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

6 months to
18 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 77 113
Rank change year-on-year +27 +36 +97
Contract jobs citing Data Pipeline 948 470 359
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.65% 3.51% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.22% 3.80% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 652 332 252
10th Percentile £388 £412 £401
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £747
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 1
10th Percentile - £39.69 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £48.84 £56.25
Median hourly rate £57.00 £59.25 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.80% +3.04% +47.78%
75th Percentile - £73.69 £58.75
90th Percentile - £78.75 -
England median hourly rate £42.62 £67.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -36.39% +59.52% -21.63%

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
18 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 18,170 12,368 14,267
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.13% 92.48% 89.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,917 8,148 9,224
10th Percentile £359 £333 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £665 £664 £675
90th 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 350 243 176
10th Percentile £15.55 £18.03 £17.75
25th Percentile £18.50 £25.00 £24.17
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.50 £37.79
Median % change year-on-year +6.56% -19.28% -5.34%
75th Percentile £58.44 £47.75 £57.81
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.95 £78.75
England median hourly rate £38.25 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +52.09% -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 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 18 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.

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 18 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 +10 102 £600 +9.09% 116
West London +9 36 £520 +0.29% 30
South London -6 7 £590 +31.11% 6
East London 0 4 £523 -47.75% 10
North London - 1 £178 -
Data Pipeline
England

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

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Data Engineering47.3%448
2Analytics41.8%396
3CI/CD39.6%375
4Data Modelling36.8%349
5ETL35.4%336
6AI30.8%292
7Machine Learning25.0%237
8Agile22.3%211
9DevOps21.2%201
10Data Governance20.0%190
11Validation16.9%160
12Business Intelligence16.2%154
13Data Science15.8%150
14Data Transformation15.2%144
15Migration14.5%137
16Decision-Making13.9%132
17Data Architecture13.7%130
18Problem-Solving13.5%128
19Stakeholder Management13.1%124
20Performance Optimisation12.1%115