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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 412 349 355
Rank change year-on-year -63 +6 -28
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 392 314 453
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.38% 0.73% 0.69%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.44% 1.74% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 252 125 176
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £103,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,750 £132,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

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 27,293 18,083 21,356
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.22% 41.86% 32.56%
Number of salaries quoted 17,629 9,183 10,641
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,038 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% -8.33% -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 6 October 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 October 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 -61 173 £80,000 -3.03% 558
North of England -22 71 £55,000 -21.43% 118
South East -21 58 £71,250 -20.83% 124
Midlands -48 42 £52,500 +5.53% 69
North West -17 36 £60,000 -14.29% 63
West Midlands -25 23 £60,000 +14.29% 50
South West -83 21 £60,000 -14.29% 52
East of England -19 20 £37,500 -10.23% 48
East Midlands -32 19 £47,500 -2.06% 19
North East -48 18 £55,000 - 22
Yorkshire -20 17 £47,500 -38.71% 33
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 16 (4.08%) Apache
1 16 (4.08%) Apache Spark
2 12 (3.06%) Jupyter
3 11 (2.81%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.79%) SAS
4 7 (1.79%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.77%) IIS
6 3 (0.77%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.77%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.51%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.51%) Confluence
8 1 (0.26%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 33 (8.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.51%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.51%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.26%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 12 (3.06%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 12 (3.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.79%) Infor M3
2 7 (1.79%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.28%) Workday HCM
5 4 (1.02%) SAP SCM
6 3 (0.77%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.77%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.51%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle iProcurement
8 1 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.26%) Dynamics SL
8 1 (0.26%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.26%) FastStats
8 1 (0.26%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.26%) Primavera
8 1 (0.26%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 91 (23.21%) Power Platform
2 79 (20.15%) Azure
3 78 (19.90%) AWS
4 25 (6.38%) Amazon S3
5 23 (5.87%) GCP
5 23 (5.87%) SaaS
6 20 (5.10%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (5.10%) Entra ID
7 19 (4.85%) Snowflake
8 18 (4.59%) PowerApps
9 17 (4.34%) Power Automate
10 16 (4.08%) Amazon EC2
11 15 (3.83%) dbt
12 14 (3.57%) Amazon EMR
13 13 (3.32%) Microsoft 365
13 13 (3.32%) SuccessFactors
14 12 (3.06%) Serverless
15 11 (2.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 10 (2.55%) Amazon ECR
16 10 (2.55%) Textract
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.06%) Broadband
2 3 (0.77%) Intranet
3 2 (0.51%) Internet
4 1 (0.26%) Multicast
4 1 (0.26%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.26%) Unicast
4 1 (0.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (19.39%) Power BI
2 30 (7.65%) Data Lake
3 26 (6.63%) Tableau
4 24 (6.12%) Relational Database
5 21 (5.36%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (4.34%) Amazon Athena
7 16 (4.08%) Data Vault
7 16 (4.08%) SQL Server
8 15 (3.83%) PostgreSQL
8 15 (3.83%) Snowflake Schema
8 15 (3.83%) Star Schema
9 12 (3.06%) Big Data
9 12 (3.06%) SAP BW
10 10 (2.55%) NoSQL
11 8 (2.04%) BigQuery
11 8 (2.04%) Metadata
12 7 (1.79%) DynamoDB
13 6 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (1.53%) MySQL
14 5 (1.28%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 27 (6.89%) Git
2 10 (2.55%) GitLab
3 6 (1.53%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.77%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.51%) ERwin
5 2 (0.51%) JIRA
5 2 (0.51%) MLflow
6 1 (0.26%) CMake
6 1 (0.26%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.26%) Valgrind
General
1 161 (41.07%) Social Skills
2 139 (35.46%) Finance
3 82 (20.92%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (6.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (5.10%) Law
6 18 (4.59%) Manufacturing
7 17 (4.34%) Banking
7 17 (4.34%) Retail
8 16 (4.08%) Legal
9 12 (3.06%) Billing
9 12 (3.06%) Financial Institution
9 12 (3.06%) Marketing
10 10 (2.55%) Public Sector
11 9 (2.30%) Telecoms
12 8 (2.04%) Front Office
12 8 (2.04%) General Ledger
12 8 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.53%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.28%) Advertising
14 5 (1.28%) Military
Job Titles
1 93 (23.72%) Analyst
2 66 (16.84%) Senior
3 52 (13.27%) Developer
4 36 (9.18%) Consultant
5 35 (8.93%) Software Engineer
6 33 (8.42%) Architect
7 28 (7.14%) Systems Analyst
8 25 (6.38%) Administrator
9 24 (6.12%) Data Architect
9 24 (6.12%) Data Engineer
10 22 (5.61%) Data Analyst
10 22 (5.61%) Lead
11 20 (5.10%) Systems Administrator
12 19 (4.85%) Senior Developer
13 18 (4.59%) Business Analyst
14 13 (3.32%) Snowflake Architect
15 11 (2.81%) Financial Analyst
16 10 (2.55%) Data Consultant
16 10 (2.55%) Python Developer
17 9 (2.30%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.61%) .NET
1 22 (5.61%) React
2 21 (5.36%) REST
3 20 (5.10%) Terraform
4 17 (4.34%) PySpark
5 14 (3.57%) Oracle Fusion
6 12 (3.06%) Kafka
7 10 (2.55%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 9 (2.30%) ASP.NET
8 9 (2.30%) FastAPI
8 9 (2.30%) Middleware
9 8 (2.04%) Node.js
9 8 (2.04%) Spring Boot
10 7 (1.79%) CSS
10 7 (1.79%) HTML
10 7 (1.79%) RESTful
11 6 (1.53%) .NET Framework
11 6 (1.53%) Blazor
11 6 (1.53%) Flask
12 5 (1.28%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 74 (18.88%) Algorithms
2 38 (9.69%) Management Information System
3 21 (5.36%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (4.59%) Onboarding
5 15 (3.83%) Product Ownership
6 14 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (3.32%) Cloud Native
8 12 (3.06%) Social Media
9 11 (2.81%) Hedge funds
10 7 (1.79%) Equities
10 7 (1.79%) FMCG
11 6 (1.53%) Client/Server
11 6 (1.53%) Educational Technology
12 5 (1.28%) Clustering
12 5 (1.28%) Credit Risk
12 5 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.28%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (1.02%) Reference Data
13 4 (1.02%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.10%) Linux
2 15 (3.83%) Windows
3 3 (0.77%) Unix
4 1 (0.26%) Android
4 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (29.59%) Data Modelling
2 110 (28.06%) Problem-Solving
3 91 (23.21%) Analytics
4 89 (22.70%) Business Intelligence
5 82 (20.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 80 (20.41%) AI
7 75 (19.13%) Computer Science
8 74 (18.88%) Agile
9 70 (17.86%) Stakeholder Management
10 67 (17.09%) CI/CD
10 67 (17.09%) Decision-Making
10 67 (17.09%) Software Engineering
11 66 (16.84%) Data Engineering
12 63 (16.07%) Validation
13 61 (15.56%) Data Pipeline
14 59 (15.05%) Data Governance
14 59 (15.05%) ERP
15 57 (14.54%) Data Architecture
16 51 (13.01%) DevOps
17 49 (12.50%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 154 (39.29%) SQL
2 132 (33.67%) Python
3 46 (11.73%) Java
4 31 (7.91%) C++
5 28 (7.14%) C#
6 25 (6.38%) JavaScript
7 18 (4.59%) TypeScript
8 14 (3.57%) Go
9 12 (3.06%) Rust
10 7 (1.79%) C
11 6 (1.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (1.28%) PL/SQL
12 5 (1.28%) T-SQL
13 4 (1.02%) Bash
13 4 (1.02%) Scala
14 3 (0.77%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.77%) SAS Macro
14 3 (0.77%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.77%) VBA
14 3 (0.77%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 85 (21.68%) Degree
2 41 (10.46%) Security Cleared
3 27 (6.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (6.89%) SC Cleared
4 20 (5.10%) ACCA
4 20 (5.10%) CIMA
5 12 (3.06%) Master's Degree
6 9 (2.30%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.30%) PhD
7 8 (2.04%) DBS Check
7 8 (2.04%) PMI Certification
7 8 (2.04%) PMP
8 5 (1.28%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.28%) Numerate Degree
9 4 (1.02%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.77%) HND
10 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (24.49%) Data Quality
2 24 (6.12%) QA
3 20 (5.10%) GDPR
4 14 (3.57%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.77%) CDISC
6 2 (0.51%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.26%) IFRS
7 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.26%) MiFID
7 1 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 29 (7.40%) Docker
2 11 (2.81%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.51%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 18 (4.59%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.53%) Ansible
3 5 (1.28%) Packer
4 2 (0.51%) Grafana
4 2 (0.51%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 59 (15.05%) Microsoft
2 48 (12.24%) SAP
3 40 (10.20%) Oracle
4 19 (4.85%) Databricks
4 19 (4.85%) Sage
5 17 (4.34%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.30%) HubSpot
6 9 (2.30%) Workday
7 8 (2.04%) Google
8 7 (1.79%) Infor
9 3 (0.77%) Avaya
9 3 (0.77%) Cisco
9 3 (0.77%) Foundry
9 3 (0.77%) Genesys
9 3 (0.77%) MuleSoft
9 3 (0.77%) Palantir
10 2 (0.51%) CA Agile Central
10 2 (0.51%) Concur
10 2 (0.51%) JD Edwards
10 2 (0.51%) OpenAI