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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 341 337 311
Rank change year-on-year -4 -26 -44
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 290 396 476
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.54% 0.83% 0.89%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.56% 2.22% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 170 128 395
10th Percentile £46,250 £38,375 £35,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £45,938 £49,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +3.70% -10.00%
75th Percentile £85,938 £96,875 £90,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £130,750 £110,000
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 18,636 17,810 19,429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.63% 37.40% 36.15%
Number of salaries quoted 9,434 8,320 14,545
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,404 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,569 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.19% +0.95% -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £105,000
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 20 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 20 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 +87 179 £72,500 -19.44% 66
North of England +15 45 £75,000 +30.43% 40
Midlands +35 27 £50,500 -19.20% 32
Yorkshire +1 27 £76,250 +117.86% 16
North West +19 17 £72,500 +20.83% 17
East Midlands +7 17 £49,250 -24.23% 19
East of England +21 11 £70,000 -22.22% 44
West Midlands +22 10 £56,250 -6.25% 13
South East +8 9 £52,500 +23.53% 79
South West -110 3 £43,953 -38.95% 32
North East +6 1 - - 7
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 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
1 5 (1.72%) CMS
1 5 (1.72%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.38%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.69%) Apache
3 2 (0.69%) Luigi
3 2 (0.69%) Mendix
3 2 (0.69%) SAS
Applications
1 30 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.03%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 12 (4.14%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.38%) Distributed Ledger
2 4 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.03%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.69%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (0.69%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.69%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.69%) 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 (21.72%) AWS
2 57 (19.66%) Azure
3 54 (18.62%) Power Platform
4 23 (7.93%) GCP
4 23 (7.93%) GitHub
5 21 (7.24%) Serverless
6 10 (3.45%) Boomi
7 9 (3.10%) SaaS
8 8 (2.76%) Snowflake
9 7 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.41%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.72%) Amazon Kinesis
10 5 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.72%) Firebase
10 5 (1.72%) Matillion
11 4 (1.38%) AWS KMS
11 4 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.38%) Slack
11 4 (1.38%) Zapier
12 3 (1.03%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.38%) Network Security
2 1 (0.34%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (18.62%) Power BI
2 36 (12.41%) NoSQL
3 25 (8.62%) SQL Server
4 21 (7.24%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (6.90%) Metadata
6 16 (5.52%) BigQuery
7 15 (5.17%) DynamoDB
8 14 (4.83%) Tableau
9 13 (4.48%) Data Lake
9 13 (4.48%) Relational Database
9 13 (4.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 12 (4.14%) Elasticsearch
10 12 (4.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (2.76%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
12 7 (2.41%) Redis
12 7 (2.41%) Snowflake Schema
13 5 (1.72%) BusinessObjects
13 5 (1.72%) Couchbase
13 5 (1.72%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 19 (6.55%) Git
2 17 (5.86%) Postman
3 12 (4.14%) ERwin
4 6 (2.07%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.69%) JConsole
5 2 (0.69%) JIRA
5 2 (0.69%) Storybook
5 2 (0.69%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.69%) VisualVM
6 1 (0.34%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.34%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.34%) PowerDesigner
General
1 95 (32.76%) Social Skills
2 81 (27.93%) Finance
3 68 (23.45%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (10.69%) Law
5 28 (9.66%) Front Office
6 20 (6.90%) Public Sector
6 20 (6.90%) Retail
7 13 (4.48%) Marketing
8 12 (4.14%) Banking
9 11 (3.79%) Investment Banking
10 9 (3.10%) Publishing
11 4 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.69%) Billing
12 2 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.69%) Legal
13 1 (0.34%) Advertising
13 1 (0.34%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.34%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.34%) Local Government
13 1 (0.34%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 85 (29.31%) Developer
2 58 (20.00%) Analyst
3 52 (17.93%) Senior
4 35 (12.07%) Python Developer
5 33 (11.38%) Senior Developer
6 32 (11.03%) Lead
7 28 (9.66%) Architect
8 26 (8.97%) Data Analyst
9 25 (8.62%) Data Architect
10 24 (8.28%) Software Engineer
11 23 (7.93%) C++ Developer
12 21 (7.24%) Quantitative Developer
12 21 (7.24%) Senior Python Developer
13 18 (6.21%) C++ Quantitative Developer
14 17 (5.86%) Linux Developer
14 17 (5.86%) Low Latency C++ Developer
14 17 (5.86%) Senior C++ Developer
14 17 (5.86%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
14 17 (5.86%) Senior Quantitative Developer
15 16 (5.52%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (12.07%) Django
2 26 (8.97%) Flask
3 24 (8.28%) FastAPI
4 21 (7.24%) CSS
4 21 (7.24%) HTML
4 21 (7.24%) RESTful
5 20 (6.90%) React
6 18 (6.21%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 17 (5.86%) Kafka
8 15 (5.17%) OpenAPI
8 15 (5.17%) REST
8 15 (5.17%) Swagger
8 15 (5.17%) Vue
9 11 (3.79%) JSON
10 8 (2.76%) .NET
10 8 (2.76%) Web Services
11 7 (2.41%) OAuth
12 5 (1.72%) Memcached
12 5 (1.72%) SOAP
12 5 (1.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (18.62%) Algorithms
2 29 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 28 (9.66%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (8.62%) Legacy Systems
5 21 (7.24%) Hedge funds
6 20 (6.90%) Greenfield Project
7 19 (6.55%) Equities
8 13 (4.48%) Product Ownership
9 11 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (3.10%) Low-Code
11 7 (2.41%) Cloud Native
11 7 (2.41%) FMCG
11 7 (2.41%) Reinsurance
12 6 (2.07%) Client/Server
12 6 (2.07%) Onboarding
13 5 (1.72%) Virtual Team
14 4 (1.38%) Blockchain
14 4 (1.38%) Derivative
14 4 (1.38%) PKI
15 3 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.90%) Linux
2 3 (1.03%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.69%) Android
4 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (25.17%) Data Modelling
2 70 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
3 63 (21.72%) Agile
4 59 (20.34%) Business Intelligence
5 58 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 57 (19.66%) Analytics
7 53 (18.28%) Data Analysis
8 52 (17.93%) Computer Science
8 52 (17.93%) OOP
9 49 (16.90%) Data Governance
10 46 (15.86%) ETL
11 44 (15.17%) AI
12 43 (14.83%) CI/CD
13 41 (14.14%) Data Integration
14 40 (13.79%) Mentoring
14 40 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
15 38 (13.10%) Software Engineering
16 35 (12.07%) Mathematics
16 35 (12.07%) Microservices
17 34 (11.72%) OO
Programming Languages
1 143 (49.31%) Python
2 136 (46.90%) SQL
3 33 (11.38%) JavaScript
4 27 (9.31%) C++
5 23 (7.93%) Java
6 10 (3.45%) Scala
7 8 (2.76%) C#
8 7 (2.41%) T-SQL
9 6 (2.07%) Kotlin
9 6 (2.07%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.38%) Go
10 4 (1.38%) VBA
11 2 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.69%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.69%) R
11 2 (0.69%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.69%) Swift
12 1 (0.34%) ANSI SQL
12 1 (0.34%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.34%) PHP
Qualifications
1 82 (28.28%) Degree
2 33 (11.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 23 (7.93%) Security Cleared
4 18 (6.21%) SC Cleared
5 11 (3.79%) Master's Degree
6 7 (2.41%) ACCA
6 7 (2.41%) CIMA
6 7 (2.41%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.72%) PhD
8 4 (1.38%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.38%) Postgraduate
9 2 (0.69%) HNC
9 2 (0.69%) HND
9 2 (0.69%) IIBA
9 2 (0.69%) MCSA
9 2 (0.69%) MCSE
9 2 (0.69%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.34%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.34%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (14.14%) Data Quality
2 20 (6.90%) GDPR
3 12 (4.14%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.72%) QA
5 4 (1.38%) HIPAA
5 4 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.38%) NIST
5 4 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.69%) 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 (7.24%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (6.21%) Terraform
2 6 (2.07%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.69%) Ansible
3 2 (0.69%) logstash
3 2 (0.69%) Progress Chef
3 2 (0.69%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.69%) Puppet
Vendors
1 35 (12.07%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.90%) Salesforce
3 15 (5.17%) Google
3 15 (5.17%) Oracle
4 12 (4.14%) Foundry
5 9 (3.10%) Palantir
5 9 (3.10%) SAP
6 7 (2.41%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.41%) Talend
7 6 (2.07%) Informatica
8 5 (1.72%) Databricks
8 5 (1.72%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.38%) Facebook
9 4 (1.38%) HubSpot
9 4 (1.38%) Intapp
10 3 (1.03%) Temenos
10 3 (1.03%) Workday
11 2 (0.69%) Alteryx
11 2 (0.69%) Dataiku
11 2 (0.69%) OutSystems