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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 340 311
Rank change year-on-year -4 -29 -43
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 303 389 526
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.55% 0.82% 0.87%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.60% 2.20% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 181 122 437
10th Percentile £46,250 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,996 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% +1.42% -3.45%
75th Percentile £87,500 £98,125 £90,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £129,750 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000

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 18,932 17,704 21,709
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.11% 37.49% 35.90%
Number of salaries quoted 9,609 8,237 16,420
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.22% -11.54%

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 28 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 28 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 +87 189 £72,500 -20.55% 84
North of England +24 45 £75,000 +30.43% 31
Yorkshire -6 28 £75,000 +66.67% 8
Midlands +15 26 £50,500 -19.20% 22
North West +18 16 £75,000 +25.00% 19
East Midlands +5 16 £49,250 -24.23% 11
South East +6 13 £52,500 +23.53% 69
East of England +18 11 £70,000 -22.22% 26
West Midlands +20 10 £56,250 -6.25% 10
South West -113 3 £43,953 -38.95% 22
North East -5 1 - - 4
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 (1.65%) Apache Airflow
1 5 (1.65%) CMS
1 5 (1.65%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.32%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.66%) Apache
4 2 (0.66%) Luigi
4 2 (0.66%) Mendix
4 2 (0.66%) SAS
Applications
1 31 (10.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.99%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 14 (4.62%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.32%) Distributed Ledger
2 4 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.99%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.66%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.66%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.66%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.66%) SAP Retail
4 2 (0.66%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.33%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 67 (22.11%) AWS
2 64 (21.12%) Azure
3 58 (19.14%) Power Platform
4 25 (8.25%) GitHub
5 24 (7.92%) GCP
5 24 (7.92%) Serverless
6 12 (3.96%) SaaS
7 10 (3.30%) Boomi
8 8 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (2.64%) Snowflake
9 7 (2.31%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.98%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (1.65%) Amazon Kinesis
11 5 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.65%) Firebase
11 5 (1.65%) Matillion
12 4 (1.32%) AWS KMS
12 4 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (1.32%) Slack
12 4 (1.32%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.32%) Network Security
2 1 (0.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (19.14%) Power BI
2 37 (12.21%) NoSQL
3 28 (9.24%) SQL Server
4 20 (6.60%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (5.94%) BigQuery
5 18 (5.94%) Metadata
6 17 (5.61%) DynamoDB
7 16 (5.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 16 (5.28%) Tableau
8 14 (4.62%) Elasticsearch
9 13 (4.29%) Relational Database
10 12 (3.96%) Data Lake
10 12 (3.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (2.64%) Azure SQL Database
12 8 (2.64%) MySQL
13 7 (2.31%) Redis
13 7 (2.31%) Snowflake Schema
14 5 (1.65%) BusinessObjects
14 5 (1.65%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 20 (6.60%) Git
2 19 (6.27%) Postman
3 12 (3.96%) ERwin
4 7 (2.31%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.66%) JConsole
5 2 (0.66%) JIRA
5 2 (0.66%) Storybook
5 2 (0.66%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.66%) VisualVM
6 1 (0.33%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.33%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.33%) PowerDesigner
General
1 103 (33.99%) Social Skills
2 82 (27.06%) Finance
3 75 (24.75%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (10.56%) Law
5 30 (9.90%) Front Office
6 22 (7.26%) Public Sector
6 22 (7.26%) Retail
7 15 (4.95%) Marketing
8 11 (3.63%) Banking
8 11 (3.63%) Publishing
9 10 (3.30%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.66%) Billing
11 2 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.66%) Legal
12 1 (0.33%) Advertising
12 1 (0.33%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.33%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.33%) Local Government
12 1 (0.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 85 (28.05%) Developer
2 69 (22.77%) Analyst
3 52 (17.16%) Senior
4 36 (11.88%) Python Developer
5 35 (11.55%) Data Analyst
6 33 (10.89%) Lead
6 33 (10.89%) Senior Developer
7 27 (8.91%) Architect
8 24 (7.92%) C++ Developer
8 24 (7.92%) Data Architect
8 24 (7.92%) Software Engineer
9 22 (7.26%) Quantitative Developer
9 22 (7.26%) Senior Python Developer
10 19 (6.27%) C++ Quantitative Developer
10 19 (6.27%) Consultant
11 18 (5.94%) Linux Developer
11 18 (5.94%) Low Latency C++ Developer
11 18 (5.94%) Senior C++ Developer
11 18 (5.94%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
11 18 (5.94%) Senior Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (11.88%) Django
2 25 (8.25%) Flask
3 24 (7.92%) RESTful
4 23 (7.59%) FastAPI
5 21 (6.93%) CSS
5 21 (6.93%) HTML
6 20 (6.60%) React
7 19 (6.27%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 18 (5.94%) OpenAPI
8 18 (5.94%) Swagger
9 17 (5.61%) Kafka
10 16 (5.28%) JSON
10 16 (5.28%) REST
11 15 (4.95%) Vue
12 8 (2.64%) .NET
12 8 (2.64%) Web Services
12 8 (2.64%) XML
13 7 (2.31%) OAuth
14 5 (1.65%) Memcached
14 5 (1.65%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 56 (18.48%) Algorithms
2 29 (9.57%) Distributed Systems
2 29 (9.57%) Management Information System
3 25 (8.25%) Greenfield Project
4 24 (7.92%) Legacy Systems
5 22 (7.26%) Hedge funds
6 20 (6.60%) Equities
7 13 (4.29%) Product Ownership
8 10 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.97%) Cloud Native
9 9 (2.97%) FMCG
9 9 (2.97%) Low-Code
9 9 (2.97%) Onboarding
10 8 (2.64%) Reinsurance
11 6 (1.98%) Client/Server
12 5 (1.65%) Virtual Team
13 4 (1.32%) Blockchain
13 4 (1.32%) Derivative
13 4 (1.32%) PKI
14 3 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.93%) Linux
2 2 (0.66%) Android
2 2 (0.66%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.33%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (26.40%) Data Modelling
2 72 (23.76%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (22.11%) Agile
4 62 (20.46%) Business Intelligence
5 61 (20.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 58 (19.14%) Analytics
7 55 (18.15%) Data Analysis
8 54 (17.82%) Computer Science
9 52 (17.16%) OOP
10 50 (16.50%) Data Governance
11 46 (15.18%) AI
11 46 (15.18%) ETL
12 44 (14.52%) CI/CD
13 43 (14.19%) Mentoring
14 42 (13.86%) Data Integration
15 40 (13.20%) Software Engineering
15 40 (13.20%) Stakeholder Management
16 36 (11.88%) Microservices
17 35 (11.55%) Mathematics
17 35 (11.55%) OO
Programming Languages
1 155 (51.16%) Python
2 148 (48.84%) SQL
3 34 (11.22%) JavaScript
4 27 (8.91%) C++
5 23 (7.59%) Java
6 10 (3.30%) T-SQL
7 9 (2.97%) Scala
8 8 (2.64%) C#
9 6 (1.98%) Kotlin
9 6 (1.98%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.32%) Go
10 4 (1.32%) VBA
11 3 (0.99%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.66%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.66%) R
12 2 (0.66%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.33%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.33%) PHP
13 1 (0.33%) Swift
Qualifications
1 86 (28.38%) Degree
2 35 (11.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (8.25%) Security Cleared
4 19 (6.27%) SC Cleared
5 11 (3.63%) Master's Degree
6 9 (2.97%) ACCA
6 9 (2.97%) CIMA
7 8 (2.64%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.65%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.65%) PhD
9 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.32%) Postgraduate
10 3 (0.99%) IIBA
11 2 (0.66%) HNC
11 2 (0.66%) HND
11 2 (0.66%) MCSA
11 2 (0.66%) MCSE
11 2 (0.66%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.33%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.33%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (13.86%) Data Quality
2 20 (6.60%) GDPR
3 14 (4.62%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.65%) QA
6 4 (1.32%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.32%) NIST
6 4 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.66%) WCAG
8 1 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.33%) IFRS
8 1 (0.33%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.33%) Solvency II
System Software
1 22 (7.26%) Docker
2 3 (0.99%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (5.94%) Terraform
2 7 (2.31%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.99%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.66%) Ansible
4 2 (0.66%) logstash
4 2 (0.66%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.66%) Puppet
5 1 (0.33%) Grafana
Vendors
1 36 (11.88%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.59%) Salesforce
3 16 (5.28%) Google
4 14 (4.62%) Foundry
4 14 (4.62%) Oracle
5 11 (3.63%) Palantir
6 9 (2.97%) SAP
7 8 (2.64%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.31%) Talend
9 6 (1.98%) Informatica
10 5 (1.65%) Databricks
10 5 (1.65%) MuleSoft
11 4 (1.32%) Facebook
11 4 (1.32%) HubSpot
11 4 (1.32%) Intapp
11 4 (1.32%) Workday
12 3 (0.99%) Temenos
13 2 (0.66%) Alteryx
13 2 (0.66%) Dataiku
13 2 (0.66%) SendGrid