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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 102 137
Rank change year-on-year +53 +35 +90
Contract jobs citing Data Pipeline 809 329 320
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.42% 2.71% 1.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.99% 2.93% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 572 245 244
10th Percentile £388 £407 £387
25th Percentile £450 £450 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -6.52% +2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £658 £688
90th Percentile £750 £800 £772
England median daily rate £514 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +2.85% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £57.60 £43.53 -
25th Percentile £58.88 £46.42 £46.75
Median hourly rate £67.00 £52.50 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.62% +8.25% -39.38%
75th Percentile £74.00 £53.75 £50.25
90th Percentile £74.60 - -
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 16,221 11,218 15,466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.65% 92.28% 88.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,826 7,519 11,090
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £435 £431 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 192 320
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.19 £24.54 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.25 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.73% +15.18% -28.97%
75th Percentile £58.92 £49.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £78.63 £63.23 £68.08
England median hourly rate £47.00 £28.60 £37.50
% change year-on-year +64.34% -23.73% +0.43%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 +24 108 £520 -5.45% 74
West London -1 25 £520 +1.56% 12
East London 0 6 £450 - 11
South London -9 4 £500 +5.26% 9
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
1 100 (12.36%) Apache Airflow
2 99 (12.24%) Apache Spark
3 51 (6.30%) Apache
4 12 (1.48%) Confluence
5 8 (0.99%) Appian
5 8 (0.99%) Palantir Foundry
6 7 (0.87%) SAS
7 5 (0.62%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.25%) OpenROAD
10 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.12%) Camunda
10 1 (0.12%) CICS
10 1 (0.12%) Luigi
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.12%) PowerExchange
10 1 (0.12%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.25%) Trello
4 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.74%) Aladdin
2 5 (0.62%) BambooHR
3 4 (0.49%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.25%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.25%) SimCorp Dimension
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 383 (47.34%) Azure
2 293 (36.22%) AWS
3 151 (18.67%) Power Platform
4 129 (15.95%) GCP
5 119 (14.71%) Azure Data Factory
6 102 (12.61%) Azure DevOps
7 101 (12.48%) Snowflake
8 92 (11.37%) GitHub
9 81 (10.01%) dbt
10 80 (9.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 79 (9.77%) Amazon S3
12 67 (8.28%) Serverless
13 58 (7.17%) AWS Lambda
14 55 (6.80%) GitHub Actions
15 27 (3.34%) Dagster
16 22 (2.72%) Azure AI
17 19 (2.35%) Power Automate
18 18 (2.22%) Amazon SageMaker
18 18 (2.22%) AWS Step Functions
19 17 (2.10%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.37%) Firewall
2 2 (0.25%) InfiniBand
2 2 (0.25%) Network Security
3 1 (0.12%) 4G
3 1 (0.12%) 5G
3 1 (0.12%) HTTP
3 1 (0.12%) MIMO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (19.41%) Data Warehouse
2 130 (16.07%) Power BI
3 122 (15.08%) Data Lake
4 70 (8.65%) Delta Lake
4 70 (8.65%) Metadata
5 63 (7.79%) SQL Server
6 52 (6.43%) BigQuery
7 48 (5.93%) Tableau
8 45 (5.56%) Big Data
9 43 (5.32%) Snowflake Schema
10 41 (5.07%) Azure SQL Database
10 41 (5.07%) Relational Database
11 38 (4.70%) NoSQL
12 34 (4.20%) Amazon Redshift
13 29 (3.58%) Amazon Athena
14 25 (3.09%) Spark SQL
15 20 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
16 19 (2.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 18 (2.22%) Data Vault
18 17 (2.10%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 110 (13.60%) Git
2 32 (3.96%) JIRA
3 29 (3.58%) GitLab
4 28 (3.46%) MLflow
5 23 (2.84%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.99%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.62%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.49%) Gradle
8 4 (0.49%) Maven
8 4 (0.49%) Selenium
9 3 (0.37%) Robot Framework
9 3 (0.37%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.25%) Postman
10 2 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.25%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.12%) CMake
11 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.12%) Fiddler
General
1 269 (33.25%) Finance
2 163 (20.15%) Social Skills
3 133 (16.44%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (7.42%) Banking
5 44 (5.44%) Public Sector
6 20 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (2.47%) Retail
7 18 (2.22%) Front Office
8 16 (1.98%) Marketing
9 15 (1.85%) Back Office
10 14 (1.73%) Telecoms
11 13 (1.61%) Publishing
12 12 (1.48%) Investment Banking
13 11 (1.36%) Legal
14 8 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (0.99%) Financial Institution
14 8 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (0.62%) Billing
17 4 (0.49%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 383 (47.34%) Data Engineer
2 134 (16.56%) Senior
3 89 (11.00%) Developer
3 89 (11.00%) Senior Data Engineer
4 60 (7.42%) Architect
5 58 (7.17%) Lead
6 49 (6.06%) Azure Engineer
7 44 (5.44%) Azure Data Engineer
8 40 (4.94%) Python Engineer
9 39 (4.82%) Data Scientist
10 32 (3.96%) Analyst
10 32 (3.96%) AWS Engineer
10 32 (3.96%) Snowflake Engineer
11 31 (3.83%) Snowflake Data Engineer
12 27 (3.34%) AWS Data Engineer
13 25 (3.09%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 25 (3.09%) Python Developer
14 23 (2.84%) Data Architect
14 23 (2.84%) GCP Engineer
14 23 (2.84%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (15.95%) PySpark
2 79 (9.77%) Kafka
3 76 (9.39%) Pandas
4 49 (6.06%) NumPy
5 43 (5.32%) REST
6 39 (4.82%) scikit-learn
7 34 (4.20%) PyTorch
8 31 (3.83%) TensorFlow
9 30 (3.71%) FastAPI
10 27 (3.34%) Flask
11 26 (3.21%) RESTful
12 20 (2.47%) Polars
13 17 (2.10%) .NET
13 17 (2.10%) Apache Avro
14 15 (1.85%) Hugging Face
14 15 (1.85%) React
15 14 (1.73%) pytest
15 14 (1.73%) Spring
15 14 (1.73%) Spring Boot
15 14 (1.73%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 96 (11.87%) Cloud Native
2 39 (4.82%) Distributed Systems
3 36 (4.45%) Product Ownership
4 30 (3.71%) Legacy Systems
5 28 (3.46%) Data Structures
6 24 (2.97%) Onboarding
7 23 (2.84%) Algorithms
8 20 (2.47%) Distributed Computing
8 20 (2.47%) Equities
9 19 (2.35%) Hedge funds
10 16 (1.98%) Management Information System
11 14 (1.73%) AI Agents
12 13 (1.61%) Fixed Income
13 12 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (1.48%) Derivative
14 11 (1.36%) Reinsurance
14 11 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
15 9 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
15 9 (1.11%) Reference Data
16 8 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.72%) Linux
2 18 (2.22%) Unix
3 5 (0.62%) Windows
4 1 (0.12%) Debian
4 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (43.02%) Data Engineering
2 347 (42.89%) Analytics
3 314 (38.81%) Data Modelling
4 307 (37.95%) ETL
5 297 (36.71%) CI/CD
6 235 (29.05%) AI
7 221 (27.32%) DevOps
8 180 (22.25%) Machine Learning
9 179 (22.13%) Agile
10 162 (20.02%) Data Governance
11 157 (19.41%) Data Science
12 150 (18.54%) Business Intelligence
13 125 (15.45%) Decision-Making
14 121 (14.96%) Data Architecture
15 114 (14.09%) Validation
16 108 (13.35%) Problem-Solving
17 99 (12.24%) Use Case
18 90 (11.12%) Infrastructure as Code
19 86 (10.63%) Migration
20 82 (10.14%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 487 (60.20%) Python
2 455 (56.24%) SQL
3 79 (9.77%) Java
4 60 (7.42%) Scala
5 40 (4.94%) C#
6 28 (3.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 20 (2.47%) R
8 17 (2.10%) T-SQL
9 16 (1.98%) Shell Script
10 12 (1.48%) Bash
10 12 (1.48%) PowerShell
11 11 (1.36%) Bicep
12 10 (1.24%) TypeScript
13 9 (1.11%) JavaScript
14 7 (0.87%) C++
14 7 (0.87%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.49%) Korn
15 4 (0.49%) SAS Macro
15 4 (0.49%) X++
16 3 (0.37%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 157 (19.41%) Security Cleared
2 140 (17.31%) SC Cleared
3 44 (5.44%) Degree
4 23 (2.84%) Azure Certification
5 13 (1.61%) Master's Degree
6 12 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.11%) DBS Check
9 7 (0.87%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.74%) Numerate Degree
11 5 (0.62%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.62%) SnowPro
12 4 (0.49%) PhD
13 3 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 2 (0.25%) CISA
14 2 (0.25%) CISSP
14 2 (0.25%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.25%) Postgraduate
15 1 (0.12%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 267 (33.00%) Data Quality
2 47 (5.81%) QA
3 32 (3.96%) GDPR
4 6 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (0.62%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.49%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.49%) IFRS
6 4 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.49%) SLA
7 3 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.37%) IFRS 17
7 3 (0.37%) NIST
7 3 (0.37%) PMO
8 2 (0.25%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.25%) IFRS 9
8 2 (0.25%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.12%) Basel III
9 1 (0.12%) GxP
9 1 (0.12%) MiFID
9 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 100 (12.36%) Docker
2 2 (0.25%) Ceph
2 2 (0.25%) Firmware
2 2 (0.25%) Lustre
2 2 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.12%) etcd
3 1 (0.12%) HDFS
3 1 (0.12%) RACF
3 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 96 (11.87%) Terraform
2 83 (10.26%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.36%) Grafana
4 10 (1.24%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.37%) Control-M
5 3 (0.37%) Istio
6 2 (0.25%) Fluentd
6 2 (0.25%) Kibana
6 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.12%) Ansible
7 1 (0.12%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.12%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.12%) logstash
Vendors
1 199 (24.60%) Databricks
2 141 (17.43%) Microsoft
3 38 (4.70%) Informatica
4 28 (3.46%) Google
5 27 (3.34%) Oracle
6 25 (3.09%) OpenAI
7 13 (1.61%) Foundry
8 11 (1.36%) Salesforce
8 11 (1.36%) SAP
9 8 (0.99%) Automation Anywhere
9 8 (0.99%) Dynatrace
9 8 (0.99%) Palantir
9 8 (0.99%) UiPath
10 7 (0.87%) Workday
11 6 (0.74%) Splunk
11 6 (0.74%) Talend
12 5 (0.62%) Cloudera
13 4 (0.49%) Hortonworks
13 4 (0.49%) MicroStrategy
13 4 (0.49%) Teradata