Data Pipeline Job Trends in London

Data Pipelines
England > London

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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 171 176
Rank change year-on-year +85 +5 +35
Permanent jobs citing Data Pipeline 488 276 379
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.65% 2.14% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.15% 2.22% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 316 146 258
10th Percentile £43,750 £55,625 £49,250
25th Percentile £58,199 £61,563 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% -3.57%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,472 12,420 20,543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 84.13% 96.23% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 10,128 7,588 15,922
10th Percentile £39,000 £42,500 £38,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%

Data Pipeline
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Data Pipeline job vacancy trend in London

Data Pipeline
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Pipeline.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Pipeline

Data Pipeline
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Pipeline in London over the 6 months to 6 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Pipeline in London

Data Pipeline
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Pipeline within the London region over the 6 months to 6 April 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
Central London +35 118 £82,500 +13.79% 115
West London +6 25 £45,000 -28.00% 5
South London +45 20 £48,975 -20.04% 1
East London - 9 £32,838 - 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 (22.34%) Apache Airflow
2 84 (17.21%) Apache Spark
3 51 (10.45%) Apache
4 12 (2.46%) Appian
5 8 (1.64%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.82%) Confluence
7 3 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.41%) IIS
9 1 (0.20%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.84%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.20%) Notion
Business Applications
1 3 (0.61%) Markit EDM
2 2 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.20%) Actimize
3 1 (0.20%) Endur
3 1 (0.20%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.20%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 221 (45.29%) Azure
2 178 (36.48%) AWS
3 117 (23.98%) Power Platform
4 98 (20.08%) GCP
5 94 (19.26%) dbt
6 78 (15.98%) Azure Data Factory
7 68 (13.93%) Snowflake
8 53 (10.86%) Amazon S3
9 48 (9.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 43 (8.81%) Azure DevOps
10 43 (8.81%) Serverless
11 32 (6.56%) GitHub
12 28 (5.74%) OpenShift
13 27 (5.53%) AWS Lambda
14 25 (5.12%) Power Automate
15 21 (4.30%) Amazon Kinesis
15 21 (4.30%) SaaS
16 16 (3.28%) Azure Monitor
17 14 (2.87%) Amazon EMR
18 13 (2.66%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.84%) Broadband
2 4 (0.82%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.41%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.20%) 4G
4 1 (0.20%) 5G
4 1 (0.20%) Firewall
4 1 (0.20%) FIX Connectivity
4 1 (0.20%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (23.77%) Data Warehouse
2 112 (22.95%) Power BI
3 83 (17.01%) Tableau
4 78 (15.98%) Data Lake
5 65 (13.32%) SQL Server
6 48 (9.84%) Amazon Redshift
6 48 (9.84%) BigQuery
7 46 (9.43%) Metadata
8 42 (8.61%) Relational Database
9 31 (6.35%) Azure SQL Database
10 28 (5.74%) Looker
10 28 (5.74%) Oracle Database
11 26 (5.33%) Delta Lake
11 26 (5.33%) PostgreSQL
12 24 (4.92%) Snowflake Schema
13 21 (4.30%) Apache Hive
13 21 (4.30%) Spark SQL
14 20 (4.10%) Big Data
15 19 (3.89%) MySQL
15 19 (3.89%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 80 (16.39%) Git
2 35 (7.17%) MLflow
3 16 (3.28%) IBM UrbanCode
4 12 (2.46%) Visual Studio
5 7 (1.43%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.02%) JIRA
7 3 (0.61%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.61%) ERwin
7 3 (0.61%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.41%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.41%) GitLab
9 1 (0.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.20%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.20%) Deequ
General
1 174 (35.66%) Finance
2 148 (30.33%) Social Skills
3 132 (27.05%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (8.61%) Banking
5 38 (7.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (6.56%) Public Sector
7 29 (5.94%) Marketing
8 23 (4.71%) Manufacturing
8 23 (4.71%) Retail
9 17 (3.48%) Investment Banking
10 15 (3.07%) Law
11 13 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (2.25%) Front Office
13 10 (2.05%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.84%) Electronics
15 7 (1.43%) Legal
15 7 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (1.02%) Advertising
17 4 (0.82%) Financial Institution
17 4 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 207 (42.42%) Data Engineer
2 94 (19.26%) Senior
3 62 (12.70%) Analyst
4 58 (11.89%) Lead
5 50 (10.25%) Senior Data Engineer
6 43 (8.81%) Developer
7 28 (5.74%) Lead Data Engineer
8 27 (5.53%) Architect
9 23 (4.71%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 23 (4.71%) AWS Data Engineer
9 23 (4.71%) AWS Engineer
10 22 (4.51%) Data Analyst
11 19 (3.89%) Data Architect
12 17 (3.48%) Python Engineer
12 17 (3.48%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 16 (3.28%) Systems Engineer
14 15 (3.07%) Azure Engineer
15 14 (2.87%) Automation Engineer
15 14 (2.87%) Software Engineer
15 14 (2.87%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (15.98%) Kafka
2 63 (12.91%) PySpark
3 50 (10.25%) PyTorch
4 46 (9.43%) TensorFlow
5 36 (7.38%) scikit-learn
6 32 (6.56%) Pandas
7 26 (5.33%) LangChain
8 21 (4.30%) RESTful
9 20 (4.10%) React
10 18 (3.69%) REST
11 17 (3.48%) pytest
12 16 (3.28%) FastAPI
12 16 (3.28%) Flask
12 16 (3.28%) LlamaIndex
12 16 (3.28%) Node.js
12 16 (3.28%) pgvector
13 14 (2.87%) .NET
13 14 (2.87%) Django
13 14 (2.87%) HTML
13 14 (2.87%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 44 (9.02%) Cloud Native
2 24 (4.92%) Management Information System
3 22 (4.51%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (4.30%) Algorithms
5 19 (3.89%) Product Ownership
6 17 (3.48%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (3.48%) Public Cloud
7 16 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
7 16 (3.28%) Clustering
7 16 (3.28%) Data Structures
7 16 (3.28%) Low-Code
8 13 (2.66%) Reinsurance
9 9 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.64%) Hedge funds
10 8 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.64%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.23%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.23%) Distributed Computing
11 6 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (0.82%) Anti-Piracy
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.66%) Linux
2 11 (2.25%) Windows
3 4 (0.82%) Unix
4 2 (0.41%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.20%) Solaris
5 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (57.17%) Analytics
2 248 (50.82%) Data Engineering
3 234 (47.95%) ETL
4 209 (42.83%) Data Modelling
5 201 (41.19%) CI/CD
6 187 (38.32%) AI
7 155 (31.76%) Business Intelligence
8 145 (29.71%) Data Governance
9 119 (24.39%) DevOps
10 118 (24.18%) Machine Learning
10 118 (24.18%) Problem-Solving
11 115 (23.57%) Data Science
12 94 (19.26%) Agile
13 80 (16.39%) Decision-Making
14 79 (16.19%) Data Architecture
15 74 (15.16%) Continuous Improvement
16 64 (13.11%) Computer Science
16 64 (13.11%) Data Management
17 61 (12.50%) Data Transformation
18 58 (11.89%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 320 (65.57%) Python
2 312 (63.93%) SQL
3 34 (6.97%) Java
4 31 (6.35%) C#
5 27 (5.53%) Scala
5 27 (5.53%) TypeScript
6 20 (4.10%) C++
7 15 (3.07%) JavaScript
8 14 (2.87%) Bash
8 14 (2.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 12 (2.46%) R
10 8 (1.64%) PowerShell
11 6 (1.23%) PHP
11 6 (1.23%) Rust
12 5 (1.02%) C
13 4 (0.82%) Go
13 4 (0.82%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.41%) Julia
14 2 (0.41%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.41%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 84 (17.21%) Degree
2 47 (9.63%) Computer Science Degree
3 38 (7.79%) Security Cleared
4 34 (6.97%) SC Cleared
5 22 (4.51%) Master's Degree
6 16 (3.28%) DV Cleared
7 13 (2.66%) Azure Certification
8 12 (2.46%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.82%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 4 (0.82%) SnowPro
11 2 (0.41%) CISSP
11 2 (0.41%) MCSE
11 2 (0.41%) OCP
11 2 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.20%) PhD
12 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.20%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (33.61%) Data Quality
2 50 (10.25%) GDPR
3 26 (5.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 9 (1.84%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.43%) HIPAA
5 7 (1.43%) PERC
6 3 (0.61%) QA
6 3 (0.61%) Solvency II
7 2 (0.41%) IFRS
8 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.20%) MiFID
8 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 57 (11.68%) Docker
2 4 (0.82%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.61%) HDFS
4 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 63 (12.91%) Terraform
2 56 (11.48%) Kubernetes
3 25 (5.12%) Grafana
4 16 (3.28%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.43%) Kibana
6 4 (0.82%) Ansible
6 4 (0.82%) Control-M
7 3 (0.61%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.41%) Argo
9 1 (0.20%) Ambari
9 1 (0.20%) Puppet
9 1 (0.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 120 (24.59%) Databricks
2 66 (13.52%) Microsoft
3 36 (7.38%) Oracle
4 24 (4.92%) Dell
5 21 (4.30%) Palantir
6 20 (4.10%) Google
6 20 (4.10%) Red Hat
7 16 (3.28%) Cloudera
8 13 (2.66%) Foundry
8 13 (2.66%) Informatica
8 13 (2.66%) OpenAI
9 12 (2.46%) Automation Anywhere
9 12 (2.46%) UiPath
10 10 (2.05%) SAP
10 10 (2.05%) Talend
11 6 (1.23%) Adobe
11 6 (1.23%) NVIDIA
12 5 (1.02%) Salesforce
13 4 (0.82%) Alteryx
13 4 (0.82%) IBM