Data Structures
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Structures in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Structures over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 282 299 178
Rank change year-on-year +17 -121 +92
Permanent jobs citing Data Structures 1,032 1,170 3,841
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.02% 1.19% 2.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.93% 2.78% 4.88%
Number of salaries quoted 479 714 884
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £38,680
25th Percentile £46,903 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £120,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,000 £57,106 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.82% +14.21% -4.76%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,224 42,073 78,783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.90% 42.71% 48.09%
Number of salaries quoted 23,037 22,960 34,085
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,066 £46,350 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Structures in the UK

Data Structures
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Structures over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Structures in the UK

Data Structures
Top 18 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +13 854 £70,000 +3.70% 164
UK excluding London +94 733 £61,000 +6.82% 69
Work from Home +14 355 £70,000 +1.71% 117
London -24 283 £85,000 +5.86% 105
North of England +119 190 £71,500 +40.24% 15
South East +8 162 £50,000 -4.76% 14
North West +120 156 £80,000 +15.20% 11
Scotland +49 155 £72,788 +4.81% 8
Midlands +75 137 £42,500 -19.05% 14
East Midlands +67 85 £35,000 -26.32% 5
West Midlands +26 52 £52,500 -2.33% 9
East of England -34 50 £75,000 +25.00% 5
South West -30 29 £70,576 +17.14% 8
North East -4 18 £71,500 +49.98% 1
Yorkshire +35 16 £50,000 - 3
Wales -3 8 £36,476 -17.72% 3
Northern Ireland +18 1 £47,500 -38.71% 2
Isle of Man - 1 £36,000 -

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 65 (6.30%) Apache Spark
2 13 (1.26%) Apache
3 10 (0.97%) SAS
4 6 (0.58%) Confluence
5 4 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.39%) CMS
5 4 (0.39%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.29%) Apache Pulsar
6 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.19%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 35 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.58%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.39%) Acrobat
6 3 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.19%) Sketch
7 2 (0.19%) Zeplin
8 1 (0.097%) InVision
8 1 (0.097%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 10 (0.97%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.39%) Oracle iProcurement
2 4 (0.39%) ResourceLink
2 4 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.29%) Endur
3 3 (0.29%) Primavera
4 2 (0.19%) MIS ActiveH
4 2 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.19%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.097%) Data Workbench
5 1 (0.097%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.097%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.097%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.097%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.097%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.097%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.097%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.097%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 454 (43.99%) Azure
2 268 (25.97%) AWS
3 238 (23.06%) IBM Cloud
4 205 (19.86%) Azure DevOps
5 163 (15.79%) Serverless
6 128 (12.40%) Azure Logic Apps
7 125 (12.11%) Azure API Management
7 125 (12.11%) Azure Functions
7 125 (12.11%) Azure Service Bus
8 81 (7.85%) SaaS
9 77 (7.46%) Power Platform
10 67 (6.49%) GCP
11 43 (4.17%) Snowflake
12 34 (3.29%) AWS Lambda
12 34 (3.29%) Matillion
13 30 (2.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 29 (2.81%) GitHub
15 23 (2.23%) Amazon S3
16 20 (1.94%) Amazon SQS
16 20 (1.94%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.07%) Wireless
2 9 (0.87%) TCP/IP
3 6 (0.58%) Firewall
4 5 (0.48%) BGP
4 5 (0.48%) Internet
4 5 (0.48%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (0.48%) IPsec
4 5 (0.48%) LAN
4 5 (0.48%) Network Security
4 5 (0.48%) NGFW
4 5 (0.48%) OSPF
4 5 (0.48%) SSL
4 5 (0.48%) VLAN
4 5 (0.48%) VPN
4 5 (0.48%) WAN
5 3 (0.29%) 4G
5 3 (0.29%) 5G
5 3 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.19%) Multicast
6 2 (0.19%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 277 (26.84%) NoSQL
2 258 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
3 243 (23.55%) MongoDB
4 238 (23.06%) DB2
5 209 (20.25%) Relational Database
6 124 (12.02%) SQL Server
7 83 (8.04%) Data Warehouse
8 70 (6.78%) Elasticsearch
9 69 (6.69%) Big Data
10 67 (6.49%) Power BI
11 62 (6.01%) Data Lake
12 46 (4.46%) Data Vault
13 44 (4.26%) Redis
14 36 (3.49%) Hadoop
15 35 (3.39%) Star Schema
16 31 (3.00%) Delta Lake
17 25 (2.42%) Tableau
18 24 (2.33%) BigQuery
19 23 (2.23%) MySQL
20 20 (1.94%) Scylla
Development Applications
1 80 (7.75%) JUnit
2 68 (6.59%) JIRA
3 65 (6.30%) Jasmine
3 65 (6.30%) Karma Test Runner
4 60 (5.81%) Cypress.io
4 60 (5.81%) Protractor
4 60 (5.81%) Selenium
4 60 (5.81%) WebDriver
5 48 (4.65%) Git
5 48 (4.65%) GitLab
6 20 (1.94%) Jenkins
7 12 (1.16%) Visual Studio
8 11 (1.07%) TeamCity
9 8 (0.78%) Oracle Forms
10 7 (0.68%) Maven
11 5 (0.48%) Postman
11 5 (0.48%) SoapUI
12 4 (0.39%) GCC
12 4 (0.39%) gulp
12 4 (0.39%) webpack
General
1 278 (26.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 256 (24.81%) Finance
3 242 (23.45%) Public Sector
4 234 (22.67%) Social Skills
5 129 (12.50%) Law
6 119 (11.53%) Banking
7 102 (9.88%) Analytical Skills
8 82 (7.95%) Legal
9 63 (6.10%) Investment Banking
10 49 (4.75%) Retail
11 30 (2.91%) Games
12 28 (2.71%) Marketing
13 25 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
14 18 (1.74%) Manufacturing
15 13 (1.26%) Private Banking
16 12 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
17 10 (0.97%) Local Government
18 9 (0.87%) Tech for Good
19 8 (0.78%) Telecoms
20 7 (0.68%) Military
Job Titles
1 307 (29.75%) Developer
2 175 (16.96%) Software Engineer
3 153 (14.83%) Full Stack Engineer
4 152 (14.73%) Full Stack Developer
5 136 (13.18%) Data Engineer
6 135 (13.08%) Senior
7 125 (12.11%) Azure Developer
8 119 (11.53%) Azure Engineer
9 115 (11.14%) Lead
10 76 (7.36%) Java Engineer
11 75 (7.27%) Java Software Engineer
12 42 (4.07%) Analyst
13 35 (3.39%) Lead Software Engineer
14 33 (3.20%) Architect
14 33 (3.20%) Full Stack Software Engineer
15 32 (3.10%) Software Developer
16 31 (3.00%) Senior Developer
17 30 (2.91%) Informatica Engineer
18 29 (2.81%) Principal Engineer
19 28 (2.71%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 373 (36.14%) CSS
2 370 (35.85%) HTML
3 366 (35.47%) AngularJS
4 353 (34.21%) React
5 343 (33.24%) .NET
6 317 (30.72%) jQuery
6 317 (30.72%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 272 (26.36%) REST
8 265 (25.68%) Web Services
9 263 (25.48%) ASP.NET
10 258 (25.00%) Vue
11 240 (23.26%) ASP.NET Core
11 240 (23.26%) Node.js
12 238 (23.06%) Backbone.js
12 238 (23.06%) Ember.js
13 135 (13.08%) JSON
14 123 (11.92%) Spring
15 82 (7.95%) Hibernate
16 79 (7.66%) J2EE
16 79 (7.66%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 563 (54.55%) Algorithms
2 244 (23.64%) Blockchain
3 243 (23.55%) Hybrid Cloud
4 113 (10.95%) e-Learning
5 80 (7.75%) Client/Server
6 61 (5.91%) Self-Motivation
7 55 (5.33%) Public Cloud
8 47 (4.55%) Management Information System
9 39 (3.78%) Reinsurance
10 33 (3.20%) Virtual Team
11 29 (2.81%) Product Ownership
12 25 (2.42%) Cloud Native
13 21 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
14 16 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
15 12 (1.16%) Hedge funds
16 11 (1.07%) IoT
16 11 (1.07%) Online Games
17 9 (0.87%) Renewable Energy
18 8 (0.78%) Distributed Computing
18 8 (0.78%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 257 (24.90%) Linux
2 248 (24.03%) Android
2 248 (24.03%) Windows
3 246 (23.84%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.39%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.39%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.097%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.097%) Unix
5 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.097%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 509 (49.32%) Agile
2 427 (41.38%) Artificial Intelligence
3 351 (34.01%) Design Patterns
4 329 (31.88%) OOP
5 317 (30.72%) Full Stack Development
6 313 (30.33%) User Experience
7 308 (29.84%) Web Development
8 292 (28.29%) Software Engineering
9 279 (27.03%) OO
10 278 (26.94%) Problem-Solving
11 258 (25.00%) MVC
12 252 (24.42%) DevOps
13 245 (23.74%) Design Thinking
14 240 (23.26%) SOLID
15 239 (23.16%) Co-Creation
16 238 (23.06%) MVVM
16 238 (23.06%) Responsive Web Design
17 220 (21.32%) Computer Science
18 213 (20.64%) Mentoring
19 203 (19.67%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 545 (52.81%) SQL
2 427 (41.38%) Python
3 418 (40.50%) JavaScript
4 345 (33.43%) Java
5 331 (32.07%) C#
6 140 (13.57%) TypeScript
7 51 (4.94%) C
8 47 (4.55%) Go
9 39 (3.78%) Scala
10 32 (3.10%) C++
11 20 (1.94%) Bash
12 19 (1.84%) R
13 18 (1.74%) Fortran
14 16 (1.55%) PowerShell
15 13 (1.26%) Ruby
16 10 (0.97%) PHP
17 9 (0.87%) Rust
18 7 (0.68%) Kotlin
18 7 (0.68%) T-SQL
19 5 (0.48%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 237 (22.97%) Degree
2 66 (6.40%) Master's Degree
3 47 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 33 (3.20%) PhD
5 21 (2.03%) Numerate Degree
6 11 (1.07%) DBS Check
6 11 (1.07%) MBA
6 11 (1.07%) Security Cleared
7 7 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (0.48%) CCIE
8 5 (0.48%) HNC
8 5 (0.48%) JNCIE
8 5 (0.48%) SC Cleared
9 4 (0.39%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.39%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.29%) Sun Certification
11 2 (0.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.19%) CISSP
11 2 (0.19%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (11.14%) Data Quality
2 41 (3.97%) QA
3 11 (1.07%) Accessibility
4 7 (0.68%) CDISC
5 3 (0.29%) PMO
6 2 (0.19%) GDPR
6 2 (0.19%) GRC
6 2 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.19%) SLA
7 1 (0.097%) UCITS
System Software
1 68 (6.59%) Docker
2 4 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.29%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.097%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.097%) NFS
4 1 (0.097%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.097%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.097%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.097%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 81 (7.85%) Kubernetes
2 29 (2.81%) Terraform
3 15 (1.45%) Grafana
3 15 (1.45%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.48%) Ansible
5 4 (0.39%) SCCM
6 1 (0.097%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.097%) FTK
6 1 (0.097%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.097%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.097%) Podman
Vendors
1 240 (23.26%) IBM
2 238 (23.06%) Red Hat
3 88 (8.53%) Microsoft
4 84 (8.14%) Oracle
5 70 (6.78%) Databricks
6 58 (5.62%) Google
7 55 (5.33%) Informatica
8 26 (2.52%) SAP
9 20 (1.94%) Dell
9 20 (1.94%) Salesforce
10 15 (1.45%) Dynatrace
10 15 (1.45%) Splunk
11 12 (1.16%) OpenAI
12 10 (0.97%) Automation Anywhere
12 10 (0.97%) Blue Prism
12 10 (0.97%) Teradata
12 10 (0.97%) UiPath
13 9 (0.87%) Sage
14 8 (0.78%) MuleSoft
15 6 (0.58%) ServiceNow