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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 113 171
Rank change year-on-year +45 +58 +81
Contract jobs citing Data Pipeline 544 345 267
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.81% 2.29% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.16% 2.54% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 386 231 200
10th Percentile £394 £402 £408
25th Percentile £456 £481 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £638
90th Percentile £788 £751 £738
England median daily rate £525 £550 £534
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.00% -6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 6
10th Percentile £45.90 £58.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £57.13 £60.63 £35.16
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £38.91
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +67.05% -39.91%
75th Percentile £75.38 - £59.88
90th Percentile £78.75 - £75.00
England median hourly rate £67.00 £61.25 £53.60
% change year-on-year +9.39% +14.28% -16.91%

All Process and 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 13,063 13,572 16,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.44% 90.07% 89.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,607 8,737 12,135
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £800 £794
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 164 237
10th Percentile £18.06 £18.03 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.49 £36.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.53% +5.88% -12.54%
75th Percentile £50.88 £54.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.20 £80.75 £74.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

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 December 2025.

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 18 December 2025.

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 18 December 2025. 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 +32 67 £550 -4.35% 30
South London +5 10 £487 -9.35% 16
West London -7 10 £550 - 9
East London +10 8 £1,000 - 3
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 89 (16.36%) Apache Spark
2 87 (15.99%) Apache Airflow
3 38 (6.99%) Apache
4 6 (1.10%) Confluence
4 6 (1.10%) SAS
5 3 (0.55%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.55%) Luigi
5 3 (0.55%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.18%) GeoServer
Applications
1 21 (3.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.55%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.37%) Trello
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.10%) Aladdin
2 3 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.37%) Eagle PACE
3 2 (0.37%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.18%) Actimize
4 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.18%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.18%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 243 (44.67%) Azure
2 202 (37.13%) AWS
3 100 (18.38%) Azure Data Factory
4 87 (15.99%) Power Platform
5 84 (15.44%) GCP
6 74 (13.60%) GitHub
7 68 (12.50%) Snowflake
8 61 (11.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 60 (11.03%) Amazon S3
9 60 (11.03%) Serverless
10 55 (10.11%) dbt
11 52 (9.56%) GitHub Actions
12 49 (9.01%) Azure DevOps
13 45 (8.27%) AWS Lambda
14 18 (3.31%) AWS Step Functions
15 17 (3.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 16 (2.94%) Amazon Kinesis
16 16 (2.94%) AWS CloudFormation
17 13 (2.39%) Azure Functions
18 12 (2.21%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.74%) Cisco IPT
2 3 (0.55%) VPN
3 2 (0.37%) DNS
3 2 (0.37%) InfiniBand
3 2 (0.37%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.18%) HTTP
4 1 (0.18%) Network Security
4 1 (0.18%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (21.88%) Data Warehouse
2 86 (15.81%) Data Lake
3 81 (14.89%) Power BI
4 43 (7.90%) Metadata
5 40 (7.35%) Big Data
5 40 (7.35%) NoSQL
6 38 (6.99%) Azure SQL Database
7 34 (6.25%) Delta Lake
8 31 (5.70%) Amazon Redshift
8 31 (5.70%) BigQuery
9 29 (5.33%) Tableau
10 22 (4.04%) PostgreSQL
10 22 (4.04%) SQL Server
11 21 (3.86%) Star Schema
12 18 (3.31%) Relational Database
13 17 (3.13%) Snowflake Schema
14 14 (2.57%) Amazon QuickSight
14 14 (2.57%) Hadoop
15 13 (2.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 12 (2.21%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 79 (14.52%) Git
2 36 (6.62%) Jenkins
3 19 (3.49%) GitLab
4 17 (3.13%) MLflow
5 12 (2.21%) JIRA
6 4 (0.74%) Selenium
7 3 (0.55%) ERwin
7 3 (0.55%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.37%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.37%) Postman
8 2 (0.37%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.37%) TestRail
9 1 (0.18%) GoCD
9 1 (0.18%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.18%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.18%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Coded UI
9 1 (0.18%) Zephyr
General
1 155 (28.49%) Social Skills
2 150 (27.57%) Finance
3 79 (14.52%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (9.01%) Banking
5 40 (7.35%) Public Sector
6 32 (5.88%) Front Office
7 26 (4.78%) Investment Banking
8 19 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.76%) Pharmaceutical
10 14 (2.57%) Financial Institution
11 13 (2.39%) Marketing
12 12 (2.21%) Legal
12 12 (2.21%) Retail
13 9 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.65%) Electronics
14 5 (0.92%) Corporate Banking
14 5 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.92%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.74%) Military
16 3 (0.55%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 227 (41.73%) Data Engineer
2 77 (14.15%) Developer
3 72 (13.24%) Senior
4 54 (9.93%) Azure Engineer
5 45 (8.27%) Senior Data Engineer
6 44 (8.09%) Azure Data Engineer
7 42 (7.72%) Architect
8 38 (6.99%) Lead
9 31 (5.70%) Python Engineer
10 29 (5.33%) Analyst
11 20 (3.68%) AWS Engineer
11 20 (3.68%) Data Analyst
11 20 (3.68%) Snowflake Engineer
12 19 (3.49%) Data Scientist
13 18 (3.31%) Consultant
14 17 (3.13%) Data Architect
14 17 (3.13%) Software Engineer
15 16 (2.94%) Lead Data Engineer
15 16 (2.94%) Python Data Engineer
15 16 (2.94%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (16.91%) PySpark
2 69 (12.68%) Kafka
3 26 (4.78%) TensorFlow
4 25 (4.60%) PyTorch
5 24 (4.41%) Pandas
6 19 (3.49%) React
7 18 (3.31%) REST
8 17 (3.13%) scikit-learn
9 16 (2.94%) .NET
9 16 (2.94%) JSON
10 14 (2.57%) NumPy
11 13 (2.39%) FastAPI
11 13 (2.39%) LangChain
12 12 (2.21%) Node.js
12 12 (2.21%) RESTful
13 10 (1.84%) AngularJS
13 10 (1.84%) Elastic Stack
13 10 (1.84%) pytest
13 10 (1.84%) XML
14 9 (1.65%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 65 (11.95%) Cloud Native
2 26 (4.78%) Distributed Systems
3 24 (4.41%) Algorithms
4 21 (3.86%) Derivative
4 21 (3.86%) Distributed Computing
5 20 (3.68%) Equities
6 17 (3.13%) Fixed Income
6 17 (3.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 17 (3.13%) Product Ownership
7 16 (2.94%) Data Structures
8 12 (2.21%) Equity Derivative
9 11 (2.02%) AI Agents
10 10 (1.84%) Hedge funds
11 9 (1.65%) Replication
12 8 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (1.47%) Genomics
12 8 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.47%) Life Science
12 8 (1.47%) Onboarding
13 7 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 30 (5.51%) Linux
2 7 (1.29%) Windows
3 3 (0.55%) Ubuntu
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%) Debian
4 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (40.44%) Data Engineering
2 202 (37.13%) ETL
3 199 (36.58%) CI/CD
4 195 (35.85%) Analytics
5 176 (32.35%) Data Modelling
6 139 (25.55%) Agile
7 135 (24.82%) Data Science
7 135 (24.82%) Machine Learning
8 131 (24.08%) DevOps
9 129 (23.71%) Data Governance
10 123 (22.61%) AI
11 111 (20.40%) Problem-Solving
12 102 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
13 83 (15.26%) Data Integration
14 77 (14.15%) Data Architecture
15 75 (13.79%) Infrastructure as Code
16 64 (11.76%) Software Engineering
17 58 (10.66%) Validation
18 54 (9.93%) Data Transformation
18 54 (9.93%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 365 (67.10%) Python
2 298 (54.78%) SQL
3 57 (10.48%) Java
4 53 (9.74%) Scala
5 31 (5.70%) JavaScript
6 25 (4.60%) C++
7 17 (3.13%) C#
8 16 (2.94%) TypeScript
9 13 (2.39%) Bash
10 12 (2.21%) PowerShell
11 11 (2.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 11 (2.02%) R
12 10 (1.84%) Bicep
12 10 (1.84%) T-SQL
13 7 (1.29%) Korn
13 7 (1.29%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.55%) Go
15 2 (0.37%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.37%) SPARQL
15 2 (0.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 102 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 80 (14.71%) SC Cleared
3 48 (8.82%) Degree
4 20 (3.68%) Master's Degree
5 19 (3.49%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.57%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (2.02%) PhD
9 10 (1.84%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.10%) MCP
10 6 (1.10%) Numerate Degree
11 4 (0.74%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.37%) CISSP
13 2 (0.37%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.18%) CBAP
14 1 (0.18%) GIAC
14 1 (0.18%) HP APS
14 1 (0.18%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (24.26%) Data Quality
2 36 (6.62%) GDPR
3 18 (3.31%) QA
4 16 (2.94%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.65%) PERC
6 5 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.55%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.55%) WCAG
8 2 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.37%) Dodd-Frank
8 2 (0.37%) EMIR
8 2 (0.37%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.37%) MiFID
8 2 (0.37%) NIST
8 2 (0.37%) SLA
9 1 (0.18%) GRC
9 1 (0.18%) HL7
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 78 (14.34%) Docker
2 5 (0.92%) zsh
3 4 (0.74%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.37%) Ceph
4 2 (0.37%) Firmware
4 2 (0.37%) Lustre
4 2 (0.37%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.18%) HDFS
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 72 (13.24%) Terraform
2 59 (10.85%) Kubernetes
3 11 (2.02%) Kibana
4 10 (1.84%) logstash
5 9 (1.65%) ITRS Geneos
6 5 (0.92%) Ansible
7 3 (0.55%) Grafana
8 2 (0.37%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.37%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.18%) Graphite
9 1 (0.18%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.18%) Puppet
9 1 (0.18%) SCCM
9 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 179 (32.90%) Databricks
2 70 (12.87%) Microsoft
3 31 (5.70%) Google
4 15 (2.76%) Foundry
4 15 (2.76%) Oracle
5 13 (2.39%) OpenAI
6 12 (2.21%) Palantir
7 9 (1.65%) SAP
7 9 (1.65%) Solace
8 7 (1.29%) Cloudera
8 7 (1.29%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.10%) Informatica
10 5 (0.92%) Adobe
10 5 (0.92%) mParticle
10 5 (0.92%) ServiceNow
10 5 (0.92%) Sophis
10 5 (0.92%) Tealium
10 5 (0.92%) TIBCO
11 4 (0.74%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.55%) Dell