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 25 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 193 201
Rank change year-on-year -52 +8 +41
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 17 32 107
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.12% 0.57% 0.92%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.61% 1.34% 3.05%
Number of salaries quoted 13 17 22
10th Percentile £40,650 £29,175 £41,875
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £48,500 £58,250
Median % change year-on-year -12.37% -16.74% -0.85%
75th Percentile £53,750 £50,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,750 £68,750 £74,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +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 2,783 2,383 3,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.40% 42.14% 29.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,896 1,202 2,010
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,375 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £59,773 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.95% +4.55% -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 25 July 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 25 July 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 -23 14 £46,500 +44.19% 7
East Midlands -46 3 £42,500 -12.37% 7
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 (5.88%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (5.88%) Exchequer
1 1 (5.88%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) Power Platform
2 4 (23.53%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (17.65%) AWS
3 3 (17.65%) Azure
4 2 (11.76%) Amazon EMR
4 2 (11.76%) Amazon Kinesis
4 2 (11.76%) Amazon MSK
4 2 (11.76%) Amazon S3
4 2 (11.76%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (29.41%) Power BI
2 3 (17.65%) MySQL
3 2 (11.76%) Amazon Athena
3 2 (11.76%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (11.76%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (11.76%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (5.88%) Data Mining
4 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Bitbucket
1 1 (5.88%) Git
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 6 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.88%) Finance
4 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Data Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Systems Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Data Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Administrator
4 2 (11.76%) Senior
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Data Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Configuration Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) CRM Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) Data Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Data Modeller
5 1 (5.88%) Software Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) REST
2 2 (11.76%) RESTful
3 1 (5.88%) JSON
3 1 (5.88%) React
3 1 (5.88%) XML
3 1 (5.88%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Management Information System
2 3 (17.65%) Product Ownership
3 2 (11.76%) Cloud Native
3 2 (11.76%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (5.88%) Algorithms
4 1 (5.88%) Educational Technology
4 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (41.18%) Data Modelling
2 7 (41.18%) Translating Business Requirements
3 6 (35.29%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (29.41%) Analytics
4 5 (29.41%) Change Management
4 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (29.41%) Dashboard Development
4 5 (29.41%) Data Security
5 4 (23.53%) Business Analysis
5 4 (23.53%) Data Engineering
5 4 (23.53%) Decision-Making
5 4 (23.53%) End-to-End Testing
5 4 (23.53%) Information Governance
5 4 (23.53%) Information Security
5 4 (23.53%) System Integration Testing
5 4 (23.53%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (17.65%) Agile
6 3 (17.65%) AI
6 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) SQL
2 4 (23.53%) Python
3 3 (17.65%) Java
4 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
5 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (41.18%) Data Quality
2 4 (23.53%) GDPR
3 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Sage
2 1 (5.88%) SAP
2 1 (5.88%) Workday