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 23 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 189 191
Rank change year-on-year -57 +2 +9
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 39 39 88
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.25% 0.70% 0.90%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.13% 1.65% 3.23%
Number of salaries quoted 28 21 18
10th Percentile £41,250 £31,125 £47,500
25th Percentile £43,493 £46,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £58,250
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% -16.74% -10.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £81,375
England median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% +7.69%

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 3,454 2,357 2,728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 22.04% 42.39% 27.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,225 1,197 1,172
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,375 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -1.87%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £64,108
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,175
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -6.98%

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 23 September 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 23 September 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
West Midlands -34 22 £60,000 +14.29% 40
East Midlands -39 17 £47,500 -2.06% 15
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 (2.56%) Apache Spark
1 1 (2.56%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Infor M3
2 1 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.56%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (2.56%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (2.56%) Dynamics SL
2 1 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 8 (20.51%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (7.69%) Amazon EMR
4 3 (7.69%) Azure
5 2 (5.13%) Amazon Kinesis
5 2 (5.13%) Amazon MSK
5 2 (5.13%) Amazon S3
5 2 (5.13%) AWS
6 1 (2.56%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (2.56%) SaaS
6 1 (2.56%) Serverless
6 1 (2.56%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (33.33%) Power BI
2 3 (7.69%) MySQL
3 2 (5.13%) Amazon Athena
3 2 (5.13%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (5.13%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (5.13%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.56%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (2.56%) GIS
4 1 (2.56%) Metadata
4 1 (2.56%) Spark SQL
4 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (41.03%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (20.51%) Social Skills
3 7 (17.95%) Finance
3 7 (17.95%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (33.33%) Analyst
2 12 (30.77%) Senior
3 6 (15.38%) Lead
3 6 (15.38%) Senior Manager
3 6 (15.38%) Systems Manager
4 5 (12.82%) Administrator
4 5 (12.82%) Data Engineer
4 5 (12.82%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
4 5 (12.82%) Systems Analyst
5 4 (10.26%) Consultant
5 4 (10.26%) Data Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) Business Consultant
6 3 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) Salesforce Administrator
6 3 (7.69%) Salesforce Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) Security Administrator
6 3 (7.69%) Security Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) Senior Business Consultant
6 3 (7.69%) Senior Consultant
7 2 (5.13%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) REST
1 2 (5.13%) RESTful
2 1 (2.56%) PySpark
2 1 (2.56%) SAP Core Interface
2 1 (2.56%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 12 (30.77%) Management Information System
2 6 (15.38%) FMCG
3 3 (7.69%) Product Ownership
4 2 (5.13%) Cloud Native
4 2 (5.13%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (5.13%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (5.13%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.56%) Educational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.90%) Business Intelligence
1 14 (35.90%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (28.21%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (28.21%) Data Modelling
3 10 (25.64%) Data Governance
3 10 (25.64%) Data Transformation
3 10 (25.64%) ETL
4 9 (23.08%) ERP
4 9 (23.08%) Migration
4 9 (23.08%) Translating Business Requirements
4 9 (23.08%) Validation
5 8 (20.51%) Agile
5 8 (20.51%) Data Migration
5 8 (20.51%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (17.95%) Computer Science
6 7 (17.95%) Data Architecture
6 7 (17.95%) Data Management
6 7 (17.95%) Project Management
7 6 (15.38%) Change Control
7 6 (15.38%) Master Data Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (41.03%) SQL
2 5 (12.82%) Python
3 2 (5.13%) Java
4 1 (2.56%) Bash
4 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (33.33%) Degree
2 6 (15.38%) PMI Certification
2 6 (15.38%) PMP
3 2 (5.13%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (41.03%) Data Quality
2 5 (12.82%) GDPR
3 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 8 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.38%) HubSpot
2 6 (15.38%) Infor
3 3 (7.69%) Salesforce
3 3 (7.69%) SAP
4 1 (2.56%) Sage
4 1 (2.56%) Workday