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 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 115 148
Rank change year-on-year +52 +33 +94
Contract jobs citing Data Pipeline 686 313 291
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.12% 2.44% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.59% 2.67% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 480 224 225
10th Percentile £375 £400 £409
25th Percentile £450 £434 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £650 £644 £665
90th Percentile £750 £800 £750
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £61.63 £52.75 £40.54
25th Percentile £62.19 £55.00 £41.57
Median hourly rate £66.25 £61.25 £45.35
Median % change year-on-year +8.16% +35.08% -37.46%
75th Percentile £72.19 £65.00 £48.82
90th Percentile £73.88 - £49.68
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 14,953 11,720 16,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.78% 91.29% 88.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,029 7,873 11,444
10th Percentile £353 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £676 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 165 339
10th Percentile £18.09 £20.18 £15.99
25th Percentile £21.87 £24.66 £19.74
Median hourly rate £35.50 £36.50 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.74% +19.67% -21.54%
75th Percentile £56.97 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.25 £71.15 £69.60
England median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -4.41% +4.62% -13.33%

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 22 March 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 22 March 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 +54 103 £513 -2.38% 118
West London - 21 £600 - 6
South London -9 10 £500 +2.56% 1
East London -2 3 £450 - 6
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
1 109 (15.89%) Apache Spark
2 96 (13.99%) Apache Airflow
3 41 (5.98%) Apache
4 10 (1.46%) Palantir Foundry
5 8 (1.17%) Appian
6 7 (1.02%) SAS
7 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.73%) Confluence
9 2 (0.29%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.29%) OpenROAD
9 2 (0.29%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.15%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.15%) Camunda
10 1 (0.15%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.15%) Luigi
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.44%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.44%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.44%) Aladdin
1 3 (0.44%) BambooHR
1 3 (0.44%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.15%) Actimize
2 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.15%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.15%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 347 (50.58%) Azure
2 264 (38.48%) AWS
3 133 (19.39%) Power Platform
4 128 (18.66%) Azure Data Factory
5 118 (17.20%) GCP
6 89 (12.97%) Snowflake
7 87 (12.68%) GitHub
8 81 (11.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 74 (10.79%) Azure DevOps
10 73 (10.64%) Serverless
11 67 (9.77%) Amazon S3
12 62 (9.04%) AWS Lambda
12 62 (9.04%) dbt
13 47 (6.85%) GitHub Actions
14 25 (3.64%) AWS Step Functions
15 23 (3.35%) Amazon Kinesis
15 23 (3.35%) AWS CloudFormation
16 22 (3.21%) Dagster
17 19 (2.77%) Amazon SageMaker
17 19 (2.77%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.58%) Cisco IPT
2 3 (0.44%) Firewall
2 3 (0.44%) Network Security
2 3 (0.44%) VPN
3 2 (0.29%) InfiniBand
3 2 (0.29%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.15%) 4G
4 1 (0.15%) 5G
4 1 (0.15%) HTTP
4 1 (0.15%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (23.62%) Data Warehouse
2 118 (17.20%) Power BI
3 113 (16.47%) Data Lake
4 64 (9.33%) Metadata
5 56 (8.16%) Azure SQL Database
5 56 (8.16%) SQL Server
6 55 (8.02%) Delta Lake
7 49 (7.14%) NoSQL
8 43 (6.27%) Big Data
9 40 (5.83%) Amazon Redshift
9 40 (5.83%) Tableau
10 38 (5.54%) BigQuery
11 34 (4.96%) Snowflake Schema
12 29 (4.23%) Relational Database
13 22 (3.21%) Amazon Athena
14 21 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
15 20 (2.92%) Spark SQL
16 19 (2.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 17 (2.48%) Star Schema
18 15 (2.19%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 110 (16.03%) Git
2 31 (4.52%) MLflow
3 26 (3.79%) Jenkins
4 25 (3.64%) GitLab
5 23 (3.35%) JIRA
6 4 (0.58%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.44%) ERwin
7 3 (0.44%) Terragrunt
7 3 (0.44%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.29%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.29%) Selenium
8 2 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.29%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.29%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.15%) Gradle
9 1 (0.15%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.15%) Postman
9 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 198 (28.86%) Finance
2 159 (23.18%) Social Skills
3 100 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (7.14%) Banking
5 42 (6.12%) Public Sector
6 22 (3.21%) Front Office
6 22 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (2.48%) Investment Banking
8 15 (2.19%) Legal
9 11 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (1.60%) Financial Institution
9 11 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
10 10 (1.46%) Back Office
11 9 (1.31%) Retail
11 9 (1.31%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.17%) Electronics
12 8 (1.17%) Marketing
13 7 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.73%) Publishing
15 3 (0.44%) Military
Job Titles
1 329 (47.96%) Data Engineer
2 95 (13.85%) Senior
3 70 (10.20%) Developer
4 68 (9.91%) Senior Data Engineer
5 57 (8.31%) Azure Engineer
6 54 (7.87%) Architect
7 51 (7.43%) Azure Data Engineer
8 49 (7.14%) Lead
9 36 (5.25%) Data Scientist
10 35 (5.10%) Python Engineer
11 32 (4.66%) Snowflake Engineer
12 28 (4.08%) Snowflake Data Engineer
13 27 (3.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 24 (3.50%) Analyst
15 23 (3.35%) AWS Engineer
16 22 (3.21%) Data Architect
17 21 (3.06%) Lead Data Engineer
18 20 (2.92%) Consultant
18 20 (2.92%) Python Data Engineer
19 18 (2.62%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (18.80%) PySpark
2 72 (10.50%) Kafka
3 56 (8.16%) Pandas
4 44 (6.41%) scikit-learn
5 41 (5.98%) PyTorch
6 40 (5.83%) NumPy
7 39 (5.69%) TensorFlow
8 26 (3.79%) REST
9 21 (3.06%) FastAPI
10 19 (2.77%) pytest
10 19 (2.77%) React
11 17 (2.48%) Flask
11 17 (2.48%) JSON
12 16 (2.33%) Hugging Face
13 14 (2.04%) .NET
14 13 (1.90%) YAML
15 12 (1.75%) Django
15 12 (1.75%) Node.js
15 12 (1.75%) RESTful
16 11 (1.60%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 88 (12.83%) Cloud Native
2 29 (4.23%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (3.94%) Algorithms
3 27 (3.94%) Data Structures
4 25 (3.64%) Distributed Computing
5 22 (3.21%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (2.92%) Equities
7 19 (2.77%) AI Agents
8 18 (2.62%) Derivative
9 17 (2.48%) Fixed Income
10 15 (2.19%) Product Ownership
11 14 (2.04%) Hedge funds
12 9 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.31%) Equity Derivative
12 9 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 8 (1.17%) Low-Code
13 8 (1.17%) Onboarding
13 8 (1.17%) Reinsurance
14 7 (1.02%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.77%) Linux
2 8 (1.17%) Unix
3 4 (0.58%) Windows
4 2 (0.29%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.15%) Alpine Linux
5 1 (0.15%) CentOS
5 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 320 (46.65%) Data Engineering
2 301 (43.88%) Analytics
3 274 (39.94%) ETL
4 270 (39.36%) Data Modelling
5 261 (38.05%) CI/CD
6 205 (29.88%) AI
7 183 (26.68%) DevOps
8 178 (25.95%) Machine Learning
9 175 (25.51%) Agile
10 165 (24.05%) Data Governance
11 163 (23.76%) Data Science
12 142 (20.70%) Business Intelligence
13 106 (15.45%) Problem-Solving
14 98 (14.29%) Data Architecture
15 90 (13.12%) Data Integration
16 88 (12.83%) Validation
17 86 (12.54%) Decision-Making
18 85 (12.39%) Infrastructure as Code
19 75 (10.93%) Use Case
20 73 (10.64%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 459 (66.91%) Python
2 406 (59.18%) SQL
3 74 (10.79%) Scala
4 54 (7.87%) Java
5 24 (3.50%) C#
6 23 (3.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 20 (2.92%) JavaScript
8 16 (2.33%) Bicep
9 15 (2.19%) T-SQL
10 13 (1.90%) R
11 11 (1.60%) C++
11 11 (1.60%) TypeScript
12 10 (1.46%) PowerShell
13 9 (1.31%) Bash
14 8 (1.17%) Korn
14 8 (1.17%) Shell Script
15 6 (0.87%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.44%) SAS Macro
17 2 (0.29%) Ruby
18 1 (0.15%) C
Qualifications
1 131 (19.10%) Security Cleared
2 114 (16.62%) SC Cleared
3 53 (7.73%) Degree
4 23 (3.35%) Master's Degree
5 22 (3.21%) Azure Certification
6 12 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.60%) PhD
8 10 (1.46%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.46%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.31%) Numerate Degree
10 8 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.58%) SnowPro
12 3 (0.44%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.29%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.15%) HP APS
14 1 (0.15%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.15%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 226 (32.94%) Data Quality
2 41 (5.98%) GDPR
3 27 (3.94%) QA
4 9 (1.31%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.31%) PERC
5 7 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (0.73%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.44%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.29%) Dodd-Frank
8 2 (0.29%) EMIR
8 2 (0.29%) GRC
8 2 (0.29%) MiFID
8 2 (0.29%) NIST
8 2 (0.29%) PMO
8 2 (0.29%) SLA
8 2 (0.29%) WCAG
9 1 (0.15%) Basel III
9 1 (0.15%) Solvency II
System Software
1 90 (13.12%) Docker
2 3 (0.44%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.29%) Ceph
3 2 (0.29%) Firmware
3 2 (0.29%) HDFS
3 2 (0.29%) Lustre
3 2 (0.29%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.15%) etcd
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.15%) zsh
Systems Management
1 90 (13.12%) Terraform
2 79 (11.52%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.73%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.44%) Grafana
4 3 (0.44%) ITRS Geneos
4 3 (0.44%) Kibana
4 3 (0.44%) Kubeflow
4 3 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.29%) Control-M
5 2 (0.29%) Istio
5 2 (0.29%) logstash
6 1 (0.15%) Ansible
6 1 (0.15%) Fluentd
6 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 220 (32.07%) Databricks
2 112 (16.33%) Microsoft
3 34 (4.96%) Google
4 29 (4.23%) OpenAI
5 28 (4.08%) Informatica
6 20 (2.92%) Oracle
7 14 (2.04%) Foundry
8 10 (1.46%) Palantir
8 10 (1.46%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.31%) SAP
9 9 (1.31%) UiPath
10 8 (1.17%) Automation Anywhere
11 7 (1.02%) Cloudera
12 6 (0.87%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.73%) Adobe
13 5 (0.73%) mParticle
13 5 (0.73%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.73%) NVIDIA
13 5 (0.73%) Splunk
13 5 (0.73%) Tealium