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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 131 167
Rank change year-on-year +31 +36 +64
Permanent jobs citing Data Pipeline 493 335 465
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.22% 2.67% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.69% 2.81% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 335 178 247
10th Percentile £48,000 £50,500 £55,140
25th Percentile £62,500 £63,125 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £85,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +13.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £135,750 £120,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -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 18,314 11,902 20,879
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.37% 94.85% 89.52%
Number of salaries quoted 12,537 7,392 15,118
10th Percentile £40,500 £41,000 £38,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £71,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.63% -5.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £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 11 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 11 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 +41 97 £82,500 +11.86% 50
West London +9 20 £45,000 -28.00% 12
South London +29 13 £40,000 - 1
East London - 7 - - 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 99 (20.08%) Apache Airflow
2 84 (17.04%) Apache Spark
3 53 (10.75%) Apache
4 8 (1.62%) Palantir Foundry
5 6 (1.22%) SAS
6 5 (1.01%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.61%) Appian
7 3 (0.61%) Confluence
8 2 (0.41%) Apache Pulsar
9 1 (0.20%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.20%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (1.83%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.20%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (0.81%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.41%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.20%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 224 (45.44%) Azure
2 170 (34.48%) AWS
3 98 (19.88%) Power Platform
4 89 (18.05%) dbt
5 87 (17.65%) GCP
6 80 (16.23%) Snowflake
7 67 (13.59%) Azure Data Factory
8 49 (9.94%) SaaS
9 46 (9.33%) Amazon S3
9 46 (9.33%) Azure DevOps
9 46 (9.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 34 (6.90%) Serverless
11 21 (4.26%) OpenShift
12 20 (4.06%) AWS Lambda
13 15 (3.04%) GitHub
14 14 (2.84%) Power Automate
15 13 (2.64%) Amazon EMR
16 11 (2.23%) Microsoft Purview
17 10 (2.03%) Amazon Kinesis
17 10 (2.03%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.83%) Broadband
2 2 (0.41%) 4G
2 2 (0.41%) 5G
3 1 (0.20%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.20%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (22.31%) Data Warehouse
2 91 (18.46%) Power BI
3 85 (17.24%) Data Lake
4 65 (13.18%) Tableau
5 47 (9.53%) Relational Database
6 41 (8.32%) BigQuery
6 41 (8.32%) SQL Server
7 37 (7.51%) Amazon Redshift
8 33 (6.69%) Metadata
8 33 (6.69%) Snowflake Schema
9 31 (6.29%) NoSQL
10 30 (6.09%) Azure SQL Database
11 27 (5.48%) Oracle Database
12 25 (5.07%) Elasticsearch
12 25 (5.07%) Spark SQL
13 23 (4.67%) PostgreSQL
13 23 (4.67%) Star Schema
14 21 (4.26%) Delta Lake
15 19 (3.85%) Parquet
16 18 (3.65%) Looker
Development Applications
1 74 (15.01%) Git
2 22 (4.46%) MLflow
3 16 (3.25%) IBM UrbanCode
4 8 (1.62%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.62%) Visual Studio
5 5 (1.01%) JIRA
6 2 (0.41%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.41%) GitLab
7 1 (0.20%) Crashlytics
7 1 (0.20%) Deequ
7 1 (0.20%) Yeoman
General
1 149 (30.22%) Social Skills
2 139 (28.19%) Finance
3 128 (25.96%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (8.32%) Banking
5 23 (4.67%) Public Sector
6 18 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (3.65%) Investment Banking
7 15 (3.04%) Retail
8 13 (2.64%) Legal
8 13 (2.64%) Marketing
9 9 (1.83%) Advertising
9 9 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (1.83%) Front Office
9 9 (1.83%) Law
10 7 (1.42%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.22%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.22%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 226 (45.84%) Data Engineer
2 103 (20.89%) Senior
3 76 (15.42%) Lead
4 55 (11.16%) Senior Data Engineer
5 50 (10.14%) Analyst
6 41 (8.32%) Architect
7 36 (7.30%) Data Architect
8 30 (6.09%) Developer
8 30 (6.09%) Lead Data Engineer
9 26 (5.27%) Python Engineer
10 21 (4.26%) AWS Engineer
11 20 (4.06%) AWS Data Engineer
11 20 (4.06%) Platform Engineer
12 18 (3.65%) Data Analyst
12 18 (3.65%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 18 (3.65%) Systems Engineer
13 15 (3.04%) Python Data Engineer
13 15 (3.04%) Software Engineer
14 14 (2.84%) Azure Engineer
14 14 (2.84%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (14.60%) Kafka
2 58 (11.76%) PySpark
3 39 (7.91%) PyTorch
4 36 (7.30%) TensorFlow
5 30 (6.09%) scikit-learn
6 28 (5.68%) Pandas
7 26 (5.27%) LangChain
8 17 (3.45%) LlamaIndex
8 17 (3.45%) React
9 16 (3.25%) pgvector
10 15 (3.04%) Node.js
11 13 (2.64%) Next.js
11 13 (2.64%) RESTful
12 12 (2.43%) LangGraph
13 10 (2.03%) GraphQL
14 9 (1.83%) FastAPI
14 9 (1.83%) NumPy
14 9 (1.83%) REST
15 8 (1.62%) Vue
16 7 (1.42%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (12.17%) Cloud Native
2 35 (7.10%) Product Ownership
3 33 (6.69%) Data Structures
4 23 (4.67%) Distributed Systems
5 21 (4.26%) Onboarding
6 18 (3.65%) Clustering
7 17 (3.45%) AI Agents
7 17 (3.45%) Public Cloud
8 14 (2.84%) Reinsurance
9 13 (2.64%) Algorithms
10 12 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (2.43%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.22%) Distributed Architecture
11 6 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.01%) Distributed Computing
12 5 (1.01%) Equities
12 5 (1.01%) Low-Code
12 5 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 4 (0.81%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.23%) Linux
2 6 (1.22%) Windows
3 2 (0.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (51.93%) Analytics
2 244 (49.49%) Data Engineering
3 221 (44.83%) AI
4 216 (43.81%) Data Modelling
5 188 (38.13%) ETL
6 179 (36.31%) CI/CD
7 151 (30.63%) Data Governance
8 141 (28.60%) Business Intelligence
9 124 (25.15%) Machine Learning
10 107 (21.70%) Data Science
11 103 (20.89%) Data Architecture
12 102 (20.69%) Decision-Making
13 98 (19.88%) DevOps
14 93 (18.86%) Agile
15 89 (18.05%) Problem-Solving
16 71 (14.40%) Continuous Improvement
17 68 (13.79%) Data Transformation
17 68 (13.79%) Mentoring
18 67 (13.59%) Validation
19 64 (12.98%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 329 (66.73%) Python
2 305 (61.87%) SQL
3 32 (6.49%) Java
4 28 (5.68%) TypeScript
5 24 (4.87%) Scala
6 13 (2.64%) PowerShell
7 12 (2.43%) C#
8 11 (2.23%) JavaScript
9 9 (1.83%) C++
9 9 (1.83%) R
10 8 (1.62%) Bash
11 6 (1.22%) Rust
12 5 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.81%) Go
14 3 (0.61%) Julia
14 3 (0.61%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.61%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.41%) MATLAB
16 1 (0.20%) C
16 1 (0.20%) PHP
Qualifications
1 63 (12.78%) Degree
2 34 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 28 (5.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 28 (5.68%) SC Cleared
4 18 (3.65%) Azure Certification
5 15 (3.04%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.43%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.62%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.61%) SnowPro
10 2 (0.41%) CISSP
10 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.20%) CEH
11 1 (0.20%) CISM
11 1 (0.20%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.20%) PhD
11 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.20%) PMP
11 1 (0.20%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (34.89%) Data Quality
2 51 (10.34%) GDPR
3 23 (4.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 10 (2.03%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.03%) QA
5 7 (1.42%) HIPAA
5 7 (1.42%) PERC
6 3 (0.61%) EU AI Act
6 3 (0.61%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.20%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.20%) MiFID
7 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.20%) PSD2
7 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 35 (7.10%) Docker
2 1 (0.20%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 61 (12.37%) Terraform
2 31 (6.29%) Kubernetes
3 17 (3.45%) Grafana
4 11 (2.23%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.01%) Kibana
6 4 (0.81%) Kubeflow
7 2 (0.41%) Ansible
7 2 (0.41%) Control-M
8 1 (0.20%) Packer
8 1 (0.20%) QRadar
Vendors
1 128 (25.96%) Databricks
2 79 (16.02%) Microsoft
3 33 (6.69%) Oracle
4 20 (4.06%) Dell
5 17 (3.45%) Cloudera
6 16 (3.25%) Red Hat
7 15 (3.04%) Google
8 14 (2.84%) Informatica
9 13 (2.64%) Palantir
9 13 (2.64%) Salesforce
10 12 (2.43%) Foundry
11 10 (2.03%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.81%) Sage
12 4 (0.81%) UiPath
13 3 (0.61%) Automation Anywhere
13 3 (0.61%) NVIDIA
13 3 (0.61%) SAP
13 3 (0.61%) Talend
13 3 (0.61%) Workday
14 2 (0.41%) Cisco