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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 113 175
Rank change year-on-year +9 +62 +23
Permanent jobs citing Data Pipeline 547 370 372
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.20% 3.10% 1.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% 3.29% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 359 203 171
10th Percentile £48,750 £45,800 £56,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £61,625 £63,750
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 £99,375 £101,875
90th Percentile £115,000 £137,000 £120,000
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 20,107 11,233 17,147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.80% 94.14% 89.41%
Number of salaries quoted 13,640 7,113 10,472
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,500 £40,000
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 £96,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%

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 16 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 16 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 +35 90 £82,500 -2.94% 130
West London -7 13 £45,000 -4.26% 37
South London - 4 - - 8
East London - 1 - - 13
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 69 (12.61%) Apache Spark
2 58 (10.60%) Apache Airflow
3 38 (6.95%) 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%) 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 3 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.18%) Primavera
3 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.18%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 250 (45.70%) Azure
2 159 (29.07%) AWS
3 109 (19.93%) Power Platform
4 94 (17.18%) GCP
5 85 (15.54%) Azure Data Factory
6 77 (14.08%) dbt
7 67 (12.25%) Snowflake
8 61 (11.15%) Azure DevOps
9 52 (9.51%) SaaS
10 51 (9.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 38 (6.95%) Serverless
12 29 (5.30%) Amazon S3
13 26 (4.75%) Azure Databricks
14 19 (3.47%) AWS Lambda
15 16 (2.93%) GitHub
15 16 (2.93%) Microsoft Purview
16 14 (2.56%) Azure Machine Learning
17 12 (2.19%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 12 (2.19%) Cloud Computing
18 10 (1.83%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.55%) Broadband
2 1 (0.18%) 4G
2 1 (0.18%) 5G
2 1 (0.18%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (22.12%) Data Warehouse
2 105 (19.20%) Data Lake
3 103 (18.83%) Power BI
4 54 (9.87%) Tableau
5 48 (8.78%) NoSQL
6 44 (8.04%) Azure SQL Database
6 44 (8.04%) Relational Database
7 35 (6.40%) SQL Server
8 32 (5.85%) BigQuery
8 32 (5.85%) Metadata
9 31 (5.67%) Star Schema
10 30 (5.48%) Snowflake Schema
11 27 (4.94%) PostgreSQL
12 24 (4.39%) Delta Lake
13 22 (4.02%) Amazon Redshift
14 20 (3.66%) Elasticsearch
15 18 (3.29%) Big Data
16 16 (2.93%) Looker
17 13 (2.38%) Data Vault
17 13 (2.38%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 62 (11.33%) Git
2 13 (2.38%) Jenkins
2 13 (2.38%) MLflow
3 5 (0.91%) Claude Code
3 5 (0.91%) JIRA
4 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.37%) GitLab
6 1 (0.18%) Crashlytics
6 1 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 184 (33.64%) Finance
2 183 (33.46%) Social Skills
3 111 (20.29%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (7.68%) Banking
5 36 (6.58%) Marketing
6 32 (5.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (4.57%) Retail
8 22 (4.02%) Public Sector
9 20 (3.66%) Law
10 16 (2.93%) Legal
11 12 (2.19%) Front Office
12 11 (2.01%) Advertising
12 11 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.28%) Back Office
13 7 (1.28%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.10%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.10%) Retail Banking
15 5 (0.91%) Legal Technology
16 4 (0.73%) Investment Banking
16 4 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 231 (42.23%) Data Engineer
2 115 (21.02%) Senior
3 101 (18.46%) Lead
4 56 (10.24%) Senior Data Engineer
5 52 (9.51%) Architect
6 42 (7.68%) Data Architect
7 35 (6.40%) Software Engineer
8 33 (6.03%) Lead Data Engineer
9 25 (4.57%) Analyst
9 25 (4.57%) Machine Learning Engineer
9 25 (4.57%) Platform Engineer
10 24 (4.39%) Azure Engineer
10 24 (4.39%) Developer
11 23 (4.20%) Python Engineer
12 21 (3.84%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 21 (3.84%) Azure Data Engineer
13 19 (3.47%) Databricks Engineer
14 18 (3.29%) Data Scientist
15 13 (2.38%) Data Analyst
15 13 (2.38%) Snowflake Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (12.80%) Kafka
2 49 (8.96%) PySpark
3 42 (7.68%) Terraform
4 36 (6.58%) PyTorch
5 34 (6.22%) TensorFlow
6 30 (5.48%) scikit-learn
7 27 (4.94%) LangChain
8 20 (3.66%) Pandas
9 18 (3.29%) LangGraph
10 14 (2.56%) React
10 14 (2.56%) Spring
11 12 (2.19%) LlamaIndex
11 12 (2.19%) Node.js
11 12 (2.19%) REST
12 11 (2.01%) pgvector
13 10 (1.83%) RESTful
14 8 (1.46%) FastAPI
14 8 (1.46%) GraphQL
14 8 (1.46%) Next.js
15 7 (1.28%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 70 (12.80%) Cloud Native
2 47 (8.59%) Product Ownership
3 39 (7.13%) AI Agents
4 36 (6.58%) Distributed Systems
5 32 (5.85%) Data Structures
6 26 (4.75%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.19%) Clustering
8 11 (2.01%) Derivative
9 10 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
9 10 (1.83%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.83%) Public Cloud
10 8 (1.46%) Equities
10 8 (1.46%) Reinsurance
11 7 (1.28%) Algorithms
11 7 (1.28%) Distributed Architecture
11 7 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (1.10%) Credit Risk
12 6 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
12 6 (1.10%) Market Risk
13 4 (0.73%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.46%) Linux
2 3 (0.55%) Windows
3 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 274 (50.09%) Analytics
2 256 (46.80%) AI
3 251 (45.89%) Data Engineering
4 222 (40.59%) Data Modelling
5 183 (33.46%) CI/CD
6 158 (28.88%) ETL
7 156 (28.52%) Business Intelligence
8 148 (27.06%) Machine Learning
9 140 (25.59%) Data Science
10 135 (24.68%) Data Governance
11 131 (23.95%) Data Architecture
12 119 (21.76%) Decision-Making
13 111 (20.29%) DevOps
14 102 (18.65%) Problem-Solving
15 88 (16.09%) Agile
16 77 (14.08%) Software Engineering
17 76 (13.89%) Lakehouse
17 76 (13.89%) Use Case
18 70 (12.80%) Roadmaps
19 67 (12.25%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 353 (64.53%) Python
2 313 (57.22%) SQL
3 33 (6.03%) Java
4 29 (5.30%) Scala
5 26 (4.75%) TypeScript
6 14 (2.56%) JavaScript
7 11 (2.01%) PowerShell
8 10 (1.83%) C#
9 8 (1.46%) R
10 7 (1.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.73%) Bash
11 4 (0.73%) C++
11 4 (0.73%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.55%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.55%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.55%) Rust
13 2 (0.37%) Go
14 1 (0.18%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.18%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 63 (11.52%) Degree
2 36 (6.58%) Security Cleared
3 32 (5.85%) SC Cleared
4 24 (4.39%) Azure Certification
5 22 (4.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (3.29%) 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%) ISEB
12 1 (0.18%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.18%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (34.37%) Data Quality
2 45 (8.23%) GDPR
3 12 (2.19%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.19%) QA
4 10 (1.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 6 (1.10%) PERC
6 5 (0.91%) EU AI Act
7 4 (0.73%) IFRS
8 3 (0.55%) PMO
9 2 (0.37%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.37%) PSD2
9 2 (0.37%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.18%) GRC
10 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 39 (7.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 35 (6.40%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.83%) Grafana
3 4 (0.73%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.55%) Kibana
4 3 (0.55%) Kubeflow
5 2 (0.37%) Argo
6 1 (0.18%) Ansible
6 1 (0.18%) Packer
6 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 158 (28.88%) Databricks
2 98 (17.92%) Microsoft
3 29 (5.30%) Google
4 17 (3.11%) Salesforce
5 16 (2.93%) OpenAI
6 13 (2.38%) Oracle
7 12 (2.19%) Informatica
8 11 (2.01%) Cloudera
9 10 (1.83%) Dell
10 7 (1.28%) SAP
11 5 (0.91%) Anaplan
11 5 (0.91%) Foundry
12 4 (0.73%) Braze
12 4 (0.73%) Palantir
12 4 (0.73%) Sage
13 3 (0.55%) Avaya
13 3 (0.55%) Cisco
13 3 (0.55%) Genesys
13 3 (0.55%) SnapLogic
13 3 (0.55%) Workday