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 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 172 190
Rank change year-on-year +87 +18 +20
Permanent jobs citing Data Pipeline 474 273 352
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.88% 1.98% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.37% 2.06% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 307 149 261
10th Percentile £45,000 £56,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £61,250
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 £97,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £115,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,246 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.11% +7.03% -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 14,052 13,238 20,056
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 85.34% 96.17% 91.63%
Number of salaries quoted 9,103 7,706 15,940
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £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 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 9 March 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 9 March 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 +43 114 £82,500 +13.79% 74
West London +8 20 £47,000 -23.27% 16
South London +52 17 £48,975 -20.04% 10
East London - 9 £32,838 - 9
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 94 (19.83%) Apache Airflow
2 83 (17.51%) Apache Spark
3 50 (10.55%) Apache
4 12 (2.53%) Appian
4 12 (2.53%) Palantir Foundry
5 5 (1.05%) Confluence
6 3 (0.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.42%) IIS
7 2 (0.42%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.21%) nginx
8 1 (0.21%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.90%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.21%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (0.84%) Markit EDM
2 2 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.21%) Actimize
3 1 (0.21%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.21%) Endur
3 1 (0.21%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.21%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 214 (45.15%) Azure
2 182 (38.40%) AWS
3 120 (25.32%) Power Platform
4 92 (19.41%) GCP
5 85 (17.93%) dbt
6 74 (15.61%) Azure Data Factory
7 70 (14.77%) Snowflake
8 56 (11.81%) Amazon S3
9 46 (9.70%) Azure DevOps
10 43 (9.07%) Serverless
11 37 (7.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 37 (7.81%) GitHub
12 33 (6.96%) AWS Lambda
13 31 (6.54%) OpenShift
14 26 (5.49%) Power Automate
15 22 (4.64%) Amazon Kinesis
16 20 (4.22%) Fivetran
16 20 (4.22%) SaaS
17 17 (3.59%) Amazon EMR
17 17 (3.59%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.69%) Broadband
2 5 (1.05%) Kerberos
2 5 (1.05%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.42%) Firewall
3 2 (0.42%) VLAN
4 1 (0.21%) 4G
4 1 (0.21%) 5G
4 1 (0.21%) BGP
4 1 (0.21%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.21%) FIX Connectivity
4 1 (0.21%) MQTT
4 1 (0.21%) OSPF
4 1 (0.21%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.21%) RTMP
4 1 (0.21%) VPN
4 1 (0.21%) WAN
4 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (25.95%) Data Warehouse
2 120 (25.32%) Power BI
3 76 (16.03%) SQL Server
4 72 (15.19%) Tableau
5 71 (14.98%) Data Lake
6 53 (11.18%) Metadata
7 44 (9.28%) Amazon Redshift
8 36 (7.59%) Azure SQL Database
9 33 (6.96%) BigQuery
10 32 (6.75%) Relational Database
11 27 (5.70%) Oracle Database
11 27 (5.70%) PostgreSQL
12 26 (5.49%) Big Data
13 25 (5.27%) Apache Hive
14 23 (4.85%) Looker
15 22 (4.64%) Delta Lake
16 20 (4.22%) Amazon Athena
17 19 (4.01%) Hadoop
18 18 (3.80%) Parquet
19 17 (3.59%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 78 (16.46%) Git
2 27 (5.70%) MLflow
3 16 (3.38%) IBM UrbanCode
4 11 (2.32%) Visual Studio
5 10 (2.11%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.27%) JIRA
7 5 (1.05%) GitLab
8 4 (0.84%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.84%) ERwin
8 4 (0.84%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.42%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.42%) Deequ
10 1 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.21%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.21%) Jaeger
10 1 (0.21%) Postman
10 1 (0.21%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.21%) Selenium
10 1 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 188 (39.66%) Finance
2 163 (34.39%) Social Skills
3 117 (24.68%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (9.28%) Banking
5 37 (7.81%) Public Sector
6 33 (6.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (5.27%) Marketing
8 22 (4.64%) Manufacturing
9 19 (4.01%) Law
10 17 (3.59%) Investment Banking
11 16 (3.38%) Retail
12 12 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (2.32%) Telecoms
14 10 (2.11%) Electronics
15 8 (1.69%) Front Office
16 7 (1.48%) Advertising
16 7 (1.48%) Financial Institution
16 7 (1.48%) Legal
16 7 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
17 5 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 198 (41.77%) Data Engineer
2 95 (20.04%) Senior
3 56 (11.81%) Analyst
4 53 (11.18%) Senior Data Engineer
5 45 (9.49%) Lead
6 40 (8.44%) Developer
7 28 (5.91%) Architect
8 27 (5.70%) AWS Data Engineer
8 27 (5.70%) AWS Engineer
8 27 (5.70%) Lead Data Engineer
9 23 (4.85%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 21 (4.43%) Data Analyst
11 20 (4.22%) Data Architect
12 19 (4.01%) Python Engineer
12 19 (4.01%) Software Engineer
13 15 (3.16%) Consultant
14 14 (2.95%) Automation Engineer
14 14 (2.95%) Transformation Analyst
15 13 (2.74%) Azure Engineer
15 13 (2.74%) Banking Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (13.50%) Kafka
2 55 (11.60%) PySpark
3 39 (8.23%) PyTorch
4 35 (7.38%) TensorFlow
5 31 (6.54%) Pandas
6 27 (5.70%) scikit-learn
7 21 (4.43%) React
8 20 (4.22%) RESTful
9 19 (4.01%) pytest
9 19 (4.01%) REST
10 17 (3.59%) FastAPI
10 17 (3.59%) LangChain
10 17 (3.59%) OAuth
11 16 (3.38%) Flask
11 16 (3.38%) Node.js
12 15 (3.16%) .NET
13 14 (2.95%) Django
14 13 (2.74%) NumPy
15 12 (2.53%) Hugging Face
15 12 (2.53%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.38%) Cloud Native
2 27 (5.70%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (4.22%) Algorithms
3 20 (4.22%) Data Structures
4 19 (4.01%) Management Information System
5 17 (3.59%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (3.59%) Low-Code
6 15 (3.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 14 (2.95%) Product Ownership
8 11 (2.32%) Reinsurance
9 10 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.48%) Hedge funds
11 7 (1.48%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.27%) Clustering
12 6 (1.27%) Data Centre
13 5 (1.05%) Distributed Architecture
13 5 (1.05%) Fixed Income
14 4 (0.84%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.16%) Linux
2 10 (2.11%) Windows
3 7 (1.48%) Unix
4 2 (0.42%) 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
1 258 (54.43%) Analytics
2 239 (50.42%) Data Engineering
3 235 (49.58%) ETL
4 202 (42.62%) CI/CD
4 202 (42.62%) Data Modelling
5 176 (37.13%) AI
6 149 (31.43%) Business Intelligence
7 147 (31.01%) Data Governance
8 122 (25.74%) Problem-Solving
9 118 (24.89%) DevOps
10 114 (24.05%) Data Science
11 110 (23.21%) Machine Learning
12 103 (21.73%) Agile
13 81 (17.09%) Continuous Improvement
14 69 (14.56%) Decision-Making
15 66 (13.92%) Data Architecture
16 63 (13.29%) Data Management
17 62 (13.08%) Software Engineering
18 60 (12.66%) Computer Science
18 60 (12.66%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 318 (67.09%) Python
2 298 (62.87%) SQL
3 40 (8.44%) Java
4 38 (8.02%) C#
5 30 (6.33%) TypeScript
6 29 (6.12%) Scala
7 24 (5.06%) C++
8 17 (3.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 15 (3.16%) Bash
10 13 (2.74%) R
11 9 (1.90%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.90%) T-SQL
12 8 (1.69%) JavaScript
13 6 (1.27%) PHP
14 5 (1.05%) C
15 4 (0.84%) Go
15 4 (0.84%) Rust
16 2 (0.42%) Bicep
16 2 (0.42%) Julia
16 2 (0.42%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 84 (17.72%) Degree
2 49 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
3 44 (9.28%) Security Cleared
4 39 (8.23%) SC Cleared
5 22 (4.64%) Master's Degree
6 21 (4.43%) DV Cleared
7 15 (3.16%) Azure Certification
8 14 (2.95%) AWS Certification
9 12 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.27%) CISSP
10 6 (1.27%) MCSE
10 6 (1.27%) OCP
10 6 (1.27%) Oracle Certification
11 5 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (1.05%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (0.84%) SnowPro
13 3 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
14 2 (0.42%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (33.97%) Data Quality
2 36 (7.59%) GDPR
3 16 (3.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 14 (2.95%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.48%) HIPAA
5 7 (1.48%) QA
6 2 (0.42%) IFRS
6 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.21%) MiFID
7 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 62 (13.08%) Docker
2 7 (1.48%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.84%) HDFS
4 1 (0.21%) NFS
4 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 65 (13.71%) Terraform
2 61 (12.87%) Kubernetes
3 26 (5.49%) Grafana
4 15 (3.16%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.69%) Ansible
6 7 (1.48%) Kibana
7 5 (1.05%) Control-M
8 3 (0.63%) Argo
9 2 (0.42%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.21%) Ambari
10 1 (0.21%) Puppet
10 1 (0.21%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 99 (20.89%) Databricks
2 65 (13.71%) Microsoft
3 38 (8.02%) Oracle
4 26 (5.49%) Palantir
5 22 (4.64%) Google
6 20 (4.22%) Red Hat
7 19 (4.01%) Dell
8 16 (3.38%) Foundry
8 16 (3.38%) Informatica
9 14 (2.95%) OpenAI
10 12 (2.53%) Automation Anywhere
10 12 (2.53%) SAP
10 12 (2.53%) UiPath
11 11 (2.32%) Talend
12 6 (1.27%) Adobe
12 6 (1.27%) Cloudera
12 6 (1.27%) NVIDIA
13 5 (1.05%) IBM
14 4 (0.84%) Alteryx
14 4 (0.84%) Cisco