Data Structures Job Trends in the Midlands

Data Structures
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Structures in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Structures over the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 202 244
Rank change year-on-year -18 +42 +35
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 13 19 50
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.13% 0.36% 0.52%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.46% 0.97% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 9 8 38
10th Percentile £45,750 £55,250 -
25th Percentile £46,750 £57,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £62,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.40% +47.06% -27.66%
75th Percentile £52,500 £73,528 £55,875
90th Percentile £54,500 £82,128 £67,500
England median annual salary £72,500 £72,285 £70,000
% change year-on-year +0.30% +3.26% +0.80%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,856 1,964 3,382
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 29.62% 37.31% 34.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,166 985 2,514
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £38,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,300 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.57% +7.68% -10.00%
75th Percentile £64,750 £66,967 £62,298
90th Percentile £79,500 £75,000 £73,375
England median annual salary £57,239 £61,572 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.04% +11.95% -15.38%

Data Structures
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Data Structures job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Data Structures
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Data Structures.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Data Structures

Data Structures
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Structures in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Structures in the Midlands

Data Structures
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Structures within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 March 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
East Midlands -17 9 £48,500 -25.38% 6
West Midlands -7 4 £53,750 -10.42% 6
Data Structures
England

Data Structures
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (7.69%) Exchequer
2 1 (7.69%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 8 (61.54%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.69%) PaaS
3 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
3 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
3 1 (7.69%) PowerApps
3 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (61.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 8 (61.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 7 (53.85%) Azure SQL Database
2 7 (53.85%) SQL Server
3 6 (46.15%) Data Lake
4 1 (7.69%) Metadata
4 1 (7.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (7.69%) Oracle Database
4 1 (7.69%) Oracle ODI
4 1 (7.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Git
1 2 (15.38%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 7 (53.85%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (46.15%) Finance
3 6 (46.15%) Law
4 3 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) DBA
2 6 (46.15%) SQL DBA
3 5 (38.46%) Developer
4 4 (30.77%) Administrator
5 2 (15.38%) Architect
5 2 (15.38%) Business Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Data Architect
5 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Data Manager
6 1 (7.69%) Oracle Architect
6 1 (7.69%) Oracle Data Architect
6 1 (7.69%) Power Platform Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Report Manager
6 1 (7.69%) SQL Developer
6 1 (7.69%) SQL Server DBA
6 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) REST
2 2 (15.38%) Web Services
3 1 (7.69%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (7.69%) JSON
3 1 (7.69%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (7.69%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (7.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Analytics
2 8 (61.54%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (53.85%) Reverse Engineering
4 6 (46.15%) ETL
4 6 (46.15%) Root Cause Analysis
5 5 (38.46%) Data Analysis
5 5 (38.46%) Decision-Making
6 4 (30.77%) Migration
7 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (23.08%) Data Management
7 3 (23.08%) Data Strategy
7 3 (23.08%) Performance Tuning
8 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (15.38%) Code Quality
8 2 (15.38%) Data Governance
8 2 (15.38%) Data Migration
8 2 (15.38%) DataOps
8 2 (15.38%) Logistics
8 2 (15.38%) Software Architecture
8 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) SQL
2 7 (53.85%) T-SQL
3 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.69%) PL/SQL
3 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (61.54%) Data Quality
2 2 (15.38%) GDPR
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Databricks
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle