Data Structures Contracts

Data Structures
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Structures in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Structures over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 281 314 269
Rank change year-on-year +33 -45 -10
Contract jobs citing Data Structures 341 449 895
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.79% 0.80% 1.02%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.63% 2.40% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 303 595
10th Percentile £375 £405 £425
25th Percentile £450 £489 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £700 £703 £750
90th Percentile £775 £938 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £563 £520
% change year-on-year -13.33% +8.17% +5.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 7
10th Percentile £40.10 £18.88 £13.58
25th Percentile £40.25 £27.44 £16.02
Median hourly rate £40.50 £57.72 £16.82
Median % change year-on-year -29.83% +243.16% -62.20%
75th Percentile £55.25 £79.19 £25.70
90th Percentile £64.10 - £38.14
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.25 £79.19 £16.82
% change year-on-year -49.17% +370.81% -

All Generic Skills
UK

Data Structures is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,955 18,685 29,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.09% 33.33% 33.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,317 12,877 20,364
10th Percentile £270 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £678 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 922 612 691
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.18 £10.63 £17.19
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.13 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +58.19% -17.99% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.30 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £74.93 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.61 £22.00 £21.25
% change year-on-year +57.30% +3.53% -7.61%

Data Structures
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Structures as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Structures in the UK

Data Structures
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Structures.

Daily rate trend for Data Structures in the UK

Data Structures
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Structures over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Structures in the UK

Data Structures
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Structures.

Hourly rate trend for Data Structures in the UK

Data Structures
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Structures over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Structures in the UK

Data Structures
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Structures within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +30 289 £588 +2.17% 186
London +38 178 £655 +7.73% 119
Work from Home +90 145 £631 +14.77% 122
UK excluding London +10 118 £488 -13.33% 69
North of England +42 37 £550 +7.32% 14
Midlands +22 26 £606 +1.04% 13
West Midlands +27 25 £563 +7.14% 9
Scotland +43 24 £400 -34.69% 8
North West +32 23 £525 +18.31% 11
South West +12 13 £525 -2.78% 10
East of England +11 13 £525 +7.69% 7
South East -33 12 £375 -34.78% 13
Yorkshire +25 11 £625 +13.64% 3
North East +16 6 £330 -45.00%
Wales +5 1 £175 -66.65% 2
East Midlands -2 1 £675 +11.61% 4

Data Structures
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (5.28%) SharePoint
2 15 (4.40%) Apache Spark
3 11 (3.23%) Confluence
4 8 (2.35%) SAS
5 5 (1.47%) Apache
5 5 (1.47%) IBM Notes
6 4 (1.17%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.88%) CMS
7 3 (0.88%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.29%) CICS
8 1 (0.29%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.29%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 13 (3.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.88%) Sketch
3 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 27 (7.92%) Dynamics AX
2 9 (2.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.59%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.59%) SAP GTS
4 2 (0.59%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.59%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.29%) SAP MDM
5 1 (0.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 115 (33.72%) Azure
2 53 (15.54%) AWS
3 48 (14.08%) Power Platform
4 36 (10.56%) GCP
5 33 (9.68%) Power Automate
5 33 (9.68%) PowerApps
6 32 (9.38%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (8.50%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (5.57%) Microsoft 365
9 16 (4.69%) Azure Stack
10 14 (4.11%) Amazon S3
10 14 (4.11%) Microsoft Purview
11 13 (3.81%) GitHub
12 10 (2.93%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (2.64%) Kong
14 7 (2.05%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 6 (1.76%) Apigee
15 6 (1.76%) Snowflake
16 5 (1.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 5 (1.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.40%) DNS
2 13 (3.81%) Firewall
3 9 (2.64%) HTTP
3 9 (2.64%) TCP/IP
3 9 (2.64%) VPN
4 4 (1.17%) DHCP
4 4 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.88%) BIG-IP
5 3 (0.88%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 3 (0.88%) Reverse Proxy
5 3 (0.88%) SSH
5 3 (0.88%) SSL
6 2 (0.59%) RS-485
7 1 (0.29%) Internet
7 1 (0.29%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.29%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (14.08%) Power BI
2 43 (12.61%) Relational Database
3 38 (11.14%) Data Lake
4 37 (10.85%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (5.87%) NoSQL
6 17 (4.99%) Snowflake Schema
7 14 (4.11%) MongoDB
7 14 (4.11%) SQL Server
8 13 (3.81%) Big Data
8 13 (3.81%) Metadata
8 13 (3.81%) Tableau
9 9 (2.64%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (2.64%) KDB
9 9 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (2.35%) Data Mining
11 6 (1.76%) RDBMS
11 6 (1.76%) Star Schema
12 5 (1.47%) MySQL
12 5 (1.47%) Redis
13 4 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 30 (8.80%) JIRA
2 22 (6.45%) Git
3 16 (4.69%) GitLab
3 16 (4.69%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 9 (2.64%) CircleCI
4 9 (2.64%) Travis CI
5 6 (1.76%) webpack
6 5 (1.47%) ERwin
6 5 (1.47%) JUnit
7 4 (1.17%) Gradle
7 4 (1.17%) Jasmine
7 4 (1.17%) Karma Test Runner
7 4 (1.17%) Mocha
7 4 (1.17%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.88%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.88%) PowerDesigner
8 3 (0.88%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.59%) Ant
9 2 (0.59%) IntelliJ
General
1 112 (32.84%) Social Skills
2 98 (28.74%) Analytical Skills
3 88 (25.81%) Finance
4 50 (14.66%) Public Sector
5 34 (9.97%) Retail
6 28 (8.21%) General Ledger
7 19 (5.57%) Banking
7 19 (5.57%) Front Office
8 10 (2.93%) Pharmaceutical
8 10 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.05%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.76%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.47%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.17%) Marketing
13 3 (0.88%) Electronics
14 2 (0.59%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.59%) Legal
14 2 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.59%) Police
Job Titles
1 97 (28.45%) Developer
2 65 (19.06%) Architect
3 42 (12.32%) Java Developer
4 41 (12.02%) Consultant
5 38 (11.14%) Analyst
5 38 (11.14%) Senior
6 37 (10.85%) Data Architect
7 23 (6.74%) Data Analyst
8 21 (6.16%) Technical Architect
9 20 (5.87%) Data Engineer
10 19 (5.57%) Microsoft Consultant
11 15 (4.40%) SharePoint Architect
12 13 (3.81%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
12 13 (3.81%) Lead
12 13 (3.81%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 12 (3.52%) Site Engineer
14 11 (3.23%) Python Developer
14 11 (3.23%) React Developer
15 10 (2.93%) Business Analyst
15 10 (2.93%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (14.08%) JSON
2 44 (12.90%) XML
3 38 (11.14%) REST
3 38 (11.14%) Spring
4 33 (9.68%) React
5 31 (9.09%) Kafka
5 31 (9.09%) RESTful
6 23 (6.74%) CSS
7 22 (6.45%) HTML
8 17 (4.99%) Elastic Stack
8 17 (4.99%) YAML
9 16 (4.69%) Spring Boot
10 15 (4.40%) .NET
11 12 (3.52%) Web Services
12 11 (3.23%) AngularJS
12 11 (3.23%) Node.js
12 11 (3.23%) RabbitMQ
13 8 (2.35%) JSON Schema
13 8 (2.35%) OpenTracing
13 8 (2.35%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 107 (31.38%) Algorithms
2 43 (12.61%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (7.92%) Cloud Native
4 23 (6.74%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (5.28%) Product Ownership
6 17 (4.99%) Derivative
7 16 (4.69%) Management Information System
8 15 (4.40%) Reference Data
9 13 (3.81%) Fixed Income
10 9 (2.64%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (2.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (1.47%) Client/Server
13 5 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (1.47%) Hedge funds
13 5 (1.47%) Low-Code
13 5 (1.47%) NHS
14 4 (1.17%) Biopharmaceutical
14 4 (1.17%) Life Science
14 4 (1.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 44 (12.90%) Linux
2 21 (6.16%) Unix
3 3 (0.88%) Android
3 3 (0.88%) ThreadX
4 1 (0.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (32.84%) Agile
2 87 (25.51%) Data Modelling
3 71 (20.82%) Business Intelligence
3 71 (20.82%) Microservices
4 67 (19.65%) DevOps
5 65 (19.06%) Analytics
6 62 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
7 58 (17.01%) CI/CD
8 57 (16.72%) Computer Science
9 53 (15.54%) Migration
10 39 (11.44%) Requirements Gathering
11 38 (11.14%) Scrum
12 37 (10.85%) Data Governance
12 37 (10.85%) Data Migration
12 37 (10.85%) Design Patterns
13 36 (10.56%) ETL
13 36 (10.56%) OO
14 35 (10.26%) Data Architecture
15 31 (9.09%) Change Management
15 31 (9.09%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 90 (26.39%) Python
2 85 (24.93%) Java
3 65 (19.06%) SQL
4 35 (10.26%) JavaScript
5 30 (8.80%) C++
6 18 (5.28%) C#
6 18 (5.28%) Kotlin
6 18 (5.28%) Shell Script
7 17 (4.99%) Scala
8 15 (4.40%) Go
9 12 (3.52%) C
9 12 (3.52%) Perl
10 10 (2.93%) Bash
10 10 (2.93%) TypeScript
11 9 (2.64%) PowerShell
12 8 (2.35%) R
13 5 (1.47%) Rust
14 4 (1.17%) ABAP
15 3 (0.88%) ActionScript
15 3 (0.88%) VBA
Qualifications
1 65 (19.06%) Degree
2 32 (9.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (7.92%) SC Cleared
3 27 (7.92%) Security Cleared
4 7 (2.05%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.17%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (0.88%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.88%) PhD
8 1 (0.29%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (12.90%) Data Quality
2 20 (5.87%) QA
3 15 (4.40%) GDPR
4 3 (0.88%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.29%) MiFID
5 1 (0.29%) NIST
System Software
1 37 (10.85%) Docker
2 11 (3.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 4 (1.17%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (0.88%) Firmware
5 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 56 (16.42%) Kubernetes
2 28 (8.21%) Prometheus
3 24 (7.04%) Grafana
4 12 (3.52%) Terraform
5 11 (3.23%) Consul
6 9 (2.64%) Ansible
6 9 (2.64%) Docker Swarm
6 9 (2.64%) Kibana
6 9 (2.64%) logstash
6 9 (2.64%) Progress Chef
6 9 (2.64%) Puppet
7 8 (2.35%) Zipkin
8 4 (1.17%) Data Guard
8 4 (1.17%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.59%) Istio
10 1 (0.29%) Argo
10 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 97 (28.45%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.74%) SAP
3 20 (5.87%) Oracle
4 18 (5.28%) NetApp
4 18 (5.28%) Splunk
5 11 (3.23%) SaltStack
6 7 (2.05%) Ariba
6 7 (2.05%) Databricks
6 7 (2.05%) Google
6 7 (2.05%) ION Trading
7 5 (1.47%) Autodesk
7 5 (1.47%) Lotus
7 5 (1.47%) New Relic
8 4 (1.17%) Sparx
9 3 (0.88%) F5
9 3 (0.88%) Facebook
9 3 (0.88%) Instagram
9 3 (0.88%) Renesas
9 3 (0.88%) Twitter
9 3 (0.88%) YouTube