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

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 365 364 307
Rank change year-on-year -1 -57 -8
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 412 321 771
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.47% 0.74% 0.87%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.83% 1.78% 2.60%
Number of salaries quoted 273 124 353
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,375 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £93,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £125,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% - +11.11%

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 22,550 18,011 29,613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.76% 41.50% 33.45%
Number of salaries quoted 14,928 8,993 19,785
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £38,918
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -14.10%

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 12 July 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 12 July 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 +45 232 £85,000 -4.49% 103
North of England +20 60 £56,250 -16.67% 27
South East -26 60 £60,000 +26.32% 43
North West -7 23 £60,000 +20.00% 16
Yorkshire -8 23 £57,500 -25.81% 7
East of England -11 19 £37,500 -42.31% 8
Midlands -47 16 £42,500 -12.37% 22
North East -44 14 £55,000 -52.17% 5
South West -82 14 £68,750 +30.95% 13
West Midlands -20 13 £43,000 -6.78% 11
East Midlands -42 3 £42,500 -12.37% 11
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 18 (4.37%) Apache Spark
2 15 (3.64%) Apache
3 14 (3.40%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (2.18%) Jupyter
5 9 (2.18%) SAS
6 7 (1.70%) Palantir Foundry
6 7 (1.70%) SharePoint
7 6 (1.46%) Confluence
8 3 (0.73%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.49%) Apache Pulsar
10 1 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 35 (8.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.49%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.91%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 11 (2.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (1.70%) NetSuite
4 7 (1.70%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (1.46%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (1.21%) SAP SCM
7 4 (0.97%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.73%) FLEXCUBE
8 3 (0.73%) Misys Opics
8 3 (0.73%) SAP SD
9 2 (0.49%) Elite 3E
9 2 (0.49%) Shopify
10 1 (0.24%) FastStats
10 1 (0.24%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 1 (0.24%) Loan IQ
10 1 (0.24%) Magento
10 1 (0.24%) Raiser’s Edge
10 1 (0.24%) Sage X3
10 1 (0.24%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 106 (25.73%) Azure
2 100 (24.27%) AWS
3 95 (23.06%) Power Platform
4 48 (11.65%) GCP
5 30 (7.28%) SaaS
6 24 (5.83%) Amazon S3
7 22 (5.34%) Entra ID
8 19 (4.61%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (4.61%) PowerApps
9 18 (4.37%) dbt
10 17 (4.13%) Power Automate
11 15 (3.64%) Serverless
12 14 (3.40%) Snowflake
13 11 (2.67%) GitHub
13 11 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (2.43%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (2.43%) Amazon EMR
14 10 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
15 9 (2.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (2.18%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.37%) Broadband
2 2 (0.49%) Intranet
3 1 (0.24%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (19.66%) Power BI
2 34 (8.25%) Tableau
3 31 (7.52%) BigQuery
4 30 (7.28%) Data Lake
5 27 (6.55%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (5.10%) Relational Database
7 20 (4.85%) Metadata
7 20 (4.85%) SQL Server
8 18 (4.37%) PostgreSQL
9 17 (4.13%) Elasticsearch
10 16 (3.88%) Amazon Athena
10 16 (3.88%) Data Vault
11 14 (3.40%) MySQL
11 14 (3.40%) Star Schema
12 12 (2.91%) Oracle Reports
12 12 (2.91%) SAP BW
12 12 (2.91%) Snowflake Schema
13 10 (2.43%) NoSQL
13 10 (2.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 9 (2.18%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 25 (6.07%) Git
2 9 (2.18%) Postman
3 8 (1.94%) ERwin
3 8 (1.94%) JIRA
4 7 (1.70%) GitLab
5 4 (0.97%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.97%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.73%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.49%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.49%) MLflow
8 1 (0.24%) CMake
8 1 (0.24%) Maven
8 1 (0.24%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.24%) Toad
8 1 (0.24%) utPLSQL
8 1 (0.24%) Valgrind
General
1 171 (41.50%) Finance
2 164 (39.81%) Social Skills
3 69 (16.75%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (8.74%) Law
5 23 (5.58%) Front Office
6 19 (4.61%) Banking
6 19 (4.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (4.61%) Retail
7 17 (4.13%) Legal
8 15 (3.64%) Marketing
9 14 (3.40%) Billing
10 13 (3.16%) Public Sector
11 11 (2.67%) Financial Institution
11 11 (2.67%) Manufacturing
12 9 (2.18%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.70%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.46%) General Ledger
15 5 (1.21%) German Language
15 5 (1.21%) Military
15 5 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 102 (24.76%) Analyst
2 90 (21.84%) Senior
3 66 (16.02%) Developer
4 48 (11.65%) Data Analyst
5 47 (11.41%) Consultant
6 38 (9.22%) Senior Developer
6 38 (9.22%) Software Engineer
7 28 (6.80%) Administrator
7 28 (6.80%) Architect
8 24 (5.83%) Python Developer
9 23 (5.58%) Data Engineer
9 23 (5.58%) Systems Administrator
10 21 (5.10%) Data Architect
11 19 (4.61%) Data Consultant
11 19 (4.61%) Lead
11 19 (4.61%) Systems Analyst
12 18 (4.37%) C++ Developer
12 18 (4.37%) Quantitative Developer
12 18 (4.37%) Senior C++ Developer
12 18 (4.37%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (5.83%) JSON
1 24 (5.83%) RESTful
2 21 (5.10%) REST
3 20 (4.85%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 20 (4.85%) Django
3 20 (4.85%) XML
4 18 (4.37%) Kafka
5 17 (4.13%) Oracle Fusion
6 15 (3.64%) PySpark
7 14 (3.40%) React
8 10 (2.43%) OpenAPI
8 10 (2.43%) Swagger
9 9 (2.18%) FIX Protocol
9 9 (2.18%) Flask
10 8 (1.94%) .NET
11 7 (1.70%) FastAPI
11 7 (1.70%) FpML
11 7 (1.70%) Middleware
11 7 (1.70%) Spring Boot
11 7 (1.70%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 86 (20.87%) Algorithms
2 43 (10.44%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (6.80%) Management Information System
4 24 (5.83%) Greenfield Project
5 22 (5.34%) Hedge funds
6 19 (4.61%) Onboarding
7 18 (4.37%) Equities
7 18 (4.37%) Social Media
8 17 (4.13%) Cloud Native
9 12 (2.91%) Product Ownership
10 8 (1.94%) Client/Server
10 8 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.70%) e-Learning
12 6 (1.46%) Anti-Piracy
13 5 (1.21%) PKI
13 5 (1.21%) Public Cloud
13 5 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (1.21%) Taxonomies
14 4 (0.97%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 23 (5.58%) Linux
2 5 (1.21%) Windows
3 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (29.61%) Data Modelling
2 104 (25.24%) Analytics
3 102 (24.76%) Business Intelligence
4 91 (22.09%) Problem-Solving
5 84 (20.39%) Software Engineering
6 83 (20.15%) Agile
7 76 (18.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 70 (16.99%) Data Engineering
9 68 (16.50%) Decision-Making
10 66 (16.02%) Computer Science
10 66 (16.02%) Validation
11 64 (15.53%) AI
12 61 (14.81%) ERP
13 59 (14.32%) Data Governance
14 57 (13.83%) CI/CD
15 56 (13.59%) Data Pipeline
16 55 (13.35%) ETL
17 50 (12.14%) DevOps
18 46 (11.17%) Data Analysis
18 46 (11.17%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 186 (45.15%) Python
2 182 (44.17%) SQL
3 46 (11.17%) C++
4 42 (10.19%) Java
5 26 (6.31%) JavaScript
6 18 (4.37%) Rust
7 14 (3.40%) T-SQL
8 12 (2.91%) TypeScript
9 11 (2.67%) PowerShell
10 10 (2.43%) C#
10 10 (2.43%) Go
10 10 (2.43%) Scala
11 8 (1.94%) PL/SQL
12 6 (1.46%) R
13 5 (1.21%) C
13 5 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.73%) SAS Macro
14 3 (0.73%) VBA
15 1 (0.24%) ABAP
15 1 (0.24%) Bash
Qualifications
1 81 (19.66%) Degree
2 38 (9.22%) Security Cleared
3 36 (8.74%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (5.34%) SC Cleared
5 21 (5.10%) ACCA
5 21 (5.10%) CIMA
6 8 (1.94%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.46%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.97%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.97%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.73%) HND
9 3 (0.73%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.49%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.49%) PhD
11 1 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (21.84%) Data Quality
2 17 (4.13%) QA
3 15 (3.64%) Accessibility
3 15 (3.64%) GDPR
4 11 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (0.97%) IFRS
7 3 (0.73%) CDISC
7 3 (0.73%) GAAP
7 3 (0.73%) GRC
8 2 (0.49%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.49%) NIST
8 2 (0.49%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.24%) MiFID
System Software
1 29 (7.04%) Docker
2 19 (4.61%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (4.85%) Kubernetes
2 18 (4.37%) Terraform
3 4 (0.97%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.73%) Ansible
4 3 (0.73%) Packer
5 2 (0.49%) Grafana
6 1 (0.24%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 58 (14.08%) Microsoft
2 44 (10.68%) Oracle
3 43 (10.44%) SAP
4 24 (5.83%) Google
5 21 (5.10%) Sage
5 21 (5.10%) Salesforce
6 15 (3.64%) Databricks
7 10 (2.43%) Foundry
8 9 (2.18%) Workday
9 8 (1.94%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.70%) Palantir
10 7 (1.70%) Sparx
11 6 (1.46%) Informatica
11 6 (1.46%) Talend
12 5 (1.21%) Alteryx
12 5 (1.21%) MuleSoft
13 4 (0.97%) OpenAI
14 3 (0.73%) TOWER Software
15 2 (0.49%) Cisco
15 2 (0.49%) Genesys