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 16 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 350 341 357
Rank change year-on-year -9 +16 -132
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 294 434 384
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.64% 0.71% 0.81%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.70% 2.15% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 148 166 319
10th Percentile £42,125 £38,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £54,688 £50,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -12.97%
75th Percentile £87,500 £106,875 £85,000
90th Percentile £114,875 £132,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%

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 17,249 20,154 18,375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 37.71% 33.19% 38.62%
Number of salaries quoted 9,665 9,676 13,660
10th Percentile £27,707 £34,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -0.79%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £53,750 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.42% -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 16 November 2025.

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 16 November 2025. 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 +66 175 £80,000 -15.79% 236
Midlands +75 34 £51,000 -18.40% 22
North of England +30 32 £75,000 +36.36% 42
East Midlands +43 19 £50,000 -23.08% 11
South East +24 19 £58,750 +38.24% 57
North West +32 17 £70,000 +16.67% 25
West Midlands +55 15 £56,250 -6.25% 11
Yorkshire +13 14 £77,500 +210.00% 9
East of England +22 12 £45,000 - 21
South West -96 11 £35,532 -49.24% 11
North East - 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 14 (4.76%) Apache Airflow
1 14 (4.76%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.72%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.70%) CMS
4 4 (1.36%) Apache
4 4 (1.36%) Apache Pulsar
5 2 (0.68%) Luigi
5 2 (0.68%) Mendix
6 1 (0.34%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 31 (10.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.02%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.34%) 3ds Max
5 1 (0.34%) Blender
5 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.72%) PeopleSoft Financials
2 7 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.36%) NetSuite
3 4 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.68%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (0.68%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.68%) SAP Retail
5 1 (0.34%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.34%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 69 (23.47%) AWS
2 60 (20.41%) Azure
3 55 (18.71%) Power Platform
4 28 (9.52%) GCP
5 20 (6.80%) GitHub
6 15 (5.10%) Serverless
7 10 (3.40%) SaaS
8 9 (3.06%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (2.38%) Snowflake
10 6 (2.04%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (2.04%) Power Automate
10 6 (2.04%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.70%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.70%) Boomi
11 5 (1.70%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (1.36%) Amazon EMR
12 4 (1.36%) Figma
12 4 (1.36%) Google Analytics
12 4 (1.36%) Slack
12 4 (1.36%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.02%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (17.01%) Power BI
2 35 (11.90%) NoSQL
3 28 (9.52%) Relational Database
4 20 (6.80%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (6.80%) SQL Server
5 18 (6.12%) MySQL
6 17 (5.78%) Data Lake
7 13 (4.42%) Metadata
8 12 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (4.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (3.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (3.40%) Redis
11 9 (3.06%) BigQuery
11 9 (3.06%) Tableau
12 8 (2.72%) Flink
12 8 (2.72%) MongoDB
13 7 (2.38%) CockroachDB
14 6 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (1.70%) BusinessObjects
15 5 (1.70%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 22 (7.48%) Git
2 11 (3.74%) ERwin
3 8 (2.72%) Postman
4 4 (1.36%) JIRA
4 4 (1.36%) JUnit
4 4 (1.36%) Mockito
4 4 (1.36%) Terragrunt
5 3 (1.02%) MLflow
6 2 (0.68%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.68%) JConsole
6 2 (0.68%) Selenium
6 2 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.68%) VisualVM
6 2 (0.68%) Xcode
7 1 (0.34%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.34%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.34%) GitLab
7 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.34%) Subversion
General
1 115 (39.12%) Finance
2 110 (37.41%) Social Skills
3 62 (21.09%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (17.35%) Law
5 31 (10.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 29 (9.86%) Banking
7 27 (9.18%) Front Office
8 25 (8.50%) Marketing
9 18 (6.12%) Public Sector
10 10 (3.40%) Investment Banking
10 10 (3.40%) Legal
11 6 (2.04%) Retail
12 4 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.36%) Wholesale Banking
13 3 (1.02%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.02%) Health Technology
14 2 (0.68%) Publishing
15 1 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.34%) Social Housing
15 1 (0.34%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 80 (27.21%) Developer
2 59 (20.07%) Senior
3 56 (19.05%) Analyst
4 39 (13.27%) Software Engineer
5 35 (11.90%) Lead
5 35 (11.90%) Senior Developer
6 34 (11.56%) Python Developer
7 26 (8.84%) Data Engineer
8 25 (8.50%) C++ Developer
8 25 (8.50%) Senior Python Developer
9 22 (7.48%) Quantitative Developer
10 21 (7.14%) C++ Quantitative Developer
11 20 (6.80%) Linux Developer
11 20 (6.80%) Low Latency C++ Developer
11 20 (6.80%) Senior C++ Developer
11 20 (6.80%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
11 20 (6.80%) Senior Quantitative Developer
12 16 (5.44%) Architect
13 15 (5.10%) Data Architect
14 14 (4.76%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (13.61%) Kafka
2 34 (11.56%) React
3 26 (8.84%) REST
4 24 (8.16%) Flask
5 21 (7.14%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 21 (7.14%) Django
6 20 (6.80%) FastAPI
7 19 (6.46%) CSS
7 19 (6.46%) HTML
8 13 (4.42%) OAuth
8 13 (4.42%) Spring
8 13 (4.42%) Vue
9 12 (4.08%) OpenID
10 11 (3.74%) RESTful
11 10 (3.40%) JSON
11 10 (3.40%) Spring Boot
12 8 (2.72%) .NET
12 8 (2.72%) SwiftUI
12 8 (2.72%) Web Services
13 7 (2.38%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 73 (24.83%) Algorithms
2 36 (12.24%) Management Information System
3 31 (10.54%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (9.18%) Legacy Systems
5 25 (8.50%) Hedge funds
6 21 (7.14%) Equities
7 20 (6.80%) Public Cloud
8 18 (6.12%) Product Ownership
9 14 (4.76%) Cloud Native
10 13 (4.42%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (3.40%) Client/Server
12 8 (2.72%) Low-Code
12 8 (2.72%) Private Cloud
13 6 (2.04%) Mobile App
13 6 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (1.70%) Fixed Income
14 5 (1.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 5 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
15 4 (1.36%) Onboarding
15 4 (1.36%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 29 (9.86%) Linux
2 9 (3.06%) Apple iOS
2 9 (3.06%) Unix
3 2 (0.68%) Android
4 1 (0.34%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (27.89%) Problem-Solving
2 75 (25.51%) Agile
3 65 (22.11%) Software Engineering
4 58 (19.73%) CI/CD
5 54 (18.37%) Computer Science
6 53 (18.03%) Business Intelligence
6 53 (18.03%) Test Automation
7 52 (17.69%) Data Modelling
8 51 (17.35%) AI
8 51 (17.35%) OOP
9 47 (15.99%) Analytics
10 46 (15.65%) Continuous Improvement
10 46 (15.65%) Mentoring
11 42 (14.29%) Mathematics
12 41 (13.95%) Data Analysis
13 39 (13.27%) Low Latency
14 38 (12.93%) ETL
14 38 (12.93%) OO
14 38 (12.93%) SDLC
15 34 (11.56%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 144 (48.98%) SQL
2 140 (47.62%) Python
3 41 (13.95%) C++
4 38 (12.93%) JavaScript
5 35 (11.90%) Java
6 14 (4.76%) C#
7 13 (4.42%) T-SQL
7 13 (4.42%) TypeScript
8 9 (3.06%) Scala
9 8 (2.72%) Kotlin
9 8 (2.72%) Shell Script
9 8 (2.72%) Swift
10 7 (2.38%) Go
10 7 (2.38%) VBA
11 5 (1.70%) Rust
12 4 (1.36%) Objective-C
12 4 (1.36%) R
13 2 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.34%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.34%) Julia
Qualifications
1 74 (25.17%) Degree
2 20 (6.80%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (6.12%) Master's Degree
4 13 (4.42%) Security Cleared
5 10 (3.40%) SC Cleared
6 9 (3.06%) AWS Certification
6 9 (3.06%) PhD
7 8 (2.72%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.68%) AWS Certified Developer
8 2 (0.68%) HNC
8 2 (0.68%) HND
8 2 (0.68%) MCSA
8 2 (0.68%) MCSE
8 2 (0.68%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.34%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (10.88%) Data Quality
2 17 (5.78%) GDPR
3 14 (4.76%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.38%) QA
5 2 (0.68%) GAAP
5 2 (0.68%) IFRS
5 2 (0.68%) IFRS 17
5 2 (0.68%) Solvency II
6 1 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 48 (16.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 27 (9.18%) Kubernetes
2 26 (8.84%) Terraform
3 11 (3.74%) Ansible
4 3 (1.02%) Kubeflow
5 2 (0.68%) logstash
5 2 (0.68%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.68%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.68%) Puppet
6 1 (0.34%) Grafana
Vendors
1 46 (15.65%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.50%) Google
3 15 (5.10%) Oracle
4 13 (4.42%) Salesforce
5 12 (4.08%) Intapp
6 11 (3.74%) Foundry
7 10 (3.40%) Palantir
7 10 (3.40%) SAP
8 9 (3.06%) Workday
9 8 (2.72%) PeopleSoft
9 8 (2.72%) ServiceNow
10 7 (2.38%) Databricks
11 5 (1.70%) HubSpot
12 4 (1.36%) Facebook
13 2 (0.68%) Alteryx
13 2 (0.68%) Dataiku
13 2 (0.68%) IBM
13 2 (0.68%) OutSystems
14 1 (0.34%) Huawei
14 1 (0.34%) Northgate