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 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 107 147
Rank change year-on-year +41 +40 +83
Contract jobs citing Data Pipeline 649 306 296
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.04% 2.33% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.48% 2.56% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 453 215 232
10th Percentile £375 £400 £407
25th Percentile £449 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.30% +2.38% -7.89%
75th Percentile £650 £640 £661
90th Percentile £750 £775 £749
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.60% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 4
10th Percentile £62.00 £58.00 £35.19
25th Percentile £63.13 £60.63 £35.47
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £38.91
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +67.05% -40.14%
75th Percentile £76.88 - £45.96
90th Percentile £78.00 - £48.54
England median hourly rate £67.17 £61.25 £48.50
% change year-on-year +9.67% +26.29% -25.38%

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 14,498 11,963 16,063
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.24% 90.92% 88.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,728 7,826 11,476
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% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £650 £676 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 155 344
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.45 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.56 £24.66 £19.29
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.38 £52.88 £50.00
90th Percentile £69.94 £78.04 £71.75
England median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £33.78
% change year-on-year -17.14% +3.63% -6.18%

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 4 March 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
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 4 March 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 94 £513 +7.89% 99
West London -5 18 £575 - 18
South London -10 11 £500 +1.27% 8
East London +4 5 £1,000 - 7
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
1 104 (16.02%) Apache Spark
2 87 (13.41%) Apache Airflow
3 35 (5.39%) Apache
4 9 (1.39%) Palantir Foundry
5 8 (1.23%) Appian
6 6 (0.92%) Confluence
6 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.92%) SAS
7 3 (0.46%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.31%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.15%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.15%) Camunda
9 1 (0.15%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.15%) Luigi
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 19 (2.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.46%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.46%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.62%) Aladdin
2 3 (0.46%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.15%) Actimize
3 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.15%) Misys Midas
3 1 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.15%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 330 (50.85%) Azure
2 249 (38.37%) AWS
3 129 (19.88%) Azure Data Factory
4 117 (18.03%) Power Platform
5 112 (17.26%) GCP
6 83 (12.79%) Snowflake
7 76 (11.71%) GitHub
8 75 (11.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 71 (10.94%) Serverless
10 67 (10.32%) Azure DevOps
11 59 (9.09%) Amazon S3
12 56 (8.63%) AWS Lambda
12 56 (8.63%) dbt
13 43 (6.63%) GitHub Actions
14 24 (3.70%) AWS Step Functions
15 21 (3.24%) Amazon Kinesis
15 21 (3.24%) AWS CloudFormation
16 19 (2.93%) Amazon SageMaker
16 19 (2.93%) Azure AI
17 16 (2.47%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.62%) Cisco IPT
2 3 (0.46%) VPN
3 2 (0.31%) Firewall
3 2 (0.31%) InfiniBand
3 2 (0.31%) Kerberos
3 2 (0.31%) Network Security
4 1 (0.15%) 4G
4 1 (0.15%) 5G
4 1 (0.15%) HTTP
4 1 (0.15%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (22.96%) Data Warehouse
2 105 (16.18%) Power BI
3 102 (15.72%) Data Lake
4 54 (8.32%) Metadata
5 53 (8.17%) SQL Server
6 52 (8.01%) Delta Lake
7 50 (7.70%) NoSQL
8 49 (7.55%) Azure SQL Database
9 39 (6.01%) Big Data
10 36 (5.55%) BigQuery
11 35 (5.39%) Tableau
12 32 (4.93%) Amazon Redshift
13 29 (4.47%) Snowflake Schema
14 25 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
15 24 (3.70%) Relational Database
16 21 (3.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 18 (2.77%) Amazon Athena
17 18 (2.77%) Spark SQL
18 14 (2.16%) Data Vault
18 14 (2.16%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 105 (16.18%) Git
2 32 (4.93%) MLflow
3 24 (3.70%) GitLab
4 23 (3.54%) Jenkins
5 18 (2.77%) JIRA
6 4 (0.62%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.46%) Selenium
7 3 (0.46%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.46%) Terragrunt
7 3 (0.46%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.31%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.31%) ERwin
8 2 (0.31%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.15%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.15%) Gradle
9 1 (0.15%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.15%) NUnit
9 1 (0.15%) Postman
9 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 182 (28.04%) Finance
2 162 (24.96%) Social Skills
3 93 (14.33%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (8.01%) Banking
5 40 (6.16%) Public Sector
6 24 (3.70%) Front Office
7 20 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (2.62%) Investment Banking
9 12 (1.85%) Financial Institution
9 12 (1.85%) Marketing
9 12 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
10 11 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (1.69%) Legal
10 11 (1.69%) Retail
11 9 (1.39%) Back Office
11 9 (1.39%) Electronics
12 8 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (0.77%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.46%) Law
14 3 (0.46%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 304 (46.84%) Data Engineer
2 91 (14.02%) Senior
3 76 (11.71%) Developer
4 64 (9.86%) Senior Data Engineer
5 60 (9.24%) Azure Engineer
6 52 (8.01%) Architect
6 52 (8.01%) Azure Data Engineer
7 48 (7.40%) Lead
8 34 (5.24%) Data Scientist
9 32 (4.93%) Python Engineer
10 31 (4.78%) Snowflake Engineer
11 27 (4.16%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 26 (4.01%) Snowflake Data Engineer
13 23 (3.54%) Analyst
13 23 (3.54%) Lead Data Engineer
14 21 (3.24%) AWS Engineer
14 21 (3.24%) Data Architect
15 20 (3.08%) Consultant
16 19 (2.93%) Python Data Engineer
17 17 (2.62%) GCP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (18.18%) PySpark
2 66 (10.17%) Kafka
3 52 (8.01%) Pandas
4 44 (6.78%) PyTorch
5 40 (6.16%) scikit-learn
5 40 (6.16%) TensorFlow
6 38 (5.86%) NumPy
7 26 (4.01%) REST
8 22 (3.39%) FastAPI
9 20 (3.08%) React
10 19 (2.93%) .NET
10 19 (2.93%) pytest
11 17 (2.62%) Flask
11 17 (2.62%) Hugging Face
11 17 (2.62%) RESTful
12 14 (2.16%) LangChain
13 13 (2.00%) JSON
14 12 (1.85%) Django
14 12 (1.85%) Node.js
14 12 (1.85%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 84 (12.94%) Cloud Native
2 29 (4.47%) Algorithms
2 29 (4.47%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (3.85%) Data Structures
4 24 (3.70%) Distributed Computing
5 19 (2.93%) Derivative
6 18 (2.77%) AI Agents
6 18 (2.77%) Equities
7 16 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (2.16%) Fixed Income
9 13 (2.00%) Product Ownership
10 11 (1.69%) Equity Derivative
10 11 (1.69%) Hedge funds
11 10 (1.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.54%) Reinsurance
12 9 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (1.39%) Onboarding
13 8 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.23%) Low-Code
14 7 (1.08%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.93%) Linux
2 5 (0.77%) Windows
3 2 (0.31%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.31%) Unix
4 1 (0.15%) Alpine Linux
4 1 (0.15%) CentOS
4 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (45.92%) Data Engineering
2 277 (42.68%) Analytics
3 257 (39.60%) ETL
4 243 (37.44%) CI/CD
5 241 (37.13%) Data Modelling
6 191 (29.43%) AI
7 174 (26.81%) Machine Learning
8 169 (26.04%) Agile
9 162 (24.96%) Data Science
10 159 (24.50%) Data Governance
11 158 (24.35%) DevOps
12 129 (19.88%) Business Intelligence
13 111 (17.10%) Problem-Solving
14 90 (13.87%) Data Integration
15 88 (13.56%) Infrastructure as Code
16 87 (13.41%) Data Architecture
17 84 (12.94%) Validation
18 74 (11.40%) Decision-Making
19 71 (10.94%) Visualisation
20 70 (10.79%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 434 (66.87%) Python
2 370 (57.01%) SQL
3 73 (11.25%) Scala
4 54 (8.32%) Java
5 28 (4.31%) JavaScript
6 23 (3.54%) C#
7 20 (3.08%) Bicep
7 20 (3.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 16 (2.47%) T-SQL
9 14 (2.16%) C++
9 14 (2.16%) TypeScript
10 13 (2.00%) R
11 11 (1.69%) Bash
12 10 (1.54%) PowerShell
13 8 (1.23%) Korn
14 6 (0.92%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.62%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.46%) SAS Macro
17 2 (0.31%) Ruby
18 1 (0.15%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 115 (17.72%) Security Cleared
2 97 (14.95%) SC Cleared
3 54 (8.32%) Degree
4 25 (3.85%) Azure Certification
5 24 (3.70%) Master's Degree
6 12 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (1.85%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.69%) PhD
8 10 (1.54%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.23%) Numerate Degree
11 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (0.46%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.31%) Postgraduate
13 2 (0.31%) SnowPro
14 1 (0.15%) GIAC
14 1 (0.15%) HP APS
14 1 (0.15%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.15%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 204 (31.43%) Data Quality
2 33 (5.08%) GDPR
3 21 (3.24%) QA
4 12 (1.85%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.39%) PERC
6 8 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.62%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.62%) NIST
8 3 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.46%) WCAG
9 2 (0.31%) Dodd-Frank
9 2 (0.31%) EMIR
9 2 (0.31%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.31%) GRC
9 2 (0.31%) MiFID
9 2 (0.31%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.31%) PMO
9 2 (0.31%) SLA
10 1 (0.15%) NCSC
System Software
1 92 (14.18%) Docker
2 3 (0.46%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.46%) zsh
3 2 (0.31%) Ceph
3 2 (0.31%) Firmware
3 2 (0.31%) HDFS
3 2 (0.31%) Lustre
3 2 (0.31%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 91 (14.02%) Terraform
2 76 (11.71%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.62%) ITRS Geneos
3 4 (0.62%) Kibana
4 3 (0.46%) Kubeflow
4 3 (0.46%) logstash
4 3 (0.46%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.31%) Ansible
5 2 (0.31%) Control-M
5 2 (0.31%) Istio
5 2 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.15%) Grafana
6 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 217 (33.44%) Databricks
2 97 (14.95%) Microsoft
3 30 (4.62%) Google
3 30 (4.62%) OpenAI
4 21 (3.24%) Oracle
5 19 (2.93%) Informatica
6 16 (2.47%) Foundry
7 12 (1.85%) SAP
8 10 (1.54%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.39%) Palantir
9 9 (1.39%) UiPath
10 8 (1.23%) Automation Anywhere
11 6 (0.92%) Dynatrace
12 5 (0.77%) Adobe
12 5 (0.77%) mParticle
12 5 (0.77%) NVIDIA
12 5 (0.77%) Tealium
13 4 (0.62%) Bloomberg
13 4 (0.62%) Cloudera
13 4 (0.62%) Talend