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 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 188 223 194
Rank change year-on-year +35 -29 +49
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 27 18 29
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.35% 0.27% 0.58%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.98% 0.79% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 16 7 27
10th Percentile £46,500 £54,500 -
25th Percentile £46,750 £57,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.31% +30.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £64,375 £74,556 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,967 £71,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,351
% change year-on-year - +7.11% -12.87%

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 2,762 2,288 1,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 35.46% 34.29% 35.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,140 955 1,437
10th Percentile £25,988 £32,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £64,000 £66,967 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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 30 December 2025.

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 30 December 2025. 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 +3 17 £49,250 -24.23% 66
West Midlands +18 10 £56,250 -6.25% 84
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 (3.70%) Apache
1 1 (3.70%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (29.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (7.41%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 2 (7.41%) SAP MM
1 2 (7.41%) SAP Retail
1 2 (7.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 8 (29.63%) Azure
3 3 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (7.41%) AWS
4 2 (7.41%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (7.41%) SaaS
5 1 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.70%) PaaS
5 1 (3.70%) Power Automate
5 1 (3.70%) PowerApps
5 1 (3.70%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (33.33%) Power BI
2 8 (29.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 8 (29.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (25.93%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (25.93%) SQL Server
4 6 (22.22%) Data Lake
5 4 (14.81%) Metadata
6 2 (7.41%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (7.41%) MongoDB
6 2 (7.41%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (7.41%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (3.70%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (3.70%) NoSQL
7 1 (3.70%) Oracle Database
7 1 (3.70%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (3.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Git
1 2 (7.41%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (29.63%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (29.63%) Finance
3 7 (25.93%) Law
4 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (7.41%) Retail
5 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Analyst
1 7 (25.93%) DBA
2 6 (22.22%) Developer
2 6 (22.22%) SQL DBA
3 4 (14.81%) Administrator
4 3 (11.11%) Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Business Developer
5 2 (7.41%) Data Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Developer
5 2 (7.41%) Oracle Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Oracle Data Architect
5 2 (7.41%) SAP Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) SAP MM Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Lead
6 1 (3.70%) Lead Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Python Data Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Senior
6 1 (3.70%) Snowflake Data Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Snowflake Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (18.52%) REST
2 2 (7.41%) Kafka
2 2 (7.41%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (7.41%) Web Services
3 1 (3.70%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (3.70%) JSON
3 1 (3.70%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.70%) Legacy Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) Analytics
1 11 (40.74%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (29.63%) ETL
2 8 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (25.93%) Economics
3 7 (25.93%) Mathematics
3 7 (25.93%) Reverse Engineering
4 6 (22.22%) Data Analysis
4 6 (22.22%) Data Modelling
4 6 (22.22%) Root Cause Analysis
4 6 (22.22%) Statistical Modelling
5 5 (18.52%) Data Governance
6 4 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (14.81%) Decision-Making
6 4 (14.81%) Migration
6 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (11.11%) Agile
7 3 (11.11%) Data Strategy
7 3 (11.11%) Mentoring
7 3 (11.11%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 21 (77.78%) SQL
2 9 (33.33%) Python
3 7 (25.93%) T-SQL
4 1 (3.70%) C#
4 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.70%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) Degree
2 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (33.33%) Data Quality
2 2 (7.41%) GDPR
3 1 (3.70%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) SAP
3 2 (7.41%) Oracle
4 1 (3.70%) Cognos
4 1 (3.70%) Databricks