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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 95 125
Rank change year-on-year +48 +30 +102
Contract jobs citing Data Pipeline 870 356 353
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.55% 2.82% 2.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.12% 3.05% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 593 261 269
10th Percentile £400 £408 £396
25th Percentile £455 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -2.27% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £763
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -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 £59.75 £62.50
% change year-on-year +12.97% -4.40% -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 17,000 11,667 15,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.91% 92.40% 88.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,345 7,819 11,135
10th Percentile £360 £338 £343
25th Percentile £438 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 214 309
10th Percentile £18.01 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.45 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +17.35% -28.75%
75th Percentile £59.99 £49.94 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.60 £68.15
England median hourly rate £47.00 £26.45 £37.50
% change year-on-year +77.69% -29.47% +6.72%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 +26 101 £525 -4.55% 26
West London -8 23 £520 +4.00% 6
East London +5 6 £450 - 3
South London -15 3 £500 +5.26% 2
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
1 101 (11.61%) Apache Airflow
2 96 (11.03%) Apache Spark
3 53 (6.09%) Apache
4 15 (1.72%) Confluence
5 11 (1.26%) SAS
6 9 (1.03%) Palantir Foundry
7 7 (0.80%) Appian
7 7 (0.80%) SharePoint
8 5 (0.57%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.23%) OpenROAD
11 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.11%) Camunda
11 1 (0.11%) CICS
11 1 (0.11%) Luigi
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.11%) PowerExchange
11 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.23%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.23%) CPLEX
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.69%) Aladdin
2 5 (0.57%) BambooHR
2 5 (0.57%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.23%) SAP BPC
3 2 (0.23%) SimCorp Dimension
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.11%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 392 (45.06%) Azure
2 325 (37.36%) AWS
3 161 (18.51%) Power Platform
4 138 (15.86%) GCP
5 113 (12.99%) Snowflake
6 112 (12.87%) Azure Data Factory
7 99 (11.38%) Azure DevOps
8 92 (10.57%) Amazon S3
8 92 (10.57%) GitHub
9 86 (9.89%) dbt
10 84 (9.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 71 (8.16%) Serverless
12 64 (7.36%) AWS Lambda
13 54 (6.21%) GitHub Actions
14 27 (3.10%) Dagster
15 22 (2.53%) Amazon SageMaker
15 22 (2.53%) Azure AI
16 20 (2.30%) Amazon EMR
17 19 (2.18%) Amazon Bedrock
17 19 (2.18%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.23%) Firewall
1 2 (0.23%) Network Security
2 1 (0.11%) 4G
2 1 (0.11%) 5G
2 1 (0.11%) HTTP
2 1 (0.11%) MIMO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (19.20%) Data Warehouse
2 140 (16.09%) Power BI
3 129 (14.83%) Data Lake
4 72 (8.28%) Metadata
5 70 (8.05%) Delta Lake
6 61 (7.01%) SQL Server
7 55 (6.32%) BigQuery
7 55 (6.32%) Tableau
8 52 (5.98%) Big Data
9 46 (5.29%) Amazon Redshift
10 45 (5.17%) Relational Database
11 42 (4.83%) Snowflake Schema
12 35 (4.02%) Amazon Athena
13 32 (3.68%) Azure SQL Database
13 32 (3.68%) NoSQL
14 28 (3.22%) PostgreSQL
15 23 (2.64%) Spark SQL
16 20 (2.30%) Data Vault
17 18 (2.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 18 (2.07%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 102 (11.72%) Git
2 36 (4.14%) JIRA
3 33 (3.79%) GitLab
4 27 (3.10%) MLflow
5 23 (2.64%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.92%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.57%) Gradle
7 5 (0.57%) Maven
7 5 (0.57%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.46%) Selenium
9 3 (0.34%) Robot Framework
9 3 (0.34%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.23%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.23%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.23%) Postman
10 2 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.11%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.11%) Fiddler
11 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
General
1 287 (32.99%) Finance
2 180 (20.69%) Social Skills
3 147 (16.90%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (7.70%) Banking
5 65 (7.47%) Public Sector
6 27 (3.10%) Retail
7 21 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (2.18%) Front Office
9 17 (1.95%) Back Office
10 16 (1.84%) Telecoms
11 15 (1.72%) Marketing
12 12 (1.38%) Publishing
13 11 (1.26%) Investment Banking
13 11 (1.26%) Legal
14 10 (1.15%) Financial Institution
15 8 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.69%) Billing
16 6 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
17 4 (0.46%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 387 (44.48%) Data Engineer
2 141 (16.21%) Senior
3 92 (10.57%) Senior Data Engineer
4 91 (10.46%) Developer
5 77 (8.85%) Architect
6 75 (8.62%) Lead
7 47 (5.40%) Data Scientist
8 44 (5.06%) Python Engineer
9 41 (4.71%) Azure Engineer
10 38 (4.37%) Analyst
11 37 (4.25%) Azure Data Engineer
12 36 (4.14%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 36 (4.14%) AWS Engineer
13 32 (3.68%) Snowflake Engineer
14 31 (3.56%) Data Architect
14 31 (3.56%) Snowflake Data Engineer
15 27 (3.10%) AWS Data Engineer
16 26 (2.99%) Python Developer
17 23 (2.64%) Data Analyst
17 23 (2.64%) GCP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (15.40%) PySpark
2 85 (9.77%) Kafka
3 71 (8.16%) Pandas
4 47 (5.40%) REST
5 46 (5.29%) NumPy
6 37 (4.25%) scikit-learn
7 34 (3.91%) PyTorch
8 32 (3.68%) FastAPI
9 30 (3.45%) TensorFlow
10 26 (2.99%) Flask
11 25 (2.87%) RESTful
12 21 (2.41%) .NET
13 20 (2.30%) Polars
14 18 (2.07%) React
15 17 (1.95%) Apache Avro
15 17 (1.95%) JSON
16 15 (1.72%) Spring
16 15 (1.72%) Spring Boot
17 14 (1.61%) OpenTelemetry
17 14 (1.61%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 108 (12.41%) Cloud Native
2 47 (5.40%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (4.48%) Product Ownership
4 33 (3.79%) Legacy Systems
5 29 (3.33%) Onboarding
6 25 (2.87%) Data Structures
7 24 (2.76%) Algorithms
8 21 (2.41%) Distributed Computing
9 19 (2.18%) Management Information System
10 18 (2.07%) AI Agents
11 17 (1.95%) Hedge funds
12 16 (1.84%) Equities
13 15 (1.72%) NHS
14 12 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (1.38%) Fixed Income
14 12 (1.38%) Reinsurance
14 12 (1.38%) Virtual Team
15 11 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
15 11 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
16 10 (1.15%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.87%) Linux
2 18 (2.07%) Unix
3 5 (0.57%) Windows
4 1 (0.11%) Debian
4 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (43.68%) Analytics
2 374 (42.99%) Data Engineering
3 325 (37.36%) Data Modelling
4 320 (36.78%) CI/CD
4 320 (36.78%) ETL
5 266 (30.57%) AI
6 229 (26.32%) DevOps
7 204 (23.45%) Machine Learning
8 195 (22.41%) Agile
9 180 (20.69%) Data Science
10 167 (19.20%) Business Intelligence
11 162 (18.62%) Data Governance
12 151 (17.36%) Decision-Making
13 125 (14.37%) Data Architecture
14 122 (14.02%) Validation
15 118 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
16 111 (12.76%) Use Case
17 104 (11.95%) Generative AI
18 100 (11.49%) Migration
19 96 (11.03%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 528 (60.69%) Python
2 475 (54.60%) SQL
3 82 (9.43%) Java
4 46 (5.29%) Scala
5 44 (5.06%) C#
6 25 (2.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 23 (2.64%) R
8 18 (2.07%) PowerShell
8 18 (2.07%) T-SQL
9 17 (1.95%) Shell Script
10 16 (1.84%) Bash
11 14 (1.61%) TypeScript
12 12 (1.38%) JavaScript
13 9 (1.03%) Bicep
14 6 (0.69%) C++
14 6 (0.69%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.46%) Korn
15 4 (0.46%) SAS Macro
15 4 (0.46%) SPARQL
15 4 (0.46%) X++
Qualifications
1 156 (17.93%) Security Cleared
2 138 (15.86%) SC Cleared
3 43 (4.94%) Degree
4 23 (2.64%) Azure Certification
5 17 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.26%) Master's Degree
8 8 (0.92%) DV Cleared
9 7 (0.80%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.80%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.57%) SnowPro
11 3 (0.34%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 3 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.34%) CISA
11 3 (0.34%) CISSP
11 3 (0.34%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.23%) CISM
12 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.23%) PhD
12 2 (0.23%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 270 (31.03%) Data Quality
2 48 (5.52%) QA
3 35 (4.02%) GDPR
4 7 (0.80%) Accessibility
5 6 (0.69%) IFRS
5 6 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (0.57%) IFRS 17
6 5 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.57%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.46%) NIST
7 4 (0.46%) SLA
7 4 (0.46%) Solvency II
8 3 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.34%) PMO
9 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.23%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.11%) Basel III
10 1 (0.11%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.11%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 104 (11.95%) Docker
2 2 (0.23%) HDFS
3 1 (0.11%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.11%) etcd
3 1 (0.11%) RACF
3 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 107 (12.30%) Terraform
2 87 (10.00%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.26%) Grafana
4 10 (1.15%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.57%) Control-M
6 3 (0.34%) Kibana
6 3 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.23%) Ansible
7 2 (0.23%) Fluentd
7 2 (0.23%) Istio
8 1 (0.11%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.11%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.11%) logstash
8 1 (0.11%) Puppet
Vendors
1 198 (22.76%) Databricks
2 148 (17.01%) Microsoft
3 46 (5.29%) Informatica
4 32 (3.68%) Oracle
5 29 (3.33%) OpenAI
6 27 (3.10%) Google
7 16 (1.84%) Palantir
7 16 (1.84%) Salesforce
8 14 (1.61%) Foundry
9 10 (1.15%) SAP
10 7 (0.80%) Automation Anywhere
10 7 (0.80%) UiPath
10 7 (0.80%) Workday
11 6 (0.69%) Cloudera
11 6 (0.69%) Dynatrace
11 6 (0.69%) Splunk
11 6 (0.69%) Talend
12 5 (0.57%) Amplitude
13 4 (0.46%) Hortonworks
13 4 (0.46%) MuleSoft