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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 99 128
Rank change year-on-year +51 +29 +98
Contract jobs citing Data Pipeline 854 350 356
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.49% 2.80% 2.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.05% 3.03% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 583 257 272
10th Percentile £391 £407 £400
25th Percentile £450 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -2.73% -
75th Percentile £650 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £761
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 £52.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +28.57% -16.00% -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 16,916 11,555 15,666
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.87% 92.40% 88.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,270 7,751 11,170
10th Percentile £360 £338 £340
25th Percentile £437 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -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 259 210 314
10th Percentile £18.06 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.22 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.45 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +18.39% -29.38%
75th Percentile £59.99 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.70
England median hourly rate £47.50 £27.40 £37.63
% change year-on-year +73.36% -27.18% +4.81%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +23 106 £525 -4.55% 19
West London -7 24 £520 +4.00% 5
East London +4 6 £450 - 6
South London -5 3 £500 +3.90%
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 (11.83%) Apache Airflow
2 94 (11.01%) Apache Spark
3 52 (6.09%) Apache
4 15 (1.76%) Confluence
5 11 (1.29%) SAS
6 8 (0.94%) Palantir Foundry
7 7 (0.82%) Appian
8 6 (0.70%) SharePoint
9 5 (0.59%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.23%) OpenROAD
12 1 (0.12%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.12%) Camunda
12 1 (0.12%) CICS
12 1 (0.12%) Luigi
12 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.12%) PowerExchange
12 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.23%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.23%) CPLEX
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.70%) Aladdin
2 5 (0.59%) BambooHR
2 5 (0.59%) 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 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.12%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 382 (44.73%) Azure
2 318 (37.24%) AWS
3 162 (18.97%) Power Platform
4 135 (15.81%) GCP
5 112 (13.11%) Snowflake
6 108 (12.65%) Azure Data Factory
7 101 (11.83%) Azure DevOps
8 94 (11.01%) Amazon S3
9 92 (10.77%) GitHub
10 87 (10.19%) dbt
11 78 (9.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 76 (8.90%) Serverless
13 68 (7.96%) AWS Lambda
14 54 (6.32%) GitHub Actions
15 27 (3.16%) Dagster
16 21 (2.46%) Azure AI
17 20 (2.34%) Amazon SageMaker
17 20 (2.34%) Microsoft Purview
18 18 (2.11%) AWS Step Functions
18 18 (2.11%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.23%) Firewall
1 2 (0.23%) Network Security
2 1 (0.12%) 4G
2 1 (0.12%) 5G
2 1 (0.12%) HTTP
2 1 (0.12%) MIMO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (19.20%) Data Warehouse
2 141 (16.51%) Power BI
3 128 (14.99%) Data Lake
4 74 (8.67%) Metadata
5 69 (8.08%) Delta Lake
6 61 (7.14%) SQL Server
7 57 (6.67%) BigQuery
8 55 (6.44%) Tableau
9 50 (5.85%) Big Data
10 48 (5.62%) Amazon Redshift
11 45 (5.27%) Relational Database
12 42 (4.92%) Snowflake Schema
13 36 (4.22%) Amazon Athena
14 33 (3.86%) NoSQL
15 32 (3.75%) Azure SQL Database
16 26 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
17 24 (2.81%) Spark SQL
18 19 (2.22%) Data Vault
19 18 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 18 (2.11%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 104 (12.18%) Git
2 36 (4.22%) JIRA
3 31 (3.63%) GitLab
4 27 (3.16%) MLflow
5 23 (2.69%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.94%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.59%) Gradle
7 5 (0.59%) Maven
7 5 (0.59%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.47%) Selenium
9 3 (0.35%) Robot Framework
9 3 (0.35%) 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 (0.12%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.12%) Fiddler
11 1 (0.12%) TeamCity
General
1 282 (33.02%) Finance
2 174 (20.37%) Social Skills
3 146 (17.10%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (7.38%) Banking
5 58 (6.79%) Public Sector
6 26 (3.04%) Retail
7 19 (2.22%) Front Office
7 19 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (1.99%) Back Office
9 16 (1.87%) Telecoms
10 15 (1.76%) Marketing
11 12 (1.41%) Publishing
12 10 (1.17%) Financial Institution
12 10 (1.17%) Investment Banking
12 10 (1.17%) Legal
13 8 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.70%) Billing
15 6 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.47%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 380 (44.50%) Data Engineer
2 138 (16.16%) Senior
3 91 (10.66%) Developer
4 90 (10.54%) Senior Data Engineer
5 74 (8.67%) Architect
6 71 (8.31%) Lead
7 47 (5.50%) Data Scientist
8 42 (4.92%) Python Engineer
9 38 (4.45%) Azure Engineer
10 37 (4.33%) Analyst
11 35 (4.10%) AWS Engineer
12 34 (3.98%) Azure Data Engineer
13 33 (3.86%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 32 (3.75%) Snowflake Engineer
15 31 (3.63%) Snowflake Data Engineer
16 29 (3.40%) Data Architect
17 27 (3.16%) AWS Data Engineer
18 26 (3.04%) Python Developer
19 23 (2.69%) Data Analyst
19 23 (2.69%) GCP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (14.87%) PySpark
2 82 (9.60%) Kafka
3 73 (8.55%) Pandas
4 48 (5.62%) NumPy
4 48 (5.62%) REST
5 37 (4.33%) scikit-learn
6 34 (3.98%) PyTorch
7 32 (3.75%) FastAPI
8 30 (3.51%) TensorFlow
9 26 (3.04%) Flask
10 25 (2.93%) RESTful
11 20 (2.34%) Polars
12 19 (2.22%) .NET
13 17 (1.99%) Apache Avro
13 17 (1.99%) JSON
13 17 (1.99%) React
14 14 (1.64%) pytest
14 14 (1.64%) Spring
14 14 (1.64%) Spring Boot
15 13 (1.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 104 (12.18%) Cloud Native
2 46 (5.39%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (4.45%) Product Ownership
4 31 (3.63%) Legacy Systems
5 28 (3.28%) Data Structures
5 28 (3.28%) Onboarding
6 24 (2.81%) Algorithms
7 20 (2.34%) Distributed Computing
8 19 (2.22%) AI Agents
8 19 (2.22%) Management Information System
9 17 (1.99%) Equities
9 17 (1.99%) Hedge funds
10 12 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (1.41%) Fixed Income
10 12 (1.41%) Reinsurance
11 11 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.17%) NHS
12 10 (1.17%) Reference Data
12 10 (1.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.81%) Linux
2 18 (2.11%) Unix
3 5 (0.59%) Windows
4 1 (0.12%) Debian
4 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 374 (43.79%) Analytics
2 363 (42.51%) Data Engineering
3 322 (37.70%) Data Modelling
4 316 (37.00%) CI/CD
4 316 (37.00%) ETL
5 264 (30.91%) AI
6 225 (26.35%) DevOps
7 200 (23.42%) Machine Learning
8 189 (22.13%) Agile
9 179 (20.96%) Data Science
10 169 (19.79%) Business Intelligence
11 158 (18.50%) Data Governance
12 149 (17.45%) Decision-Making
13 122 (14.29%) Validation
14 121 (14.17%) Data Architecture
15 115 (13.47%) Problem-Solving
16 108 (12.65%) Use Case
17 101 (11.83%) Generative AI
18 94 (11.01%) Migration
19 91 (10.66%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 521 (61.01%) Python
2 469 (54.92%) SQL
3 79 (9.25%) Java
4 47 (5.50%) Scala
5 42 (4.92%) C#
6 25 (2.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 23 (2.69%) R
8 17 (1.99%) Shell Script
8 17 (1.99%) T-SQL
9 16 (1.87%) PowerShell
10 14 (1.64%) Bash
11 13 (1.52%) TypeScript
12 11 (1.29%) JavaScript
13 10 (1.17%) Bicep
14 6 (0.70%) C++
14 6 (0.70%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.47%) Korn
15 4 (0.47%) SAS Macro
15 4 (0.47%) SPARQL
15 4 (0.47%) X++
Qualifications
1 151 (17.68%) Security Cleared
2 133 (15.57%) SC Cleared
3 43 (5.04%) Degree
4 22 (2.58%) Azure Certification
5 15 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.17%) Master's Degree
8 7 (0.82%) AWS Certification
8 7 (0.82%) DBS Check
8 7 (0.82%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.59%) SnowPro
10 4 (0.47%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.35%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 3 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.35%) CISA
11 3 (0.35%) CISSP
12 2 (0.23%) CISM
12 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.23%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.23%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 272 (31.85%) Data Quality
2 48 (5.62%) QA
3 32 (3.75%) GDPR
4 6 (0.70%) Accessibility
4 6 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (0.59%) IFRS
5 5 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.59%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.47%) IFRS 17
6 4 (0.47%) NIST
6 4 (0.47%) SLA
7 3 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.35%) PMO
7 3 (0.35%) Solvency II
8 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.23%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.12%) Basel III
9 1 (0.12%) GxP
9 1 (0.12%) MiFID
9 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 103 (12.06%) Docker
2 2 (0.23%) HDFS
3 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.12%) etcd
3 1 (0.12%) RACF
3 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 103 (12.06%) Terraform
2 83 (9.72%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.29%) Grafana
4 10 (1.17%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.59%) Control-M
6 3 (0.35%) Istio
6 3 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.23%) Ansible
7 2 (0.23%) Fluentd
7 2 (0.23%) Kibana
8 1 (0.12%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.12%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.12%) logstash
8 1 (0.12%) Puppet
Vendors
1 189 (22.13%) Databricks
2 149 (17.45%) Microsoft
3 43 (5.04%) Informatica
4 31 (3.63%) Oracle
5 27 (3.16%) Google
5 27 (3.16%) OpenAI
6 15 (1.76%) Salesforce
7 13 (1.52%) Foundry
7 13 (1.52%) Palantir
8 12 (1.41%) SAP
9 7 (0.82%) Automation Anywhere
9 7 (0.82%) Dynatrace
9 7 (0.82%) UiPath
9 7 (0.82%) Workday
10 6 (0.70%) Cloudera
10 6 (0.70%) Splunk
10 6 (0.70%) Talend
11 4 (0.47%) Hortonworks
11 4 (0.47%) MicroStrategy
11 4 (0.47%) Teradata