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 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 164 179
Rank change year-on-year +77 +15 +28
Permanent jobs citing Data Pipeline 488 279 378
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.71% 2.18% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.21% 2.26% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 315 147 256
10th Percentile £43,750 £55,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £58,199 £62,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% -3.57%

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 15,204 12,340 20,413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 84.39% 96.24% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 9,935 7,530 15,942
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £38,503
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +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 1 April 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 1 April 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 +36 121 £82,500 +13.79% 115
West London +4 25 £47,000 -24.80% 5
South London +53 20 £48,975 -20.04% 1
East London - 9 £32,838 - 6
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
1 108 (22.13%) Apache Airflow
2 87 (17.83%) Apache Spark
3 50 (10.25%) Apache
4 12 (2.46%) Appian
5 9 (1.84%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.82%) Confluence
7 3 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.41%) IIS
9 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.84%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.20%) Notion
Business Applications
1 3 (0.61%) Markit EDM
2 2 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.20%) Actimize
3 1 (0.20%) Endur
3 1 (0.20%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.20%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 223 (45.70%) Azure
2 181 (37.09%) AWS
3 118 (24.18%) Power Platform
4 99 (20.29%) GCP
5 93 (19.06%) dbt
6 76 (15.57%) Azure Data Factory
7 70 (14.34%) Snowflake
8 53 (10.86%) Amazon S3
9 47 (9.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 44 (9.02%) Azure DevOps
11 43 (8.81%) Serverless
12 34 (6.97%) GitHub
13 29 (5.94%) OpenShift
14 28 (5.74%) AWS Lambda
15 25 (5.12%) Power Automate
16 22 (4.51%) Amazon Kinesis
17 21 (4.30%) SaaS
18 16 (3.28%) Azure Monitor
19 15 (3.07%) Amazon EMR
20 13 (2.66%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.84%) Broadband
2 4 (0.82%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.61%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.20%) 4G
4 1 (0.20%) 5G
4 1 (0.20%) Firewall
4 1 (0.20%) FIX Connectivity
4 1 (0.20%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (24.80%) Data Warehouse
2 114 (23.36%) Power BI
3 82 (16.80%) Data Lake
4 81 (16.60%) Tableau
5 65 (13.32%) SQL Server
6 49 (10.04%) Amazon Redshift
7 48 (9.84%) Metadata
8 47 (9.63%) BigQuery
9 40 (8.20%) Relational Database
10 33 (6.76%) Azure SQL Database
11 28 (5.74%) Looker
11 28 (5.74%) Oracle Database
12 27 (5.53%) PostgreSQL
13 26 (5.33%) Delta Lake
14 24 (4.92%) Snowflake Schema
15 22 (4.51%) Apache Hive
15 22 (4.51%) Big Data
16 21 (4.30%) Spark SQL
17 19 (3.89%) NoSQL
18 18 (3.69%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 79 (16.19%) Git
2 35 (7.17%) MLflow
3 16 (3.28%) IBM UrbanCode
4 12 (2.46%) Visual Studio
5 7 (1.43%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.02%) JIRA
7 4 (0.82%) ER Studio
7 4 (0.82%) ERwin
7 4 (0.82%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.41%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.41%) GitLab
9 1 (0.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.20%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.20%) Deequ
9 1 (0.20%) Selenium
General
1 177 (36.27%) Finance
2 149 (30.53%) Social Skills
3 132 (27.05%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (8.61%) Banking
5 36 (7.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (6.76%) Public Sector
7 28 (5.74%) Marketing
8 23 (4.71%) Manufacturing
8 23 (4.71%) Retail
9 17 (3.48%) Investment Banking
10 15 (3.07%) Law
11 13 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (2.25%) Front Office
13 10 (2.05%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.84%) Electronics
15 7 (1.43%) Legal
15 7 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (1.02%) Advertising
16 5 (1.02%) Financial Institution
17 4 (0.82%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 203 (41.60%) Data Engineer
2 94 (19.26%) Senior
3 60 (12.30%) Analyst
4 55 (11.27%) Lead
5 48 (9.84%) Senior Data Engineer
6 43 (8.81%) Developer
7 30 (6.15%) Architect
8 28 (5.74%) Lead Data Engineer
9 23 (4.71%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 23 (4.71%) AWS Data Engineer
9 23 (4.71%) AWS Engineer
10 22 (4.51%) Data Analyst
10 22 (4.51%) Data Architect
11 18 (3.69%) Python Engineer
12 17 (3.48%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 16 (3.28%) Software Engineer
13 16 (3.28%) Systems Engineer
14 15 (3.07%) Azure Engineer
15 14 (2.87%) Automation Engineer
15 14 (2.87%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (15.98%) Kafka
2 59 (12.09%) PySpark
3 50 (10.25%) PyTorch
4 46 (9.43%) TensorFlow
5 36 (7.38%) scikit-learn
6 31 (6.35%) Pandas
7 26 (5.33%) LangChain
8 21 (4.30%) RESTful
9 20 (4.10%) React
10 18 (3.69%) REST
11 17 (3.48%) pytest
12 16 (3.28%) FastAPI
12 16 (3.28%) Flask
12 16 (3.28%) LlamaIndex
12 16 (3.28%) Node.js
12 16 (3.28%) pgvector
13 15 (3.07%) OAuth
14 14 (2.87%) .NET
14 14 (2.87%) Django
15 13 (2.66%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 45 (9.22%) Cloud Native
2 23 (4.71%) Distributed Systems
2 23 (4.71%) Management Information System
3 22 (4.51%) Algorithms
4 18 (3.69%) Product Ownership
5 17 (3.48%) Data Structures
5 17 (3.48%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (3.48%) Public Cloud
6 16 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
6 16 (3.28%) Clustering
6 16 (3.28%) Low-Code
7 14 (2.87%) Reinsurance
8 9 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.64%) Hedge funds
9 8 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.43%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.23%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.23%) Distributed Computing
11 6 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (0.82%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.87%) Linux
2 11 (2.25%) Windows
3 5 (1.02%) Unix
4 2 (0.41%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.20%) Solaris
5 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (56.76%) Analytics
2 245 (50.20%) Data Engineering
3 234 (47.95%) ETL
4 210 (43.03%) Data Modelling
5 200 (40.98%) CI/CD
6 191 (39.14%) AI
7 151 (30.94%) Business Intelligence
8 148 (30.33%) Data Governance
9 121 (24.80%) Problem-Solving
10 120 (24.59%) Machine Learning
11 117 (23.98%) DevOps
12 116 (23.77%) Data Science
13 93 (19.06%) Agile
14 77 (15.78%) Data Architecture
15 76 (15.57%) Continuous Improvement
15 76 (15.57%) Decision-Making
16 67 (13.73%) Data Management
17 64 (13.11%) Computer Science
18 61 (12.50%) Data Transformation
19 60 (12.30%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 320 (65.57%) Python
2 310 (63.52%) SQL
3 35 (7.17%) Java
4 32 (6.56%) C#
5 27 (5.53%) Scala
5 27 (5.53%) TypeScript
6 21 (4.30%) C++
7 14 (2.87%) Bash
7 14 (2.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 13 (2.66%) JavaScript
9 12 (2.46%) R
10 8 (1.64%) PowerShell
11 6 (1.23%) PHP
11 6 (1.23%) Rust
12 5 (1.02%) C
13 4 (0.82%) Go
13 4 (0.82%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.41%) Julia
14 2 (0.41%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.41%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 84 (17.21%) Degree
2 48 (9.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 40 (8.20%) Security Cleared
4 35 (7.17%) SC Cleared
5 23 (4.71%) Master's Degree
6 18 (3.69%) DV Cleared
7 13 (2.66%) Azure Certification
8 12 (2.46%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.02%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.82%) SnowPro
12 3 (0.61%) CISSP
12 3 (0.61%) MCSE
12 3 (0.61%) OCP
12 3 (0.61%) Oracle Certification
13 2 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.20%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (33.61%) Data Quality
2 48 (9.84%) GDPR
3 26 (5.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 11 (2.25%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.43%) HIPAA
6 5 (1.02%) PERC
7 4 (0.82%) QA
8 3 (0.61%) Solvency II
9 2 (0.41%) IFRS
10 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.20%) MiFID
10 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 57 (11.68%) Docker
2 5 (1.02%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.61%) HDFS
4 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 64 (13.11%) Terraform
2 56 (11.48%) Kubernetes
3 25 (5.12%) Grafana
4 16 (3.28%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.43%) Kibana
6 5 (1.02%) Ansible
7 4 (0.82%) Control-M
8 3 (0.61%) Kubeflow
9 2 (0.41%) Argo
10 1 (0.20%) Ambari
10 1 (0.20%) Puppet
10 1 (0.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 119 (24.39%) Databricks
2 64 (13.11%) Microsoft
3 37 (7.58%) Oracle
4 26 (5.33%) Dell
5 22 (4.51%) Palantir
6 21 (4.30%) Google
7 20 (4.10%) Red Hat
8 16 (3.28%) Cloudera
9 14 (2.87%) Foundry
9 14 (2.87%) Informatica
10 13 (2.66%) OpenAI
11 12 (2.46%) Automation Anywhere
11 12 (2.46%) UiPath
12 10 (2.05%) SAP
12 10 (2.05%) Talend
13 6 (1.23%) Adobe
13 6 (1.23%) NVIDIA
14 5 (1.02%) IBM
14 5 (1.02%) Salesforce
15 4 (0.82%) Alteryx