Data Structures Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Data Structures
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Structures in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Structures over the 6 months leading up to 7 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 390 324 364
Rank change year-on-year -66 +40 -27
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 114 299 203
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.29% 0.70% 0.70%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.87% 2.18% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 65 101 170
10th Percentile £38,961 £25,000 £35,733
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.77%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £79,500 £97,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -10.34%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,133 13,728 10,629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.07% 32.08% 36.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6,455 6,188 7,797
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,375 £41,250 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,750 £69,800
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £84,056
UK median annual salary £53,877 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.21% -4.00% -0.33%

Data Structures
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Data Structures job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Data Structures
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Data Structures.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Data Structures

Data Structures
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Structures in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Structures in the UK excluding London

Data Structures
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Structures within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 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
North of England +16 34 £75,000 +32.74% 97
Midlands +47 30 £50,500 -19.20% 106
South East +34 19 £58,750 +38.24% 147
North West +34 18 £70,000 +16.67% 56
East Midlands +30 18 £49,250 -24.23% 45
Yorkshire -9 15 £77,500 +210.00% 35
West Midlands +30 12 £56,250 -6.25% 56
East of England +21 11 £45,000 -55.00% 75
Scotland -3 11 £50,000 +11.11% 24
South West -102 7 £39,743 -43.23% 55
Wales -3 2 - - 10
North East +7 1 - - 7
Data Structures
UK

Data Structures
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (3.51%) CMS
2 3 (2.63%) Apache
2 3 (2.63%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.75%) Mendix
4 1 (0.88%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.88%) SAS
4 1 (0.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 28 (24.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.63%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.88%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (5.26%) PeopleSoft Financials
2 5 (4.39%) NetSuite
3 2 (1.75%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (1.75%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 2 (1.75%) SAP MM
3 2 (1.75%) SAP Retail
3 2 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.88%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 39 (34.21%) Power Platform
2 18 (15.79%) AWS
3 17 (14.91%) Azure
4 10 (8.77%) Serverless
5 9 (7.89%) GitHub
6 5 (4.39%) Snowflake
7 4 (3.51%) SaaS
7 4 (3.51%) Slack
7 4 (3.51%) Zapier
8 3 (2.63%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.75%) GCP
10 1 (0.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.88%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.88%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.88%) Boomi
10 1 (0.88%) Firebase
10 1 (0.88%) Matillion
10 1 (0.88%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.75%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (34.21%) Power BI
2 14 (12.28%) SQL Server
3 13 (11.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (10.53%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (10.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (7.89%) Relational Database
6 8 (7.02%) Metadata
7 6 (5.26%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (5.26%) NoSQL
7 6 (5.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 5 (4.39%) BusinessObjects
8 5 (4.39%) Data Lake
8 5 (4.39%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (3.51%) Data Mining
9 4 (3.51%) MongoDB
9 4 (3.51%) Oracle BI EE
9 4 (3.51%) Snowflake Schema
10 3 (2.63%) Tableau
11 2 (1.75%) FileMaker
11 2 (1.75%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 5 (4.39%) Git
2 4 (3.51%) Postman
3 2 (1.75%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.75%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.75%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.88%) Ant
4 1 (0.88%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.88%) GitLab
4 1 (0.88%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.88%) Jasmine
4 1 (0.88%) JUnit
4 1 (0.88%) Karma Test Runner
4 1 (0.88%) Maven
4 1 (0.88%) Mockito
4 1 (0.88%) Protractor
4 1 (0.88%) Selenium
4 1 (0.88%) WebDriver
4 1 (0.88%) webpack
General
1 32 (28.07%) Social Skills
2 29 (25.44%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (18.42%) Finance
4 15 (13.16%) Law
5 7 (6.14%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.26%) Legal
6 6 (5.26%) Marketing
6 6 (5.26%) Retail
7 5 (4.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.75%) Banking
9 1 (0.88%) Electronics
9 1 (0.88%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.88%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.88%) Police
9 1 (0.88%) Publishing
9 1 (0.88%) Social Housing
9 1 (0.88%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (37.72%) Analyst
2 31 (27.19%) Developer
3 10 (8.77%) Systems Analyst
4 9 (7.89%) Python Developer
4 9 (7.89%) Senior
5 7 (6.14%) Lead
5 7 (6.14%) Software Engineer
6 6 (5.26%) Data Engineer
6 6 (5.26%) DBA
6 6 (5.26%) Finance Systems Analyst
6 6 (5.26%) Financial Analyst
6 6 (5.26%) Product Analyst
6 6 (5.26%) Products Support Analyst
6 6 (5.26%) Support Analyst
6 6 (5.26%) Systems Support Analyst
6 6 (5.26%) Workday Analyst
7 5 (4.39%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 5 (4.39%) Data Analyst
7 5 (4.39%) Senior Developer
7 5 (4.39%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (12.28%) CSS
1 14 (12.28%) HTML
2 13 (11.40%) Vue
3 12 (10.53%) React
3 12 (10.53%) REST
4 10 (8.77%) Django
4 10 (8.77%) Flask
5 9 (7.89%) FastAPI
6 7 (6.14%) JSON
7 6 (5.26%) Web Services
8 5 (4.39%) Kafka
9 4 (3.51%) jQuery
9 4 (3.51%) Middleware
9 4 (3.51%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (3.51%) SOAP
10 3 (2.63%) Node.js
10 3 (2.63%) Qt
10 3 (2.63%) WPF
11 2 (1.75%) .NET
11 2 (1.75%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.89%) Algorithms
1 9 (7.89%) Legacy Systems
2 7 (6.14%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (4.39%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.51%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.63%) 3D Graphics
5 3 (2.63%) Legacy Code
5 3 (2.63%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (1.75%) iPad
6 2 (1.75%) iPhone
7 1 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.88%) IBM Mainframe
7 1 (0.88%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.88%) Multi-touch
7 1 (0.88%) NHS
7 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.63%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.75%) Android
3 1 (0.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (38.60%) Business Intelligence
2 29 (25.44%) Agile
2 29 (25.44%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (24.56%) Mathematics
4 22 (19.30%) ETL
5 21 (18.42%) Mentoring
6 20 (17.54%) Data Analysis
7 19 (16.67%) Data Modelling
7 19 (16.67%) Economics
8 18 (15.79%) Analytics
8 18 (15.79%) Statistical Modelling
9 16 (14.04%) CI/CD
9 16 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (13.16%) Computer Science
10 15 (13.16%) Decision-Making
11 14 (12.28%) AI
12 12 (10.53%) Migration
13 11 (9.65%) Data Management
13 11 (9.65%) Infrastructure as Code
13 11 (9.65%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 64 (56.14%) SQL
2 44 (38.60%) Python
3 20 (17.54%) JavaScript
4 11 (9.65%) T-SQL
5 9 (7.89%) C++
6 7 (6.14%) C#
7 5 (4.39%) Java
8 4 (3.51%) VBA
9 3 (2.63%) TypeScript
10 2 (1.75%) Go
10 2 (1.75%) Swift
11 1 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.88%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.88%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.88%) Rust
Qualifications
1 38 (33.33%) Degree
2 9 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (5.26%) Master's Degree
4 4 (3.51%) PhD
4 4 (3.51%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.63%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.75%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.88%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (14.04%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.39%) GDPR
3 3 (2.63%) QA
4 1 (0.88%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 13 (11.40%) Docker
2 1 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (9.65%) Terraform
2 3 (2.63%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.88%) Ansible
Vendors
1 24 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.02%) Oracle
3 6 (5.26%) Intapp
3 6 (5.26%) PeopleSoft
3 6 (5.26%) ServiceNow
3 6 (5.26%) Workday
4 5 (4.39%) SAP
5 4 (3.51%) Databricks
5 4 (3.51%) Facebook
5 4 (3.51%) HubSpot
5 4 (3.51%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.75%) Alteryx
6 2 (1.75%) Google
6 2 (1.75%) OutSystems
6 2 (1.75%) Talend
7 1 (0.88%) Civica
7 1 (0.88%) Huawei
7 1 (0.88%) Informatica
7 1 (0.88%) Northgate
7 1 (0.88%) Orchard