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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	49	80	116
Rank change year-on-year	+31	+36	+93
Contract jobs citing Data Pipeline	948	477	352
As % of all contract jobs in London	4.62%	3.56%	2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	5.19%	3.85%	2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted	655	339	249
10^th Percentile	£389	£412	£404
25^th Percentile	£450	£475	£475
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£550	£575
Median % change year-on-year	-	-4.35%	+4.55%
75^th Percentile	£675	£688	£651
90^th Percentile	£775	£800	£740
England median daily rate	£525	£525	£550
% change year-on-year	-	-4.55%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	4	8	1
10^th Percentile	-	£39.69	-
25^th Percentile	£55.00	£48.84	£56.25
Median hourly rate	£56.00	£59.25	£57.50
Median % change year-on-year	-5.49%	+3.04%	+47.78%
75^th Percentile	£57.00	£73.69	£58.75
90^th Percentile	-	£78.75	-
England median hourly rate	£37.24	£67.00	£57.50
% change year-on-year	-44.42%	+16.52%	+7.29%

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.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	18,262	12,381	14,326
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	89.07%	92.48%	89.25%
Number of daily rates quoted	11,971	8,179	9,290
10^th Percentile	£358	£334	£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	352	241	177
10^th Percentile	£15.89	£18.25	£17.40
25^th Percentile	£18.69	£25.15	£24.18
Median hourly rate	£32.50	£31.49	£37.50
Median % change year-on-year	+3.21%	-16.03%	-6.25%
75^th Percentile	£57.50	£48.00	£57.50
90^th Percentile	£81.13	£65.00	£78.75
England median hourly rate	£38.13	£25.15	£42.50
% change year-on-year	+51.59%	-40.82%	-5.56%

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 16 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 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 16 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	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Central London	+13	101	£600	+9.09%	105
West London	+6	36	£520	+0.29%	27
South London	-6	6	£556	+23.61%	6
East London	+1	4	£523	-47.75%	6
North London	-	1	£178	-	1
Data Pipeline England

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 with a requirement for Data Pipeline.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Python	57.2%	542
2	SQL	53.2%	504
3	Data Engineering	46.9%	445
4	Analytics	41.7%	395
5	Azure	40.8%	387
6	CI/CD	39.3%	373
7	Data Modelling	36.6%	347
8	Data Quality	36.0%	341
9	AWS	35.4%	336
10	ETL	35.1%	333
11	AI	31.1%	295
12	Databricks	25.4%	241
13	Machine Learning	25.1%	238
14	Agile	22.4%	212
15	DevOps	21.3%	202
16	Data Governance	20.0%	190
17	Data Warehouse	18.6%	176
18	GCP	17.0%	161
18	Validation	17.0%	161
20	PySpark	16.5%	156
20	Security Cleared	16.5%	156
22	Business Intelligence	16.0%	152
23	Snowflake	15.9%	151
24	Data Science	15.8%	150
25	Data Transformation	15.3%	145
26	Apache Airflow	14.5%	137
26	Migration	14.5%	137
28	SC Cleared	14.1%	134
29	Decision-Making	14.0%	133
30	Data Architecture	13.8%	131

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	46.9%	445
2	Analytics	41.7%	395
3	CI/CD	39.3%	373
4	Data Modelling	36.6%	347
5	ETL	35.1%	333
6	AI	31.1%	295
7	Machine Learning	25.1%	238
8	Agile	22.4%	212
9	DevOps	21.3%	202
10	Data Governance	20.0%	190
11	Validation	17.0%	161
12	Business Intelligence	16.0%	152
13	Data Science	15.8%	150
14	Data Transformation	15.3%	145
15	Migration	14.5%	137
16	Decision-Making	14.0%	133
17	Data Architecture	13.8%	131
18	Problem-Solving	13.3%	126
19	Stakeholder Management	13.1%	124
20	Performance Optimisation	12.1%	115