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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 115 165
Rank change year-on-year +17 +50 +47
Permanent jobs citing Data Pipeline 568 357 411
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.37% 2.94% 2.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.91% 3.12% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 373 187 196
10th Percentile £48,750 £45,750 £57,875
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,250 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +9.68% -
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £138,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% -0.82%

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 19,540 11,444 17,361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.65% 94.31% 89.14%
Number of salaries quoted 13,181 7,205 11,587
10th Percentile £40,800 £39,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £121,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,465
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.84% -11.26%

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 20 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 20 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 +39 96 £85,000 - 48
West London -5 19 £45,000 -4.26% 11
South London +14 10 - - 2
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 90 (15.85%) Apache Airflow
2 88 (15.49%) Apache Spark
3 54 (9.51%) Apache
4 7 (1.23%) SAS
5 5 (0.88%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.70%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.35%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.35%) Confluence
7 2 (0.35%) Luigi
7 2 (0.35%) 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 8 (1.41%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.18%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 6 (1.06%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.18%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.18%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 250 (44.01%) Azure
2 181 (31.87%) AWS
3 106 (18.66%) Power Platform
4 100 (17.61%) GCP
5 86 (15.14%) dbt
6 74 (13.03%) Snowflake
7 73 (12.85%) Azure Data Factory
8 56 (9.86%) SaaS
9 53 (9.33%) Azure DevOps
10 50 (8.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 41 (7.22%) Amazon S3
12 36 (6.34%) Serverless
13 18 (3.17%) AWS Lambda
14 17 (2.99%) OpenShift
15 16 (2.82%) GitHub
16 14 (2.46%) Microsoft Purview
17 13 (2.29%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 12 (2.11%) Amazon EMR
18 12 (2.11%) Azure Machine Learning
19 10 (1.76%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.88%) Broadband
2 1 (0.18%) 4G
2 1 (0.18%) 5G
2 1 (0.18%) Kerberos
2 1 (0.18%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (21.13%) Data Warehouse
2 100 (17.61%) Data Lake
3 99 (17.43%) Power BI
4 70 (12.32%) Tableau
5 55 (9.68%) Relational Database
6 47 (8.27%) NoSQL
7 41 (7.22%) SQL Server
8 37 (6.51%) BigQuery
9 36 (6.34%) Azure SQL Database
10 35 (6.16%) Snowflake Schema
11 32 (5.63%) PostgreSQL
12 29 (5.11%) Amazon Redshift
12 29 (5.11%) Star Schema
13 28 (4.93%) Metadata
14 27 (4.75%) Elasticsearch
15 26 (4.58%) Oracle Database
16 25 (4.40%) Spark SQL
17 24 (4.23%) Delta Lake
18 22 (3.87%) Looker
19 19 (3.35%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 73 (12.85%) Git
2 19 (3.35%) MLflow
3 15 (2.64%) IBM UrbanCode
4 9 (1.58%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.88%) JIRA
6 4 (0.70%) Claude Code
7 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.35%) GitLab
9 1 (0.18%) Crashlytics
9 1 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 186 (32.75%) Finance
2 184 (32.39%) Social Skills
3 135 (23.77%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (9.51%) Banking
5 35 (6.16%) Marketing
6 34 (5.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 28 (4.93%) Public Sector
8 23 (4.05%) Law
8 23 (4.05%) Retail
9 21 (3.70%) Legal
10 19 (3.35%) Investment Banking
11 13 (2.29%) Front Office
12 12 (2.11%) Advertising
13 7 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.06%) Back Office
14 6 (1.06%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.06%) Retail Banking
14 6 (1.06%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.88%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 240 (42.25%) Data Engineer
2 117 (20.60%) Senior
3 102 (17.96%) Lead
4 54 (9.51%) Senior Data Engineer
5 48 (8.45%) Analyst
5 48 (8.45%) Architect
6 40 (7.04%) Data Architect
7 33 (5.81%) Lead Data Engineer
8 28 (4.93%) Software Engineer
9 26 (4.58%) Developer
9 26 (4.58%) Python Engineer
10 20 (3.52%) Platform Engineer
11 19 (3.35%) Machine Learning Engineer
12 18 (3.17%) AWS Engineer
12 18 (3.17%) Azure Engineer
12 18 (3.17%) Business Analyst
12 18 (3.17%) Data Scientist
12 18 (3.17%) Systems Engineer
13 17 (2.99%) Data Analyst
13 17 (2.99%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (13.91%) Kafka
2 62 (10.92%) PySpark
3 48 (8.45%) Terraform
4 40 (7.04%) PyTorch
5 38 (6.69%) TensorFlow
6 32 (5.63%) scikit-learn
7 29 (5.11%) LangChain
7 29 (5.11%) Pandas
8 18 (3.17%) LlamaIndex
8 18 (3.17%) React
9 17 (2.99%) pgvector
10 16 (2.82%) Node.js
10 16 (2.82%) RESTful
11 15 (2.64%) Spring
12 14 (2.46%) LangGraph
13 12 (2.11%) GraphQL
14 11 (1.94%) Next.js
14 11 (1.94%) REST
15 8 (1.41%) NumPy
15 8 (1.41%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 74 (13.03%) Cloud Native
2 43 (7.57%) Product Ownership
3 35 (6.16%) AI Agents
4 34 (5.99%) Distributed Systems
5 30 (5.28%) Data Structures
6 25 (4.40%) Onboarding
7 18 (3.17%) Clustering
8 16 (2.82%) Public Cloud
9 13 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (2.11%) Management Information System
11 10 (1.76%) Algorithms
11 10 (1.76%) Derivative
12 9 (1.58%) Reinsurance
13 8 (1.41%) Distributed Architecture
13 8 (1.41%) Equities
14 7 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 6 (1.06%) Credit Risk
15 6 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
15 6 (1.06%) Market Risk
16 4 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.94%) Linux
2 4 (0.70%) Windows
3 2 (0.35%) Unix
4 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (52.11%) Analytics
2 273 (48.06%) AI
3 256 (45.07%) Data Engineering
4 225 (39.61%) Data Modelling
5 191 (33.63%) CI/CD
6 179 (31.51%) ETL
7 158 (27.82%) Business Intelligence
8 151 (26.58%) Data Governance
9 148 (26.06%) Machine Learning
10 143 (25.18%) Data Science
11 132 (23.24%) Data Architecture
12 115 (20.25%) Decision-Making
13 102 (17.96%) DevOps
14 99 (17.43%) Agile
15 96 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
16 77 (13.56%) Use Case
17 74 (13.03%) Mentoring
17 74 (13.03%) Software Engineering
18 70 (12.32%) Continuous Improvement
18 70 (12.32%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 377 (66.37%) Python
2 335 (58.98%) SQL
3 35 (6.16%) Java
4 30 (5.28%) TypeScript
5 24 (4.23%) Scala
6 13 (2.29%) JavaScript
7 12 (2.11%) PowerShell
8 10 (1.76%) C#
9 7 (1.23%) R
10 5 (0.88%) Bash
10 5 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.70%) Rust
11 4 (0.70%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.53%) C++
12 3 (0.53%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.53%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.35%) Go
14 1 (0.18%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.18%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 72 (12.68%) Degree
2 36 (6.34%) Security Cleared
3 32 (5.63%) SC Cleared
4 28 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (3.70%) Azure Certification
6 18 (3.17%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.58%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.23%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.06%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 6 (1.06%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (0.53%) ACCA
10 3 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.53%) CIMA
10 3 (0.53%) MBA
10 3 (0.53%) SnowPro
11 2 (0.35%) CISSP
11 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.35%) PhD
12 1 (0.18%) ISEB
12 1 (0.18%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 193 (33.98%) Data Quality
2 59 (10.39%) GDPR
3 23 (4.05%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 13 (2.29%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.94%) QA
6 7 (1.23%) HIPAA
6 7 (1.23%) PERC
7 5 (0.88%) EU AI Act
8 3 (0.53%) IFRS
8 3 (0.53%) Solvency II
9 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.35%) PMO
9 2 (0.35%) PSD2
10 1 (0.18%) GRC
10 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 39 (6.87%) Docker
2 1 (0.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 34 (5.99%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.11%) Grafana
3 6 (1.06%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.70%) Kubeflow
5 3 (0.53%) Kibana
6 2 (0.35%) Ansible
6 2 (0.35%) Argo
7 1 (0.18%) Control-M
7 1 (0.18%) Packer
7 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 162 (28.52%) Databricks
2 100 (17.61%) Microsoft
3 32 (5.63%) Oracle
4 26 (4.58%) Google
5 17 (2.99%) Cloudera
5 17 (2.99%) Dell
6 16 (2.82%) OpenAI
6 16 (2.82%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.64%) Red Hat
8 14 (2.46%) Informatica
9 8 (1.41%) Foundry
9 8 (1.41%) Palantir
10 5 (0.88%) SAP
11 4 (0.70%) Anaplan
11 4 (0.70%) Sage
12 3 (0.53%) Avaya
12 3 (0.53%) Cisco
12 3 (0.53%) Genesys
12 3 (0.53%) Workday
13 2 (0.35%) Refinitiv