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 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 106 178
Rank change year-on-year -1 +72 +18
Permanent jobs citing Data Pipeline 547 371 355
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.12% 3.17% 1.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% 3.36% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 360 205 166
10th Percentile £48,750 £46,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £64,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +10.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £125,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - -6.67%

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 20,784 11,026 16,875
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.70% 94.11% 89.66%
Number of salaries quoted 13,882 6,930 10,060
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,000 £41,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%

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 29 September 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 29 September 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 +31 82 £80,000 -5.88% 111
West London -11 6 £57,750 +22.87% 49
South London - 2 £70,000 - 5
East London - 1 - - 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 61 (11.15%) Apache Spark
2 51 (9.32%) Apache Airflow
3 41 (7.50%) Apache
4 7 (1.28%) SAS
5 4 (0.73%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.55%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.37%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.37%) Confluence
7 2 (0.37%) Luigi
7 2 (0.37%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.37%) Tornado
8 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.18%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.18%) PlantUML
2 1 (0.18%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 6 (1.10%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.18%) Primavera
4 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.18%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 243 (44.42%) Azure
2 158 (28.88%) AWS
3 107 (19.56%) Power Platform
4 88 (16.09%) Azure Data Factory
5 87 (15.90%) GCP
6 75 (13.71%) dbt
7 64 (11.70%) Azure DevOps
8 62 (11.33%) Snowflake
9 56 (10.24%) SaaS
10 44 (8.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 40 (7.31%) Serverless
12 30 (5.48%) Amazon S3
13 28 (5.12%) Azure Databricks
14 21 (3.84%) AWS Lambda
15 17 (3.11%) GitHub
15 17 (3.11%) Microsoft Purview
16 16 (2.93%) Azure Machine Learning
17 13 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
18 11 (2.01%) Amazon OpenSearch
19 9 (1.65%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.37%) Broadband
2 1 (0.18%) 4G
2 1 (0.18%) 5G
2 1 (0.18%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (21.21%) Data Warehouse
2 102 (18.65%) Power BI
3 94 (17.18%) Data Lake
4 49 (8.96%) Azure SQL Database
5 48 (8.78%) NoSQL
6 43 (7.86%) Tableau
7 42 (7.68%) Relational Database
8 37 (6.76%) SQL Server
9 34 (6.22%) Metadata
10 31 (5.67%) Star Schema
11 30 (5.48%) PostgreSQL
12 22 (4.02%) Big Data
12 22 (4.02%) Delta Lake
13 21 (3.84%) BigQuery
14 20 (3.66%) Snowflake Schema
15 13 (2.38%) Amazon Athena
15 13 (2.38%) Data Vault
16 12 (2.19%) Amazon Redshift
16 12 (2.19%) MySQL
17 10 (1.83%) Looker
Development Applications
1 65 (11.88%) Git
2 14 (2.56%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.28%) JIRA
4 5 (0.91%) Claude Code
5 3 (0.55%) GitLab
5 3 (0.55%) MLflow
5 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.18%) Crashlytics
6 1 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 194 (35.47%) Finance
2 186 (34.00%) Social Skills
3 95 (17.37%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (8.04%) Banking
5 36 (6.58%) Marketing
6 28 (5.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (4.20%) Public Sector
8 21 (3.84%) Retail
9 20 (3.66%) Law
10 16 (2.93%) Legal
11 12 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (2.01%) Advertising
13 10 (1.83%) Front Office
14 8 (1.46%) Back Office
14 8 (1.46%) Telecoms
15 6 (1.10%) Financial Institution
15 6 (1.10%) Retail Banking
16 5 (0.91%) Legal Technology
17 4 (0.73%) Billing
17 4 (0.73%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 237 (43.33%) Data Engineer
2 115 (21.02%) Senior
3 94 (17.18%) Lead
4 62 (11.33%) Senior Data Engineer
5 51 (9.32%) Architect
6 40 (7.31%) Data Architect
7 37 (6.76%) Software Engineer
8 32 (5.85%) Lead Data Engineer
9 28 (5.12%) Developer
10 27 (4.94%) Machine Learning Engineer
10 27 (4.94%) Platform Engineer
11 25 (4.57%) Azure Engineer
12 23 (4.20%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 23 (4.20%) Azure Data Engineer
12 23 (4.20%) Python Engineer
13 21 (3.84%) Analyst
13 21 (3.84%) Data Scientist
14 18 (3.29%) Databricks Engineer
15 13 (2.38%) Operations Engineer
15 13 (2.38%) Snowflake Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (10.79%) Kafka
2 49 (8.96%) PySpark
3 46 (8.41%) Terraform
4 25 (4.57%) PyTorch
5 23 (4.20%) TensorFlow
6 20 (3.66%) Pandas
6 20 (3.66%) scikit-learn
7 18 (3.29%) LangChain
7 18 (3.29%) LangGraph
8 17 (3.11%) REST
9 15 (2.74%) React
10 14 (2.56%) Spring
11 12 (2.19%) Node.js
12 10 (1.83%) RESTful
13 9 (1.65%) FastAPI
14 8 (1.46%) Flask
14 8 (1.46%) GraphQL
14 8 (1.46%) Next.js
15 7 (1.28%) NumPy
15 7 (1.28%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 61 (11.15%) Cloud Native
2 44 (8.04%) Product Ownership
3 40 (7.31%) AI Agents
4 39 (7.13%) Distributed Systems
5 32 (5.85%) Data Structures
6 25 (4.57%) Onboarding
7 11 (2.01%) Derivative
8 10 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.46%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.28%) Credit Risk
10 7 (1.28%) Distributed Architecture
10 7 (1.28%) Equities
11 6 (1.10%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
11 6 (1.10%) Market Risk
11 6 (1.10%) Marketing Technology
12 5 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (0.91%) Reinsurance
13 4 (0.73%) Autonomous Agent
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.28%) Linux
2 2 (0.37%) Windows
3 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (48.99%) Analytics
2 251 (45.89%) AI
3 243 (44.42%) Data Engineering
4 220 (40.22%) Data Modelling
5 185 (33.82%) CI/CD
6 155 (28.34%) ETL
7 152 (27.79%) Business Intelligence
8 140 (25.59%) Machine Learning
9 138 (25.23%) Data Science
10 128 (23.40%) Data Architecture
11 122 (22.30%) Data Governance
12 112 (20.48%) Decision-Making
13 111 (20.29%) DevOps
14 102 (18.65%) Problem-Solving
15 94 (17.18%) Agile
16 80 (14.63%) Software Engineering
17 71 (12.98%) Roadmaps
18 69 (12.61%) LLM
19 67 (12.25%) Data Ingestion
19 67 (12.25%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 360 (65.81%) Python
2 321 (58.68%) SQL
3 37 (6.76%) Scala
4 36 (6.58%) Java
5 30 (5.48%) TypeScript
6 13 (2.38%) JavaScript
7 11 (2.01%) C#
7 11 (2.01%) PowerShell
8 10 (1.83%) R
9 7 (1.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (1.10%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.73%) Bash
11 4 (0.73%) C++
12 3 (0.55%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.55%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.55%) Rust
12 3 (0.55%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.37%) Go
14 1 (0.18%) Bicep
14 1 (0.18%) Julia
Qualifications
1 63 (11.52%) Degree
2 38 (6.95%) Security Cleared
3 34 (6.22%) SC Cleared
4 26 (4.75%) Azure Certification
5 23 (4.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (3.47%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.46%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.10%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 6 (1.10%) Numerate Degree
9 4 (0.73%) ACCA
9 4 (0.73%) CIMA
9 4 (0.73%) MBA
10 3 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.55%) SnowPro
11 2 (0.37%) CISSP
11 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.18%) GIAC
12 1 (0.18%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.18%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 201 (36.75%) Data Quality
2 32 (5.85%) GDPR
3 13 (2.38%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.38%) QA
4 5 (0.91%) EU AI Act
5 4 (0.73%) IFRS
6 3 (0.55%) PERC
6 3 (0.55%) PMO
7 2 (0.37%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.37%) PSD2
8 1 (0.18%) GRC
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 47 (8.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 41 (7.50%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.01%) Grafana
3 3 (0.55%) Kibana
3 3 (0.55%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.37%) Argo
4 2 (0.37%) Kubeflow
4 2 (0.37%) SQL Sentry
5 1 (0.18%) Ansible
5 1 (0.18%) Packer
5 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 152 (27.79%) Databricks
2 97 (17.73%) Microsoft
3 31 (5.67%) Google
4 17 (3.11%) OpenAI
5 16 (2.93%) Salesforce
6 12 (2.19%) Informatica
7 11 (2.01%) Oracle
8 9 (1.65%) SAP
9 6 (1.10%) Braze
10 5 (0.91%) Anaplan
10 5 (0.91%) Foundry
11 4 (0.73%) Palantir
11 4 (0.73%) Sage
11 4 (0.73%) SnapLogic
11 4 (0.73%) Splunk
12 3 (0.55%) Avaya
12 3 (0.55%) Cisco
12 3 (0.55%) Genesys
12 3 (0.55%) New Relic
12 3 (0.55%) Workday