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 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 106 171
Rank change year-on-year +8 +65 +32
Permanent jobs citing Data Pipeline 546 368 380
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.21% 3.07% 1.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.73% 3.27% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 361 200 175
10th Percentile £48,750 £45,750 £56,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +10.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £101,875
90th Percentile £115,000 £137,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £69,384 £70,000
% change year-on-year +0.89% -0.88% -6.67%

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 19,971 11,264 17,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.77% 94.12% 89.33%
Number of salaries quoted 13,613 7,148 10,630
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

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 13 September 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 13 September 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 +42 94 £85,000 - 68
West London -11 13 £45,000 -4.26% 38
South London - 4 - - 5
East London - 1 - - 10
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 (12.64%) Apache Spark
2 58 (10.62%) Apache Airflow
3 38 (6.96%) Apache
4 7 (1.28%) SAS
5 4 (0.73%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.55%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.37%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.37%) Confluence
7 2 (0.37%) Luigi
7 2 (0.37%) Tornado
8 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.18%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.18%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 6 (1.10%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.37%) 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
1 246 (45.05%) Azure
2 160 (29.30%) AWS
3 102 (18.68%) Power Platform
4 93 (17.03%) GCP
5 81 (14.84%) Azure Data Factory
6 77 (14.10%) dbt
7 65 (11.90%) Snowflake
8 56 (10.26%) Azure DevOps
9 51 (9.34%) SaaS
10 50 (9.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 37 (6.78%) Serverless
12 29 (5.31%) Amazon S3
13 25 (4.58%) Azure Databricks
14 19 (3.48%) AWS Lambda
15 16 (2.93%) Microsoft Purview
16 15 (2.75%) GitHub
17 13 (2.38%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 13 (2.38%) Azure Machine Learning
18 12 (2.20%) Cloud Computing
19 10 (1.83%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.55%) Broadband
2 1 (0.18%) 4G
2 1 (0.18%) 5G
2 1 (0.18%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (21.43%) Data Warehouse
2 105 (19.23%) Data Lake
3 96 (17.58%) Power BI
4 52 (9.52%) Tableau
5 48 (8.79%) NoSQL
5 48 (8.79%) Relational Database
6 40 (7.33%) Azure SQL Database
7 34 (6.23%) SQL Server
8 32 (5.86%) BigQuery
9 30 (5.49%) Metadata
9 30 (5.49%) Star Schema
10 28 (5.13%) PostgreSQL
10 28 (5.13%) Snowflake Schema
11 24 (4.40%) Delta Lake
12 22 (4.03%) Amazon Redshift
13 21 (3.85%) Elasticsearch
14 18 (3.30%) Big Data
15 16 (2.93%) Looker
16 14 (2.56%) MySQL
17 13 (2.38%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 62 (11.36%) Git
2 13 (2.38%) MLflow
3 12 (2.20%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.92%) JIRA
5 4 (0.73%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.37%) GitLab
8 1 (0.18%) Crashlytics
8 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 181 (33.15%) Finance
1 181 (33.15%) Social Skills
2 112 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (7.69%) Banking
4 38 (6.96%) Marketing
5 33 (6.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (4.58%) Retail
7 23 (4.21%) Public Sector
8 20 (3.66%) Law
9 15 (2.75%) Legal
10 12 (2.20%) Front Office
11 11 (2.01%) Advertising
11 11 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.28%) Back Office
13 6 (1.10%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.10%) Retail Banking
13 6 (1.10%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.92%) Legal Technology
14 5 (0.92%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 235 (43.04%) Data Engineer
2 116 (21.25%) Senior
3 103 (18.86%) Lead
4 57 (10.44%) Senior Data Engineer
5 48 (8.79%) Architect
6 40 (7.33%) Data Architect
7 34 (6.23%) Lead Data Engineer
7 34 (6.23%) Software Engineer
8 27 (4.95%) Analyst
9 24 (4.40%) Machine Learning Engineer
9 24 (4.40%) Platform Engineer
10 23 (4.21%) Developer
10 23 (4.21%) Python Engineer
11 22 (4.03%) Azure Engineer
12 20 (3.66%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 19 (3.48%) Azure Data Engineer
13 19 (3.48%) Databricks Engineer
14 18 (3.30%) Data Scientist
15 13 (2.38%) Data Analyst
15 13 (2.38%) Snowflake Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (12.82%) Kafka
2 48 (8.79%) PySpark
3 43 (7.88%) Terraform
4 36 (6.59%) PyTorch
5 34 (6.23%) TensorFlow
6 30 (5.49%) scikit-learn
7 27 (4.95%) LangChain
8 21 (3.85%) Pandas
9 18 (3.30%) LangGraph
10 14 (2.56%) Spring
11 13 (2.38%) React
12 12 (2.20%) LlamaIndex
12 12 (2.20%) REST
13 11 (2.01%) Node.js
13 11 (2.01%) pgvector
14 10 (1.83%) RESTful
15 8 (1.47%) CSS
15 8 (1.47%) FastAPI
15 8 (1.47%) GraphQL
15 8 (1.47%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 69 (12.64%) Cloud Native
2 48 (8.79%) Product Ownership
3 39 (7.14%) AI Agents
4 36 (6.59%) Distributed Systems
5 30 (5.49%) Data Structures
6 26 (4.76%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.20%) Clustering
8 11 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (2.01%) Derivative
8 11 (2.01%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.83%) Public Cloud
10 8 (1.47%) Equities
10 8 (1.47%) Reinsurance
11 7 (1.28%) Algorithms
11 7 (1.28%) Distributed Architecture
11 7 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (1.10%) Credit Risk
12 6 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
12 6 (1.10%) Market Risk
13 4 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.47%) Linux
2 3 (0.55%) Windows
3 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (50.00%) Analytics
2 255 (46.70%) AI
3 250 (45.79%) Data Engineering
4 218 (39.93%) Data Modelling
5 178 (32.60%) CI/CD
6 159 (29.12%) ETL
7 152 (27.84%) Business Intelligence
8 145 (26.56%) Machine Learning
9 138 (25.27%) Data Science
10 131 (23.99%) Data Governance
11 130 (23.81%) Data Architecture
12 119 (21.79%) Decision-Making
13 106 (19.41%) DevOps
14 100 (18.32%) Problem-Solving
15 86 (15.75%) Agile
16 77 (14.10%) Lakehouse
17 76 (13.92%) Software Engineering
17 76 (13.92%) Use Case
18 68 (12.45%) Mentoring
18 68 (12.45%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 352 (64.47%) Python
2 313 (57.33%) SQL
3 33 (6.04%) Java
4 28 (5.13%) Scala
5 25 (4.58%) TypeScript
6 15 (2.75%) JavaScript
7 11 (2.01%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.65%) C#
9 7 (1.28%) R
10 6 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.73%) Bash
11 4 (0.73%) C++
11 4 (0.73%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.55%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.55%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.55%) Rust
13 2 (0.37%) Go
14 1 (0.18%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.18%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 62 (11.36%) Degree
2 36 (6.59%) Security Cleared
3 32 (5.86%) SC Cleared
4 23 (4.21%) Azure Certification
5 22 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (3.30%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.47%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.10%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 6 (1.10%) Numerate Degree
9 4 (0.73%) ACCA
9 4 (0.73%) CIMA
9 4 (0.73%) MBA
10 3 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.55%) SnowPro
11 2 (0.37%) CISSP
11 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.18%) ISEB
12 1 (0.18%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.18%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 185 (33.88%) Data Quality
2 45 (8.24%) GDPR
3 12 (2.20%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.20%) QA
4 10 (1.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 7 (1.28%) PERC
6 5 (0.92%) EU AI Act
7 4 (0.73%) IFRS
8 2 (0.37%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.37%) PMO
8 2 (0.37%) PSD2
8 2 (0.37%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.18%) GRC
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (6.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 34 (6.23%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.83%) Grafana
3 4 (0.73%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.55%) Kibana
4 3 (0.55%) Kubeflow
5 2 (0.37%) Argo
6 1 (0.18%) Ansible
6 1 (0.18%) Packer
6 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 158 (28.94%) Databricks
2 98 (17.95%) Microsoft
3 28 (5.13%) Google
4 17 (3.11%) Salesforce
5 16 (2.93%) OpenAI
6 12 (2.20%) Informatica
6 12 (2.20%) Oracle
7 11 (2.01%) Cloudera
8 10 (1.83%) Dell
9 6 (1.10%) SAP
10 5 (0.92%) Anaplan
10 5 (0.92%) Foundry
10 5 (0.92%) Palantir
11 4 (0.73%) Braze
11 4 (0.73%) Sage
12 3 (0.55%) Avaya
12 3 (0.55%) Cisco
12 3 (0.55%) Genesys
12 3 (0.55%) SnapLogic
12 3 (0.55%) Workday