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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 335 325
Rank change year-on-year -18 -10 -62
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 290 386 548
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.51% 0.84% 0.84%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.52% 2.24% 2.35%
Number of salaries quoted 189 120 453
10th Percentile £46,250 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,985 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £71,991 £69,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +3.58% -0.71%
75th Percentile £87,500 £98,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £131,250 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £71,991 £67,500
% change year-on-year -2.77% +6.65% -3.57%

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 19,131 17,218 23,308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.43% 37.43% 35.78%
Number of salaries quoted 9,773 8,064 17,670
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £57,291
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +9.09% -11.86%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £78,938
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,644 £57,023
% change year-on-year -10.78% +8.10% -12.27%

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 February 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 February 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 +83 193 £75,000 -18.92% 102
North of England -5 37 £75,000 +27.66% 25
Yorkshire -6 26 £75,000 +66.67% 7
Midlands +11 18 £50,000 -20.00% 17
South East -1 14 £47,500 +11.76% 45
East Midlands -4 12 £49,250 -24.23% 8
North West +6 11 £75,000 +25.00% 13
East of England +12 10 £75,000 -16.67% 17
West Midlands +13 6 £65,000 +8.33% 9
South West -115 2 £43,953 -38.95% 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 10 (3.45%) Palantir Foundry
2 6 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.72%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.72%) CMS
3 5 (1.72%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.69%) Apache
4 2 (0.69%) Luigi
4 2 (0.69%) Mendix
4 2 (0.69%) SAS
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 10 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.03%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 15 (5.17%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.38%) Distributed Ledger
2 4 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.03%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (1.03%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.69%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (0.69%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.69%) SAP Retail
4 2 (0.69%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.34%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.34%) Misys Opics
5 1 (0.34%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 71 (24.48%) AWS
1 71 (24.48%) Azure
2 40 (13.79%) Power Platform
3 29 (10.00%) GCP
4 25 (8.62%) GitHub
5 24 (8.28%) Serverless
6 15 (5.17%) SaaS
7 11 (3.79%) Boomi
8 9 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (2.41%) Power Automate
9 7 (2.41%) Snowflake
10 6 (2.07%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (2.07%) Entra ID
10 6 (2.07%) Matillion
11 5 (1.72%) Amazon Kinesis
11 5 (1.72%) Amazon S3
11 5 (1.72%) AWS KMS
11 5 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.72%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.38%) Network Security
2 1 (0.34%) Broadband
2 1 (0.34%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (13.79%) Power BI
2 36 (12.41%) NoSQL
3 31 (10.69%) SQL Server
4 21 (7.24%) BigQuery
4 21 (7.24%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (6.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 18 (6.21%) Metadata
7 17 (5.86%) DynamoDB
8 16 (5.52%) Elasticsearch
8 16 (5.52%) Tableau
9 13 (4.48%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (4.14%) Data Lake
10 12 (4.14%) Relational Database
10 12 (4.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (3.79%) MySQL
12 8 (2.76%) Azure SQL Database
13 7 (2.41%) Redis
13 7 (2.41%) Snowflake Schema
14 6 (2.07%) Pentaho
15 5 (1.72%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 20 (6.90%) Git
1 20 (6.90%) Postman
2 10 (3.45%) ERwin
3 8 (2.76%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.69%) JConsole
4 2 (0.69%) JIRA
4 2 (0.69%) Storybook
4 2 (0.69%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.69%) VisualVM
5 1 (0.34%) Android Studio
5 1 (0.34%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.34%) PowerDesigner
General
1 103 (35.52%) Social Skills
2 81 (27.93%) Finance
3 75 (25.86%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (11.38%) Law
5 30 (10.34%) Front Office
6 22 (7.59%) Public Sector
7 21 (7.24%) Retail
8 16 (5.52%) Marketing
9 12 (4.14%) Publishing
10 11 (3.79%) Banking
11 9 (3.10%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.03%) Legal
14 2 (0.69%) Billing
14 2 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.34%) Digital Economy
15 1 (0.34%) Health Technology
15 1 (0.34%) Local Government
15 1 (0.34%) Social Housing
15 1 (0.34%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 84 (28.97%) Developer
2 54 (18.62%) Analyst
3 52 (17.93%) Senior
4 39 (13.45%) Data Analyst
5 36 (12.41%) Python Developer
6 34 (11.72%) Lead
6 34 (11.72%) Senior Developer
7 27 (9.31%) Architect
7 27 (9.31%) Software Engineer
8 23 (7.93%) C++ Developer
8 23 (7.93%) Data Architect
9 22 (7.59%) Quantitative Developer
9 22 (7.59%) Senior Python Developer
10 19 (6.55%) C++ Quantitative Developer
11 18 (6.21%) Consultant
11 18 (6.21%) Linux Developer
11 18 (6.21%) Low Latency C++ Developer
11 18 (6.21%) Senior C++ Developer
11 18 (6.21%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
11 18 (6.21%) Senior Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (13.10%) Django
2 26 (8.97%) RESTful
3 25 (8.62%) Flask
4 23 (7.93%) FastAPI
5 21 (7.24%) CSS
5 21 (7.24%) HTML
6 20 (6.90%) JSON
6 20 (6.90%) React
7 19 (6.55%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 19 (6.55%) OpenAPI
7 19 (6.55%) Swagger
8 17 (5.86%) Kafka
8 17 (5.86%) REST
9 15 (5.17%) Vue
10 11 (3.79%) XML
11 8 (2.76%) .NET
11 8 (2.76%) Web Services
12 7 (2.41%) OAuth
13 6 (2.07%) PySpark
14 5 (1.72%) Memcached
Miscellaneous
1 60 (20.69%) Algorithms
2 33 (11.38%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (9.66%) Greenfield Project
4 27 (9.31%) Management Information System
5 21 (7.24%) Hedge funds
5 21 (7.24%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (6.90%) Equities
7 13 (4.48%) Onboarding
7 13 (4.48%) Product Ownership
8 10 (3.45%) Cloud Native
8 10 (3.45%) FMCG
9 9 (3.10%) Low-Code
9 9 (3.10%) Reinsurance
9 9 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (2.07%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.72%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.38%) Blockchain
12 4 (1.38%) Derivative
12 4 (1.38%) PKI
13 3 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.90%) Linux
2 2 (0.69%) Android
2 2 (0.69%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (28.28%) Data Modelling
2 70 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (23.10%) Agile
4 61 (21.03%) Continuous Improvement
5 58 (20.00%) Computer Science
6 56 (19.31%) Analytics
7 52 (17.93%) OOP
8 51 (17.59%) Data Analysis
9 49 (16.90%) ETL
10 48 (16.55%) Data Governance
11 47 (16.21%) Business Intelligence
12 46 (15.86%) AI
12 46 (15.86%) Software Engineering
13 44 (15.17%) CI/CD
13 44 (15.17%) Mentoring
14 40 (13.79%) Data Integration
15 37 (12.76%) Microservices
16 36 (12.41%) Decision-Making
16 36 (12.41%) Stakeholder Management
17 35 (12.07%) OO
Programming Languages
1 144 (49.66%) Python
2 132 (45.52%) SQL
3 34 (11.72%) JavaScript
4 30 (10.34%) C++
5 22 (7.59%) Java
6 13 (4.48%) T-SQL
7 9 (3.10%) Scala
8 8 (2.76%) C#
9 6 (2.07%) Kotlin
9 6 (2.07%) PowerShell
9 6 (2.07%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.38%) Go
11 3 (1.03%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.03%) Rust
12 2 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.69%) R
12 2 (0.69%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.69%) VBA
13 1 (0.34%) ANSI SQL
13 1 (0.34%) Swift
Qualifications
1 70 (24.14%) Degree
2 37 (12.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (8.62%) Security Cleared
4 20 (6.90%) SC Cleared
5 12 (4.14%) Master's Degree
6 10 (3.45%) ACCA
6 10 (3.45%) CIMA
7 7 (2.41%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.72%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.72%) PhD
9 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.38%) Postgraduate
10 3 (1.03%) IIBA
11 2 (0.69%) HNC
11 2 (0.69%) HND
11 2 (0.69%) MCSA
11 2 (0.69%) MCSE
11 2 (0.69%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.34%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.34%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (16.21%) Data Quality
2 19 (6.55%) GDPR
3 13 (4.48%) Accessibility
4 11 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.72%) HIPAA
5 5 (1.72%) NIST
5 5 (1.72%) QA
5 5 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.69%) GRC
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 22 (7.59%) Docker
2 6 (2.07%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (6.21%) Terraform
2 7 (2.41%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.03%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.69%) Ansible
4 2 (0.69%) logstash
4 2 (0.69%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.69%) Puppet
5 1 (0.34%) Grafana
Vendors
1 34 (11.72%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.93%) Salesforce
3 17 (5.86%) Google
4 15 (5.17%) Oracle
5 13 (4.48%) Foundry
6 10 (3.45%) Palantir
7 9 (3.10%) SAP
7 9 (3.10%) ServiceNow
8 8 (2.76%) Talend
9 7 (2.41%) Informatica
10 6 (2.07%) MuleSoft
11 5 (1.72%) Databricks
12 4 (1.38%) HubSpot
12 4 (1.38%) Intapp
12 4 (1.38%) Workday
13 3 (1.03%) Temenos
14 2 (0.69%) Alteryx
14 2 (0.69%) Dataiku
14 2 (0.69%) Facebook
14 2 (0.69%) SendGrid