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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 388 368 320
Rank change year-on-year -20 -48 -8
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 404 326 653
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 0.75% 0.85%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.76% 1.79% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 266 128 256
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,625 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.69%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £125,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +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 23,002 18,242 25,538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.60% 41.89% 33.16%
Number of salaries quoted 15,167 9,221 16,282
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,527 £57,194 £56,252
Median % change year-on-year +4.08% +1.67% -13.46%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £58,500 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.63% +3.64% -14.06%

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 27 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 27 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 +29 220 £85,000 -0.58% 119
North of England +13 66 £55,000 -20.00% 33
South East -25 57 £60,000 +20.00% 32
North West +2 27 £60,000 +4.35% 14
Yorkshire -10 24 £56,250 -27.42% 12
East of England -9 19 £37,500 -42.31% 7
Midlands -45 17 £42,500 -12.37% 15
North East -38 15 £55,000 -52.17% 7
South West -79 15 £75,000 +42.86% 13
West Midlands -25 14 £46,500 +44.19% 8
East Midlands -42 3 £42,500 -12.37% 7
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 19 (4.70%) Apache Spark
2 16 (3.96%) Apache
3 15 (3.71%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (2.48%) Jupyter
5 9 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (2.23%) SAS
5 9 (2.23%) SharePoint
6 6 (1.49%) Confluence
7 5 (1.24%) Palantir Foundry
8 3 (0.74%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.50%) Apache Pulsar
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 35 (8.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.50%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.97%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 11 (2.72%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.73%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (1.49%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (1.24%) SAP SCM
6 4 (0.99%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.99%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.74%) FLEXCUBE
7 3 (0.74%) Misys Opics
7 3 (0.74%) SAP SD
8 2 (0.50%) Elite 3E
8 2 (0.50%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 2 (0.50%) Shopify
9 1 (0.25%) FastStats
9 1 (0.25%) Loan IQ
9 1 (0.25%) Magento
9 1 (0.25%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.25%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.25%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 102 (25.25%) AWS
2 100 (24.75%) Azure
3 93 (23.02%) Power Platform
4 48 (11.88%) GCP
5 27 (6.68%) SaaS
6 26 (6.44%) Amazon S3
7 22 (5.45%) Entra ID
7 22 (5.45%) PowerApps
8 20 (4.95%) Dynamics 365
9 19 (4.70%) dbt
9 19 (4.70%) Power Automate
10 16 (3.96%) Snowflake
11 14 (3.47%) Serverless
12 12 (2.97%) Amazon EC2
13 11 (2.72%) Amazon EMR
13 11 (2.72%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (2.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
15 9 (2.23%) Azure Logic Apps
15 9 (2.23%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.46%) Broadband
2 3 (0.74%) Intranet
3 1 (0.25%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (19.31%) Power BI
2 31 (7.67%) Data Lake
3 30 (7.43%) Tableau
4 29 (7.18%) BigQuery
5 27 (6.68%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (5.45%) Relational Database
7 19 (4.70%) Metadata
8 18 (4.46%) Amazon Athena
8 18 (4.46%) SQL Server
9 17 (4.21%) Data Vault
9 17 (4.21%) PostgreSQL
10 15 (3.71%) Elasticsearch
11 14 (3.47%) Star Schema
12 12 (2.97%) MySQL
12 12 (2.97%) SAP BW
12 12 (2.97%) Snowflake Schema
13 11 (2.72%) Oracle Reports
14 9 (2.23%) NoSQL
15 8 (1.98%) DynamoDB
15 8 (1.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (5.69%) Git
2 8 (1.98%) ERwin
2 8 (1.98%) GitLab
2 8 (1.98%) JIRA
3 6 (1.49%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.24%) Postman
5 3 (0.74%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.50%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.50%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.50%) MLflow
7 1 (0.25%) CMake
7 1 (0.25%) Maven
7 1 (0.25%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.25%) Toad
7 1 (0.25%) utPLSQL
7 1 (0.25%) Valgrind
General
1 166 (41.09%) Finance
2 155 (38.37%) Social Skills
3 69 (17.08%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (8.17%) Law
5 21 (5.20%) Banking
5 21 (5.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (4.46%) Front Office
6 18 (4.46%) Legal
6 18 (4.46%) Retail
7 15 (3.71%) Billing
8 13 (3.22%) Financial Institution
9 12 (2.97%) Marketing
10 11 (2.72%) Manufacturing
11 10 (2.48%) Public Sector
12 9 (2.23%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.73%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.49%) General Ledger
14 6 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.24%) German Language
15 5 (1.24%) Military
Job Titles
1 96 (23.76%) Analyst
2 88 (21.78%) Senior
3 65 (16.09%) Developer
4 43 (10.64%) Consultant
5 39 (9.65%) Software Engineer
6 38 (9.41%) Data Analyst
7 36 (8.91%) Senior Developer
8 30 (7.43%) Architect
9 28 (6.93%) Administrator
10 24 (5.94%) Data Engineer
11 23 (5.69%) Systems Administrator
11 23 (5.69%) Systems Analyst
12 22 (5.45%) Data Architect
13 21 (5.20%) Python Developer
14 18 (4.46%) Data Consultant
15 17 (4.21%) Backend Developer
15 17 (4.21%) Lead
16 16 (3.96%) C++ Developer
16 16 (3.96%) Senior C++ Developer
16 16 (3.96%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.45%) JSON
2 21 (5.20%) REST
3 19 (4.70%) Kafka
3 19 (4.70%) RESTful
4 18 (4.46%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 18 (4.46%) Django
4 18 (4.46%) XML
5 16 (3.96%) Oracle Fusion
5 16 (3.96%) React
6 15 (3.71%) PySpark
7 10 (2.48%) .NET
8 9 (2.23%) FIX Protocol
8 9 (2.23%) Flask
9 7 (1.73%) FastAPI
9 7 (1.73%) FpML
9 7 (1.73%) Middleware
9 7 (1.73%) Spring Boot
9 7 (1.73%) XML Schema
10 6 (1.49%) CSS
10 6 (1.49%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 87 (21.53%) Algorithms
2 43 (10.64%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (7.18%) Management Information System
4 20 (4.95%) Hedge funds
5 18 (4.46%) Greenfield Project
5 18 (4.46%) Onboarding
5 18 (4.46%) Social Media
6 16 (3.96%) Cloud Native
7 15 (3.71%) Equities
8 11 (2.72%) Product Ownership
9 8 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.98%) Client/Server
9 8 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.73%) e-Learning
11 6 (1.49%) Anti-Piracy
12 5 (1.24%) PKI
12 5 (1.24%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.24%) Taxonomies
13 4 (0.99%) Credit Risk
13 4 (0.99%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 23 (5.69%) Linux
2 7 (1.73%) Windows
3 2 (0.50%) Unix
4 1 (0.25%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (30.45%) Data Modelling
2 101 (25.00%) Analytics
3 99 (24.50%) Business Intelligence
3 99 (24.50%) Problem-Solving
4 85 (21.04%) Software Engineering
5 84 (20.79%) Agile
6 75 (18.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 70 (17.33%) Data Engineering
8 68 (16.83%) Decision-Making
9 66 (16.34%) AI
10 64 (15.84%) Computer Science
11 62 (15.35%) ERP
11 62 (15.35%) Validation
12 59 (14.60%) Data Pipeline
13 58 (14.36%) Data Governance
14 57 (14.11%) CI/CD
15 50 (12.38%) DevOps
16 49 (12.13%) ETL
16 49 (12.13%) Stakeholder Management
17 48 (11.88%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 172 (42.57%) Python
2 170 (42.08%) SQL
3 46 (11.39%) C++
4 41 (10.15%) Java
5 26 (6.44%) JavaScript
6 19 (4.70%) Rust
7 13 (3.22%) C#
7 13 (3.22%) T-SQL
7 13 (3.22%) TypeScript
8 10 (2.48%) Go
8 10 (2.48%) Scala
9 9 (2.23%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.98%) PL/SQL
11 6 (1.49%) C
12 5 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.99%) R
14 3 (0.74%) SAS Macro
14 3 (0.74%) VBA
15 2 (0.50%) Bash
15 2 (0.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 78 (19.31%) Degree
2 38 (9.41%) Security Cleared
3 33 (8.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (5.69%) SC Cleared
5 19 (4.70%) ACCA
5 19 (4.70%) CIMA
6 9 (2.23%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.49%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.99%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.99%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (0.74%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.74%) HND
9 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.50%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.50%) PhD
11 1 (0.25%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (21.04%) Data Quality
2 17 (4.21%) GDPR
3 16 (3.96%) Accessibility
3 16 (3.96%) QA
4 8 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.99%) IFRS
5 4 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.74%) CDISC
6 3 (0.74%) GAAP
6 3 (0.74%) GRC
7 2 (0.50%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.25%) MiFID
8 1 (0.25%) NIST
System Software
1 29 (7.18%) Docker
2 17 (4.21%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.25%) Firmware
3 1 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 21 (5.20%) Terraform
2 20 (4.95%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.24%) Ansible
4 4 (0.99%) Packer
5 3 (0.74%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.25%) Grafana
6 1 (0.25%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 57 (14.11%) Microsoft
2 45 (11.14%) SAP
3 44 (10.89%) Oracle
4 22 (5.45%) Google
5 21 (5.20%) Sage
6 15 (3.71%) Databricks
7 14 (3.47%) Salesforce
8 10 (2.48%) Workday
9 7 (1.73%) Sparx
10 6 (1.49%) Foundry
11 5 (1.24%) Palantir
11 5 (1.24%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.99%) Alteryx
12 4 (0.99%) Informatica
12 4 (0.99%) MuleSoft
12 4 (0.99%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.99%) Talend
13 3 (0.74%) Avaya
13 3 (0.74%) Cisco
13 3 (0.74%) Genesys