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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 114 138
Rank change year-on-year +59 +24 +85
Contract jobs citing Data Pipeline 745 321 306
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.31% 2.53% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.83% 2.77% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 526 229 242
10th Percentile £393 £400 £413
25th Percentile £450 £449 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £750
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile £57.65 £52.75 £40.54
25th Percentile £59.00 £55.00 £41.57
Median hourly rate £62.50 £61.25 £45.35
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +35.08% -37.46%
75th Percentile £69.38 £65.00 £48.82
90th Percentile £72.75 - £49.68
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 15,430 11,609 15,858
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.20% 91.65% 88.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,356 7,870 11,343
10th Percentile £352 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £443 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £675
90th Percentile £760 £801 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 168 332
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.12 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.36 £24.54 £19.83
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.06
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.43% -22.92%
75th Percentile £56.13 £50.86 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £65.00 £66.98
England median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year +23.08% -4.41% -9.33%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 +46 109 £513 -4.65% 115
West London - 25 £548 - 5
South London -13 11 £500 +3.90% 1
East London +1 5 £450 - 6
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
1 114 (15.30%) Apache Spark
2 101 (13.56%) Apache Airflow
3 49 (6.58%) Apache
4 12 (1.61%) Palantir Foundry
5 8 (1.07%) Appian
5 8 (1.07%) SAS
6 5 (0.67%) Confluence
6 5 (0.67%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.27%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.27%) OpenROAD
7 2 (0.27%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Synapse
8 1 (0.13%) Camunda
8 1 (0.13%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.13%) Luigi
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 20 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.40%) Trello
4 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (0.67%) BambooHR
2 3 (0.40%) SAP BPC
3 2 (0.27%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.27%) 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
1 368 (49.40%) Azure
2 278 (37.32%) AWS
3 150 (20.13%) Power Platform
4 134 (17.99%) Azure Data Factory
5 122 (16.38%) GCP
6 96 (12.89%) Snowflake
7 94 (12.62%) GitHub
8 88 (11.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 86 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
10 74 (9.93%) Amazon S3
10 74 (9.93%) Serverless
11 69 (9.26%) dbt
12 61 (8.19%) AWS Lambda
13 51 (6.85%) GitHub Actions
14 29 (3.89%) Dagster
15 25 (3.36%) AWS Step Functions
16 23 (3.09%) Amazon Kinesis
16 23 (3.09%) AWS CloudFormation
17 22 (2.95%) Azure AI
18 19 (2.55%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.54%) Cisco IPT
2 3 (0.40%) Firewall
2 3 (0.40%) Network Security
3 2 (0.27%) InfiniBand
3 2 (0.27%) Kerberos
3 2 (0.27%) VPN
4 1 (0.13%) 4G
4 1 (0.13%) 5G
4 1 (0.13%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (23.49%) Data Warehouse
2 132 (17.72%) Power BI
3 119 (15.97%) Data Lake
4 70 (9.40%) Metadata
5 61 (8.19%) Delta Lake
6 59 (7.92%) Azure SQL Database
7 57 (7.65%) SQL Server
8 50 (6.71%) NoSQL
9 47 (6.31%) Big Data
10 45 (6.04%) Tableau
11 43 (5.77%) BigQuery
12 40 (5.37%) Amazon Redshift
13 38 (5.10%) Snowflake Schema
14 33 (4.43%) Relational Database
15 28 (3.76%) Amazon Athena
16 22 (2.95%) Spark SQL
17 20 (2.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 19 (2.55%) Star Schema
19 17 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
20 15 (2.01%) Looker
Development Applications
1 110 (14.77%) Git
2 31 (4.16%) MLflow
3 25 (3.36%) GitLab
3 25 (3.36%) JIRA
4 24 (3.22%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.81%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.54%) Selenium
7 3 (0.40%) Terragrunt
7 3 (0.40%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.27%) Liquibase
8 2 (0.27%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.27%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.27%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.13%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.13%) Gradle
9 1 (0.13%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 211 (28.32%) Finance
2 170 (22.82%) Social Skills
3 117 (15.70%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (6.85%) Banking
5 49 (6.58%) Public Sector
6 23 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (2.42%) Legal
8 17 (2.28%) Front Office
9 13 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (1.74%) Investment Banking
9 13 (1.74%) Marketing
9 13 (1.74%) Telecoms
10 12 (1.61%) Retail
11 11 (1.48%) Back Office
12 10 (1.34%) Financial Institution
12 10 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (1.21%) Electronics
13 9 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.07%) Publishing
15 5 (0.67%) Billing
Job Titles
1 357 (47.92%) Data Engineer
2 113 (15.17%) Senior
3 81 (10.87%) Developer
4 77 (10.34%) Senior Data Engineer
5 59 (7.92%) Azure Engineer
6 57 (7.65%) Architect
7 53 (7.11%) Lead
8 52 (6.98%) Azure Data Engineer
9 38 (5.10%) Python Engineer
10 37 (4.97%) Data Scientist
11 35 (4.70%) Snowflake Engineer
12 32 (4.30%) Snowflake Data Engineer
13 29 (3.89%) Analyst
14 25 (3.36%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 25 (3.36%) AWS Engineer
15 24 (3.22%) Data Architect
16 23 (3.09%) GCP Engineer
16 23 (3.09%) Python Data Engineer
17 21 (2.82%) Lead Data Engineer
18 20 (2.68%) AWS Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (18.39%) PySpark
2 81 (10.87%) Kafka
3 69 (9.26%) Pandas
4 47 (6.31%) NumPy
5 44 (5.91%) scikit-learn
6 38 (5.10%) PyTorch
7 36 (4.83%) TensorFlow
8 31 (4.16%) REST
9 25 (3.36%) FastAPI
10 22 (2.95%) Flask
11 19 (2.55%) pytest
12 18 (2.42%) JSON
12 18 (2.42%) React
13 15 (2.01%) .NET
13 15 (2.01%) Hugging Face
13 15 (2.01%) RESTful
13 15 (2.01%) Web Services
14 13 (1.74%) YAML
15 12 (1.61%) Django
16 11 (1.48%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 87 (11.68%) Cloud Native
2 30 (4.03%) Data Structures
3 27 (3.62%) Distributed Computing
3 27 (3.62%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (3.36%) Algorithms
4 25 (3.36%) Product Ownership
5 23 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (2.68%) Equities
7 19 (2.55%) AI Agents
8 17 (2.28%) Hedge funds
9 15 (2.01%) Derivative
10 14 (1.88%) Onboarding
11 13 (1.74%) Fixed Income
12 11 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.21%) Management Information System
14 8 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (1.07%) Equity Derivative
14 8 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
14 8 (1.07%) Public Cloud
14 8 (1.07%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.55%) Linux
2 12 (1.61%) Unix
3 4 (0.54%) Windows
4 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.13%) CentOS
5 1 (0.13%) Debian
5 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (45.50%) Data Engineering
2 334 (44.83%) Analytics
3 299 (40.13%) ETL
4 295 (39.60%) Data Modelling
5 279 (37.45%) CI/CD
6 205 (27.52%) AI
7 200 (26.85%) DevOps
8 182 (24.43%) Data Governance
9 180 (24.16%) Agile
10 175 (23.49%) Machine Learning
11 172 (23.09%) Data Science
12 154 (20.67%) Business Intelligence
13 118 (15.84%) Problem-Solving
14 109 (14.63%) Data Architecture
15 106 (14.23%) Decision-Making
16 101 (13.56%) Validation
17 95 (12.75%) Data Integration
18 90 (12.08%) Infrastructure as Code
19 83 (11.14%) Use Case
20 77 (10.34%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 481 (64.56%) Python
2 437 (58.66%) SQL
3 74 (9.93%) Scala
4 66 (8.86%) Java
5 32 (4.30%) C#
6 27 (3.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 18 (2.42%) R
7 18 (2.42%) T-SQL
8 17 (2.28%) Bicep
9 15 (2.01%) JavaScript
10 11 (1.48%) Bash
10 11 (1.48%) Shell Script
11 10 (1.34%) PowerShell
12 9 (1.21%) C++
13 8 (1.07%) TypeScript
14 7 (0.94%) Korn
14 7 (0.94%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.54%) SAS Macro
16 3 (0.40%) Ruby
17 2 (0.27%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 147 (19.73%) Security Cleared
2 130 (17.45%) SC Cleared
3 50 (6.71%) Degree
4 24 (3.22%) Azure Certification
5 21 (2.82%) Master's Degree
6 12 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.34%) PhD
8 9 (1.21%) AWS Certification
8 9 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.07%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.07%) Numerate Degree
10 4 (0.54%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.54%) SnowPro
11 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.27%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.13%) CISSP
13 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.13%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.13%) PMP
13 1 (0.13%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 250 (33.56%) Data Quality
2 45 (6.04%) GDPR
3 30 (4.03%) QA
4 9 (1.21%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.21%) PERC
5 7 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (0.67%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.67%) SLA
7 3 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.40%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.27%) NIST
8 2 (0.27%) PMO
8 2 (0.27%) WCAG
9 1 (0.13%) Basel III
9 1 (0.13%) GAAP
9 1 (0.13%) GxP
9 1 (0.13%) IFRS
9 1 (0.13%) MiFID
9 1 (0.13%) Solvency II
System Software
1 97 (13.02%) Docker
2 3 (0.40%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.27%) Ceph
3 2 (0.27%) Firmware
3 2 (0.27%) HDFS
3 2 (0.27%) Lustre
3 2 (0.27%) 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 97 (13.02%) Terraform
2 83 (11.14%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.21%) Grafana
4 8 (1.07%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.40%) Kubeflow
6 2 (0.27%) Ansible
6 2 (0.27%) Control-M
6 2 (0.27%) Fluentd
6 2 (0.27%) Istio
6 2 (0.27%) Kibana
6 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.13%) logstash
Vendors
1 224 (30.07%) Databricks
2 125 (16.78%) Microsoft
3 32 (4.30%) Google
4 31 (4.16%) Informatica
5 28 (3.76%) OpenAI
6 26 (3.49%) Oracle
7 17 (2.28%) Foundry
8 14 (1.88%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.61%) Palantir
10 10 (1.34%) SAP
11 9 (1.21%) UiPath
12 8 (1.07%) Automation Anywhere
13 7 (0.94%) Cloudera
13 7 (0.94%) Workday
14 6 (0.81%) Dynatrace
14 6 (0.81%) Splunk
15 5 (0.67%) mParticle
15 5 (0.67%) MuleSoft
15 5 (0.67%) NVIDIA
15 5 (0.67%) Tealium