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 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 194 196
Rank change year-on-year +109 +2 +24
Permanent jobs citing Data Pipeline 462 260 338
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.06% 1.71% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.53% 1.79% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 307 144 270
10th Percentile £45,000 £52,875 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £60,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £76,750 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.28% -4.06% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,063 £100,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £112,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.11%

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 13,099 14,514 19,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 86.78% 95.19% 91.85%
Number of salaries quoted 8,431 7,916 15,669
10th Percentile £36,750 £43,250 £39,450
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,094 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,205 £55,440
% change year-on-year -11.58% +12.20% -11.30%

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 6 February 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 6 February 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 +56 108 £83,500 +11.33% 76
West London +12 17 £47,000 -23.27% 9
South London +47 10 £48,975 -20.04% 3
East London - 3 £32,838 - 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 69 (14.94%) Apache Spark
2 64 (13.85%) Apache Airflow
3 34 (7.36%) Apache
4 12 (2.60%) Appian
4 12 (2.60%) Palantir Foundry
5 5 (1.08%) Confluence
6 3 (0.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.43%) IIS
7 2 (0.43%) nginx
8 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.22%) SAS
8 1 (0.22%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.22%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.22%) Notion
Business Applications
1 6 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.43%) Markit EDM
2 2 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.22%) Actimize
3 1 (0.22%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.22%) Endur
3 1 (0.22%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.22%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 230 (49.78%) Azure
2 177 (38.31%) AWS
3 123 (26.62%) Power Platform
4 95 (20.56%) GCP
5 78 (16.88%) Azure Data Factory
6 66 (14.29%) Snowflake
7 63 (13.64%) dbt
8 47 (10.17%) Azure DevOps
9 45 (9.74%) Serverless
10 40 (8.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 38 (8.23%) Amazon S3
12 35 (7.58%) GitHub
13 32 (6.93%) AWS Lambda
14 24 (5.19%) Amazon Kinesis
14 24 (5.19%) Fivetran
14 24 (5.19%) Power Automate
15 18 (3.90%) AWS Step Functions
16 17 (3.68%) Amazon EMR
16 17 (3.68%) Azure Monitor
16 17 (3.68%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.30%) TCP/IP
2 4 (0.87%) Broadband
2 4 (0.87%) Kerberos
3 3 (0.65%) Firewall
3 3 (0.65%) VLAN
4 2 (0.43%) BGP
4 2 (0.43%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (0.43%) MQTT
4 2 (0.43%) OSPF
4 2 (0.43%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.43%) RTMP
4 2 (0.43%) VPN
4 2 (0.43%) WAN
4 2 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.43%) Wireless
5 1 (0.22%) FIX Connectivity
5 1 (0.22%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (27.27%) Data Warehouse
2 121 (26.19%) Power BI
3 85 (18.40%) SQL Server
4 73 (15.80%) Data Lake
5 58 (12.55%) Metadata
6 50 (10.82%) Tableau
7 44 (9.52%) Big Data
8 42 (9.09%) Amazon Redshift
9 34 (7.36%) Azure SQL Database
10 31 (6.71%) Hadoop
11 30 (6.49%) Relational Database
12 29 (6.28%) PostgreSQL
13 26 (5.63%) NoSQL
14 24 (5.19%) BigQuery
14 24 (5.19%) Looker
15 22 (4.76%) Amazon Athena
16 21 (4.55%) Delta Lake
16 21 (4.55%) MySQL
17 18 (3.90%) MongoDB
18 15 (3.25%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 58 (12.55%) Git
2 22 (4.76%) MLflow
3 13 (2.81%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.38%) JIRA
5 9 (1.95%) Visual Studio
6 6 (1.30%) GitLab
7 4 (0.87%) ER Studio
7 4 (0.87%) ERwin
7 4 (0.87%) Postman
7 4 (0.87%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.87%) Selenium
8 3 (0.65%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (0.65%) Charles Proxy
8 3 (0.65%) Fiddler
8 3 (0.65%) Maven
8 3 (0.65%) TestNG
8 3 (0.65%) WebDriver
8 3 (0.65%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.43%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 198 (42.86%) Finance
2 175 (37.88%) Social Skills
3 100 (21.65%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (7.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 33 (7.14%) Public Sector
6 32 (6.93%) Law
7 31 (6.71%) Marketing
8 26 (5.63%) Manufacturing
9 25 (5.41%) Banking
10 16 (3.46%) Retail
11 15 (3.25%) Electronics
12 12 (2.60%) Financial Institution
12 12 (2.60%) Telecoms
13 10 (2.16%) Advertising
14 9 (1.95%) Front Office
14 9 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (1.52%) French Language
17 6 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
18 4 (0.87%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 196 (42.42%) Data Engineer
2 98 (21.21%) Senior
3 58 (12.55%) Senior Data Engineer
4 47 (10.17%) Lead
5 41 (8.87%) Analyst
6 37 (8.01%) Developer
7 28 (6.06%) Architect
8 26 (5.63%) Lead Data Engineer
9 21 (4.55%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 21 (4.55%) AWS Data Engineer
9 21 (4.55%) AWS Engineer
10 20 (4.33%) Data Architect
10 20 (4.33%) Software Engineer
11 19 (4.11%) Azure Engineer
12 18 (3.90%) Data Analyst
13 17 (3.68%) Azure Data Engineer
14 14 (3.03%) Automation Engineer
14 14 (3.03%) Consultant
15 12 (2.60%) Platform Engineer
15 12 (2.60%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (13.20%) Kafka
2 40 (8.66%) PySpark
3 34 (7.36%) PyTorch
4 30 (6.49%) TensorFlow
5 24 (5.19%) Pandas
6 21 (4.55%) scikit-learn
7 20 (4.33%) REST
8 19 (4.11%) pytest
9 17 (3.68%) FastAPI
9 17 (3.68%) RESTful
10 16 (3.46%) .NET
10 16 (3.46%) OAuth
11 15 (3.25%) Django
11 15 (3.25%) Flask
11 15 (3.25%) React
12 14 (3.03%) NumPy
12 14 (3.03%) Web Services
13 12 (2.60%) JWT
13 12 (2.60%) Node.js
13 12 (2.60%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 37 (8.01%) Distributed Systems
2 30 (6.49%) Cloud Native
2 30 (6.49%) Product Ownership
3 27 (5.84%) Management Information System
4 18 (3.90%) Algorithms
4 18 (3.90%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (3.68%) Data Structures
6 15 (3.25%) Greenfield Project
6 15 (3.25%) Low-Code
7 13 (2.81%) Hybrid Cloud
8 11 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
9 10 (2.16%) Reinsurance
10 9 (1.95%) e-Learning
10 9 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.73%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.73%) Hedge funds
12 6 (1.30%) FMCG
13 5 (1.08%) Distributed Architecture
13 5 (1.08%) Fixed Income
13 5 (1.08%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.03%) Linux
2 9 (1.95%) Windows
3 8 (1.73%) Unix
4 2 (0.43%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.22%) Solaris
5 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (53.03%) Data Engineering
2 243 (52.60%) Analytics
3 224 (48.48%) ETL
4 206 (44.59%) Data Modelling
5 194 (41.99%) CI/CD
6 155 (33.55%) Business Intelligence
7 149 (32.25%) AI
8 138 (29.87%) Data Governance
9 131 (28.35%) DevOps
10 129 (27.92%) Problem-Solving
11 116 (25.11%) Machine Learning
12 107 (23.16%) Data Science
13 99 (21.43%) Agile
14 92 (19.91%) Decision-Making
15 72 (15.58%) Continuous Improvement
16 63 (13.64%) Data Integration
17 62 (13.42%) Data Architecture
17 62 (13.42%) Stakeholder Management
18 61 (13.20%) Data Management
19 60 (12.99%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 295 (63.85%) Python
2 278 (60.17%) SQL
3 50 (10.82%) Java
4 38 (8.23%) Scala
5 37 (8.01%) C#
6 23 (4.98%) TypeScript
7 20 (4.33%) C++
8 17 (3.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 17 (3.68%) T-SQL
9 14 (3.03%) Bash
10 13 (2.81%) R
11 7 (1.52%) JavaScript
11 7 (1.52%) PowerShell
12 6 (1.30%) PHP
13 4 (0.87%) C
13 4 (0.87%) Go
13 4 (0.87%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.87%) Rust
14 2 (0.43%) Bicep
14 2 (0.43%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 85 (18.40%) Degree
2 46 (9.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 40 (8.66%) Security Cleared
4 35 (7.58%) SC Cleared
5 23 (4.98%) Master's Degree
6 22 (4.76%) DV Cleared
7 17 (3.68%) AWS Certification
8 15 (3.25%) Azure Certification
8 15 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (2.16%) CISSP
9 10 (2.16%) MCSE
9 10 (2.16%) OCP
9 10 (2.16%) Oracle Certification
10 7 (1.52%) SnowPro
11 5 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.87%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.43%) Numerate Degree
15 1 (0.22%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (34.42%) Data Quality
2 27 (5.84%) GDPR
3 16 (3.46%) QA
4 14 (3.03%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.43%) IFRS
7 1 (0.22%) MiFID
7 1 (0.22%) NCSC
7 1 (0.22%) NIST
7 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 63 (13.64%) Docker
2 8 (1.73%) HDFS
3 6 (1.30%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.43%) NFS
5 1 (0.22%) Firmware
5 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 61 (13.20%) Kubernetes
2 55 (11.90%) Terraform
3 23 (4.98%) Grafana
4 13 (2.81%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.73%) Ansible
6 7 (1.52%) Kibana
7 5 (1.08%) Kubeflow
8 4 (0.87%) Argo
9 3 (0.65%) Control-M
10 1 (0.22%) Ambari
10 1 (0.22%) Puppet
10 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 103 (22.29%) Databricks
2 69 (14.94%) Microsoft
3 30 (6.49%) Oracle
4 24 (5.19%) Palantir
5 22 (4.76%) Google
6 19 (4.11%) Informatica
6 19 (4.11%) SAP
7 15 (3.25%) Foundry
7 15 (3.25%) Talend
8 14 (3.03%) Dell
8 14 (3.03%) OpenAI
9 12 (2.60%) Automation Anywhere
9 12 (2.60%) UiPath
10 9 (1.95%) Adobe
11 8 (1.73%) NVIDIA
12 5 (1.08%) Cisco
12 5 (1.08%) IBM
13 4 (0.87%) Alteryx
13 4 (0.87%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.87%) Salesforce