Data Structures Job Trends in the South East

Data Structures
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Structures in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Structures over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 220 239
Rank change year-on-year -45 +19 +5
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 29 53 162
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.20% 0.68% 0.98%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.85% 1.71% 2.83%
Number of salaries quoted 25 12 46
10th Percentile - £37,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.44% -10.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £72,000 £55,313 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,000 £71,625 £76,875
England median annual salary £73,750 £71,991 £70,000
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.84% +3.70%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,404 3,106 5,725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 23.54% 39.63% 34.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,159 1,451 3,751
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +2.04% -13.54%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Data Structures
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Data Structures job vacancy trend in the South East

Data Structures
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Structures.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Structures

Data Structures
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Structures in the South East over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Structures in the South East

Data Structures
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Structures within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
Surrey -21 10 £42,500 +6.25% 4
Thames Valley +8 8 £56,000 +17.89% 7
Hampshire -49 6 £60,000 - 7
Buckinghamshire -4 4 £56,000 +12.00% 2
Berkshire +13 2 £45,250 +0.56% 2
Kent - 2 £80,000 - 3
Oxfordshire - 2 £75,000 - 3
West Sussex -18 1 £68,000 +60.00% 2
East Sussex - 1 £55,000 -
Data Structures
England

Data Structures
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 8 (27.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) SAP SD
2 1 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 16 (55.17%) Azure
2 13 (44.83%) Power Platform
3 9 (31.03%) Entra ID
3 9 (31.03%) SaaS
4 8 (27.59%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (17.24%) AWS
6 3 (10.34%) Power Automate
6 3 (10.34%) PowerApps
7 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (3.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (44.83%) Power BI
2 9 (31.03%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (27.59%) MySQL
3 8 (27.59%) SQL Server
3 8 (27.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (13.79%) Tableau
5 2 (6.90%) Relational Database
6 1 (3.45%) Data Lake
6 1 (3.45%) Metadata
6 1 (3.45%) MongoDB
6 1 (3.45%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (3.45%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 7 (24.14%) Git
2 1 (3.45%) Bitbucket
2 1 (3.45%) JIRA
2 1 (3.45%) Toad
2 1 (3.45%) utPLSQL
General
1 15 (51.72%) Social Skills
2 9 (31.03%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (31.03%) Finance
3 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.45%) Law
3 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (51.72%) Analyst
2 10 (34.48%) Data Analyst
3 8 (27.59%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 8 (27.59%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
3 8 (27.59%) SQL Analyst
3 8 (27.59%) SQL Data Analyst
3 8 (27.59%) SSRS Analyst
4 7 (24.14%) Software Engineer
5 6 (20.69%) Senior
6 3 (10.34%) Automation Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) Senior Automation Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Developer
7 2 (6.90%) Senior Software Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Support Analyst
7 2 (6.90%) Systems Analyst
8 1 (3.45%) Business Manager
8 1 (3.45%) C# Software Engineer
8 1 (3.45%) ETL Developer
8 1 (3.45%) IT Support Analyst
8 1 (3.45%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (31.03%) JSON
2 8 (27.59%) XML
3 5 (17.24%) React
4 1 (3.45%) .NET
4 1 (3.45%) .NET Core
4 1 (3.45%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (3.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) Onboarding
2 4 (13.79%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.45%) Client/Server
3 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.45%) Social Media
3 1 (3.45%) Taxonomies
3 1 (3.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (37.93%) Data Modelling
3 9 (31.03%) Validation
4 8 (27.59%) Agile
4 8 (27.59%) Collaborative Working
4 8 (27.59%) Data Validation
4 8 (27.59%) Task Automation
5 7 (24.14%) CI/CD
5 7 (24.14%) Software Engineering
6 6 (20.69%) Computer Science
7 5 (17.24%) Containerisation
7 5 (17.24%) Data Engineering
7 5 (17.24%) Data Management
7 5 (17.24%) Decision-Making
7 5 (17.24%) Test Automation
8 4 (13.79%) Data Governance
8 4 (13.79%) Process Improvement
9 3 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (10.34%) Data Migration
9 3 (10.34%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 17 (58.62%) Python
2 16 (55.17%) SQL
3 8 (27.59%) Java
3 8 (27.59%) PowerShell
3 8 (27.59%) T-SQL
4 5 (17.24%) Go
4 5 (17.24%) JavaScript
4 5 (17.24%) TypeScript
5 3 (10.34%) Rust
5 3 (10.34%) VBA
6 1 (3.45%) C#
6 1 (3.45%) C++
6 1 (3.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (3.45%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (27.59%) Degree
2 6 (20.69%) Security Cleared
3 5 (17.24%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (6.90%) ACCA
4 2 (6.90%) CIMA
5 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (48.28%) Data Quality
2 8 (27.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.45%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.45%) GDPR
3 1 (3.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (31.03%) Active Directory
2 5 (17.24%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (17.24%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (27.59%) SAP
2 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) Oracle
3 2 (6.90%) Sage
4 1 (3.45%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow