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 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 120 164
Rank change year-on-year +25 +44 +49
Permanent jobs citing Data Pipeline 565 351 421
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.37% 2.89% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.90% 3.07% 2.41%
Number of salaries quoted 365 183 205
10th Percentile £48,750 £45,850 £58,950
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £139,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £68,500 £69,384 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.27% -0.88% -

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 19,490 11,442 17,451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.87% 94.29% 89.25%
Number of salaries quoted 13,139 7,230 11,761
10th Percentile £40,807 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 14 August 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 14 August 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 +39 97 £85,000 +6.25% 49
West London - 20 £45,000 - 15
South London +14 11 - - 3
East London - 7 - - 2
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 97 (17.17%) Apache Airflow
2 92 (16.28%) Apache Spark
3 55 (9.73%) Apache
4 7 (1.24%) SAS
5 5 (0.88%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.71%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.35%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.35%) Confluence
7 2 (0.35%) Luigi
7 2 (0.35%) Tornado
8 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.18%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (1.59%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.18%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 6 (1.06%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.35%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
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
1 247 (43.72%) Azure
2 182 (32.21%) AWS
3 106 (18.76%) Power Platform
4 102 (18.05%) GCP
5 90 (15.93%) dbt
6 77 (13.63%) Snowflake
7 70 (12.39%) Azure Data Factory
8 56 (9.91%) SaaS
9 51 (9.03%) Azure DevOps
10 49 (8.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 42 (7.43%) Amazon S3
12 36 (6.37%) Serverless
13 18 (3.19%) AWS Lambda
13 18 (3.19%) OpenShift
14 15 (2.65%) GitHub
15 14 (2.48%) Microsoft Purview
16 13 (2.30%) Amazon EMR
16 13 (2.30%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 11 (1.95%) Azure Machine Learning
18 10 (1.77%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.42%) Broadband
2 2 (0.35%) 4G
2 2 (0.35%) 5G
3 1 (0.18%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.18%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (21.42%) Data Warehouse
2 99 (17.52%) Data Lake
2 99 (17.52%) Power BI
3 71 (12.57%) Tableau
4 55 (9.73%) Relational Database
5 46 (8.14%) NoSQL
6 44 (7.79%) SQL Server
7 41 (7.26%) BigQuery
8 36 (6.37%) Azure SQL Database
9 35 (6.19%) Snowflake Schema
10 32 (5.66%) Metadata
10 32 (5.66%) PostgreSQL
11 30 (5.31%) Amazon Redshift
12 27 (4.78%) Elasticsearch
12 27 (4.78%) Oracle Database
12 27 (4.78%) Star Schema
13 26 (4.60%) Spark SQL
14 24 (4.25%) Delta Lake
15 22 (3.89%) Looker
16 20 (3.54%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 73 (12.92%) Git
2 19 (3.36%) MLflow
3 16 (2.83%) IBM UrbanCode
4 8 (1.42%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.88%) JIRA
6 4 (0.71%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.35%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.35%) GitLab
9 1 (0.18%) Crashlytics
9 1 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 184 (32.57%) Finance
2 182 (32.21%) Social Skills
3 138 (24.42%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (9.73%) Banking
5 34 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 34 (6.02%) Marketing
6 29 (5.13%) Public Sector
7 26 (4.60%) Law
8 23 (4.07%) Retail
9 21 (3.72%) Legal
10 20 (3.54%) Investment Banking
11 13 (2.30%) Front Office
12 12 (2.12%) Advertising
13 7 (1.24%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.06%) Back Office
14 6 (1.06%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.06%) Retail Banking
15 5 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 237 (41.95%) Data Engineer
2 120 (21.24%) Senior
3 101 (17.88%) Lead
4 58 (10.27%) Senior Data Engineer
5 51 (9.03%) Analyst
6 48 (8.50%) Architect
7 40 (7.08%) Data Architect
8 31 (5.49%) Lead Data Engineer
9 28 (4.96%) Software Engineer
10 27 (4.78%) Python Engineer
11 26 (4.60%) Developer
12 20 (3.54%) Platform Engineer
13 19 (3.36%) AWS Engineer
14 18 (3.19%) Business Analyst
14 18 (3.19%) Data Analyst
14 18 (3.19%) Machine Learning Engineer
14 18 (3.19%) Senior Systems Engineer
14 18 (3.19%) Systems Engineer
15 17 (3.01%) AWS Data Engineer
15 17 (3.01%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (14.69%) Kafka
2 61 (10.80%) PySpark
3 39 (6.90%) PyTorch
4 37 (6.55%) TensorFlow
5 32 (5.66%) scikit-learn
6 30 (5.31%) Pandas
7 29 (5.13%) LangChain
8 18 (3.19%) LlamaIndex
8 18 (3.19%) React
9 17 (3.01%) pgvector
10 16 (2.83%) Node.js
10 16 (2.83%) RESTful
10 16 (2.83%) Spring
11 14 (2.48%) LangGraph
12 12 (2.12%) GraphQL
13 11 (1.95%) Next.js
13 11 (1.95%) REST
14 9 (1.59%) Spring Boot
15 8 (1.42%) FastAPI
15 8 (1.42%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 72 (12.74%) Cloud Native
2 43 (7.61%) Product Ownership
3 33 (5.84%) Data Structures
3 33 (5.84%) Distributed Systems
4 31 (5.49%) AI Agents
5 26 (4.60%) Onboarding
6 18 (3.19%) Clustering
7 16 (2.83%) Public Cloud
8 14 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (2.12%) Management Information System
10 10 (1.77%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.59%) Derivative
11 9 (1.59%) Reinsurance
12 8 (1.42%) Distributed Architecture
12 8 (1.42%) Equities
13 7 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 6 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
14 6 (1.06%) Market Risk
15 5 (0.88%) Credit Risk
16 4 (0.71%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.95%) Linux
2 4 (0.71%) Windows
3 2 (0.35%) Unix
4 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (52.57%) Analytics
2 268 (47.43%) AI
3 254 (44.96%) Data Engineering
4 223 (39.47%) Data Modelling
5 193 (34.16%) CI/CD
6 183 (32.39%) ETL
7 158 (27.96%) Business Intelligence
8 154 (27.26%) Data Governance
9 142 (25.13%) Machine Learning
10 140 (24.78%) Data Science
11 127 (22.48%) Data Architecture
12 113 (20.00%) Decision-Making
13 100 (17.70%) Agile
14 99 (17.52%) DevOps
15 94 (16.64%) Problem-Solving
16 77 (13.63%) Use Case
17 75 (13.27%) Software Engineering
18 74 (13.10%) Mentoring
19 72 (12.74%) Continuous Improvement
20 69 (12.21%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 373 (66.02%) Python
2 332 (58.76%) SQL
3 39 (6.90%) Java
4 31 (5.49%) TypeScript
5 25 (4.42%) Scala
6 13 (2.30%) JavaScript
6 13 (2.30%) PowerShell
7 10 (1.77%) C#
8 6 (1.06%) C++
8 6 (1.06%) R
9 5 (0.88%) Bash
9 5 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.71%) Rust
10 4 (0.71%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.53%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.53%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.35%) Go
13 1 (0.18%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.18%) C
13 1 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 71 (12.57%) Degree
2 36 (6.37%) Security Cleared
3 32 (5.66%) SC Cleared
4 28 (4.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (3.54%) Azure Certification
6 18 (3.19%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.59%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.24%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.06%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 6 (1.06%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (0.53%) ACCA
10 3 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.53%) CIMA
10 3 (0.53%) MBA
10 3 (0.53%) SnowPro
11 2 (0.35%) CISSP
11 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.35%) PhD
12 1 (0.18%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 189 (33.45%) Data Quality
2 59 (10.44%) GDPR
3 23 (4.07%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 13 (2.30%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.95%) QA
6 7 (1.24%) HIPAA
6 7 (1.24%) PERC
7 5 (0.88%) EU AI Act
8 3 (0.53%) IFRS
8 3 (0.53%) Solvency II
9 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.35%) PMO
9 2 (0.35%) PSD2
10 1 (0.18%) GRC
10 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 39 (6.90%) Docker
2 1 (0.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 50 (8.85%) Terraform
2 34 (6.02%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.30%) Grafana
4 7 (1.24%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.71%) Kubeflow
6 3 (0.53%) Kibana
7 2 (0.35%) Ansible
7 2 (0.35%) Argo
7 2 (0.35%) Control-M
8 1 (0.18%) Packer
8 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 158 (27.96%) Databricks
2 98 (17.35%) Microsoft
3 33 (5.84%) Oracle
4 27 (4.78%) Google
5 17 (3.01%) Cloudera
5 17 (3.01%) Dell
6 16 (2.83%) Red Hat
6 16 (2.83%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.65%) Informatica
7 15 (2.65%) OpenAI
8 9 (1.59%) Foundry
8 9 (1.59%) Palantir
9 5 (0.88%) SAP
10 4 (0.71%) Anaplan
10 4 (0.71%) Sage
11 3 (0.53%) Avaya
11 3 (0.53%) Cisco
11 3 (0.53%) Genesys
11 3 (0.53%) Workday
12 2 (0.35%) Braze