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 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 197 197
Rank change year-on-year +110 0 +20
Permanent jobs citing Data Pipeline 456 261 339
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.00% 1.74% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.46% 1.82% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 302 145 265
10th Percentile £45,100 £53,750 £46,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +0.46% -0.46%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £111,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £69,447
% change year-on-year - +0.80% -4.21%

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 13,176 14,320 19,520
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 86.64% 95.29% 91.80%
Number of salaries quoted 8,493 7,757 15,719
10th Percentile £37,375 £43,250 £39,085
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,001 £52,524
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £116,250 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +12.73% -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 10 February 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 10 February 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 +59 107 £83,500 +11.33% 55
West London +15 17 £47,000 -23.27% 5
South London +50 10 £48,975 -20.04% 4
East London - 3 £32,838 - 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 68 (14.91%) Apache Spark
2 62 (13.60%) Apache Airflow
3 34 (7.46%) Apache
4 12 (2.63%) Appian
4 12 (2.63%) Palantir Foundry
5 5 (1.10%) Confluence
6 3 (0.66%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.44%) IIS
7 2 (0.44%) nginx
8 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.22%) SAS
8 1 (0.22%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.22%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.22%) Notion
Business Applications
1 6 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.44%) Markit EDM
2 2 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.22%) Actimize
3 1 (0.22%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.22%) Endur
3 1 (0.22%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.22%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 226 (49.56%) Azure
2 174 (38.16%) AWS
3 120 (26.32%) Power Platform
4 94 (20.61%) GCP
5 77 (16.89%) Azure Data Factory
6 65 (14.25%) dbt
7 64 (14.04%) Snowflake
8 46 (10.09%) Azure DevOps
9 45 (9.87%) Serverless
10 39 (8.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 38 (8.33%) Amazon S3
12 36 (7.89%) GitHub
13 33 (7.24%) AWS Lambda
14 25 (5.48%) Fivetran
14 25 (5.48%) Power Automate
15 23 (5.04%) Amazon Kinesis
16 18 (3.95%) AWS Step Functions
17 17 (3.73%) Amazon EMR
17 17 (3.73%) Azure Monitor
17 17 (3.73%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.32%) TCP/IP
2 4 (0.88%) Broadband
2 4 (0.88%) Kerberos
3 3 (0.66%) Firewall
3 3 (0.66%) VLAN
4 2 (0.44%) BGP
4 2 (0.44%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (0.44%) MQTT
4 2 (0.44%) OSPF
4 2 (0.44%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.44%) RTMP
4 2 (0.44%) VPN
4 2 (0.44%) WAN
4 2 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.44%) Wireless
5 1 (0.22%) FIX Connectivity
5 1 (0.22%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (28.07%) Data Warehouse
2 119 (26.10%) Power BI
3 85 (18.64%) SQL Server
4 72 (15.79%) Data Lake
5 58 (12.72%) Metadata
6 51 (11.18%) Tableau
7 43 (9.43%) Big Data
8 42 (9.21%) Amazon Redshift
9 34 (7.46%) Azure SQL Database
10 30 (6.58%) Hadoop
10 30 (6.58%) PostgreSQL
10 30 (6.58%) Relational Database
11 26 (5.70%) NoSQL
12 23 (5.04%) BigQuery
13 22 (4.82%) Looker
14 21 (4.61%) Amazon Athena
14 21 (4.61%) Delta Lake
14 21 (4.61%) MySQL
15 18 (3.95%) MongoDB
16 15 (3.29%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 57 (12.50%) Git
2 22 (4.82%) MLflow
3 12 (2.63%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.19%) JIRA
4 10 (2.19%) Visual Studio
5 6 (1.32%) GitLab
6 4 (0.88%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.88%) ERwin
6 4 (0.88%) Postman
6 4 (0.88%) PowerDesigner
6 4 (0.88%) Selenium
7 3 (0.66%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.66%) Charles Proxy
7 3 (0.66%) Fiddler
7 3 (0.66%) Maven
7 3 (0.66%) TestNG
7 3 (0.66%) WebDriver
7 3 (0.66%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.44%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 190 (41.67%) Finance
2 174 (38.16%) Social Skills
3 102 (22.37%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 33 (7.24%) Law
5 33 (7.24%) Public Sector
6 28 (6.14%) Marketing
7 25 (5.48%) Banking
7 25 (5.48%) Manufacturing
8 16 (3.51%) Retail
9 14 (3.07%) Electronics
10 11 (2.41%) Financial Institution
10 11 (2.41%) Telecoms
11 10 (2.19%) Advertising
12 9 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.97%) Front Office
12 9 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.54%) French Language
13 7 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.88%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 194 (42.54%) Data Engineer
2 97 (21.27%) Senior
3 57 (12.50%) Senior Data Engineer
4 47 (10.31%) Lead
5 39 (8.55%) Analyst
6 38 (8.33%) Developer
7 28 (6.14%) Architect
8 27 (5.92%) Lead Data Engineer
9 22 (4.82%) AWS Data Engineer
9 22 (4.82%) AWS Engineer
10 21 (4.61%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 20 (4.39%) Data Architect
11 20 (4.39%) Software Engineer
12 18 (3.95%) Data Analyst
13 16 (3.51%) Azure Engineer
14 15 (3.29%) Azure Data Engineer
15 14 (3.07%) Automation Engineer
15 14 (3.07%) Consultant
16 13 (2.85%) Python Engineer
17 12 (2.63%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (13.16%) Kafka
2 38 (8.33%) PySpark
3 34 (7.46%) PyTorch
4 30 (6.58%) TensorFlow
5 23 (5.04%) Pandas
6 21 (4.61%) REST
6 21 (4.61%) scikit-learn
7 19 (4.17%) pytest
8 18 (3.95%) FastAPI
9 17 (3.73%) RESTful
10 16 (3.51%) Flask
10 16 (3.51%) OAuth
10 16 (3.51%) React
11 15 (3.29%) .NET
11 15 (3.29%) Django
12 14 (3.07%) NumPy
12 14 (3.07%) Web Services
13 12 (2.63%) Hugging Face
13 12 (2.63%) Node.js
13 12 (2.63%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.68%) Distributed Systems
2 29 (6.36%) Product Ownership
3 28 (6.14%) Cloud Native
4 27 (5.92%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.95%) Algorithms
5 18 (3.95%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (3.73%) Data Structures
7 15 (3.29%) Greenfield Project
7 15 (3.29%) Low-Code
8 13 (2.85%) Hybrid Cloud
9 12 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.97%) Reinsurance
10 9 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.75%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.75%) e-Learning
12 7 (1.54%) Hedge funds
13 6 (1.32%) FMCG
14 5 (1.10%) Distributed Architecture
14 5 (1.10%) Fixed Income
14 5 (1.10%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.07%) Linux
2 9 (1.97%) Windows
3 8 (1.75%) Unix
4 2 (0.44%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.22%) Solaris
5 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (52.85%) Analytics
1 241 (52.85%) Data Engineering
2 218 (47.81%) ETL
3 202 (44.30%) Data Modelling
4 191 (41.89%) CI/CD
5 152 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
6 147 (32.24%) AI
7 137 (30.04%) Data Governance
8 129 (28.29%) DevOps
9 126 (27.63%) Problem-Solving
10 112 (24.56%) Machine Learning
11 106 (23.25%) Data Science
12 98 (21.49%) Agile
13 89 (19.52%) Decision-Making
14 72 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
15 63 (13.82%) Data Integration
16 62 (13.60%) Data Management
16 62 (13.60%) Stakeholder Management
17 60 (13.16%) Data Architecture
17 60 (13.16%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 290 (63.60%) Python
2 274 (60.09%) SQL
3 50 (10.96%) Java
4 37 (8.11%) C#
4 37 (8.11%) Scala
5 23 (5.04%) TypeScript
6 20 (4.39%) C++
7 17 (3.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 17 (3.73%) T-SQL
8 14 (3.07%) Bash
9 13 (2.85%) R
10 8 (1.75%) JavaScript
11 7 (1.54%) PowerShell
12 6 (1.32%) PHP
13 4 (0.88%) C
13 4 (0.88%) Go
13 4 (0.88%) Rust
14 3 (0.66%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.44%) Ruby
16 1 (0.22%) Korn
Qualifications
1 86 (18.86%) Degree
2 46 (10.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 40 (8.77%) Security Cleared
4 35 (7.68%) SC Cleared
5 23 (5.04%) Master's Degree
6 21 (4.61%) DV Cleared
7 17 (3.73%) AWS Certification
8 16 (3.51%) Azure Certification
8 16 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (2.19%) CISSP
9 10 (2.19%) MCSE
9 10 (2.19%) OCP
9 10 (2.19%) Oracle Certification
10 7 (1.54%) SnowPro
11 5 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.88%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
15 1 (0.22%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (33.77%) Data Quality
2 27 (5.92%) GDPR
3 16 (3.51%) QA
4 14 (3.07%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.44%) IFRS
7 1 (0.22%) MiFID
7 1 (0.22%) NCSC
7 1 (0.22%) NIST
7 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 62 (13.60%) Docker
2 8 (1.75%) HDFS
3 6 (1.32%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.44%) NFS
5 1 (0.22%) Firmware
5 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 61 (13.38%) Kubernetes
2 57 (12.50%) Terraform
3 23 (5.04%) Grafana
4 13 (2.85%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.75%) Ansible
6 7 (1.54%) Kibana
7 5 (1.10%) Kubeflow
8 4 (0.88%) Argo
9 3 (0.66%) Control-M
10 1 (0.22%) Ambari
10 1 (0.22%) Puppet
10 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 102 (22.37%) Databricks
2 70 (15.35%) Microsoft
3 29 (6.36%) Oracle
4 24 (5.26%) Palantir
5 22 (4.82%) Google
6 19 (4.17%) Informatica
7 18 (3.95%) SAP
8 15 (3.29%) Foundry
8 15 (3.29%) Talend
9 14 (3.07%) Dell
9 14 (3.07%) OpenAI
10 12 (2.63%) Automation Anywhere
10 12 (2.63%) UiPath
11 9 (1.97%) Adobe
12 8 (1.75%) NVIDIA
13 5 (1.10%) Cisco
13 5 (1.10%) IBM
14 4 (0.88%) Alteryx
14 4 (0.88%) Red Hat
14 4 (0.88%) Salesforce