Data Pipeline Job Trends in England

Data Pipelines
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Data Pipeline skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 265 213
Rank change year-on-year +90 -52 +34
Permanent jobs citing Data Pipeline 740 523 716
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.42% 1.07% 1.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.73% 1.19% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 495 321 524
10th Percentile £43,150 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.67%
75th Percentile £85,250 £88,750 £88,750
90th Percentile £108,250 £100,000 £112,125
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - -6.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Data Pipeline falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,692 44,038 42,419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.67% 90.44% 90.61%
Number of salaries quoted 25,525 21,717 32,741
10th Percentile £28,518 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,750 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Data Pipeline
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Pipeline relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Data Pipeline job vacancy trend in England

Data Pipeline
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Pipeline.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Pipeline

Data Pipeline
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Pipeline in England over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Pipeline in England

Data Pipeline
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Pipeline within the England region over the 6 months to 6 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +111 437 £75,000 -6.25% 221
South East +48 89 £65,000 -23.53% 227
North of England +21 86 £65,000 +4.00% 113
Midlands +24 59 £60,000 -4.00% 64
West Midlands +43 51 £60,000 - 28
North West +19 45 £65,000 +21.15% 46
Yorkshire 0 39 £65,000 +17.11% 43
South West +12 29 £47,500 -15.51% 72
East of England +34 16 £53,750 -25.86% 78
East Midlands -12 8 £57,500 -11.54% 34
North East -2 2 £65,000 +4.00% 24
Data Pipeline
UK

Data Pipeline
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 96 (12.97%) Apache Spark
2 83 (11.22%) Apache Airflow
3 64 (8.65%) Apache
4 14 (1.89%) Appian
5 9 (1.22%) SAS
6 8 (1.08%) Confluence
7 3 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.27%) IIS
8 2 (0.27%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.27%) nginx
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.14%) Luigi
9 1 (0.14%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) Notion
Business Applications
1 11 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.27%) Markit EDM
3 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.14%) Actimize
4 1 (0.14%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.14%) Endur
4 1 (0.14%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.14%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 376 (50.81%) Azure
2 283 (38.24%) AWS
3 189 (25.54%) Power Platform
4 148 (20.00%) GCP
5 112 (15.14%) Azure Data Factory
6 97 (13.11%) Snowflake
7 74 (10.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 73 (9.86%) dbt
9 59 (7.97%) Amazon S3
10 56 (7.57%) Azure DevOps
11 52 (7.03%) Serverless
12 46 (6.22%) GitHub
13 42 (5.68%) AWS Lambda
14 35 (4.73%) Fivetran
15 27 (3.65%) SaaS
16 21 (2.84%) Amazon Kinesis
16 21 (2.84%) AWS Step Functions
17 20 (2.70%) Amazon EMR
17 20 (2.70%) OpenShift
18 18 (2.43%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.08%) TCP/IP
2 7 (0.95%) MQTT
3 4 (0.54%) Broadband
3 4 (0.54%) Firewall
3 4 (0.54%) Kerberos
4 3 (0.41%) VLAN
4 3 (0.41%) VPN
5 2 (0.27%) BGP
5 2 (0.27%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.27%) Network Security
5 2 (0.27%) OSPF
5 2 (0.27%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (0.27%) RTMP
5 2 (0.27%) WAN
5 2 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.27%) Wireless
6 1 (0.14%) DAB
6 1 (0.14%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.14%) Internet
6 1 (0.14%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 210 (28.38%) Data Warehouse
2 178 (24.05%) Power BI
3 129 (17.43%) SQL Server
4 121 (16.35%) Data Lake
5 84 (11.35%) Metadata
6 63 (8.51%) Big Data
6 63 (8.51%) Tableau
7 62 (8.38%) Amazon Redshift
8 58 (7.84%) NoSQL
9 50 (6.76%) Hadoop
10 41 (5.54%) Azure SQL Database
11 40 (5.41%) Looker
12 37 (5.00%) MongoDB
13 35 (4.73%) PostgreSQL
14 33 (4.46%) BigQuery
14 33 (4.46%) Relational Database
15 32 (4.32%) MySQL
15 32 (4.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 23 (3.11%) Delta Lake
17 21 (2.84%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 73 (9.86%) Git
2 18 (2.43%) MLflow
3 17 (2.30%) Jenkins
4 15 (2.03%) JIRA
5 10 (1.35%) GitLab
5 10 (1.35%) Selenium
6 6 (0.81%) Robot Framework
6 6 (0.81%) Snyk
6 6 (0.81%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.54%) ER Studio
7 4 (0.54%) ERwin
7 4 (0.54%) Postman
7 4 (0.54%) PowerDesigner
8 3 (0.41%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (0.41%) Charles Proxy
8 3 (0.41%) Fiddler
8 3 (0.41%) Maven
8 3 (0.41%) TestNG
8 3 (0.41%) WebDriver
8 3 (0.41%) Zephyr
General
1 263 (35.54%) Social Skills
2 243 (32.84%) Finance
3 133 (17.97%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (10.95%) Law
5 69 (9.32%) Marketing
6 59 (7.97%) Public Sector
7 41 (5.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 41 (5.54%) Manufacturing
8 35 (4.73%) Banking
9 34 (4.59%) Retail
10 21 (2.84%) Advertising
11 16 (2.16%) Electronics
11 16 (2.16%) French Language
12 13 (1.76%) Financial Institution
12 13 (1.76%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (1.08%) Front Office
15 8 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 314 (42.43%) Data Engineer
2 185 (25.00%) Senior
3 101 (13.65%) Senior Data Engineer
4 74 (10.00%) Developer
5 72 (9.73%) Lead
6 62 (8.38%) Architect
7 55 (7.43%) Analyst
8 44 (5.95%) Data Architect
9 37 (5.00%) Software Engineer
10 26 (3.51%) Azure Engineer
11 24 (3.24%) AWS Data Engineer
11 24 (3.24%) AWS Engineer
11 24 (3.24%) Lead Data Engineer
12 20 (2.70%) Azure Data Engineer
12 20 (2.70%) Senior Architect
12 20 (2.70%) Senior Data Architect
13 19 (2.57%) Data Analyst
13 19 (2.57%) Principal Engineer
13 19 (2.57%) Senior Analyst
14 17 (2.30%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (11.49%) Kafka
2 67 (9.05%) PySpark
3 39 (5.27%) Pandas
4 33 (4.46%) PyTorch
5 31 (4.19%) TensorFlow
6 28 (3.78%) .NET
7 24 (3.24%) React
7 24 (3.24%) REST
8 22 (2.97%) RESTful
8 22 (2.97%) scikit-learn
9 19 (2.57%) Spring
10 18 (2.43%) Node.js
11 16 (2.16%) FastAPI
12 15 (2.03%) Spring Boot
13 14 (1.89%) Django
13 14 (1.89%) Flask
13 14 (1.89%) Hugging Face
13 14 (1.89%) NumPy
14 13 (1.76%) Hibernate
14 13 (1.76%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 71 (9.59%) Cloud Native
2 49 (6.62%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (5.27%) Legacy Systems
4 38 (5.14%) Product Ownership
5 34 (4.59%) Management Information System
6 23 (3.11%) Data Structures
7 19 (2.57%) Greenfield Project
8 18 (2.43%) Data Centre
9 17 (2.30%) Low-Code
10 14 (1.89%) Algorithms
10 14 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
11 13 (1.76%) Distributed Computing
12 12 (1.62%) Distributed Architecture
12 12 (1.62%) FMCG
13 11 (1.49%) Hedge funds
14 10 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
14 10 (1.35%) e-Learning
14 10 (1.35%) IoT
14 10 (1.35%) Reinsurance
15 9 (1.22%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.76%) Linux
2 8 (1.08%) Unix
3 6 (0.81%) Windows
4 2 (0.27%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.14%) Android
5 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.14%) Solaris
5 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (52.57%) Data Engineering
2 365 (49.32%) ETL
3 329 (44.46%) Analytics
4 296 (40.00%) Data Modelling
5 257 (34.73%) CI/CD
6 243 (32.84%) Business Intelligence
7 210 (28.38%) AI
8 203 (27.43%) Data Governance
9 192 (25.95%) Agile
10 188 (25.41%) DevOps
10 188 (25.41%) Machine Learning
11 181 (24.46%) Problem-Solving
12 156 (21.08%) Data Science
13 133 (17.97%) Decision-Making
14 118 (15.95%) Data Integration
14 118 (15.95%) Mentoring
15 114 (15.41%) Data Architecture
16 102 (13.78%) Continuous Improvement
17 90 (12.16%) Stakeholder Management
18 88 (11.89%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 448 (60.54%) Python
2 438 (59.19%) SQL
3 79 (10.68%) Java
4 57 (7.70%) Scala
5 49 (6.62%) C#
6 34 (4.59%) TypeScript
7 33 (4.46%) T-SQL
8 32 (4.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 21 (2.84%) C++
10 19 (2.57%) JavaScript
11 18 (2.43%) R
12 16 (2.16%) Bash
13 8 (1.08%) PL/SQL
13 8 (1.08%) PowerShell
14 6 (0.81%) Bicep
15 5 (0.68%) ANSI SQL
15 5 (0.68%) PHP
16 4 (0.54%) Fortran
16 4 (0.54%) Go
17 3 (0.41%) C
Qualifications
1 117 (15.81%) Degree
2 64 (8.65%) Security Cleared
3 59 (7.97%) Computer Science Degree
4 51 (6.89%) SC Cleared
5 31 (4.19%) Master's Degree
6 30 (4.05%) DV Cleared
7 21 (2.84%) Microsoft Certification
8 19 (2.57%) Azure Certification
9 16 (2.16%) AWS Certification
10 12 (1.62%) CISSP
10 12 (1.62%) MCSE
10 12 (1.62%) OCP
10 12 (1.62%) Oracle Certification
11 8 (1.08%) SnowPro
12 6 (0.81%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.68%) PhD
14 4 (0.54%) CITP
15 3 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.41%) MCP
16 2 (0.27%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 215 (29.05%) Data Quality
2 36 (4.86%) GDPR
3 26 (3.51%) QA
4 17 (2.30%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.41%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 3 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.41%) GxP
6 3 (0.41%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.41%) PMO
7 2 (0.27%) IFRS
7 2 (0.27%) NCSC
7 2 (0.27%) NIST
7 2 (0.27%) SLA
7 2 (0.27%) SNOMED CT
7 2 (0.27%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.14%) CDISC
8 1 (0.14%) DICOM
8 1 (0.14%) HL7
System Software
1 93 (12.57%) Docker
2 9 (1.22%) HDFS
3 6 (0.81%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.41%) Firmware
4 3 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.27%) NFS
5 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 89 (12.03%) Kubernetes
2 75 (10.14%) Terraform
3 17 (2.30%) Grafana
4 15 (2.03%) Ansible
5 10 (1.35%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.81%) Argo
6 6 (0.81%) Kubeflow
7 5 (0.68%) Control-M
8 4 (0.54%) Kibana
9 1 (0.14%) Ambari
9 1 (0.14%) Istio
9 1 (0.14%) Puppet
9 1 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 170 (22.97%) Databricks
2 134 (18.11%) Microsoft
3 54 (7.30%) Oracle
4 33 (4.46%) Google
5 31 (4.19%) Palantir
6 27 (3.65%) Talend
7 25 (3.38%) Informatica
7 25 (3.38%) SAP
8 18 (2.43%) Dell
9 16 (2.16%) Foundry
10 14 (1.89%) OpenAI
10 14 (1.89%) UiPath
11 12 (1.62%) NVIDIA
12 11 (1.49%) Salesforce
13 8 (1.08%) Adobe
13 8 (1.08%) Alteryx
13 8 (1.08%) Automation Anywhere
13 8 (1.08%) IBM
13 8 (1.08%) VMware
14 6 (0.81%) BiZZdesign