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 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 108 162
Rank change year-on-year +44 +54 +65
Contract jobs citing Data Pipeline 618 312 279
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.03% 2.29% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.44% 2.53% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 428 206 224
10th Percentile £375 £400 £405
25th Percentile £450 £459 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £542
Median % change year-on-year - +1.48% -5.74%
75th Percentile £650 £639 £641
90th Percentile £750 £766 £738
England median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 4
10th Percentile £43.05 £58.00 £35.19
25th Percentile £54.75 £60.63 £35.47
Median hourly rate £66.25 £65.00 £38.91
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% +67.05% -40.14%
75th Percentile £75.94 - £45.96
90th Percentile £77.63 - £48.54
England median hourly rate £62.50 £61.25 £45.35
% change year-on-year +2.04% +35.08% -30.24%

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 13,905 12,332 16,419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.68% 90.64% 88.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,265 7,884 11,766
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 153 341
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £16.02
25th Percentile £25.15 £25.75 £19.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +23.33% -15.49%
75th Percentile £56.25 £55.25 £50.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

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 14 February 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 14 February 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 14 February 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 +38 88 £513 -2.38% 31
West London -5 16 £600 - 6
South London -9 11 £500 +1.27% 4
East London +6 7 £1,000 - 2
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 97 (15.70%) Apache Spark
2 79 (12.78%) Apache Airflow
3 33 (5.34%) Apache
4 11 (1.78%) Palantir Foundry
5 8 (1.29%) Appian
6 6 (0.97%) Confluence
7 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.65%) SAS
9 3 (0.49%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.32%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.16%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.16%) Camunda
11 1 (0.16%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.16%) Luigi
11 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 22 (3.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.49%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.49%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.81%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.16%) Actimize
2 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.16%) Eagle PACE
2 1 (0.16%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.16%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (0.16%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 305 (49.35%) Azure
2 241 (39.00%) AWS
3 118 (19.09%) Azure Data Factory
4 106 (17.15%) Power Platform
5 96 (15.53%) GCP
6 76 (12.30%) Snowflake
7 74 (11.97%) Serverless
8 71 (11.49%) GitHub
9 66 (10.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 61 (9.87%) Amazon S3
11 60 (9.71%) Azure DevOps
12 59 (9.55%) AWS Lambda
13 55 (8.90%) dbt
14 42 (6.80%) GitHub Actions
15 22 (3.56%) AWS Step Functions
16 21 (3.40%) Amazon Kinesis
17 19 (3.07%) Amazon SageMaker
18 18 (2.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 18 (2.91%) AWS CloudFormation
19 17 (2.75%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.65%) Cisco IPT
2 3 (0.49%) VPN
3 2 (0.32%) InfiniBand
3 2 (0.32%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.16%) Firewall
4 1 (0.16%) HTTP
4 1 (0.16%) Network Security
4 1 (0.16%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (22.17%) Data Warehouse
2 98 (15.86%) Power BI
3 95 (15.37%) Data Lake
4 52 (8.41%) Metadata
5 51 (8.25%) Delta Lake
6 47 (7.61%) NoSQL
6 47 (7.61%) SQL Server
7 45 (7.28%) Azure SQL Database
8 34 (5.50%) Big Data
9 33 (5.34%) Tableau
10 28 (4.53%) Amazon Redshift
10 28 (4.53%) BigQuery
11 25 (4.05%) PostgreSQL
12 24 (3.88%) Relational Database
13 22 (3.56%) Snowflake Schema
14 18 (2.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 16 (2.59%) Spark SQL
16 15 (2.43%) Amazon Athena
17 14 (2.27%) Hadoop
18 13 (2.10%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 96 (15.53%) Git
2 30 (4.85%) MLflow
3 27 (4.37%) Jenkins
4 25 (4.05%) GitLab
5 18 (2.91%) JIRA
6 3 (0.49%) Selenium
6 3 (0.49%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.49%) Terragrunt
6 3 (0.49%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.32%) ERwin
7 2 (0.32%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.16%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.16%) Gradle
8 1 (0.16%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.16%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.16%) NUnit
8 1 (0.16%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.16%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.16%) Zephyr
General
1 177 (28.64%) Finance
2 161 (26.05%) Social Skills
3 86 (13.92%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (7.93%) Banking
5 36 (5.83%) Public Sector
6 28 (4.53%) Front Office
7 19 (3.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (2.75%) Investment Banking
9 15 (2.43%) Financial Institution
10 13 (2.10%) Marketing
10 13 (2.10%) Pharmaceutical
11 12 (1.94%) Retail
12 11 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (1.78%) Legal
13 9 (1.46%) Back Office
13 9 (1.46%) Electronics
14 7 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.49%) Law
15 3 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 279 (45.15%) Data Engineer
2 87 (14.08%) Senior
3 76 (12.30%) Developer
4 61 (9.87%) Senior Data Engineer
5 57 (9.22%) Azure Engineer
6 55 (8.90%) Architect
7 48 (7.77%) Azure Data Engineer
8 45 (7.28%) Lead
9 35 (5.66%) Python Engineer
10 33 (5.34%) Data Scientist
11 29 (4.69%) Snowflake Engineer
12 24 (3.88%) Analyst
12 24 (3.88%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 24 (3.88%) Snowflake Data Engineer
13 21 (3.40%) Data Architect
14 20 (3.24%) Lead Data Engineer
15 19 (3.07%) Consultant
15 19 (3.07%) Senior Developer
16 17 (2.75%) Python Data Engineer
17 16 (2.59%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (18.28%) PySpark
2 75 (12.14%) Kafka
3 49 (7.93%) Pandas
4 41 (6.63%) PyTorch
5 37 (5.99%) scikit-learn
5 37 (5.99%) TensorFlow
6 35 (5.66%) NumPy
7 26 (4.21%) REST
8 22 (3.56%) FastAPI
9 20 (3.24%) .NET
9 20 (3.24%) React
10 18 (2.91%) Hugging Face
11 17 (2.75%) Flask
11 17 (2.75%) pytest
11 17 (2.75%) RESTful
12 14 (2.27%) LangChain
13 13 (2.10%) JSON
13 13 (2.10%) Node.js
14 12 (1.94%) AngularJS
14 12 (1.94%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 75 (12.14%) Cloud Native
2 28 (4.53%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (4.37%) Algorithms
4 25 (4.05%) Distributed Computing
5 22 (3.56%) Derivative
6 21 (3.40%) Equities
7 20 (3.24%) Data Structures
8 16 (2.59%) AI Agents
8 16 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (2.27%) Equity Derivative
9 14 (2.27%) Fixed Income
10 13 (2.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 13 (2.10%) Product Ownership
11 11 (1.78%) Reinsurance
12 10 (1.62%) Hedge funds
12 10 (1.62%) Onboarding
13 9 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
14 8 (1.29%) Low-Code
15 7 (1.13%) Genomics
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.88%) Linux
2 9 (1.46%) Windows
3 2 (0.32%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.32%) Unix
4 1 (0.16%) Alpine Linux
4 1 (0.16%) CentOS
4 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.16%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (45.47%) Data Engineering
2 247 (39.97%) ETL
3 242 (39.16%) Analytics
4 225 (36.41%) CI/CD
5 221 (35.76%) Data Modelling
6 180 (29.13%) AI
7 167 (27.02%) Machine Learning
8 166 (26.86%) Agile
9 154 (24.92%) Data Science
10 145 (23.46%) DevOps
11 143 (23.14%) Data Governance
12 122 (19.74%) Business Intelligence
13 113 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
14 87 (14.08%) Data Integration
15 86 (13.92%) Data Architecture
16 82 (13.27%) Infrastructure as Code
17 79 (12.78%) Validation
18 68 (11.00%) Use Case
19 67 (10.84%) Visualisation
20 62 (10.03%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 424 (68.61%) Python
2 350 (56.63%) SQL
3 70 (11.33%) Scala
4 59 (9.55%) Java
5 29 (4.69%) JavaScript
6 23 (3.72%) C#
6 23 (3.72%) C++
7 19 (3.07%) Bicep
8 16 (2.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 16 (2.59%) TypeScript
9 14 (2.27%) T-SQL
10 13 (2.10%) R
11 12 (1.94%) Bash
12 9 (1.46%) PowerShell
13 8 (1.29%) Korn
14 7 (1.13%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.65%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.16%) ABAP
16 1 (0.16%) C
16 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 115 (18.61%) Security Cleared
2 96 (15.53%) SC Cleared
3 51 (8.25%) Degree
4 24 (3.88%) Azure Certification
4 24 (3.88%) Master's Degree
5 14 (2.27%) DV Cleared
6 11 (1.78%) AWS Certification
6 11 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (1.78%) PhD
7 8 (1.29%) Numerate Degree
8 6 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (0.49%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.32%) SnowPro
12 1 (0.16%) GIAC
12 1 (0.16%) HP APS
12 1 (0.16%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.16%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.16%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 191 (30.91%) Data Quality
2 35 (5.66%) GDPR
3 18 (2.91%) QA
4 12 (1.94%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.46%) PERC
6 8 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.65%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.65%) NIST
8 3 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.49%) WCAG
9 2 (0.32%) Dodd-Frank
9 2 (0.32%) EMIR
9 2 (0.32%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.32%) GRC
9 2 (0.32%) MiFID
9 2 (0.32%) SLA
10 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.16%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.16%) NCSC
System Software
1 92 (14.89%) Docker
2 5 (0.81%) zsh
3 3 (0.49%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.32%) Ceph
4 2 (0.32%) Firmware
4 2 (0.32%) HDFS
4 2 (0.32%) Lustre
4 2 (0.32%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 81 (13.11%) Terraform
2 74 (11.97%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.65%) ITRS Geneos
3 4 (0.65%) Kibana
3 4 (0.65%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.49%) logstash
5 2 (0.32%) Ansible
5 2 (0.32%) Control-M
5 2 (0.32%) Grafana
5 2 (0.32%) Istio
5 2 (0.32%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.16%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.16%) SCCM
6 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 203 (32.85%) Databricks
2 92 (14.89%) Microsoft
3 27 (4.37%) OpenAI
4 24 (3.88%) Google
5 20 (3.24%) Oracle
6 17 (2.75%) Informatica
7 16 (2.59%) Foundry
8 11 (1.78%) Palantir
9 10 (1.62%) SAP
10 9 (1.46%) Salesforce
10 9 (1.46%) UiPath
11 8 (1.29%) Automation Anywhere
12 6 (0.97%) Cloudera
13 5 (0.81%) Adobe
13 5 (0.81%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.81%) mParticle
13 5 (0.81%) NVIDIA
13 5 (0.81%) Sophis
13 5 (0.81%) Splunk
13 5 (0.81%) Tealium