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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 110 167
Rank change year-on-year +43 +57 +81
Contract jobs citing Data Pipeline 559 335 260
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.91% 2.34% 1.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.27% 2.59% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 398 222 196
10th Percentile £375 £400 £413
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +7.68% -11.00%
75th Percentile £668 £650 £638
90th Percentile £788 £751 £723
England median daily rate £515 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -1.90% -1.69% -6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile £45.65 £58.00 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £60.63 £35.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £35.63
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +82.43% -44.97%
75th Percentile £78.75 - £44.54
90th Percentile - - £68.81
England median hourly rate £67.00 £61.25 £42.19
% change year-on-year +9.39% +45.18% -34.84%

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 13,094 12,910 16,178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.52% 90.24% 89.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,658 8,267 11,566
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 160 246
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.09 £17.11
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £20.01
Median hourly rate £32.45 £35.00 £32.60
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% +7.38% -13.08%
75th Percentile £53.44 £54.13 £57.50
90th Percentile £69.24 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.27% +23.66%

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 January 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 4 January 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 4 January 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 +31 73 £513 -10.87% 127
South London -1 11 £500 -0.10% 30
West London -5 11 £575 - 20
East London +8 7 £1,000 - 55
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 94 (16.82%) Apache Spark
2 79 (14.13%) Apache Airflow
3 34 (6.08%) Apache
4 6 (1.07%) SAS
5 4 (0.72%) Confluence
6 3 (0.54%) Appian
6 3 (0.54%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.54%) Luigi
7 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.18%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 22 (3.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.54%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.36%) Trello
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.07%) Aladdin
2 3 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.36%) Eagle PACE
3 2 (0.36%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.18%) Actimize
4 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.18%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.18%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 258 (46.15%) Azure
2 210 (37.57%) AWS
3 102 (18.25%) Azure Data Factory
4 92 (16.46%) Power Platform
5 82 (14.67%) GCP
6 71 (12.70%) GitHub
7 67 (11.99%) Serverless
8 66 (11.81%) Amazon S3
9 65 (11.63%) Snowflake
10 59 (10.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 55 (9.84%) Azure DevOps
12 53 (9.48%) dbt
13 51 (9.12%) AWS Lambda
14 49 (8.77%) GitHub Actions
15 22 (3.94%) AWS Step Functions
16 18 (3.22%) Amazon Kinesis
17 17 (3.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 17 (3.04%) AWS CloudFormation
18 14 (2.50%) Azure Functions
19 12 (2.15%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.72%) Cisco IPT
2 3 (0.54%) VPN
3 2 (0.36%) InfiniBand
3 2 (0.36%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.18%) DNS
4 1 (0.18%) Firewall
4 1 (0.18%) HTTP
4 1 (0.18%) Network Security
4 1 (0.18%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (21.65%) Data Warehouse
2 89 (15.92%) Data Lake
3 87 (15.56%) Power BI
4 47 (8.41%) Metadata
5 46 (8.23%) NoSQL
6 41 (7.33%) Azure SQL Database
7 37 (6.62%) Delta Lake
8 36 (6.44%) Big Data
9 33 (5.90%) Amazon Redshift
10 31 (5.55%) BigQuery
11 29 (5.19%) SQL Server
12 27 (4.83%) Tableau
13 23 (4.11%) PostgreSQL
14 22 (3.94%) Relational Database
15 21 (3.76%) Star Schema
16 17 (3.04%) Snowflake Schema
17 14 (2.50%) Amazon QuickSight
17 14 (2.50%) Hadoop
17 14 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 13 (2.33%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 85 (15.21%) Git
2 32 (5.72%) Jenkins
3 23 (4.11%) GitLab
4 20 (3.58%) MLflow
5 11 (1.97%) JIRA
6 4 (0.72%) Selenium
7 3 (0.54%) ERwin
7 3 (0.54%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.54%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.36%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.36%) Postman
8 2 (0.36%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.36%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.36%) TestRail
9 1 (0.18%) GoCD
9 1 (0.18%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Coded UI
9 1 (0.18%) Zephyr
General
1 161 (28.80%) Finance
2 155 (27.73%) Social Skills
3 74 (13.24%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (8.23%) Banking
5 36 (6.44%) Public Sector
6 32 (5.72%) Front Office
7 22 (3.94%) Investment Banking
8 18 (3.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.68%) Pharmaceutical
10 14 (2.50%) Financial Institution
11 13 (2.33%) Marketing
12 12 (2.15%) Retail
13 10 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.79%) Legal
14 9 (1.61%) Electronics
15 6 (1.07%) Back Office
16 5 (0.89%) Corporate Banking
16 5 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.89%) Retail Banking
17 3 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 233 (41.68%) Data Engineer
2 77 (13.77%) Developer
3 68 (12.16%) Senior
4 56 (10.02%) Azure Engineer
5 46 (8.23%) Azure Data Engineer
6 43 (7.69%) Architect
7 41 (7.33%) Lead
8 40 (7.16%) Senior Data Engineer
9 30 (5.37%) Python Engineer
10 28 (5.01%) Analyst
11 21 (3.76%) Consultant
12 20 (3.58%) Data Analyst
12 20 (3.58%) Data Scientist
12 20 (3.58%) Snowflake Engineer
13 19 (3.40%) Senior Developer
14 18 (3.22%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 18 (3.22%) AWS Engineer
14 18 (3.22%) Data Architect
14 18 (3.22%) Lead Data Engineer
15 16 (2.86%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (18.07%) PySpark
2 66 (11.81%) Kafka
3 32 (5.72%) Pandas
4 30 (5.37%) PyTorch
5 29 (5.19%) TensorFlow
6 26 (4.65%) REST
7 22 (3.94%) scikit-learn
8 20 (3.58%) NumPy
9 19 (3.40%) React
10 18 (3.22%) .NET
11 16 (2.86%) FastAPI
12 15 (2.68%) JSON
13 14 (2.50%) RESTful
14 13 (2.33%) pytest
15 12 (2.15%) LangChain
15 12 (2.15%) Node.js
16 11 (1.97%) Flask
16 11 (1.97%) Hugging Face
16 11 (1.97%) XML
17 10 (1.79%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 64 (11.45%) Cloud Native
2 27 (4.83%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (4.11%) Algorithms
3 23 (4.11%) Derivative
3 23 (4.11%) Distributed Computing
4 22 (3.94%) Equities
5 19 (3.40%) Data Structures
6 15 (2.68%) Product Ownership
7 14 (2.50%) Equity Derivative
7 14 (2.50%) Fixed Income
7 14 (2.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 11 (1.97%) AI Agents
9 10 (1.79%) Hedge funds
9 10 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (1.61%) Replication
11 8 (1.43%) Genomics
11 8 (1.43%) Life Science
11 8 (1.43%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.43%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.83%) Linux
2 8 (1.43%) Windows
3 2 (0.36%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.36%) Unix
4 1 (0.18%) Alpine Linux
4 1 (0.18%) Android
4 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.18%) CentOS
4 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (42.04%) Data Engineering
2 219 (39.18%) ETL
3 207 (37.03%) CI/CD
4 204 (36.49%) Analytics
5 190 (33.99%) Data Modelling
6 143 (25.58%) Agile
6 143 (25.58%) AI
7 138 (24.69%) Machine Learning
8 137 (24.51%) Data Governance
9 135 (24.15%) Data Science
9 135 (24.15%) DevOps
10 110 (19.68%) Business Intelligence
11 105 (18.78%) Problem-Solving
12 85 (15.21%) Data Integration
13 84 (15.03%) Data Architecture
14 72 (12.88%) Validation
15 71 (12.70%) Infrastructure as Code
16 61 (10.91%) Software Engineering
17 56 (10.02%) Decision-Making
18 54 (9.66%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 381 (68.16%) Python
2 306 (54.74%) SQL
3 57 (10.20%) Java
3 57 (10.20%) Scala
4 31 (5.55%) JavaScript
5 26 (4.65%) C++
6 18 (3.22%) C#
7 16 (2.86%) Bicep
8 15 (2.68%) TypeScript
9 12 (2.15%) Bash
10 11 (1.97%) R
11 10 (1.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 9 (1.61%) PowerShell
12 9 (1.61%) T-SQL
13 8 (1.43%) Korn
14 7 (1.25%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.36%) Go
15 2 (0.36%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.36%) SPARQL
16 1 (0.18%) Rust
Qualifications
1 104 (18.60%) Security Cleared
2 82 (14.67%) SC Cleared
3 50 (8.94%) Degree
4 21 (3.76%) Azure Certification
5 20 (3.58%) Master's Degree
6 14 (2.50%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.97%) PhD
9 10 (1.79%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.61%) MCP
11 8 (1.43%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.54%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.36%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.18%) CBAP
14 1 (0.18%) CISSP
14 1 (0.18%) GIAC
14 1 (0.18%) HP APS
14 1 (0.18%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (27.73%) Data Quality
2 37 (6.62%) GDPR
3 18 (3.22%) QA
4 15 (2.68%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.61%) PERC
6 8 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.54%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.54%) WCAG
8 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.36%) Dodd-Frank
8 2 (0.36%) EMIR
8 2 (0.36%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.36%) MiFID
8 2 (0.36%) NIST
8 2 (0.36%) SLA
9 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.18%) IFRS
9 1 (0.18%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 82 (14.67%) Docker
2 5 (0.89%) zsh
3 4 (0.72%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.36%) Ceph
4 2 (0.36%) Firmware
4 2 (0.36%) Lustre
4 2 (0.36%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.18%) HDFS
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 70 (12.52%) Terraform
2 63 (11.27%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.25%) Kibana
4 6 (1.07%) ITRS Geneos
4 6 (1.07%) logstash
5 4 (0.72%) Ansible
6 3 (0.54%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.36%) Grafana
7 2 (0.36%) Istio
7 2 (0.36%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.18%) Control-M
8 1 (0.18%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.18%) Puppet
8 1 (0.18%) SCCM
8 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 187 (33.45%) Databricks
2 79 (14.13%) Microsoft
3 29 (5.19%) Google
4 18 (3.22%) OpenAI
5 16 (2.86%) Oracle
6 15 (2.68%) Foundry
7 12 (2.15%) Palantir
7 12 (2.15%) SAP
8 7 (1.25%) Informatica
8 7 (1.25%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.07%) Cloudera
9 6 (1.07%) Solace
10 5 (0.89%) Adobe
10 5 (0.89%) mParticle
10 5 (0.89%) NVIDIA
10 5 (0.89%) Sophis
10 5 (0.89%) Tealium
10 5 (0.89%) TIBCO
11 4 (0.72%) Bloomberg
11 4 (0.72%) ServiceNow