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 citing Data Pipeline skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	49	80	107
Rank change year-on-year	+31	+27	+99
Contract jobs citing Data Pipeline	954	478	363
As % of all contract jobs in London	4.69%	3.57%	2.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	5.24%	3.86%	2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted	655	341	252
10^th Percentile	£394	£406	£401
25^th Percentile	£450	£463	£475
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£551	£550	£575
Median % change year-on-year	+0.17%	-4.35%	+7.68%
75^th Percentile	£682	£688	£650
90^th Percentile	£775	£800	£750
England median daily rate	£525	£525	£525
% change year-on-year	-	-	-1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted	6	6	1
10^th Percentile	£42.84	£44.13	-
25^th Percentile	£55.00	£55.38	£56.25
Median hourly rate	£56.00	£66.25	£57.50
Median % change year-on-year	-15.47%	+15.22%	+47.78%
75^th Percentile	£57.00	£77.06	£58.75
90^th Percentile	-	£78.75	-
England median hourly rate	£37.24	£67.00	£42.00
% change year-on-year	-44.42%	+59.52%	-21.63%

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 citing process or methodology skills in London.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	18,198	12,397	14,111
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London	89.46%	92.48%	89.33%
Number of daily rates quoted	11,946	8,153	9,103
10^th Percentile	£359	£331	£350
25^th Percentile	£450	£425	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£540	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+1.85%	-1.82%	-4.35%
75^th Percentile	£668	£663	£675
90^th Percentile	£775	£775	£800
England median daily rate	£525	£510	£525
% change year-on-year	+2.94%	-2.86%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	364	248	172
10^th Percentile	£15.56	£17.98	£17.55
25^th Percentile	£18.50	£25.01	£24.88
Median hourly rate	£30.15	£31.00	£38.75
Median % change year-on-year	-2.73%	-20.01%	-2.71%
75^th Percentile	£58.75	£47.50	£57.81
90^th Percentile	£80.88	£64.83	£78.75
England median hourly rate	£36.50	£25.15	£40.33
% change year-on-year	+45.13%	-37.63%	-9.38%

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 Daily Rate Trend in London

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 October 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.

Data Pipeline Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing Data Pipeline in London over the 6 months to 25 October 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 25 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Central London	+17	109	£600	+9.09%	113
West London	+8	37	£520	-0.95%	39
South London	-4	9	£590	+27.57%	7
East London	0	4	£523	-47.75%	13
Data Pipeline England

Data Pipeline Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 25 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Data Pipeline also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region citing Data Pipeline.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Python	58.4%	557
2	SQL	53.8%	513
3	Data Engineering	48.0%	458
4	Analytics	41.9%	400
5	Azure	40.9%	390
6	CI/CD	40.4%	385
7	Data Quality	36.9%	352
8	Data Modelling	36.8%	351
9	ETL	36.3%	346
10	AWS	35.8%	342
11	AI	30.8%	294
12	Databricks	26.6%	254
13	Machine Learning	24.3%	232
14	Agile	22.7%	217
15	DevOps	20.6%	197
16	Data Governance	20.2%	193
17	Data Warehouse	18.7%	178
18	PySpark	17.0%	162
19	Validation	16.7%	159
20	Business Intelligence	16.6%	158
21	GCP	16.5%	157
22	Security Cleared	16.1%	154
23	Data Transformation	15.9%	152
24	Data Science	15.8%	151
25	Snowflake	15.7%	150
26	Apache Airflow	15.1%	144
27	Problem-Solving	14.5%	138
28	Decision-Making	14.3%	136
29	Microsoft	13.9%	133
29	Migration	13.9%	133

Data Pipeline Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Data Engineering	48.0%	458
2	Analytics	41.9%	400
3	CI/CD	40.4%	385
4	Data Modelling	36.8%	351
5	ETL	36.3%	346
6	AI	30.8%	294
7	Machine Learning	24.3%	232
8	Agile	22.7%	217
9	DevOps	20.6%	197
10	Data Governance	20.2%	193
11	Validation	16.7%	159
12	Business Intelligence	16.6%	158
13	Data Transformation	15.9%	152
14	Data Science	15.8%	151
15	Problem-Solving	14.5%	138
16	Decision-Making	14.3%	136
17	Migration	13.9%	133
18	Stakeholder Management	13.1%	125
19	Data Architecture	12.9%	123
20	Software Engineering	12.7%	121