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 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 276 230
Rank change year-on-year +16 -46 +69
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 10 30 65
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.096% 0.33% 0.74%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.32% 0.95% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 7 15 40
10th Percentile £47,250 £38,000 £32,225
25th Percentile £51,250 £38,750 £35,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £42,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +52.94% -16.67% -15.00%
75th Percentile £89,500 £46,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £105,500 £57,250 £80,500
England median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% +3.70% -10.00%

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 3,118 3,149 2,856
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 30.04% 35.07% 32.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,600 1,340 1,921
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,975 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,177 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +4.59% -0.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £81,250
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 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 14 January 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 14 January 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
Thames Valley -3 5 £52,500 +16.67% 29
Buckinghamshire +4 3 £65,000 - 3
Surrey +3 3 £91,250 +128.13% 4
Hampshire +27 2 - - 7
Berkshire -15 2 £52,500 +16.67% 22
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 1 (10.00%) Apache Spark
1 1 (10.00%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) PeopleSoft Financials
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (10.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Power BI
2 1 (10.00%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (10.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 1 (10.00%) Hadoop
2 1 (10.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Git
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) C++ Developer
2 2 (20.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Scientific Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Data Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Finance Systems Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Product Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Product Owner
3 1 (10.00%) Products Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Report Writer
3 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Workday Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Qt
1 2 (20.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 2 (20.00%) 3D Graphics
2 2 (20.00%) Algorithms
3 1 (10.00%) IBM Mainframe
3 1 (10.00%) Mainframe
3 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Agile
1 4 (40.00%) Mathematics
1 4 (40.00%) Multithreading
2 3 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (20.00%) AI
3 2 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (20.00%) Clean Code
3 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (20.00%) Economics
3 2 (20.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (20.00%) Mathematical Modelling
3 2 (20.00%) MVVM
3 2 (20.00%) OO
3 2 (20.00%) OOD
3 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) SQL
2 4 (40.00%) C++
3 3 (30.00%) Python
4 2 (20.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (20.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) IBM
2 1 (10.00%) Intapp
2 1 (10.00%) PeopleSoft
2 1 (10.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (10.00%) Workday