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 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 97 137
Rank change year-on-year +48 +40 +84
Contract jobs citing Data Pipeline 833 344 327
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.47% 2.81% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.04% 3.04% 2.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 578 248 250
10th Percentile £393 £406 £398
25th Percentile £450 £450 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £555
Median % change year-on-year - -5.41% -1.81%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £680
90th Percentile £750 £800 £763
England median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile - £43.53 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £46.42 £46.75
Median hourly rate £58.50 £52.50 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.43% +8.25% -39.38%
75th Percentile £73.00 £53.75 £50.25
90th Percentile £74.20 - -
England median hourly rate £67.50 £52.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +28.57% -16.00% -17.22%

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 16,527 11,302 15,611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.72% 92.31% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,014 7,563 11,181
10th Percentile £358 £347 £340
25th Percentile £435 £425 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 199 318
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.89 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +16.42% -28.34%
75th Percentile £58.75 £49.88 £48.75
90th Percentile £80.38 £63.75 £68.23
England median hourly rate £47.00 £28.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +67.86% -25.33% +4.17%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 10 June 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 +24 105 £523 -5.00% 76
West London -2 25 £520 +4.00% 6
East London +3 6 £450 - 7
South London -10 4 £500 +5.26% 1
North London - 1 £178 - 1
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 (11.64%) Apache Airflow
2 93 (11.16%) Apache Spark
3 49 (5.88%) Apache
4 13 (1.56%) Confluence
5 11 (1.32%) SAS
6 8 (0.96%) Appian
6 8 (0.96%) Palantir Foundry
7 5 (0.60%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.48%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.24%) OpenROAD
10 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.12%) Camunda
10 1 (0.12%) CICS
10 1 (0.12%) Luigi
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.12%) PowerExchange
10 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.24%) CPLEX
3 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.24%) Trello
4 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.72%) Aladdin
2 5 (0.60%) BambooHR
2 5 (0.60%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.24%) SAP BPC
3 2 (0.24%) SimCorp Dimension
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.12%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 380 (45.62%) Azure
2 309 (37.09%) AWS
3 159 (19.09%) Power Platform
4 128 (15.37%) GCP
5 111 (13.33%) Azure Data Factory
6 106 (12.73%) Snowflake
7 101 (12.12%) Azure DevOps
8 93 (11.16%) GitHub
9 90 (10.80%) Amazon S3
10 82 (9.84%) dbt
11 76 (9.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 75 (9.00%) Serverless
13 67 (8.04%) AWS Lambda
14 56 (6.72%) GitHub Actions
15 27 (3.24%) Dagster
16 21 (2.52%) Azure AI
17 20 (2.40%) Amazon SageMaker
18 19 (2.28%) AWS Step Functions
18 19 (2.28%) Power Automate
19 17 (2.04%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.36%) Firewall
2 2 (0.24%) Network Security
3 1 (0.12%) 4G
3 1 (0.12%) 5G
3 1 (0.12%) HTTP
3 1 (0.12%) InfiniBand
3 1 (0.12%) MIMO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (19.33%) Data Warehouse
2 138 (16.57%) Power BI
3 125 (15.01%) Data Lake
4 71 (8.52%) Metadata
5 69 (8.28%) Delta Lake
6 62 (7.44%) SQL Server
7 53 (6.36%) BigQuery
8 51 (6.12%) Tableau
9 49 (5.88%) Big Data
10 43 (5.16%) Amazon Redshift
11 41 (4.92%) Relational Database
12 40 (4.80%) Snowflake Schema
13 36 (4.32%) Amazon Athena
13 36 (4.32%) Azure SQL Database
14 34 (4.08%) NoSQL
15 24 (2.88%) Spark SQL
16 23 (2.76%) PostgreSQL
17 19 (2.28%) Star Schema
18 18 (2.16%) Data Vault
18 18 (2.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 104 (12.48%) Git
2 34 (4.08%) JIRA
3 30 (3.60%) GitLab
4 27 (3.24%) MLflow
5 22 (2.64%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.96%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.60%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.48%) Gradle
8 4 (0.48%) Maven
8 4 (0.48%) Selenium
9 3 (0.36%) Robot Framework
9 3 (0.36%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.24%) Postman
10 2 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.12%) Fiddler
11 1 (0.12%) Liquibase
11 1 (0.12%) Snyk
11 1 (0.12%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 274 (32.89%) Finance
2 166 (19.93%) Social Skills
3 134 (16.09%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (7.44%) Banking
5 52 (6.24%) Public Sector
6 23 (2.76%) Retail
7 19 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (1.92%) Back Office
8 16 (1.92%) Front Office
9 15 (1.80%) Marketing
9 15 (1.80%) Telecoms
10 13 (1.56%) Publishing
11 10 (1.20%) Investment Banking
11 10 (1.20%) Legal
12 9 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.08%) Financial Institution
13 8 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (0.72%) Billing
14 6 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.48%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 381 (45.74%) Data Engineer
2 138 (16.57%) Senior
3 91 (10.92%) Developer
3 91 (10.92%) Senior Data Engineer
4 66 (7.92%) Architect
4 66 (7.92%) Lead
5 45 (5.40%) Azure Engineer
6 42 (5.04%) Data Scientist
7 40 (4.80%) Azure Data Engineer
7 40 (4.80%) Python Engineer
8 35 (4.20%) AWS Engineer
9 34 (4.08%) Analyst
10 32 (3.84%) Snowflake Engineer
11 31 (3.72%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 31 (3.72%) Snowflake Data Engineer
12 27 (3.24%) AWS Data Engineer
13 25 (3.00%) Python Developer
14 24 (2.88%) Data Architect
15 23 (2.76%) GCP Engineer
15 23 (2.76%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (14.89%) PySpark
2 78 (9.36%) Kafka
3 74 (8.88%) Pandas
4 48 (5.76%) NumPy
5 47 (5.64%) REST
6 38 (4.56%) scikit-learn
7 34 (4.08%) PyTorch
8 32 (3.84%) FastAPI
9 31 (3.72%) TensorFlow
10 27 (3.24%) Flask
11 26 (3.12%) RESTful
12 20 (2.40%) Polars
13 18 (2.16%) .NET
14 17 (2.04%) Apache Avro
15 16 (1.92%) React
16 15 (1.80%) pytest
17 14 (1.68%) Hugging Face
17 14 (1.68%) JSON
17 14 (1.68%) Web Services
18 13 (1.56%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 106 (12.73%) Cloud Native
2 43 (5.16%) Distributed Systems
3 36 (4.32%) Product Ownership
4 32 (3.84%) Legacy Systems
5 28 (3.36%) Onboarding
6 26 (3.12%) Data Structures
7 23 (2.76%) Algorithms
8 20 (2.40%) Distributed Computing
9 18 (2.16%) Equities
10 17 (2.04%) Hedge funds
11 16 (1.92%) Management Information System
12 14 (1.68%) AI Agents
13 12 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (1.44%) Fixed Income
14 11 (1.32%) Reinsurance
14 11 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
15 10 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
15 10 (1.20%) Derivative
16 9 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
16 9 (1.08%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.52%) Linux
2 18 (2.16%) Unix
3 5 (0.60%) Windows
4 1 (0.12%) Debian
4 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 362 (43.46%) Analytics
2 359 (43.10%) Data Engineering
3 317 (38.06%) Data Modelling
4 310 (37.21%) ETL
5 305 (36.61%) CI/CD
6 249 (29.89%) AI
7 221 (26.53%) DevOps
8 187 (22.45%) Machine Learning
9 178 (21.37%) Agile
10 164 (19.69%) Business Intelligence
11 162 (19.45%) Data Science
12 154 (18.49%) Data Governance
13 134 (16.09%) Decision-Making
14 120 (14.41%) Validation
15 119 (14.29%) Data Architecture
16 112 (13.45%) Problem-Solving
17 102 (12.24%) Use Case
18 96 (11.52%) Generative AI
19 93 (11.16%) Infrastructure as Code
20 89 (10.68%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 506 (60.74%) Python
2 461 (55.34%) SQL
3 78 (9.36%) Java
4 54 (6.48%) Scala
5 41 (4.92%) C#
6 27 (3.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 22 (2.64%) R
8 17 (2.04%) T-SQL
9 16 (1.92%) Shell Script
10 14 (1.68%) PowerShell
11 12 (1.44%) Bash
12 11 (1.32%) Bicep
12 11 (1.32%) TypeScript
13 10 (1.20%) JavaScript
14 6 (0.72%) C++
14 6 (0.72%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.48%) Korn
15 4 (0.48%) SAS Macro
15 4 (0.48%) X++
16 3 (0.36%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 159 (19.09%) Security Cleared
2 141 (16.93%) SC Cleared
3 42 (5.04%) Degree
4 22 (2.64%) Azure Certification
5 13 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.20%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.08%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.84%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.72%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.60%) Numerate Degree
11 5 (0.60%) SnowPro
12 3 (0.36%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 3 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.36%) CISA
12 3 (0.36%) CISSP
13 2 (0.24%) CISM
13 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.24%) PhD
13 2 (0.24%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 268 (32.17%) Data Quality
2 48 (5.76%) QA
3 30 (3.60%) GDPR
4 5 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.60%) PCI DSS
4 5 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (0.48%) IFRS
5 4 (0.48%) NIST
5 4 (0.48%) SLA
6 3 (0.36%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.36%) IFRS 17
6 3 (0.36%) PMO
7 2 (0.24%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.24%) IFRS 9
7 2 (0.24%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.12%) Basel III
8 1 (0.12%) GxP
8 1 (0.12%) MiFID
8 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 100 (12.00%) Docker
2 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.12%) Ceph
2 1 (0.12%) etcd
2 1 (0.12%) Firmware
2 1 (0.12%) HDFS
2 1 (0.12%) Lustre
2 1 (0.12%) RACF
2 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
2 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 105 (12.61%) Terraform
2 79 (9.48%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.32%) Grafana
4 10 (1.20%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.60%) Control-M
6 3 (0.36%) Istio
6 3 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.24%) Fluentd
7 2 (0.24%) Kibana
8 1 (0.12%) Ansible
8 1 (0.12%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.12%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.12%) logstash
Vendors
1 189 (22.69%) Databricks
2 145 (17.41%) Microsoft
3 40 (4.80%) Informatica
4 28 (3.36%) Oracle
5 27 (3.24%) Google
6 26 (3.12%) OpenAI
7 13 (1.56%) Foundry
7 13 (1.56%) Salesforce
8 11 (1.32%) SAP
9 8 (0.96%) Automation Anywhere
9 8 (0.96%) Dynatrace
9 8 (0.96%) Palantir
9 8 (0.96%) UiPath
10 7 (0.84%) Workday
11 6 (0.72%) Splunk
11 6 (0.72%) Talend
12 5 (0.60%) Cloudera
13 4 (0.48%) Hortonworks
13 4 (0.48%) MicroStrategy
13 4 (0.48%) Teradata