Data Pipeline Contract Job Trends in London

Data Pipelines
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Data Pipeline skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 112 192
Rank change year-on-year +38 +80 +56
Contract jobs citing Data Pipeline 525 365 259
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.72% 2.32% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.04% 2.60% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 367 253 191
10th Percentile £400 £400 £400
25th Percentile £463 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £575 £534
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +7.68% -11.00%
75th Percentile £688 £650 £638
90th Percentile £800 £750 £720
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 6
10th Percentile £44.13 £58.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £55.38 £60.63 £35.16
Median hourly rate £66.25 £65.00 £38.91
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% +67.05% -33.49%
75th Percentile £77.06 - £59.88
90th Percentile £78.75 - £75.00
England median hourly rate £67.00 £61.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +9.39% -5.77% +18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Data Pipeline falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,004 14,059 17,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.24% 89.51% 89.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,538 9,063 12,765
10th Percentile £335 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £569
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -3.34% -3.56%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 170 240
10th Percentile £18.09 £17.25 £18.56
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.98 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £37.50 £35.96
Median % change year-on-year -22.67% +4.30% -8.97%
75th Percentile £47.50 £55.56 £60.00
90th Percentile £68.62 £80.75 £75.13
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -30.14% -20.00% +25.00%

Data Pipeline
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Pipeline relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Data Pipeline job vacancy trend in London

Data Pipeline
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Pipeline.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Pipeline

Data Pipeline
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Pipeline in London over the 6 months to 25 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Pipeline in London

Data Pipeline
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Pipeline.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Pipeline

Data Pipeline
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Pipeline in London over the 6 months to 25 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Pipeline in London

Data Pipeline
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Pipeline within the London region over the 6 months to 25 November 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +23 64 £555 +8.29% 25
South London +2 9 £500 -13.13% 3
East London +12 8 £1,000 - 5
West London -2 8 £525 - 8
Data Pipeline
England

Data Pipeline
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 85 (16.19%) Apache Airflow
2 82 (15.62%) Apache Spark
3 41 (7.81%) Apache
4 8 (1.52%) Confluence
5 4 (0.76%) SAS
6 3 (0.57%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.57%) Luigi
7 2 (0.38%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.19%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (3.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.57%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.14%) Aladdin
2 3 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.38%) Eagle PACE
3 2 (0.38%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.19%) Aligne
4 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.19%) Endur
4 1 (0.19%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 228 (43.43%) Azure
2 210 (40.00%) AWS
3 92 (17.52%) GCP
4 87 (16.57%) Azure Data Factory
5 83 (15.81%) Power Platform
6 69 (13.14%) GitHub
6 69 (13.14%) Snowflake
7 59 (11.24%) dbt
8 56 (10.67%) Amazon S3
9 54 (10.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 52 (9.90%) Serverless
11 47 (8.95%) GitHub Actions
12 45 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
13 39 (7.43%) AWS Lambda
14 17 (3.24%) AWS CloudFormation
15 15 (2.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 14 (2.67%) AWS Step Functions
17 13 (2.48%) Amazon EMR
18 12 (2.29%) Amazon Kinesis
19 11 (2.10%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.76%) Cisco IPT
2 3 (0.57%) VPN
3 2 (0.38%) DNS
3 2 (0.38%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.19%) HTTP
4 1 (0.19%) Network Security
4 1 (0.19%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (21.52%) Data Warehouse
2 86 (16.38%) Data Lake
3 78 (14.86%) Power BI
4 41 (7.81%) Metadata
5 40 (7.62%) Big Data
6 36 (6.86%) BigQuery
7 34 (6.48%) NoSQL
8 31 (5.90%) Amazon Redshift
9 29 (5.52%) Delta Lake
10 28 (5.33%) Tableau
11 27 (5.14%) Azure SQL Database
12 22 (4.19%) SQL Server
13 21 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
14 20 (3.81%) Hadoop
14 20 (3.81%) Star Schema
15 14 (2.67%) Amazon QuickSight
15 14 (2.67%) Relational Database
16 13 (2.48%) Snowflake Schema
16 13 (2.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 12 (2.29%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 65 (12.38%) Git
2 32 (6.10%) Jenkins
3 15 (2.86%) JIRA
4 13 (2.48%) GitLab
4 13 (2.48%) MLflow
5 6 (1.14%) ERwin
6 4 (0.76%) Selenium
7 3 (0.57%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.38%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.38%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.38%) Postman
8 2 (0.38%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.38%) TestRail
9 1 (0.19%) GoCD
9 1 (0.19%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.19%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.19%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Coded UI
9 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 154 (29.33%) Social Skills
2 150 (28.57%) Finance
3 83 (15.81%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (9.52%) Banking
5 40 (7.62%) Public Sector
6 32 (6.10%) Front Office
7 30 (5.71%) Investment Banking
8 16 (3.05%) Pharmaceutical
9 15 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.86%) Retail
10 14 (2.67%) Financial Institution
11 11 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.71%) Legal
13 8 (1.52%) Marketing
14 7 (1.33%) Corporate Banking
14 7 (1.33%) Retail Banking
15 6 (1.14%) Electronics
15 6 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
17 4 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 217 (41.33%) Data Engineer
2 77 (14.67%) Senior
3 72 (13.71%) Developer
4 48 (9.14%) Senior Data Engineer
5 45 (8.57%) Architect
5 45 (8.57%) Azure Engineer
6 38 (7.24%) Azure Data Engineer
6 38 (7.24%) Lead
7 37 (7.05%) Python Engineer
8 32 (6.10%) Analyst
9 23 (4.38%) Data Architect
10 21 (4.00%) Python Data Engineer
11 19 (3.62%) Data Analyst
11 19 (3.62%) Snowflake Engineer
12 18 (3.43%) AWS Engineer
12 18 (3.43%) Lead Data Engineer
13 17 (3.24%) Python Developer
14 16 (3.05%) Consultant
14 16 (3.05%) Software Engineer
15 15 (2.86%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (13.71%) PySpark
2 59 (11.24%) Kafka
3 22 (4.19%) TensorFlow
4 21 (4.00%) PyTorch
5 20 (3.81%) Pandas
6 19 (3.62%) React
7 18 (3.43%) REST
8 14 (2.67%) .NET
8 14 (2.67%) JSON
9 13 (2.48%) FastAPI
9 13 (2.48%) scikit-learn
10 12 (2.29%) Node.js
10 12 (2.29%) NumPy
11 11 (2.10%) RESTful
12 10 (1.90%) AngularJS
12 10 (1.90%) Elastic Stack
12 10 (1.90%) XML
13 9 (1.71%) Flask
13 9 (1.71%) Jinja
13 9 (1.71%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 66 (12.57%) Cloud Native
2 28 (5.33%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (4.38%) Algorithms
4 22 (4.19%) Distributed Computing
5 21 (4.00%) Derivative
6 20 (3.81%) Equities
7 19 (3.62%) Product Ownership
8 18 (3.43%) Fixed Income
9 16 (3.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 14 (2.67%) Virtual Team
11 12 (2.29%) Data Structures
11 12 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (2.10%) AI Agents
12 11 (2.10%) Equity Derivative
13 9 (1.71%) Life Science
14 8 (1.52%) Genomics
14 8 (1.52%) Hedge funds
14 8 (1.52%) Onboarding
15 7 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
15 7 (1.33%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 29 (5.52%) Linux
2 7 (1.33%) Windows
3 3 (0.57%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.19%) Alpine Linux
4 1 (0.19%) Android
4 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.19%) CentOS
4 1 (0.19%) Debian
4 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (38.48%) ETL
2 199 (37.90%) Data Engineering
3 194 (36.95%) CI/CD
4 183 (34.86%) Analytics
5 175 (33.33%) Data Modelling
6 134 (25.52%) Agile
7 133 (25.33%) Data Science
8 132 (25.14%) Machine Learning
9 123 (23.43%) AI
9 123 (23.43%) DevOps
10 117 (22.29%) Data Governance
11 108 (20.57%) Problem-Solving
12 96 (18.29%) Business Intelligence
13 76 (14.48%) Infrastructure as Code
14 70 (13.33%) Data Integration
15 65 (12.38%) Data Architecture
16 62 (11.81%) Software Engineering
17 57 (10.86%) Decision-Making
18 54 (10.29%) Data Transformation
19 52 (9.90%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 365 (69.52%) Python
2 293 (55.81%) SQL
3 57 (10.86%) Java
4 39 (7.43%) Scala
5 33 (6.29%) JavaScript
6 29 (5.52%) C++
7 16 (3.05%) TypeScript
8 15 (2.86%) C#
9 13 (2.48%) Bash
9 13 (2.48%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.90%) Bicep
10 10 (1.90%) PL/SQL
10 10 (1.90%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (1.71%) R
12 7 (1.33%) Korn
13 4 (0.76%) C
13 4 (0.76%) Perl
14 3 (0.57%) Go
14 3 (0.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 82 (15.62%) Security Cleared
2 60 (11.43%) SC Cleared
3 48 (9.14%) Degree
4 17 (3.24%) Master's Degree
5 16 (3.05%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.67%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.90%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.33%) PhD
10 5 (0.95%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.38%) CISSP
12 2 (0.38%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.38%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.38%) MCP
13 1 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.19%) CBAP
13 1 (0.19%) GIAC
13 1 (0.19%) HP APS
13 1 (0.19%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (22.29%) Data Quality
2 31 (5.90%) GDPR
3 23 (4.38%) QA
4 16 (3.05%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.14%) PERC
6 3 (0.57%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.57%) WCAG
7 2 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.38%) Dodd-Frank
7 2 (0.38%) EMIR
7 2 (0.38%) EU AI Act
7 2 (0.38%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.38%) NIST
7 2 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.38%) SLA
7 2 (0.38%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.19%) GRC
8 1 (0.19%) GxP
8 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 70 (13.33%) Docker
2 5 (0.95%) zsh
3 4 (0.76%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.19%) HDFS
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 71 (13.52%) Terraform
2 53 (10.10%) Kubernetes
3 11 (2.10%) Kibana
4 10 (1.90%) logstash
5 9 (1.71%) ITRS Geneos
6 5 (0.95%) Ansible
7 3 (0.57%) Grafana
7 3 (0.57%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.38%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.38%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.19%) Graphite
9 1 (0.19%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.19%) Puppet
9 1 (0.19%) SCCM
9 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 153 (29.14%) Databricks
2 73 (13.90%) Microsoft
3 32 (6.10%) Google
4 21 (4.00%) Foundry
5 18 (3.43%) Palantir
6 13 (2.48%) Oracle
7 12 (2.29%) OpenAI
8 9 (1.71%) Solace
9 8 (1.52%) SAP
10 7 (1.33%) Cloudera
11 6 (1.14%) Informatica
12 5 (0.95%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.95%) Sophis
12 5 (0.95%) TIBCO
13 4 (0.76%) Bloomberg
14 3 (0.57%) Salesforce
14 3 (0.57%) Splunk
14 3 (0.57%) Teradata
15 2 (0.38%) GoldenSource
15 2 (0.38%) Guidewire