2.42%) Financial Institution
12 8 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.81%) Billing
14 4 (1.21%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.91%) Corporate Banking
15 3 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.91%) Retail Banking
16 1 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
16 1 (0.30%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 86 (25.98%) Developer
2 73 (22.05%) Senior
3 69 (20.85%) Analyst
4 50 (15.11%) Data Analyst
5 38 (11.48%) Python Developer
5 38 (11.48%) Senior Developer
6 37 (11.18%) Software Engineer
7 24 (7.25%) Architect
8 23 (6.95%) Consultant
9 22 (6.65%) C++ Developer
9 22 (6.65%) Quantitative Developer
10 21 (6.34%) Lead
10 21 (6.34%) Senior Python Developer
11 20 (6.04%) Data Architect
12 19 (5.74%) C++ Quantitative Developer
12 19 (5.74%) Linux Developer
12 19 (5.74%) Low Latency C++ Developer
12 19 (5.74%) Senior C++ Developer
12 19 (5.74%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
12 19 (5.74%) Senior Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (13.29%) Django
2 34 (10.27%) RESTful
3 30 (9.06%) JSON
4 24 (7.25%) CSS
4 24 (7.25%) HTML
5 23 (6.95%) Flask
6 22 (6.65%) OpenAPI
6 22 (6.65%) REST
6 22 (6.65%) Swagger
7 21 (6.34%) React
7 21 (6.34%) XML
8 20 (6.04%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 19 (5.74%) FastAPI
9 19 (5.74%) Vue
10 16 (4.83%) Kafka
11 10 (3.02%) FIX Protocol
12 9 (2.72%) .NET
13 7 (2.11%) FpML
13 7 (2.11%) SOAP
13 7 (2.11%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 78 (23.56%) Algorithms
2 43 (12.99%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (11.78%) Greenfield Project
4 25 (7.55%) Management Information System
5 21 (6.34%) Equities
5 21 (6.34%) Hedge funds
6 17 (5.14%) Onboarding
7 12 (3.63%) Product Ownership
8 11 (3.32%) Cloud Native
9 10 (3.02%) FMCG
9 10 (3.02%) Reinsurance
10 9 (2.72%) Low-Code
11 8 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (2.11%) e-Learning
13 6 (1.81%) Anti-Piracy
13 6 (1.81%) Social Media
14 5 (1.51%) PKI
14 5 (1.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.04%) Linux
2 2 (0.60%) Android
3 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (29.00%) Data Modelling
2 88 (26.59%) Agile
3 85 (25.68%) Problem-Solving
4 68 (20.54%) Analytics
4 68 (20.54%) Computer Science
4 68 (20.54%) Software Engineering
5 65 (19.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 59 (17.82%) Business Intelligence
6 59 (17.82%) ETL
7 55 (16.62%) Data Governance
8 50 (15.11%) OOP
9 49 (14.80%) Mentoring
10 48 (14.50%) OO
11 46 (13.90%) Data Analysis
11 46 (13.90%) Decision-Making
12 45 (13.60%) CI/CD
13 41 (12.39%) Validation
14 39 (11.78%) Microservices
15 37 (11.18%) AI
16 36 (10.88%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 173 (52.27%) Python
2 154 (46.53%) SQL
3 40 (12.08%) C++
4 35 (10.57%) JavaScript
5 30 (9.06%) Java
6 15 (4.53%) T-SQL
7 12 (3.63%) Rust
7 12 (3.63%) Scala
8 9 (2.72%) C#
9 8 (2.42%) PowerShell
10 6 (1.81%) Kotlin
11 5 (1.51%) PL/SQL
11 5 (1.51%) R
11 5 (1.51%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.91%) Go
12 3 (0.91%) VBA
13 2 (0.60%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.30%) ANSI SQL
14 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 80 (24.17%) Degree
2 43 (12.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (8.16%) Security Cleared
4 19 (5.74%) SC Cleared
5 11 (3.32%) Master's Degree
6 10 (3.02%) ACCA
6 10 (3.02%) CIMA
7 5 (1.51%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.51%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.51%) PhD
8 4 (1.21%) Postgraduate
9 3 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.91%) IIBA
9 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.60%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.30%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.30%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (16.92%) Data Quality
2 13 (3.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (3.32%) Accessibility
4 10 (3.02%) GDPR
5 8 (2.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.81%) QA
7 5 (1.51%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.51%) NIST
8 4 (1.21%) IFRS
9 3 (0.91%) GAAP
9 3 (0.91%) GRC
10 2 (0.60%) WCAG
11 1 (0.30%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.30%) Solvency II
System Software
1 20 (6.04%) Docker
2 10 (3.02%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (6.04%) Terraform
2 6 (1.81%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.91%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.30%) Grafana
4 1 (0.30%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 35 (10.57%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.76%) Google
3 20 (6.04%) Oracle
4 17 (5.14%) Salesforce
5 13 (3.93%) ServiceNow
6 11 (3.32%) Foundry
6 11 (3.32%) SAP
7 10 (3.02%) Talend
8 9 (2.72%) Informatica
9 8 (2.42%) Sparx
10 7 (2.11%) Palantir
10 7 (2.11%) Workday
11 6 (1.81%) MuleSoft
12 5 (1.51%) Intapp
13 4 (1.21%) Databricks
14 3 (0.91%) Alteryx
14 3 (0.91%) Temenos
15 2 (0.60%) OutSystems
15 2 (0.60%) Sage
15 2 (0.60%) SendGrid