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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 411 338 366
Rank change year-on-year -73 +28 -29
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 395 326 460
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.38% 0.75% 0.69%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.45% 1.80% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 254 128 180
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,688 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.03% +3.21% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,188 £108,125
90th Percentile £97,125 £111,125 £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 27,228 18,108 21,721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.19% 41.87% 32.44%
Number of salaries quoted 17,684 9,188 10,979
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
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% -6.25%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,688 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £56,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.73% -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 2 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 2 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 -56 174 £80,000 -5.88% 567
North of England -22 72 £55,000 -23.88% 106
South East -31 59 £70,000 -22.22% 106
Midlands -45 42 £52,500 +5.53% 61
North West -20 36 £60,000 -14.29% 60
West Midlands -35 23 £60,000 +14.29% 48
East of England -29 21 £37,500 -10.23% 32
South West -79 20 £58,000 -17.14% 48
East Midlands -42 19 £47,500 -2.06% 13
Yorkshire -18 18 £58,005 -25.15% 23
North East -46 18 £55,000 -52.17% 24
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 15 (3.80%) Apache
1 15 (3.80%) Apache Spark
2 11 (2.78%) Jupyter
3 10 (2.53%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.77%) SAS
4 7 (1.77%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.76%) Confluence
6 3 (0.76%) IIS
6 3 (0.76%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.76%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.51%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.25%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 33 (8.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.51%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.51%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.25%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 12 (3.04%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 12 (3.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.77%) Infor M3
2 7 (1.77%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (1.27%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.01%) SAP SCM
5 3 (0.76%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.51%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (0.51%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.51%) Oracle iProcurement
7 1 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.25%) Dynamics SL
7 1 (0.25%) FastStats
7 1 (0.25%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.25%) Primavera
7 1 (0.25%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.25%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 91 (23.04%) Power Platform
2 82 (20.76%) Azure
3 78 (19.75%) AWS
4 24 (6.08%) Amazon S3
4 24 (6.08%) GCP
5 23 (5.82%) Dynamics 365
5 23 (5.82%) SaaS
6 22 (5.57%) Entra ID
7 19 (4.81%) Snowflake
8 18 (4.56%) PowerApps
9 17 (4.30%) Power Automate
10 15 (3.80%) dbt
11 14 (3.54%) Amazon EC2
12 13 (3.29%) Amazon EMR
12 13 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
12 13 (3.29%) SuccessFactors
13 11 (2.78%) Serverless
14 10 (2.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (2.28%) Azure Logic Apps
15 9 (2.28%) Textract
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.04%) Broadband
2 3 (0.76%) Intranet
3 2 (0.51%) Internet
4 1 (0.25%) Multicast
4 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.25%) Unicast
4 1 (0.25%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (19.24%) Power BI
2 30 (7.59%) Data Lake
3 26 (6.58%) Tableau
4 25 (6.33%) Relational Database
5 21 (5.32%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (4.05%) Data Vault
6 16 (4.05%) SQL Server
7 15 (3.80%) Amazon Athena
7 15 (3.80%) PostgreSQL
7 15 (3.80%) Snowflake Schema
7 15 (3.80%) Star Schema
8 12 (3.04%) SAP BW
9 11 (2.78%) Big Data
10 9 (2.28%) NoSQL
11 8 (2.03%) BigQuery
11 8 (2.03%) Metadata
12 7 (1.77%) DynamoDB
13 6 (1.52%) MySQL
14 5 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (1.27%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 28 (7.09%) Git
2 9 (2.28%) GitLab
3 6 (1.52%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.76%) JIRA
4 3 (0.76%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.51%) ERwin
5 2 (0.51%) MLflow
6 1 (0.25%) CMake
6 1 (0.25%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.25%) Maven
6 1 (0.25%) Valgrind
General
1 161 (40.76%) Social Skills
2 143 (36.20%) Finance
3 81 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (7.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (5.06%) Law
6 18 (4.56%) Manufacturing
7 17 (4.30%) Banking
7 17 (4.30%) Retail
8 16 (4.05%) Legal
9 12 (3.04%) Billing
9 12 (3.04%) Financial Institution
9 12 (3.04%) Marketing
10 9 (2.28%) Telecoms
11 8 (2.03%) Front Office
11 8 (2.03%) General Ledger
11 8 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.03%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.52%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.27%) Advertising
13 5 (1.27%) Military
Job Titles
1 94 (23.80%) Analyst
2 66 (16.71%) Senior
3 53 (13.42%) Developer
4 36 (9.11%) Consultant
5 35 (8.86%) Software Engineer
6 33 (8.35%) Architect
7 28 (7.09%) Systems Analyst
8 27 (6.84%) Administrator
9 24 (6.08%) Data Architect
10 22 (5.57%) Data Analyst
10 22 (5.57%) Data Engineer
10 22 (5.57%) Lead
11 21 (5.32%) Systems Administrator
12 19 (4.81%) Business Analyst
12 19 (4.81%) Senior Developer
13 13 (3.29%) Snowflake Architect
14 11 (2.78%) Financial Analyst
15 10 (2.53%) Data Consultant
15 10 (2.53%) Python Developer
16 9 (2.28%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (5.82%) React
2 22 (5.57%) .NET
3 21 (5.32%) REST
4 19 (4.81%) Terraform
5 16 (4.05%) PySpark
6 14 (3.54%) Oracle Fusion
7 13 (3.29%) Kafka
8 10 (2.53%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 9 (2.28%) FastAPI
9 9 (2.28%) Middleware
9 9 (2.28%) Spring Boot
10 8 (2.03%) ASP.NET
10 8 (2.03%) CSS
10 8 (2.03%) HTML
10 8 (2.03%) Node.js
10 8 (2.03%) RESTful
11 6 (1.52%) .NET Framework
11 6 (1.52%) Blazor
11 6 (1.52%) Flask
11 6 (1.52%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 74 (18.73%) Algorithms
2 38 (9.62%) Management Information System
3 22 (5.57%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (4.56%) Onboarding
5 15 (3.80%) Product Ownership
6 14 (3.54%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (3.04%) Hedge funds
7 12 (3.04%) Social Media
8 11 (2.78%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.77%) Client/Server
9 7 (1.77%) Equities
9 7 (1.77%) FMCG
10 6 (1.52%) Educational Technology
11 5 (1.27%) Clustering
11 5 (1.27%) Credit Risk
11 5 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.27%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.01%) Reference Data
12 4 (1.01%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.81%) Linux
2 14 (3.54%) Windows
3 3 (0.76%) Unix
4 1 (0.25%) Android
4 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (29.11%) Data Modelling
2 111 (28.10%) Problem-Solving
3 89 (22.53%) Analytics
3 89 (22.53%) Business Intelligence
4 80 (20.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 79 (20.00%) AI
6 75 (18.99%) Agile
6 75 (18.99%) Computer Science
7 71 (17.97%) Stakeholder Management
8 68 (17.22%) Software Engineering
9 66 (16.71%) CI/CD
9 66 (16.71%) Decision-Making
10 64 (16.20%) Data Engineering
11 61 (15.44%) Validation
12 59 (14.94%) Data Pipeline
12 59 (14.94%) ERP
13 58 (14.68%) Data Governance
14 57 (14.43%) Data Architecture
15 51 (12.91%) Data Management
16 50 (12.66%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 153 (38.73%) SQL
2 130 (32.91%) Python
3 47 (11.90%) Java
4 31 (7.85%) C++
5 28 (7.09%) C#
6 26 (6.58%) JavaScript
7 18 (4.56%) TypeScript
8 14 (3.54%) Go
9 12 (3.04%) Rust
10 7 (1.77%) C
11 6 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (1.27%) PL/SQL
12 5 (1.27%) T-SQL
13 4 (1.01%) Bash
13 4 (1.01%) Scala
14 3 (0.76%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.76%) SAS Macro
14 3 (0.76%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.76%) VBA
14 3 (0.76%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 86 (21.77%) Degree
2 39 (9.87%) Security Cleared
3 27 (6.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 25 (6.33%) SC Cleared
5 20 (5.06%) ACCA
5 20 (5.06%) CIMA
6 11 (2.78%) Master's Degree
7 9 (2.28%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.03%) DBS Check
8 8 (2.03%) PhD
8 8 (2.03%) PMI Certification
8 8 (2.03%) PMP
9 5 (1.27%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.27%) Numerate Degree
10 4 (1.01%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.76%) HND
11 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (24.56%) Data Quality
2 23 (5.82%) QA
3 20 (5.06%) GDPR
4 14 (3.54%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.76%) CDISC
6 2 (0.51%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.25%) IFRS
7 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.25%) MiFID
7 1 (0.25%) PMO
System Software
1 29 (7.34%) Docker
2 13 (3.29%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.51%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 19 (4.81%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.27%) Ansible
3 4 (1.01%) Packer
4 2 (0.51%) Grafana
4 2 (0.51%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 62 (15.70%) Microsoft
2 48 (12.15%) SAP
3 41 (10.38%) Oracle
4 19 (4.81%) Databricks
4 19 (4.81%) Sage
5 17 (4.30%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.28%) HubSpot
6 9 (2.28%) Workday
7 8 (2.03%) Google
8 7 (1.77%) Infor
9 3 (0.76%) Avaya
9 3 (0.76%) Cisco
9 3 (0.76%) Foundry
9 3 (0.76%) Genesys
9 3 (0.76%) MuleSoft
9 3 (0.76%) Palantir
9 3 (0.76%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.76%) TOWER Software
10 2 (0.51%) CA Agile Central
10 2 (0.51%) Concur