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 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 106 146
Rank change year-on-year +51 +40 +69
Contract jobs citing Data Pipeline 756 328 312
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.33% 2.58% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.87% 2.80% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 535 239 248
10th Percentile £394 £400 £413
25th Percentile £450 £449 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +1.77%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £680
90th Percentile £750 £800 £750
England median daily rate £515 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +3.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile £58.03 £54.00 -
25th Percentile £59.94 £58.13 £46.75
Median hourly rate £64.75 £65.00 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +34.02% -33.10%
75th Percentile £73.50 - £50.25
90th Percentile £74.40 - -
England median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% -11.03%

All Process & 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 15,531 11,694 15,679
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.87% 91.98% 88.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,392 7,939 11,222
10th Percentile £355 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £684 £675
90th Percentile £755 £806 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 167 333
10th Percentile £18.70 £16.39 £15.96
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.55 £19.92
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.90% +15.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £48.56
90th Percentile £73.08 £63.75 £66.95
England median hourly rate £42.00 £31.64 £35.00
% change year-on-year +32.74% -9.60% -9.09%

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 22 April 2026.

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 22 April 2026.

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 22 April 2026. 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 +41 108 £516 -6.14% 88
West London - 25 £560 - 8
South London -11 10 £500 +3.90% 7
East London 0 4 £450 - 10
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
1 119 (15.74%) Apache Spark
2 103 (13.62%) Apache Airflow
3 52 (6.88%) Apache
4 11 (1.46%) Palantir Foundry
5 8 (1.06%) Appian
5 8 (1.06%) SAS
6 6 (0.79%) Confluence
7 5 (0.66%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.26%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.26%) OpenROAD
8 2 (0.26%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.13%) Camunda
9 1 (0.13%) CICS
9 1 (0.13%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.13%) Luigi
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 19 (2.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.40%) Trello
5 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (0.66%) BambooHR
2 3 (0.40%) SAP BPC
3 2 (0.26%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.13%) Actimize
4 1 (0.13%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 376 (49.74%) Azure
2 282 (37.30%) AWS
3 151 (19.97%) Power Platform
4 135 (17.86%) Azure Data Factory
5 130 (17.20%) GCP
6 97 (12.83%) Snowflake
7 93 (12.30%) GitHub
8 90 (11.90%) Azure DevOps
9 89 (11.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 77 (10.19%) Amazon S3
11 76 (10.05%) Serverless
12 68 (8.99%) dbt
13 64 (8.47%) AWS Lambda
14 53 (7.01%) GitHub Actions
15 29 (3.84%) Dagster
16 26 (3.44%) AWS CloudFormation
16 26 (3.44%) AWS Step Functions
17 23 (3.04%) Amazon Kinesis
18 22 (2.91%) Azure AI
19 19 (2.51%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.53%) Cisco IPT
2 3 (0.40%) Firewall
2 3 (0.40%) Network Security
3 2 (0.26%) InfiniBand
3 2 (0.26%) Kerberos
3 2 (0.26%) VPN
4 1 (0.13%) 4G
4 1 (0.13%) 5G
4 1 (0.13%) HTTP
4 1 (0.13%) MIMO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (23.54%) Data Warehouse
2 131 (17.33%) Power BI
3 124 (16.40%) Data Lake
4 75 (9.92%) Metadata
5 66 (8.73%) Delta Lake
6 58 (7.67%) Azure SQL Database
6 58 (7.67%) SQL Server
7 49 (6.48%) Big Data
7 49 (6.48%) NoSQL
8 48 (6.35%) BigQuery
9 46 (6.08%) Tableau
10 43 (5.69%) Amazon Redshift
11 38 (5.03%) Snowflake Schema
12 35 (4.63%) Relational Database
13 29 (3.84%) Amazon Athena
14 23 (3.04%) Spark SQL
15 21 (2.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 20 (2.65%) Star Schema
17 18 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
18 15 (1.98%) Looker
Development Applications
1 115 (15.21%) Git
2 33 (4.37%) MLflow
3 27 (3.57%) Jenkins
3 27 (3.57%) JIRA
4 25 (3.31%) GitLab
5 6 (0.79%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.66%) Selenium
7 3 (0.40%) Terragrunt
7 3 (0.40%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.26%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.26%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.26%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.13%) ERwin
9 1 (0.13%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.13%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.13%) Maven
9 1 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 223 (29.50%) Finance
2 169 (22.35%) Social Skills
3 118 (15.61%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (7.01%) Banking
5 49 (6.48%) Public Sector
6 22 (2.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (2.38%) Legal
8 15 (1.98%) Front Office
8 15 (1.98%) Retail
9 14 (1.85%) Marketing
10 13 (1.72%) Telecoms
11 12 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (1.59%) Investment Banking
12 11 (1.46%) Back Office
12 11 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (1.19%) Electronics
14 9 (1.19%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.19%) Publishing
15 4 (0.53%) Billing
Job Titles
1 355 (46.96%) Data Engineer
2 119 (15.74%) Senior
3 82 (10.85%) Developer
4 80 (10.58%) Senior Data Engineer
5 61 (8.07%) Architect
6 59 (7.80%) Azure Engineer
7 54 (7.14%) Lead
8 52 (6.88%) Azure Data Engineer
9 37 (4.89%) Data Scientist
10 34 (4.50%) Python Engineer
11 33 (4.37%) Analyst
12 32 (4.23%) Snowflake Engineer
13 29 (3.84%) Snowflake Data Engineer
14 26 (3.44%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 25 (3.31%) AWS Engineer
15 25 (3.31%) Data Architect
16 23 (3.04%) GCP Engineer
17 20 (2.65%) AWS Data Engineer
17 20 (2.65%) Lead Data Engineer
17 20 (2.65%) Python Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (18.12%) PySpark
2 80 (10.58%) Kafka
3 73 (9.66%) Pandas
4 50 (6.61%) NumPy
5 44 (5.82%) scikit-learn
6 40 (5.29%) PyTorch
7 38 (5.03%) TensorFlow
8 32 (4.23%) REST
9 26 (3.44%) FastAPI
10 24 (3.17%) Flask
11 19 (2.51%) pytest
12 18 (2.38%) JSON
13 17 (2.25%) .NET
13 17 (2.25%) React
13 17 (2.25%) RESTful
14 16 (2.12%) Hugging Face
15 15 (1.98%) Polars
15 15 (1.98%) Web Services
16 13 (1.72%) YAML
17 12 (1.59%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 90 (11.90%) Cloud Native
2 28 (3.70%) Data Structures
3 27 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (3.44%) Product Ownership
5 25 (3.31%) Distributed Computing
5 25 (3.31%) Legacy Systems
6 24 (3.17%) Algorithms
7 19 (2.51%) AI Agents
7 19 (2.51%) Equities
8 17 (2.25%) Hedge funds
9 14 (1.85%) Onboarding
10 13 (1.72%) Derivative
11 12 (1.59%) Fixed Income
12 11 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.32%) Management Information System
14 9 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
15 8 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
15 8 (1.06%) Low-Code
15 8 (1.06%) Public Cloud
16 7 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.51%) Linux
2 13 (1.72%) Unix
3 4 (0.53%) Windows
4 1 (0.13%) Debian
4 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 342 (45.24%) Data Engineering
2 340 (44.97%) Analytics
3 299 (39.55%) Data Modelling
3 299 (39.55%) ETL
4 285 (37.70%) CI/CD
5 208 (27.51%) AI
6 206 (27.25%) DevOps
7 189 (25.00%) Agile
7 189 (25.00%) Data Governance
8 174 (23.02%) Machine Learning
9 169 (22.35%) Data Science
10 154 (20.37%) Business Intelligence
11 118 (15.61%) Data Architecture
12 116 (15.34%) Problem-Solving
13 114 (15.08%) Decision-Making
14 108 (14.29%) Validation
15 97 (12.83%) Infrastructure as Code
16 92 (12.17%) Data Integration
17 85 (11.24%) Use Case
18 75 (9.92%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 476 (62.96%) Python
2 442 (58.47%) SQL
3 77 (10.19%) Scala
4 69 (9.13%) Java
5 36 (4.76%) C#
6 27 (3.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 20 (2.65%) R
8 18 (2.38%) T-SQL
9 17 (2.25%) Bicep
10 15 (1.98%) JavaScript
11 13 (1.72%) Shell Script
12 11 (1.46%) Bash
12 11 (1.46%) PowerShell
13 8 (1.06%) TypeScript
14 7 (0.93%) C++
14 7 (0.93%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.79%) Korn
16 4 (0.53%) SAS Macro
17 3 (0.40%) Ruby
18 2 (0.26%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 153 (20.24%) Security Cleared
2 136 (17.99%) SC Cleared
3 47 (6.22%) Degree
4 25 (3.31%) Azure Certification
5 19 (2.51%) Master's Degree
6 12 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.46%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.06%) PhD
10 7 (0.93%) Numerate Degree
11 6 (0.79%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.53%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (0.53%) SnowPro
13 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.26%) CISA
14 2 (0.26%) CISSP
14 2 (0.26%) Postgraduate
15 1 (0.13%) CISM
15 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 257 (33.99%) Data Quality
2 45 (5.95%) GDPR
3 34 (4.50%) QA
4 9 (1.19%) PERC
5 8 (1.06%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (0.79%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.40%) NIST
9 3 (0.40%) SLA
10 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.26%) PMO
11 1 (0.13%) Basel III
11 1 (0.13%) GAAP
11 1 (0.13%) GxP
11 1 (0.13%) IFRS
11 1 (0.13%) MiFID
11 1 (0.13%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 104 (13.76%) Docker
2 3 (0.40%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.26%) Ceph
3 2 (0.26%) Firmware
3 2 (0.26%) HDFS
3 2 (0.26%) Lustre
3 2 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.13%) etcd
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.13%) RACF
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 103 (13.62%) Terraform
2 85 (11.24%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.19%) Grafana
3 9 (1.19%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.40%) Istio
4 3 (0.40%) Kubeflow
5 2 (0.26%) Control-M
5 2 (0.26%) Fluentd
5 2 (0.26%) Kibana
5 2 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.13%) Ansible
6 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.13%) logstash
Vendors
1 225 (29.76%) Databricks
2 128 (16.93%) Microsoft
3 33 (4.37%) Google
4 31 (4.10%) Informatica
5 28 (3.70%) OpenAI
6 27 (3.57%) Oracle
7 16 (2.12%) Foundry
8 14 (1.85%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.46%) Palantir
9 11 (1.46%) SAP
10 9 (1.19%) UiPath
11 8 (1.06%) Automation Anywhere
11 8 (1.06%) Cloudera
12 7 (0.93%) Dynatrace
12 7 (0.93%) Workday
13 6 (0.79%) Splunk
14 5 (0.66%) Adobe
14 5 (0.66%) mParticle
14 5 (0.66%) MuleSoft
14 5 (0.66%) Tealium