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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 190 198
Rank change year-on-year +106 +8 +12
Permanent jobs citing Data Pipeline 468 273 336
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.93% 1.86% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.40% 1.94% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 310 151 258
10th Percentile £45,000 £56,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
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 £96,875 £100,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £115,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +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 13,771 14,038 19,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 86.07% 95.82% 91.90%
Number of salaries quoted 8,901 7,799 15,511
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,125 £39,085
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,000 £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 £115,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 26 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 26 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 +58 110 £82,500 +10.00% 55
West London +11 19 £47,000 -23.27% 10
South London +49 15 £48,975 -20.04% 1
East London - 9 £32,838 - 4
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 84 (17.95%) Apache Airflow
2 77 (16.45%) Apache Spark
3 47 (10.04%) Apache
4 12 (2.56%) Appian
4 12 (2.56%) Palantir Foundry
5 5 (1.07%) Confluence
6 3 (0.64%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.43%) IIS
7 2 (0.43%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.43%) nginx
8 1 (0.21%) SAS
8 1 (0.21%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.50%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.21%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (0.85%) Markit EDM
2 3 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.21%) Actimize
4 1 (0.21%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.21%) Endur
4 1 (0.21%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.21%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.21%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 220 (47.01%) Azure
2 180 (38.46%) AWS
3 116 (24.79%) Power Platform
4 93 (19.87%) GCP
5 76 (16.24%) dbt
6 75 (16.03%) Azure Data Factory
7 63 (13.46%) Snowflake
8 50 (10.68%) Amazon S3
9 47 (10.04%) Azure DevOps
10 44 (9.40%) Serverless
11 37 (7.91%) GitHub
12 36 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 33 (7.05%) AWS Lambda
14 26 (5.56%) OpenShift
15 25 (5.34%) Power Automate
16 23 (4.91%) Amazon Kinesis
17 22 (4.70%) Fivetran
18 18 (3.85%) SaaS
19 17 (3.63%) Azure Monitor
20 16 (3.42%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.50%) Broadband
2 6 (1.28%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.07%) Kerberos
4 3 (0.64%) Firewall
4 3 (0.64%) VLAN
5 2 (0.43%) BGP
5 2 (0.43%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.43%) MQTT
5 2 (0.43%) OSPF
5 2 (0.43%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (0.43%) RTMP
5 2 (0.43%) VPN
5 2 (0.43%) WAN
5 2 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.43%) Wireless
6 1 (0.21%) 4G
6 1 (0.21%) 5G
6 1 (0.21%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (26.50%) Data Warehouse
2 115 (24.57%) Power BI
3 83 (17.74%) SQL Server
4 69 (14.74%) Data Lake
5 63 (13.46%) Tableau
6 56 (11.97%) Metadata
7 39 (8.33%) Amazon Redshift
8 36 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
9 32 (6.84%) Big Data
10 30 (6.41%) Relational Database
11 28 (5.98%) PostgreSQL
12 27 (5.77%) BigQuery
13 25 (5.34%) Oracle Database
14 23 (4.91%) Apache Hive
14 23 (4.91%) Hadoop
15 21 (4.49%) Delta Lake
15 21 (4.49%) NoSQL
16 20 (4.27%) Amazon Athena
17 18 (3.85%) Looker
17 18 (3.85%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 71 (15.17%) Git
2 22 (4.70%) MLflow
3 12 (2.56%) IBM UrbanCode
4 11 (2.35%) Jenkins
5 10 (2.14%) Visual Studio
6 7 (1.50%) JIRA
7 6 (1.28%) GitLab
8 4 (0.85%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.85%) ERwin
8 4 (0.85%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.43%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.43%) Deequ
9 2 (0.43%) Jaeger
9 2 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.21%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.21%) Postman
10 1 (0.21%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.21%) Selenium
General
1 193 (41.24%) Finance
2 170 (36.32%) Social Skills
3 109 (23.29%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (8.33%) Banking
5 36 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 33 (7.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (5.56%) Marketing
8 23 (4.91%) Law
9 22 (4.70%) Manufacturing
10 16 (3.42%) Retail
11 12 (2.56%) Investment Banking
12 11 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (2.35%) Telecoms
13 10 (2.14%) Electronics
14 9 (1.92%) Financial Institution
15 8 (1.71%) Advertising
15 8 (1.71%) Front Office
16 7 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (1.28%) Legal
Job Titles
1 201 (42.95%) Data Engineer
2 97 (20.73%) Senior
3 59 (12.61%) Senior Data Engineer
4 50 (10.68%) Analyst
5 45 (9.62%) Lead
6 38 (8.12%) Developer
7 28 (5.98%) Architect
8 27 (5.77%) Lead Data Engineer
9 25 (5.34%) AWS Data Engineer
9 25 (5.34%) AWS Engineer
10 23 (4.91%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 20 (4.27%) Data Analyst
11 20 (4.27%) Data Architect
12 19 (4.06%) Software Engineer
13 17 (3.63%) Python Engineer
14 15 (3.21%) Azure Engineer
14 15 (3.21%) Consultant
15 14 (2.99%) Automation Engineer
15 14 (2.99%) Azure Data Engineer
16 12 (2.56%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (13.03%) Kafka
2 50 (10.68%) PySpark
3 32 (6.84%) PyTorch
4 30 (6.41%) Pandas
5 28 (5.98%) TensorFlow
6 21 (4.49%) scikit-learn
7 19 (4.06%) pytest
7 19 (4.06%) REST
8 18 (3.85%) FastAPI
8 18 (3.85%) React
8 18 (3.85%) RESTful
9 17 (3.63%) OAuth
10 16 (3.42%) Flask
11 15 (3.21%) .NET
12 14 (2.99%) Django
13 13 (2.78%) Node.js
13 13 (2.78%) NumPy
14 12 (2.56%) JWT
14 12 (2.56%) OpenAPI
14 12 (2.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.62%) Cloud Native
2 30 (6.41%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (4.27%) Data Structures
3 20 (4.27%) Management Information System
4 19 (4.06%) Product Ownership
5 18 (3.85%) Algorithms
5 18 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (3.63%) Low-Code
7 14 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
8 13 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (2.35%) Reinsurance
10 10 (2.14%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.50%) Hedge funds
13 6 (1.28%) Data Centre
13 6 (1.28%) Distributed Architecture
13 6 (1.28%) e-Learning
14 5 (1.07%) Fixed Income
15 4 (0.85%) IoT
15 4 (0.85%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.21%) Linux
2 10 (2.14%) Windows
3 7 (1.50%) Unix
4 2 (0.43%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.21%) Solaris
5 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (53.42%) Analytics
2 243 (51.92%) Data Engineering
3 232 (49.57%) ETL
4 200 (42.74%) CI/CD
5 198 (42.31%) Data Modelling
6 164 (35.04%) AI
7 145 (30.98%) Business Intelligence
7 145 (30.98%) Data Governance
8 125 (26.71%) DevOps
9 124 (26.50%) Problem-Solving
10 109 (23.29%) Data Science
11 107 (22.86%) Machine Learning
12 104 (22.22%) Agile
13 79 (16.88%) Continuous Improvement
14 77 (16.45%) Decision-Making
15 63 (13.46%) Visualisation
16 62 (13.25%) Data Architecture
17 59 (12.61%) Data Management
17 59 (12.61%) Infrastructure as Code
17 59 (12.61%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 309 (66.03%) Python
2 288 (61.54%) SQL
3 46 (9.83%) Java
4 39 (8.33%) C#
5 33 (7.05%) Scala
6 27 (5.77%) TypeScript
7 24 (5.13%) C++
8 17 (3.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 15 (3.21%) Bash
10 14 (2.99%) R
11 12 (2.56%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.92%) PowerShell
13 8 (1.71%) JavaScript
14 6 (1.28%) PHP
15 5 (1.07%) C
16 4 (0.85%) Go
16 4 (0.85%) Rust
17 3 (0.64%) PL/SQL
18 2 (0.43%) Julia
18 2 (0.43%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 81 (17.31%) Degree
2 45 (9.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 42 (8.97%) Security Cleared
4 37 (7.91%) SC Cleared
5 21 (4.49%) DV Cleared
5 21 (4.49%) Master's Degree
6 15 (3.21%) AWS Certification
6 15 (3.21%) Azure Certification
7 14 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.71%) CISSP
8 8 (1.71%) MCSE
8 8 (1.71%) OCP
8 8 (1.71%) Oracle Certification
9 5 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.07%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.07%) SnowPro
10 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.43%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.21%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (33.97%) Data Quality
2 32 (6.84%) GDPR
3 14 (2.99%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 8 (1.71%) QA
5 5 (1.07%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.43%) IFRS
6 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.21%) MiFID
7 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 65 (13.89%) Docker
2 7 (1.50%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.28%) HDFS
4 2 (0.43%) NFS
5 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 64 (13.68%) Kubernetes
1 64 (13.68%) Terraform
2 26 (5.56%) Grafana
3 15 (3.21%) Prometheus
4 9 (1.92%) Ansible
5 7 (1.50%) Kibana
6 5 (1.07%) Control-M
7 4 (0.85%) Argo
8 3 (0.64%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.21%) Ambari
9 1 (0.21%) Puppet
9 1 (0.21%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 95 (20.30%) Databricks
2 68 (14.53%) Microsoft
3 38 (8.12%) Oracle
4 26 (5.56%) Palantir
5 22 (4.70%) Google
6 17 (3.63%) Informatica
7 16 (3.42%) Foundry
7 16 (3.42%) Red Hat
8 14 (2.99%) OpenAI
8 14 (2.99%) SAP
9 13 (2.78%) Dell
10 12 (2.56%) Automation Anywhere
10 12 (2.56%) Talend
10 12 (2.56%) UiPath
11 6 (1.28%) Adobe
11 6 (1.28%) NVIDIA
12 5 (1.07%) Cisco
12 5 (1.07%) IBM
13 4 (0.85%) Alteryx
13 4 (0.85%) Salesforce