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 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 141 161
Rank change year-on-year +42 +20 +76
Permanent jobs citing Data Pipeline 488 314 493
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.23% 2.57% 2.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% 2.69% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 327 174 267
10th Percentile £45,000 £49,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £62,375 £62,500 £63,125
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 £100,000
90th Percentile £116,000 £135,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £69,235
% change year-on-year -3.57% +1.11% -1.09%

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 17,921 11,657 21,630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.96% 95.43% 89.31%
Number of salaries quoted 12,252 7,102 15,835
10th Percentile £40,625 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £123,725 £117,500
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 29 June 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 29 June 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 +34 100 £82,500 +13.79% 26
West London +1 20 £45,000 -28.00% 5
South London +28 15 £60,000 - 2
East London - 7 - - 3
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
1 104 (21.31%) Apache Airflow
2 84 (17.21%) Apache Spark
3 56 (11.48%) Apache
4 8 (1.64%) Palantir Foundry
5 5 (1.02%) Appian
5 5 (1.02%) Jupyter
5 5 (1.02%) SAS
6 3 (0.61%) Confluence
7 2 (0.41%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.20%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.20%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (1.84%) 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 3 (0.61%) NetSuite
1 3 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.41%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.20%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 216 (44.26%) Azure
2 170 (34.84%) AWS
3 94 (19.26%) Power Platform
4 89 (18.24%) dbt
5 87 (17.83%) GCP
6 74 (15.16%) Snowflake
7 65 (13.32%) Azure Data Factory
8 48 (9.84%) Amazon S3
9 47 (9.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 45 (9.22%) Azure DevOps
11 44 (9.02%) SaaS
12 37 (7.58%) Serverless
13 21 (4.30%) AWS Lambda
13 21 (4.30%) OpenShift
14 17 (3.48%) GitHub
15 16 (3.28%) Power Automate
16 13 (2.66%) Amazon Kinesis
17 12 (2.46%) Amazon EMR
17 12 (2.46%) Azure Functions
18 10 (2.05%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.05%) Broadband
2 2 (0.41%) 4G
2 2 (0.41%) 5G
3 1 (0.20%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.20%) Network Security
3 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (21.11%) Data Warehouse
2 87 (17.83%) Power BI
3 82 (16.80%) Data Lake
4 69 (14.14%) Tableau
5 48 (9.84%) Relational Database
6 43 (8.81%) BigQuery
7 40 (8.20%) SQL Server
8 39 (7.99%) Amazon Redshift
9 36 (7.38%) Metadata
10 32 (6.56%) NoSQL
10 32 (6.56%) Snowflake Schema
11 28 (5.74%) Azure SQL Database
12 27 (5.53%) Oracle Database
13 25 (5.12%) Elasticsearch
13 25 (5.12%) Spark SQL
14 24 (4.92%) Delta Lake
15 22 (4.51%) PostgreSQL
16 21 (4.30%) Star Schema
17 20 (4.10%) Looker
18 19 (3.89%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 75 (15.37%) Git
2 26 (5.33%) MLflow
3 16 (3.28%) IBM UrbanCode
4 8 (1.64%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.64%) Visual Studio
5 5 (1.02%) JIRA
6 2 (0.41%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.20%) Deequ
7 1 (0.20%) GitLab
7 1 (0.20%) Yeoman
General
1 142 (29.10%) Finance
1 142 (29.10%) Social Skills
2 129 (26.43%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (8.20%) Banking
4 23 (4.71%) Public Sector
5 22 (4.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (3.48%) Investment Banking
7 14 (2.87%) Retail
8 13 (2.66%) Legal
8 13 (2.66%) Marketing
9 9 (1.84%) Advertising
9 9 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (1.84%) Front Office
9 9 (1.84%) Law
10 8 (1.64%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.23%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.23%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 225 (46.11%) Data Engineer
2 103 (21.11%) Senior
3 71 (14.55%) Lead
4 57 (11.68%) Senior Data Engineer
5 51 (10.45%) Analyst
6 37 (7.58%) Architect
7 33 (6.76%) Data Architect
8 31 (6.35%) Developer
9 29 (5.94%) Lead Data Engineer
10 26 (5.33%) Python Engineer
11 21 (4.30%) AWS Engineer
11 21 (4.30%) Platform Engineer
12 20 (4.10%) AWS Data Engineer
13 18 (3.69%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 18 (3.69%) Systems Engineer
14 17 (3.48%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 17 (3.48%) Data Analyst
15 16 (3.28%) Python Data Engineer
16 15 (3.07%) Software Engineer
17 14 (2.87%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (14.96%) Kafka
2 62 (12.70%) PySpark
3 43 (8.81%) PyTorch
4 39 (7.99%) TensorFlow
5 29 (5.94%) scikit-learn
6 28 (5.74%) LangChain
7 27 (5.53%) Pandas
8 17 (3.48%) LlamaIndex
8 17 (3.48%) React
9 16 (3.28%) pgvector
10 14 (2.87%) LangGraph
10 14 (2.87%) RESTful
11 13 (2.66%) Next.js
11 13 (2.66%) Node.js
12 11 (2.25%) REST
13 10 (2.05%) FastAPI
14 9 (1.84%) GraphQL
15 8 (1.64%) NumPy
15 8 (1.64%) pytest
15 8 (1.64%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 57 (11.68%) Cloud Native
2 35 (7.17%) Product Ownership
3 30 (6.15%) Data Structures
4 20 (4.10%) Distributed Systems
5 19 (3.89%) Onboarding
6 18 (3.69%) Clustering
7 17 (3.48%) Algorithms
7 17 (3.48%) Public Cloud
8 15 (3.07%) AI Agents
9 14 (2.87%) Reinsurance
10 13 (2.66%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (2.46%) Management Information System
12 8 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.43%) Low-Code
13 7 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (1.02%) Distributed Computing
14 5 (1.02%) Equities
14 5 (1.02%) Video\Live Streaming
15 4 (0.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 4 (0.82%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.46%) Linux
2 9 (1.84%) Windows
3 2 (0.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (51.43%) Analytics
2 242 (49.59%) Data Engineering
3 218 (44.67%) AI
4 212 (43.44%) Data Modelling
5 195 (39.96%) ETL
6 183 (37.50%) CI/CD
7 145 (29.71%) Data Governance
8 138 (28.28%) Business Intelligence
9 124 (25.41%) Machine Learning
10 103 (21.11%) Data Science
11 100 (20.49%) Data Architecture
11 100 (20.49%) DevOps
12 92 (18.85%) Decision-Making
13 90 (18.44%) Agile
14 89 (18.24%) Problem-Solving
15 68 (13.93%) Data Transformation
16 66 (13.52%) Mentoring
17 64 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
17 64 (13.11%) Software Engineering
18 63 (12.91%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 323 (66.19%) Python
2 302 (61.89%) SQL
3 29 (5.94%) Java
4 26 (5.33%) TypeScript
5 25 (5.12%) Scala
6 14 (2.87%) C#
7 12 (2.46%) PowerShell
8 10 (2.05%) Bash
8 10 (2.05%) C++
8 10 (2.05%) JavaScript
8 10 (2.05%) R
9 6 (1.23%) Rust
10 5 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.82%) Go
12 3 (0.61%) Julia
12 3 (0.61%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.61%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.41%) C
13 2 (0.41%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.20%) PHP
Qualifications
1 67 (13.73%) Degree
2 34 (6.97%) Security Cleared
3 30 (6.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 27 (5.53%) SC Cleared
5 19 (3.89%) Azure Certification
6 16 (3.28%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.66%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.05%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.82%) SnowPro
10 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.41%) CISSP
12 1 (0.20%) CEH
12 1 (0.20%) CISM
12 1 (0.20%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.20%) PhD
12 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.20%) PMP
12 1 (0.20%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (34.43%) Data Quality
2 47 (9.63%) GDPR
3 24 (4.92%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 8 (1.64%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.43%) HIPAA
5 7 (1.43%) PERC
5 7 (1.43%) QA
6 3 (0.61%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.20%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.20%) MiFID
7 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (7.79%) Docker
2 1 (0.20%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 62 (12.70%) Terraform
2 35 (7.17%) Kubernetes
3 18 (3.69%) Grafana
4 12 (2.46%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.64%) Kibana
6 5 (1.02%) Kubeflow
7 2 (0.41%) Ansible
7 2 (0.41%) Control-M
8 1 (0.20%) Packer
8 1 (0.20%) QRadar
Vendors
1 125 (25.61%) Databricks
2 72 (14.75%) Microsoft
3 33 (6.76%) Oracle
4 20 (4.10%) Dell
5 17 (3.48%) Cloudera
6 16 (3.28%) Google
6 16 (3.28%) Red Hat
7 14 (2.87%) Palantir
8 13 (2.66%) Foundry
9 12 (2.46%) Salesforce
10 11 (2.25%) Informatica
10 11 (2.25%) OpenAI
11 6 (1.23%) UiPath
12 5 (1.02%) Automation Anywhere
13 4 (0.82%) Sage
14 3 (0.61%) Adobe
14 3 (0.61%) NVIDIA
14 3 (0.61%) SAP
14 3 (0.61%) Talend
14 3 (0.61%) Workday