Hybrid/Remote Data Structures Job Trends

Data Structures
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Structures in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Structures over the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 309 298
Rank change year-on-year +27 -11 -27
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 90 133 186
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.59% 0.77% 0.95%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.70% 1.97% 2.44%
Number of salaries quoted 71 78 151
10th Percentile £42,500 £25,000 £35,733
25th Percentile £46,750 £42,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £62,788
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +3.52% -10.30%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £113,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,290 6,739 7,620
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.68% 39.06% 38.72%
Number of salaries quoted 3,418 3,831 5,938
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,250 £37,270
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,115 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,548
90th Percentile £107,500 £113,750 £103,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,450
% change year-on-year -8.33% -3.92% -3.92%

Data Structures
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Structures and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Data Structures job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Data Structures
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Structures.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Structures

Data Structures
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Structures over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Data Structures salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Data Structures
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (4.44%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (2.22%) Apache
2 2 (2.22%) Apache Spark
2 2 (2.22%) Luigi
2 2 (2.22%) Mendix
Applications
1 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.33%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.11%) 3ds Max
3 1 (1.11%) Blender
3 1 (1.11%) Oracle Smart View
3 1 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (5.56%) NetSuite
2 2 (2.22%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.11%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (1.11%) SAP Business One
3 1 (1.11%) SAP HCM
3 1 (1.11%) SAP MDG
3 1 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 22 (24.44%) AWS
2 15 (16.67%) Azure
3 13 (14.44%) GitHub
4 12 (13.33%) Power Platform
4 12 (13.33%) Serverless
5 10 (11.11%) GCP
6 3 (3.33%) Firebase
6 3 (3.33%) SaaS
6 3 (3.33%) Snowflake
7 2 (2.22%) Amazon S3
7 2 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.11%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 1 (1.11%) Azure Table
8 1 (1.11%) Google App Engine
8 1 (1.11%) IaaS
8 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.11%) PaaS
8 1 (1.11%) Sentry
8 1 (1.11%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (1.11%) Supabase
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (13.33%) Power BI
1 12 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 10 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (11.11%) NoSQL
3 9 (10.00%) Data Lake
4 8 (8.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (7.78%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (7.78%) Relational Database
5 7 (7.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (5.56%) Metadata
7 4 (4.44%) BigQuery
7 4 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (4.44%) Tableau
8 3 (3.33%) Data Vault
9 2 (2.22%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (2.22%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (2.22%) Hadoop
9 2 (2.22%) MongoDB
9 2 (2.22%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (2.22%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (8.89%) Git
2 1 (1.11%) Storybook
2 1 (1.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 26 (28.89%) Finance
2 25 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 21 (23.33%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (11.11%) Law
5 5 (5.56%) Banking
5 5 (5.56%) Public Sector
5 5 (5.56%) Retail
6 4 (4.44%) Investment Banking
6 4 (4.44%) Marketing
6 4 (4.44%) Publishing
7 3 (3.33%) Front Office
7 3 (3.33%) Health Technology
8 1 (1.11%) Billing
8 1 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.11%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.11%) Social Housing
8 1 (1.11%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 32 (35.56%) Developer
2 19 (21.11%) Senior
3 15 (16.67%) Analyst
4 10 (11.11%) Python Developer
4 10 (11.11%) Software Engineer
5 9 (10.00%) Lead
6 8 (8.89%) Senior Developer
7 7 (7.78%) Data Engineer
7 7 (7.78%) DBA
7 7 (7.78%) Lead Developer
7 7 (7.78%) SQL DBA
8 6 (6.67%) Business Analyst
8 6 (6.67%) Lead Python Developer
8 6 (6.67%) SQL Developer
9 5 (5.56%) Consultant
9 5 (5.56%) Senior Software Engineer
10 4 (4.44%) Insurance Business Analyst
10 4 (4.44%) Java Developer
10 4 (4.44%) Senior Python Developer
10 4 (4.44%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (15.56%) CSS
1 14 (15.56%) Django
1 14 (15.56%) Flask
1 14 (15.56%) HTML
2 11 (12.22%) FastAPI
2 11 (12.22%) React
3 9 (10.00%) Vue
4 8 (8.89%) Kafka
5 6 (6.67%) OAuth
6 5 (5.56%) REST
6 5 (5.56%) Web Services
7 4 (4.44%) Node.js
7 4 (4.44%) OAuth2
7 4 (4.44%) OpenID
7 4 (4.44%) RESTful
7 4 (4.44%) SOAP
8 3 (3.33%) FIX Protocol
8 3 (3.33%) Java Concurrency
8 3 (3.33%) jQuery
9 2 (2.22%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 16 (17.78%) Legacy Systems
2 11 (12.22%) Algorithms
3 8 (8.89%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (6.67%) Management Information System
4 6 (6.67%) Product Ownership
5 5 (5.56%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (4.44%) Cloud Native
6 4 (4.44%) Low-Code
6 4 (4.44%) PKI
7 3 (3.33%) Derivative
7 3 (3.33%) FMCG
7 3 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (2.22%) Client/Server
8 2 (2.22%) iPad
8 2 (2.22%) iPhone
8 2 (2.22%) Legacy Code
8 2 (2.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (1.11%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (1.11%) Multi-touch
9 1 (1.11%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.22%) Apple iOS
1 2 (2.22%) Linux
2 1 (1.11%) Android
2 1 (1.11%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (28.89%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (27.78%) Agile
3 21 (23.33%) Software Engineering
4 20 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 19 (21.11%) ETL
6 18 (20.00%) Design Patterns
6 18 (20.00%) Migration
7 17 (18.89%) Computer Science
7 17 (18.89%) Data Migration
8 16 (17.78%) Data Modelling
8 16 (17.78%) OOP
9 15 (16.67%) AI
9 15 (16.67%) CI/CD
10 14 (15.56%) Data Analysis
10 14 (15.56%) Microservices
11 13 (14.44%) Analytics
12 12 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
12 12 (13.33%) Mentoring
13 10 (11.11%) Visualisation
14 9 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 39 (43.33%) SQL
2 37 (41.11%) Python
3 15 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 12 (13.33%) Java
5 8 (8.89%) T-SQL
6 5 (5.56%) C++
6 5 (5.56%) Scala
6 5 (5.56%) TypeScript
7 2 (2.22%) Go
7 2 (2.22%) PL/SQL
7 2 (2.22%) Swift
8 1 (1.11%) ABAP
8 1 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (1.11%) Kotlin
8 1 (1.11%) PHP
8 1 (1.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 22 (24.44%) Degree
2 8 (8.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.44%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.33%) ACCA
4 3 (3.33%) CIMA
5 2 (2.22%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (1.11%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.11%) IIBA
6 1 (1.11%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.11%) PhD
6 1 (1.11%) SAP Certification
6 1 (1.11%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.89%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.33%) QA
3 1 (1.11%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (13.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (12.22%) Terraform
2 2 (2.22%) Ansible
2 2 (2.22%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.22%) Progress Chef
2 2 (2.22%) Puppet
Vendors
1 12 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.78%) Salesforce
3 6 (6.67%) Google
4 5 (5.56%) SAP
5 4 (4.44%) Oracle
6 2 (2.22%) OutSystems
6 2 (2.22%) Workday
7 1 (1.11%) Adaptive Insights
7 1 (1.11%) Civica
7 1 (1.11%) Cognos
7 1 (1.11%) Databricks
7 1 (1.11%) IBM
7 1 (1.11%) Northgate
7 1 (1.11%) Orchard
7 1 (1.11%) SendGrid