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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 121 164
Rank change year-on-year +26 +43 +54
Permanent jobs citing Data Pipeline 562 351 423
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.37% 2.87% 2.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.89% 3.05% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 370 186 207
10th Percentile £48,750 £47,125 £61,050
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% -
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £102,500
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 19,423 11,519 17,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.07% 94.33% 89.24%
Number of salaries quoted 13,125 7,273 11,907
10th Percentile £40,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £74,500
Median % change year-on-year - +0.67% -0.67%
75th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 8 August 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 8 August 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 +38 99 £82,500 +3.13% 72
West London - 20 £45,000 - 18
South London +12 11 - - 3
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 99 (17.62%) Apache Airflow
2 93 (16.55%) Apache Spark
3 55 (9.79%) Apache
4 7 (1.25%) SAS
5 5 (0.89%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.89%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.36%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.36%) Confluence
6 2 (0.36%) Luigi
6 2 (0.36%) Tornado
7 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.18%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (1.60%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.18%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 6 (1.07%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.36%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.18%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 252 (44.84%) Azure
2 182 (32.38%) AWS
3 104 (18.51%) Power Platform
4 101 (17.97%) GCP
5 90 (16.01%) dbt
6 77 (13.70%) Snowflake
7 70 (12.46%) Azure Data Factory
8 54 (9.61%) SaaS
9 51 (9.07%) Azure DevOps
10 49 (8.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 42 (7.47%) Amazon S3
12 36 (6.41%) Serverless
13 18 (3.20%) AWS Lambda
13 18 (3.20%) OpenShift
14 15 (2.67%) GitHub
15 14 (2.49%) Microsoft Purview
16 13 (2.31%) Amazon EMR
16 13 (2.31%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 11 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
18 10 (1.78%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.42%) Broadband
2 2 (0.36%) 4G
2 2 (0.36%) 5G
3 1 (0.18%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.18%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (22.06%) Data Warehouse
2 101 (17.97%) Data Lake
3 97 (17.26%) Power BI
4 70 (12.46%) Tableau
5 54 (9.61%) Relational Database
6 47 (8.36%) SQL Server
7 46 (8.19%) NoSQL
8 42 (7.47%) BigQuery
9 37 (6.58%) Azure SQL Database
10 34 (6.05%) Snowflake Schema
11 32 (5.69%) Metadata
12 31 (5.52%) Amazon Redshift
12 31 (5.52%) PostgreSQL
13 27 (4.80%) Elasticsearch
13 27 (4.80%) Oracle Database
14 26 (4.63%) Spark SQL
14 26 (4.63%) Star Schema
15 24 (4.27%) Delta Lake
16 21 (3.74%) Looker
17 20 (3.56%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 78 (13.88%) Git
2 19 (3.38%) MLflow
3 16 (2.85%) IBM UrbanCode
4 8 (1.42%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.89%) JIRA
5 5 (0.89%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.36%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.36%) GitLab
6 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.18%) Crashlytics
7 1 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 178 (31.67%) Social Skills
2 176 (31.32%) Finance
3 137 (24.38%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (9.61%) Banking
5 32 (5.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 29 (5.16%) Marketing
7 28 (4.98%) Public Sector
8 24 (4.27%) Law
9 22 (3.91%) Retail
10 20 (3.56%) Investment Banking
10 20 (3.56%) Legal
11 13 (2.31%) Front Office
12 10 (1.78%) Advertising
13 7 (1.25%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.07%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.07%) Retail Banking
15 5 (0.89%) Billing
15 5 (0.89%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 239 (42.53%) Data Engineer
2 118 (21.00%) Senior
3 96 (17.08%) Lead
4 56 (9.96%) Senior Data Engineer
5 50 (8.90%) Analyst
6 48 (8.54%) Architect
7 40 (7.12%) Data Architect
8 31 (5.52%) Lead Data Engineer
9 30 (5.34%) Developer
10 29 (5.16%) Python Engineer
11 26 (4.63%) Software Engineer
12 20 (3.56%) AWS Engineer
13 19 (3.38%) Platform Engineer
14 18 (3.20%) AWS Data Engineer
14 18 (3.20%) Machine Learning Engineer
14 18 (3.20%) Senior Systems Engineer
14 18 (3.20%) Systems Engineer
15 17 (3.02%) Azure Engineer
15 17 (3.02%) Data Analyst
16 16 (2.85%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (14.77%) Kafka
2 60 (10.68%) PySpark
3 38 (6.76%) PyTorch
4 36 (6.41%) TensorFlow
5 32 (5.69%) scikit-learn
6 30 (5.34%) Pandas
7 29 (5.16%) LangChain
8 20 (3.56%) React
9 18 (3.20%) LlamaIndex
10 17 (3.02%) pgvector
11 16 (2.85%) Node.js
11 16 (2.85%) RESTful
11 16 (2.85%) Spring
12 14 (2.49%) LangGraph
13 13 (2.31%) GraphQL
14 12 (2.14%) Next.js
14 12 (2.14%) REST
15 10 (1.78%) Spring Boot
16 9 (1.60%) FastAPI
17 8 (1.42%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 73 (12.99%) Cloud Native
2 42 (7.47%) Product Ownership
3 33 (5.87%) Data Structures
3 33 (5.87%) Distributed Systems
4 30 (5.34%) AI Agents
5 26 (4.63%) Onboarding
6 18 (3.20%) Clustering
7 17 (3.02%) Public Cloud
8 15 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (2.14%) Management Information System
10 11 (1.96%) Reinsurance
11 10 (1.78%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.42%) Derivative
12 8 (1.42%) Distributed Architecture
13 7 (1.25%) Equities
13 7 (1.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 6 (1.07%) Distributed Computing
15 5 (0.89%) Credit Risk
15 5 (0.89%) Legacy Applications
15 5 (0.89%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.96%) Linux
2 4 (0.71%) Windows
3 2 (0.36%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (52.31%) Analytics
2 263 (46.80%) AI
3 253 (45.02%) Data Engineering
4 221 (39.32%) Data Modelling
5 194 (34.52%) CI/CD
6 189 (33.63%) ETL
7 156 (27.76%) Data Governance
8 155 (27.58%) Business Intelligence
9 140 (24.91%) Machine Learning
10 136 (24.20%) Data Science
11 124 (22.06%) Data Architecture
12 109 (19.40%) Decision-Making
13 102 (18.15%) Agile
14 101 (17.97%) DevOps
15 97 (17.26%) Problem-Solving
16 78 (13.88%) Continuous Improvement
17 76 (13.52%) Software Engineering
18 75 (13.35%) Use Case
19 74 (13.17%) Mentoring
20 66 (11.74%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 374 (66.55%) Python
2 335 (59.61%) SQL
3 40 (7.12%) Java
4 32 (5.69%) TypeScript
5 26 (4.63%) Scala
6 15 (2.67%) JavaScript
7 13 (2.31%) PowerShell
8 12 (2.14%) C#
9 9 (1.60%) R
10 7 (1.25%) C++
11 5 (0.89%) Bash
11 5 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.71%) Rust
12 4 (0.71%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.53%) Julia
13 3 (0.53%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.36%) Go
14 2 (0.36%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.36%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.18%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 70 (12.46%) Degree
2 36 (6.41%) Security Cleared
3 32 (5.69%) SC Cleared
4 27 (4.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (3.74%) Azure Certification
6 17 (3.02%) Master's Degree
7 10 (1.78%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.25%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 4 (0.71%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.53%) SnowPro
12 2 (0.36%) ACCA
12 2 (0.36%) CIMA
12 2 (0.36%) CISSP
12 2 (0.36%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.36%) MBA
12 2 (0.36%) PhD
13 1 (0.18%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 181 (32.21%) Data Quality
2 59 (10.50%) GDPR
3 23 (4.09%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 13 (2.31%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.96%) QA
6 7 (1.25%) HIPAA
6 7 (1.25%) PERC
7 5 (0.89%) EU AI Act
8 3 (0.53%) Solvency II
9 2 (0.36%) IFRS
9 2 (0.36%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.36%) PMO
9 2 (0.36%) PSD2
10 1 (0.18%) GRC
10 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 42 (7.47%) Docker
2 1 (0.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 55 (9.79%) Terraform
2 36 (6.41%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.31%) Grafana
4 8 (1.42%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.71%) Kubeflow
6 3 (0.53%) Kibana
7 2 (0.36%) Ansible
7 2 (0.36%) Argo
7 2 (0.36%) Control-M
8 1 (0.18%) Packer
8 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 157 (27.94%) Databricks
2 101 (17.97%) Microsoft
3 33 (5.87%) Oracle
4 27 (4.80%) Google
5 17 (3.02%) Cloudera
5 17 (3.02%) Dell
6 16 (2.85%) Red Hat
6 16 (2.85%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.67%) Informatica
7 15 (2.67%) OpenAI
8 10 (1.78%) Palantir
9 9 (1.60%) Foundry
10 5 (0.89%) SAP
11 4 (0.71%) Sage
12 3 (0.53%) Anaplan
12 3 (0.53%) Avaya
12 3 (0.53%) Cisco
12 3 (0.53%) Genesys
12 3 (0.53%) Workday
13 2 (0.36%) Talend