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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 109 163
Rank change year-on-year +7 +54 +45
Permanent jobs citing Data Pipeline 538 360 393
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.22% 3.05% 2.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.74% 3.25% 2.31%
Number of salaries quoted 360 194 179
10th Percentile £48,750 £45,825 £56,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,125 £64,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £136,750 £120,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £69,692 £70,000
% change year-on-year +0.44% -0.44% -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 19,609 11,091 17,037
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.08% 94.05% 89.21%
Number of salaries quoted 13,331 7,011 10,877
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,700 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,063 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £98,750 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

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 4 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 4 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 +42 93 £82,500 -2.94% 49
West London -6 14 £45,000 -4.26% 34
South London +3 4 - - 6
East London - 1 - - 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 66 (12.27%) Apache Spark
2 61 (11.34%) Apache Airflow
3 38 (7.06%) Apache
4 7 (1.30%) SAS
5 5 (0.93%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.74%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.37%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.37%) Confluence
7 2 (0.37%) Luigi
7 2 (0.37%) Tornado
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.19%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.19%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 6 (1.12%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.19%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 238 (44.24%) Azure
2 154 (28.62%) AWS
3 97 (18.03%) Power Platform
4 91 (16.91%) GCP
5 74 (13.75%) Azure Data Factory
5 74 (13.75%) dbt
6 64 (11.90%) Snowflake
7 54 (10.04%) Azure DevOps
8 52 (9.67%) SaaS
9 46 (8.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 34 (6.32%) Serverless
11 27 (5.02%) Amazon S3
12 22 (4.09%) Azure Databricks
13 16 (2.97%) AWS Lambda
14 15 (2.79%) GitHub
15 14 (2.60%) Microsoft Purview
16 13 (2.42%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 13 (2.42%) Azure Machine Learning
17 10 (1.86%) Azure Functions
17 10 (1.86%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.74%) Broadband
2 1 (0.19%) 4G
2 1 (0.19%) 5G
2 1 (0.19%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (20.82%) Data Warehouse
2 101 (18.77%) Data Lake
3 90 (16.73%) Power BI
4 49 (9.11%) Tableau
5 47 (8.74%) NoSQL
5 47 (8.74%) Relational Database
6 37 (6.88%) Azure SQL Database
7 34 (6.32%) SQL Server
8 32 (5.95%) BigQuery
9 30 (5.58%) Star Schema
10 29 (5.39%) PostgreSQL
11 28 (5.20%) Snowflake Schema
12 27 (5.02%) Metadata
13 23 (4.28%) Delta Lake
14 21 (3.90%) Elasticsearch
15 19 (3.53%) Amazon Redshift
16 16 (2.97%) Looker
17 15 (2.79%) Big Data
17 15 (2.79%) MySQL
18 13 (2.42%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 57 (10.59%) Git
2 13 (2.42%) MLflow
3 10 (1.86%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.93%) JIRA
5 4 (0.74%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.37%) GitLab
8 1 (0.19%) Crashlytics
8 1 (0.19%) IBM UrbanCode
8 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.19%) Yeoman
General
1 180 (33.46%) Social Skills
2 176 (32.71%) Finance
3 112 (20.82%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (7.62%) Banking
5 37 (6.88%) Marketing
6 33 (6.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (4.46%) Public Sector
7 24 (4.46%) Retail
8 20 (3.72%) Law
9 16 (2.97%) Legal
10 13 (2.42%) Front Office
11 12 (2.23%) Advertising
12 9 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.12%) Back Office
13 6 (1.12%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.12%) Retail Banking
13 6 (1.12%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.93%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.93%) Legal Technology
14 5 (0.93%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 229 (42.57%) Data Engineer
2 110 (20.45%) Senior
3 102 (18.96%) Lead
4 52 (9.67%) Senior Data Engineer
5 48 (8.92%) Architect
6 40 (7.43%) Data Architect
7 34 (6.32%) Lead Data Engineer
8 31 (5.76%) Software Engineer
9 30 (5.58%) Analyst
10 24 (4.46%) Developer
10 24 (4.46%) Python Engineer
11 22 (4.09%) Machine Learning Engineer
11 22 (4.09%) Platform Engineer
12 20 (3.72%) Azure Engineer
12 20 (3.72%) Databricks Engineer
13 18 (3.35%) Data Scientist
14 17 (3.16%) Azure Data Engineer
15 16 (2.97%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 15 (2.79%) Data Analyst
17 13 (2.42%) Snowflake Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (12.83%) Kafka
2 45 (8.36%) PySpark
3 42 (7.81%) Terraform
4 36 (6.69%) PyTorch
5 34 (6.32%) TensorFlow
6 28 (5.20%) scikit-learn
7 25 (4.65%) LangChain
8 20 (3.72%) Pandas
9 16 (2.97%) LangGraph
10 14 (2.60%) React
10 14 (2.60%) Spring
11 12 (2.23%) LlamaIndex
11 12 (2.23%) Node.js
11 12 (2.23%) REST
12 11 (2.04%) pgvector
12 11 (2.04%) RESTful
13 9 (1.67%) GraphQL
14 8 (1.49%) FastAPI
14 8 (1.49%) Next.js
14 8 (1.49%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 66 (12.27%) Cloud Native
2 46 (8.55%) Product Ownership
3 37 (6.88%) AI Agents
4 34 (6.32%) Distributed Systems
5 33 (6.13%) Data Structures
6 26 (4.83%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.23%) Clustering
8 11 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (2.04%) Derivative
8 11 (2.04%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.86%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.67%) Algorithms
10 9 (1.67%) Reinsurance
11 8 (1.49%) Equities
12 7 (1.30%) Distributed Architecture
12 7 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 6 (1.12%) Credit Risk
13 6 (1.12%) Legacy Applications
13 6 (1.12%) Market Risk
14 4 (0.74%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.67%) Linux
2 3 (0.56%) Windows
3 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (50.56%) Analytics
2 250 (46.47%) AI
3 244 (45.35%) Data Engineering
4 212 (39.41%) Data Modelling
5 171 (31.78%) CI/CD
6 155 (28.81%) ETL
7 147 (27.32%) Business Intelligence
8 143 (26.58%) Machine Learning
9 135 (25.09%) Data Science
10 130 (24.16%) Data Governance
11 127 (23.61%) Data Architecture
12 118 (21.93%) Decision-Making
13 102 (18.96%) DevOps
14 96 (17.84%) Problem-Solving
15 83 (15.43%) Agile
16 75 (13.94%) Lakehouse
16 75 (13.94%) Use Case
17 72 (13.38%) Software Engineering
18 70 (13.01%) Mentoring
19 64 (11.90%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 347 (64.50%) Python
2 309 (57.43%) SQL
3 32 (5.95%) Java
4 26 (4.83%) TypeScript
5 25 (4.65%) Scala
6 13 (2.42%) JavaScript
7 11 (2.04%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.67%) C#
9 6 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.93%) R
11 4 (0.74%) Bash
11 4 (0.74%) C++
11 4 (0.74%) Rust
11 4 (0.74%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.56%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.56%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.37%) Go
14 1 (0.19%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.19%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.19%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 64 (11.90%) Degree
2 33 (6.13%) Security Cleared
3 29 (5.39%) SC Cleared
4 22 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (3.90%) Azure Certification
6 18 (3.35%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.67%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.30%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 6 (1.12%) Numerate Degree
10 4 (0.74%) ACCA
10 4 (0.74%) CIMA
10 4 (0.74%) MBA
11 3 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.56%) SnowPro
12 2 (0.37%) CISSP
12 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.19%) ISEB
13 1 (0.19%) Oracle Certification
13 1 (0.19%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (33.46%) Data Quality
2 44 (8.18%) GDPR
3 13 (2.42%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.23%) QA
5 11 (2.04%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (1.30%) PERC
7 5 (0.93%) EU AI Act
8 4 (0.74%) IFRS
9 3 (0.56%) Solvency II
10 2 (0.37%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.37%) PMO
10 2 (0.37%) PSD2
11 1 (0.19%) GRC
11 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (6.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 32 (5.95%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.86%) Grafana
3 5 (0.93%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.74%) Kubeflow
5 3 (0.56%) Kibana
6 2 (0.37%) Argo
7 1 (0.19%) Ansible
7 1 (0.19%) Packer
7 1 (0.19%) QRadar
Vendors
1 152 (28.25%) Databricks
2 95 (17.66%) Microsoft
3 27 (5.02%) Google
4 17 (3.16%) Salesforce
5 16 (2.97%) OpenAI
6 14 (2.60%) Oracle
7 12 (2.23%) Informatica
8 11 (2.04%) Cloudera
9 10 (1.86%) Dell
10 8 (1.49%) Foundry
10 8 (1.49%) Palantir
11 5 (0.93%) Anaplan
11 5 (0.93%) SAP
12 4 (0.74%) Sage
13 3 (0.56%) Avaya
13 3 (0.56%) Braze
13 3 (0.56%) Cisco
13 3 (0.56%) Genesys
13 3 (0.56%) Workday
14 2 (0.37%) SnapLogic