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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 102 137
Rank change year-on-year +54 +35 +80
Contract jobs citing Data Pipeline 782 337 315
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.33% 2.73% 1.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.90% 2.96% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 553 249 241
10th Percentile £375 £402 £400
25th Percentile £450 £449 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +1.77%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £750
England median daily rate £513 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +2.50% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 1
10th Percentile £58.03 £45.46 -
25th Percentile £59.94 £51.25 £46.75
Median hourly rate £64.75 £52.50 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.33% +8.25% -33.10%
75th Percentile £73.50 £65.00 £50.25
90th Percentile £74.40 - -
England median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% -11.03%

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 15,948 11,394 15,486
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.35% 92.23% 88.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,673 7,685 11,109
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £431 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £681
90th Percentile £760 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 187 308
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.24 £15.81
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.33 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £34.00 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year +9.56% +21.78% -25.23%
75th Percentile £57.86 £50.25 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.83
England median hourly rate £46.80 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.78% -21.23% -0.11%

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 21 May 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 21 May 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 21 May 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 +33 108 £513 -6.82% 55
West London -3 26 £520 +1.56% 12
East London -1 6 £450 - 10
South London -14 4 £500 +5.26% 8
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
1 107 (13.68%) Apache Spark
2 90 (11.51%) Apache Airflow
3 49 (6.27%) Apache
4 10 (1.28%) Confluence
5 9 (1.15%) Palantir Foundry
6 8 (1.02%) Appian
6 8 (1.02%) SAS
7 5 (0.64%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.26%) OpenROAD
8 2 (0.26%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.13%) Apache Synapse
9 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.13%) Camunda
9 1 (0.13%) CICS
9 1 (0.13%) Luigi
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 18 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.38%) Trello
4 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.77%) Aladdin
2 5 (0.64%) BambooHR
3 3 (0.38%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.38%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.26%) SimCorp Dimension
5 1 (0.13%) Actimize
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 373 (47.70%) Azure
2 278 (35.55%) AWS
3 148 (18.93%) Power Platform
4 125 (15.98%) Azure Data Factory
4 125 (15.98%) GCP
5 95 (12.15%) Azure DevOps
6 90 (11.51%) GitHub
7 84 (10.74%) Snowflake
8 83 (10.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 77 (9.85%) Amazon S3
10 68 (8.70%) Serverless
11 65 (8.31%) dbt
12 58 (7.42%) AWS Lambda
13 53 (6.78%) GitHub Actions
14 26 (3.32%) Dagster
15 22 (2.81%) Azure AI
16 19 (2.43%) Amazon Kinesis
16 19 (2.43%) AWS Step Functions
16 19 (2.43%) Microsoft Purview
16 19 (2.43%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.38%) Firewall
2 2 (0.26%) InfiniBand
2 2 (0.26%) Network Security
3 1 (0.13%) 4G
3 1 (0.13%) 5G
3 1 (0.13%) HTTP
3 1 (0.13%) MIMO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (20.97%) Data Warehouse
2 126 (16.11%) Power BI
3 121 (15.47%) Data Lake
4 74 (9.46%) Metadata
5 70 (8.95%) Delta Lake
6 63 (8.06%) SQL Server
7 50 (6.39%) BigQuery
8 49 (6.27%) Azure SQL Database
9 46 (5.88%) Big Data
10 44 (5.63%) Tableau
11 43 (5.50%) Relational Database
12 41 (5.24%) NoSQL
13 38 (4.86%) Snowflake Schema
14 31 (3.96%) Amazon Redshift
15 28 (3.58%) Amazon Athena
16 25 (3.20%) Spark SQL
17 20 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 19 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
19 18 (2.30%) Star Schema
20 16 (2.05%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 114 (14.58%) Git
2 31 (3.96%) JIRA
3 29 (3.71%) MLflow
4 27 (3.45%) GitLab
5 25 (3.20%) Jenkins
6 8 (1.02%) SonarQube
7 6 (0.77%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.64%) Selenium
9 4 (0.51%) Gradle
9 4 (0.51%) Maven
10 3 (0.38%) Robot Framework
11 2 (0.26%) Postman
11 2 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.26%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.26%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.26%) Terragrunt
12 1 (0.13%) CMake
12 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.13%) Mocha
12 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 247 (31.59%) Finance
2 159 (20.33%) Social Skills
3 124 (15.86%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (7.54%) Banking
5 46 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 17 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (2.17%) Retail
7 15 (1.92%) Marketing
8 14 (1.79%) Front Office
8 14 (1.79%) Telecoms
9 13 (1.66%) Back Office
9 13 (1.66%) Publishing
10 12 (1.53%) Legal
11 11 (1.41%) Investment Banking
12 9 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (0.90%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.64%) Billing
15 4 (0.51%) Electronics
15 4 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 368 (47.06%) Data Engineer
2 132 (16.88%) Senior
3 91 (11.64%) Developer
4 87 (11.13%) Senior Data Engineer
5 59 (7.54%) Azure Engineer
6 56 (7.16%) Architect
7 52 (6.65%) Azure Data Engineer
7 52 (6.65%) Lead
8 38 (4.86%) Data Scientist
9 36 (4.60%) Python Engineer
10 34 (4.35%) Analyst
11 29 (3.71%) Snowflake Engineer
12 27 (3.45%) AWS Engineer
12 27 (3.45%) Snowflake Data Engineer
13 24 (3.07%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 24 (3.07%) Python Developer
13 24 (3.07%) Senior Developer
14 23 (2.94%) AWS Data Engineer
15 22 (2.81%) Data Architect
15 22 (2.81%) GCP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (16.88%) PySpark
2 85 (10.87%) Kafka
3 77 (9.85%) Pandas
4 50 (6.39%) NumPy
5 40 (5.12%) REST
6 38 (4.86%) scikit-learn
7 33 (4.22%) PyTorch
8 30 (3.84%) TensorFlow
9 29 (3.71%) FastAPI
10 28 (3.58%) Flask
11 26 (3.32%) RESTful
12 20 (2.56%) Polars
13 17 (2.17%) .NET
13 17 (2.17%) Apache Avro
14 16 (2.05%) Hugging Face
15 15 (1.92%) JSON
15 15 (1.92%) pytest
15 15 (1.92%) React
16 14 (1.79%) Spring
16 14 (1.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 84 (10.74%) Cloud Native
2 36 (4.60%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (4.22%) Product Ownership
4 30 (3.84%) Data Structures
5 28 (3.58%) Legacy Systems
6 23 (2.94%) Algorithms
7 22 (2.81%) Distributed Computing
8 20 (2.56%) Onboarding
9 19 (2.43%) Hedge funds
10 18 (2.30%) Equities
11 15 (1.92%) AI Agents
11 15 (1.92%) Management Information System
12 13 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (1.53%) Derivative
14 11 (1.41%) Fixed Income
14 11 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
15 9 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
16 8 (1.02%) Low-Code
17 7 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
17 7 (0.90%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.81%) Linux
2 17 (2.17%) Unix
3 5 (0.64%) Windows
4 1 (0.13%) Debian
4 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (43.09%) Analytics
2 333 (42.58%) Data Engineering
3 309 (39.51%) ETL
4 304 (38.87%) Data Modelling
5 286 (36.57%) CI/CD
6 218 (27.88%) AI
7 214 (27.37%) DevOps
8 181 (23.15%) Agile
9 176 (22.51%) Data Governance
10 167 (21.36%) Machine Learning
11 153 (19.57%) Data Science
12 150 (19.18%) Business Intelligence
13 118 (15.09%) Data Architecture
13 118 (15.09%) Decision-Making
14 114 (14.58%) Validation
15 111 (14.19%) Problem-Solving
16 92 (11.76%) Use Case
17 88 (11.25%) Infrastructure as Code
18 82 (10.49%) Data Integration
18 82 (10.49%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 469 (59.97%) Python
2 442 (56.52%) SQL
3 80 (10.23%) Java
4 69 (8.82%) Scala
5 41 (5.24%) C#
6 29 (3.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 21 (2.69%) R
8 18 (2.30%) T-SQL
9 15 (1.92%) Shell Script
10 12 (1.53%) Bash
10 12 (1.53%) JavaScript
11 11 (1.41%) Bicep
11 11 (1.41%) PowerShell
12 10 (1.28%) TypeScript
13 8 (1.02%) PL/SQL
14 7 (0.90%) C++
15 4 (0.51%) SAS Macro
15 4 (0.51%) X++
16 3 (0.38%) Korn
16 3 (0.38%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 156 (19.95%) Security Cleared
2 141 (18.03%) SC Cleared
3 45 (5.75%) Degree
4 26 (3.32%) Azure Certification
5 14 (1.79%) Master's Degree
6 13 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (0.77%) AWS Certification
8 6 (0.77%) DBS Check
8 6 (0.77%) Numerate Degree
9 5 (0.64%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.64%) PhD
9 5 (0.64%) SnowPro
10 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.26%) CISA
12 2 (0.26%) CISSP
12 2 (0.26%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.26%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.13%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 259 (33.12%) Data Quality
2 41 (5.24%) QA
3 33 (4.22%) GDPR
4 6 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (0.64%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.51%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.51%) SLA
7 3 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.38%) NIST
7 3 (0.38%) PERC
7 3 (0.38%) PMO
8 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.26%) IFRS
8 2 (0.26%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.26%) IFRS 9
8 2 (0.26%) MiFID
9 1 (0.13%) Basel III
9 1 (0.13%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 99 (12.66%) Docker
2 2 (0.26%) Ceph
2 2 (0.26%) Firmware
2 2 (0.26%) Lustre
2 2 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.13%) etcd
3 1 (0.13%) HDFS
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.13%) RACF
3 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 92 (11.76%) Terraform
2 88 (11.25%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.41%) Grafana
4 10 (1.28%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.38%) Control-M
5 3 (0.38%) Istio
6 2 (0.26%) Fluentd
6 2 (0.26%) Kibana
6 2 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.13%) Ansible
7 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.13%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.13%) logstash
Vendors
1 205 (26.21%) Databricks
2 132 (16.88%) Microsoft
3 37 (4.73%) Informatica
4 30 (3.84%) Google
5 29 (3.71%) Oracle
6 24 (3.07%) OpenAI
7 14 (1.79%) Foundry
8 13 (1.66%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.41%) SAP
10 9 (1.15%) Palantir
11 8 (1.02%) Automation Anywhere
11 8 (1.02%) Dynatrace
11 8 (1.02%) UiPath
12 7 (0.90%) Workday
13 6 (0.77%) Splunk
13 6 (0.77%) Talend
14 5 (0.64%) Cloudera
14 5 (0.64%) MuleSoft
15 4 (0.51%) Confluent
15 4 (0.51%) NVIDIA