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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 130 166
Rank change year-on-year +31 +36 +60
Permanent jobs citing Data Pipeline 514 336 435
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.27% 2.73% 2.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.76% 2.89% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 347 177 222
10th Percentile £48,750 £48,000 £60,800
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £85,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +13.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £100,938
90th Percentile £115,000 £137,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000

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 18,596 11,629 18,951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.19% 94.52% 89.50%
Number of salaries quoted 12,715 7,349 13,331
10th Percentile £40,500 £40,500 £38,918
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £52,000
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 £107,500 £122,500 £118,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 24 July 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 24 July 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 +37 96 £80,000 - 47
West London - 19 £45,000 - 9
South London +14 11 - - 4
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 (18.87%) Apache Airflow
2 89 (17.32%) Apache Spark
3 52 (10.12%) Apache
4 7 (1.36%) SAS
5 5 (0.97%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.97%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.39%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.39%) Confluence
7 1 (0.19%) Appian
7 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.19%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (1.75%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.19%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 6 (1.17%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.39%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.19%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 233 (45.33%) Azure
2 172 (33.46%) AWS
3 104 (20.23%) Power Platform
4 92 (17.90%) GCP
5 88 (17.12%) dbt
6 79 (15.37%) Snowflake
7 68 (13.23%) Azure Data Factory
8 52 (10.12%) SaaS
9 47 (9.14%) Azure DevOps
10 46 (8.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 43 (8.37%) Amazon S3
12 34 (6.61%) Serverless
13 19 (3.70%) AWS Lambda
14 18 (3.50%) OpenShift
15 14 (2.72%) Microsoft Purview
16 13 (2.53%) Amazon EMR
17 12 (2.33%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 12 (2.33%) GitHub
18 11 (2.14%) Power Automate
19 10 (1.95%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.75%) Broadband
2 2 (0.39%) 4G
2 2 (0.39%) 5G
3 1 (0.19%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.19%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (22.18%) Data Warehouse
2 97 (18.87%) Power BI
3 88 (17.12%) Data Lake
4 68 (13.23%) Tableau
5 49 (9.53%) Relational Database
6 41 (7.98%) BigQuery
6 41 (7.98%) SQL Server
7 37 (7.20%) NoSQL
8 34 (6.61%) Amazon Redshift
8 34 (6.61%) Snowflake Schema
9 33 (6.42%) Metadata
10 29 (5.64%) Azure SQL Database
11 27 (5.25%) Oracle Database
12 26 (5.06%) Elasticsearch
12 26 (5.06%) PostgreSQL
12 26 (5.06%) Spark SQL
12 26 (5.06%) Star Schema
13 23 (4.47%) Delta Lake
14 19 (3.70%) Parquet
15 18 (3.50%) Looker
Development Applications
1 75 (14.59%) Git
2 20 (3.89%) MLflow
3 16 (3.11%) IBM UrbanCode
4 8 (1.56%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.36%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.97%) JIRA
7 2 (0.39%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.39%) GitLab
8 1 (0.19%) Crashlytics
8 1 (0.19%) Yeoman
General
1 165 (32.10%) Social Skills
2 152 (29.57%) Finance
3 129 (25.10%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (9.73%) Banking
5 24 (4.67%) Public Sector
6 23 (4.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (3.89%) Investment Banking
8 18 (3.50%) Law
8 18 (3.50%) Retail
9 17 (3.31%) Legal
9 17 (3.31%) Marketing
10 11 (2.14%) Front Office
11 9 (1.75%) Advertising
12 8 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.17%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.17%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.97%) Billing
14 5 (0.97%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 226 (43.97%) Data Engineer
2 114 (22.18%) Senior
3 83 (16.15%) Lead
4 58 (11.28%) Senior Data Engineer
5 48 (9.34%) Analyst
6 46 (8.95%) Architect
7 38 (7.39%) Data Architect
8 30 (5.84%) Developer
8 30 (5.84%) Lead Data Engineer
8 30 (5.84%) Python Engineer
9 21 (4.09%) AWS Engineer
9 21 (4.09%) Software Engineer
10 20 (3.89%) AWS Data Engineer
11 19 (3.70%) Platform Engineer
12 18 (3.50%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 18 (3.50%) Systems Engineer
13 16 (3.11%) Data Analyst
13 16 (3.11%) Machine Learning Engineer
14 15 (2.92%) Azure Engineer
14 15 (2.92%) Python Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (14.98%) Kafka
2 59 (11.48%) PySpark
3 37 (7.20%) PyTorch
4 35 (6.81%) TensorFlow
5 31 (6.03%) scikit-learn
6 29 (5.64%) LangChain
7 27 (5.25%) Pandas
8 19 (3.70%) React
9 18 (3.50%) LlamaIndex
10 16 (3.11%) Node.js
10 16 (3.11%) pgvector
11 14 (2.72%) LangGraph
11 14 (2.72%) RESTful
12 13 (2.53%) Spring
13 12 (2.33%) Next.js
14 11 (2.14%) GraphQL
15 10 (1.95%) REST
16 9 (1.75%) Spring Boot
17 8 (1.56%) FastAPI
17 8 (1.56%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 67 (13.04%) Cloud Native
2 40 (7.78%) Product Ownership
3 33 (6.42%) Data Structures
4 29 (5.64%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (4.67%) AI Agents
5 24 (4.67%) Onboarding
6 18 (3.50%) Clustering
7 17 (3.31%) Public Cloud
8 13 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
8 13 (2.53%) Reinsurance
9 11 (2.14%) Algorithms
9 11 (2.14%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.36%) Distributed Architecture
11 6 (1.17%) Equities
12 5 (0.97%) Derivative
12 5 (0.97%) Distributed Computing
12 5 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 4 (0.78%) Autonomous Agent
13 4 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (0.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.33%) Linux
2 4 (0.78%) Windows
3 2 (0.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 261 (50.78%) Analytics
2 243 (47.28%) Data Engineering
3 236 (45.91%) AI
4 220 (42.80%) Data Modelling
5 181 (35.21%) CI/CD
5 181 (35.21%) ETL
6 156 (30.35%) Data Governance
7 150 (29.18%) Business Intelligence
8 130 (25.29%) Machine Learning
9 113 (21.98%) Data Science
10 111 (21.60%) Data Architecture
11 99 (19.26%) DevOps
12 98 (19.07%) Decision-Making
13 96 (18.68%) Agile
14 89 (17.32%) Problem-Solving
15 77 (14.98%) Continuous Improvement
16 70 (13.62%) Mentoring
16 70 (13.62%) Use Case
17 68 (13.23%) Software Engineering
18 66 (12.84%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 345 (67.12%) Python
2 313 (60.89%) SQL
3 37 (7.20%) Java
4 31 (6.03%) TypeScript
5 26 (5.06%) Scala
6 14 (2.72%) JavaScript
7 13 (2.53%) PowerShell
8 12 (2.33%) C#
9 10 (1.95%) R
10 9 (1.75%) C++
11 6 (1.17%) Bash
11 6 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.97%) Rust
13 3 (0.58%) Go
13 3 (0.58%) Julia
13 3 (0.58%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.58%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.39%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.19%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.19%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 61 (11.87%) Degree
2 36 (7.00%) Security Cleared
3 31 (6.03%) SC Cleared
4 25 (4.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (4.09%) Azure Certification
6 11 (2.14%) DV Cleared
6 11 (2.14%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.75%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.58%) SnowPro
10 2 (0.39%) CISSP
10 2 (0.39%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.39%) PhD
11 1 (0.19%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.19%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.19%) PMP
11 1 (0.19%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (33.07%) Data Quality
2 55 (10.70%) GDPR
3 23 (4.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 11 (2.14%) QA
5 10 (1.95%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.36%) HIPAA
6 7 (1.36%) PERC
7 4 (0.78%) EU AI Act
8 3 (0.58%) Solvency II
9 2 (0.39%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.39%) PMO
9 2 (0.39%) PSD2
10 1 (0.19%) GRC
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (7.39%) Docker
2 1 (0.19%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 56 (10.89%) Terraform
2 33 (6.42%) Kubernetes
3 16 (3.11%) Grafana
4 11 (2.14%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.78%) Kubeflow
6 3 (0.58%) Kibana
7 2 (0.39%) Ansible
7 2 (0.39%) Control-M
8 1 (0.19%) Packer
8 1 (0.19%) QRadar
Vendors
1 138 (26.85%) Databricks
2 92 (17.90%) Microsoft
3 33 (6.42%) Oracle
4 19 (3.70%) Google
5 17 (3.31%) Cloudera
5 17 (3.31%) Dell
6 16 (3.11%) Red Hat
7 15 (2.92%) Informatica
7 15 (2.92%) Salesforce
8 13 (2.53%) OpenAI
9 10 (1.95%) Palantir
10 9 (1.75%) Foundry
11 4 (0.78%) Sage
11 4 (0.78%) SAP
12 3 (0.58%) Avaya
12 3 (0.58%) Cisco
12 3 (0.58%) Genesys
12 3 (0.58%) Talend
12 3 (0.58%) Workday
13 2 (0.39%) UiPath