Data Structures Job Trends in London

Data Structures
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Structures in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Structures over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 255 262
Rank change year-on-year +60 +7 -27
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 232 138 279
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.09% 1.13% 1.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.23% 2.49% 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 149 55 160
10th Percentile £54,500 £56,714 £44,750
25th Percentile £65,000 £76,375 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £90,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% +5.86%
75th Percentile £97,500 £124,375 £97,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £142,500 £127,750
England median annual salary £72,500 £73,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -0.68% +4.29% +5.21%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 7,177 5,543 9,886
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 33.65% 45.33% 40.24%
Number of salaries quoted 4,453 3,055 6,892
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,725 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% -1.96%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £121,450 £136,250 £130,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%

Data Structures
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Structures relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Data Structures job vacancy trend in London

Data Structures
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Structures.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Structures

Data Structures
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Structures in London over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Structures in London

Data Structures
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Structures within the London region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
Central London +7 45 £83,750 -2.05% 19
West London - 5 £92,500 - 6
South London - 3 - -
Data Structures
England

Data Structures
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 7 (3.02%) Palantir Foundry
2 5 (2.16%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.29%) Apache
4 3 (1.29%) Confluence
4 3 (1.29%) Oracle Application Server
4 3 (1.29%) SAS
5 2 (0.86%) Apache Pulsar
5 2 (0.86%) Jupyter
Applications
1 14 (6.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (4.31%) NetSuite
2 8 (3.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 5 (2.16%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (1.29%) FLEXCUBE
5 3 (1.29%) Misys Opics
5 3 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.86%) Distributed Ledger
6 2 (0.86%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.86%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.86%) SAP SCM
6 2 (0.86%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.43%) FastStats
7 1 (0.43%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.43%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 68 (29.31%) Azure
2 51 (21.98%) AWS
3 38 (16.38%) GCP
4 29 (12.50%) Power Platform
5 12 (5.17%) dbt
6 11 (4.74%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (3.88%) Amazon S3
7 9 (3.88%) Snowflake
8 7 (3.02%) Intacct
9 6 (2.59%) GitHub
9 6 (2.59%) Serverless
10 5 (2.16%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.16%) Google Analytics
11 4 (1.72%) Cloud Composer
11 4 (1.72%) Dagster
11 4 (1.72%) Vertex AI
12 3 (1.29%) Boomi
13 2 (0.86%) AWS CloudFormation
13 2 (0.86%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.17%) Broadband
2 2 (0.86%) Intranet
2 2 (0.86%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (13.79%) BigQuery
2 27 (11.64%) Power BI
3 21 (9.05%) Elasticsearch
4 20 (8.62%) Tableau
5 18 (7.76%) Data Lake
6 17 (7.33%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (6.90%) Metadata
8 12 (5.17%) Data Vault
9 10 (4.31%) Relational Database
10 8 (3.45%) NoSQL
10 8 (3.45%) SAP BW
10 8 (3.45%) Star Schema
11 7 (3.02%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (3.02%) RDBMS
11 7 (3.02%) Snowflake Schema
12 5 (2.16%) DynamoDB
13 4 (1.72%) Amazon Athena
13 4 (1.72%) Delta Lake
13 4 (1.72%) SQL Server
14 3 (1.29%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 13 (5.60%) Postman
2 11 (4.74%) Git
3 9 (3.88%) Eclipse
3 9 (3.88%) ERwin
4 3 (1.29%) JIRA
5 2 (0.86%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.86%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.43%) CMake
6 1 (0.43%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.43%) Maven
6 1 (0.43%) Storybook
6 1 (0.43%) Valgrind
General
1 110 (47.41%) Finance
2 76 (32.76%) Social Skills
3 42 (18.10%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (11.64%) Front Office
5 19 (8.19%) Law
6 16 (6.90%) Marketing
7 15 (6.47%) Banking
8 10 (4.31%) Billing
9 9 (3.88%) Financial Institution
9 9 (3.88%) Retail
10 8 (3.45%) Legal
11 7 (3.02%) Public Sector
11 7 (3.02%) Publishing
12 4 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.72%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.29%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (1.29%) Retail Banking
13 3 (1.29%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.86%) German Language
14 2 (0.86%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 68 (29.31%) Senior
2 49 (21.12%) Analyst
2 49 (21.12%) Developer
3 39 (16.81%) Senior Developer
4 32 (13.79%) Data Analyst
5 28 (12.07%) Consultant
6 24 (10.34%) Python Developer
7 23 (9.91%) Software Engineer
8 21 (9.05%) Quantitative Developer
9 20 (8.62%) C++ Developer
9 20 (8.62%) Senior C++ Developer
9 20 (8.62%) Senior Python Developer
10 19 (8.19%) C++ Quantitative Developer
10 19 (8.19%) Linux Developer
10 19 (8.19%) Low Latency C++ Developer
10 19 (8.19%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
10 19 (8.19%) Senior Quantitative Developer
11 17 (7.33%) Data Consultant
12 15 (6.47%) Architect
12 15 (6.47%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (11.21%) RESTful
2 24 (10.34%) Django
3 19 (8.19%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 13 (5.60%) JSON
4 13 (5.60%) OpenAPI
4 13 (5.60%) Oracle Fusion
4 13 (5.60%) Swagger
5 11 (4.74%) REST
6 10 (4.31%) Kafka
7 9 (3.88%) FIX Protocol
8 7 (3.02%) FpML
8 7 (3.02%) XML
8 7 (3.02%) XML Schema
9 5 (2.16%) Middleware
10 4 (1.72%) FastAPI
11 3 (1.29%) Flask
11 3 (1.29%) OpenTelemetry
11 3 (1.29%) Restlet
12 2 (0.86%) HTML5
12 2 (0.86%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 72 (31.03%) Algorithms
2 40 (17.24%) Distributed Systems
3 30 (12.93%) Greenfield Project
4 24 (10.34%) Management Information System
5 21 (9.05%) Equities
6 19 (8.19%) Hedge funds
7 12 (5.17%) Social Media
8 10 (4.31%) Reinsurance
9 8 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (3.02%) Cloud Native
10 7 (3.02%) e-Learning
10 7 (3.02%) FMCG
11 6 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (2.16%) Product Ownership
13 4 (1.72%) Anti-Piracy
13 4 (1.72%) Taxonomies
14 3 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
15 2 (0.86%) Credit Risk
15 2 (0.86%) Onboarding
15 2 (0.86%) SIMD
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.48%) Linux
2 2 (0.86%) Windows
3 1 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (31.47%) Data Modelling
2 62 (26.72%) Analytics
3 58 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 46 (19.83%) Computer Science
4 46 (19.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 45 (19.40%) Problem-Solving
6 41 (17.67%) Agile
7 40 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
8 37 (15.95%) OO
9 36 (15.52%) AI
10 34 (14.66%) Data Governance
10 34 (14.66%) ETL
11 28 (12.07%) Microservices
12 27 (11.64%) Actionable Insight
12 27 (11.64%) Decision-Making
12 27 (11.64%) DevOps
13 26 (11.21%) Data Engineering
13 26 (11.21%) Data Pipeline
14 25 (10.78%) ERP
15 24 (10.34%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 126 (54.31%) Python
2 97 (41.81%) SQL
3 34 (14.66%) C++
4 13 (5.60%) Java
5 11 (4.74%) Rust
6 5 (2.16%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.16%) R
6 5 (2.16%) Scala
7 3 (1.29%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.29%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.86%) C#
8 2 (0.86%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.43%) ABAP
9 1 (0.43%) Bash
9 1 (0.43%) Cypher
9 1 (0.43%) Go
9 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 55 (23.71%) Degree
2 29 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (3.88%) Security Cleared
4 8 (3.45%) ACCA
4 8 (3.45%) CIMA
5 7 (3.02%) DV Cleared
5 7 (3.02%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.72%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.72%) PhD
7 3 (1.29%) Postgraduate
7 3 (1.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (0.86%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.86%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.43%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (11.64%) Data Quality
2 11 (4.74%) QA
3 10 (4.31%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.16%) GDPR
4 5 (2.16%) IFRS
5 3 (1.29%) GAAP
5 3 (1.29%) GRC
5 3 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.43%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.43%) MiFID
6 1 (0.43%) Solvency II
6 1 (0.43%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (0.86%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.29%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.29%) Prometheus
1 3 (1.29%) Terraform
2 1 (0.43%) Ansible
2 1 (0.43%) Grafana
2 1 (0.43%) Packer
2 1 (0.43%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 27 (11.64%) Google
2 21 (9.05%) Oracle
3 19 (8.19%) Salesforce
4 14 (6.03%) Microsoft
5 13 (5.60%) SAP
6 10 (4.31%) Foundry
6 10 (4.31%) ServiceNow
7 8 (3.45%) Sparx
8 7 (3.02%) Palantir
8 7 (3.02%) Sage
9 5 (2.16%) Workday
10 4 (1.72%) Databricks
11 3 (1.29%) Alteryx
11 3 (1.29%) Informatica
11 3 (1.29%) MuleSoft
11 3 (1.29%) Talend
12 2 (0.86%) Intapp
12 2 (0.86%) OpenAI
13 1 (0.43%) Ariba
13 1 (0.43%) Hyperion