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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 204 183
Rank change year-on-year +119 -21 +37
Permanent jobs citing Data Pipeline 458 261 341
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.09% 1.69% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.55% 1.78% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 304 145 273
10th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £105,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 12,916 14,661 18,997
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.04% 94.99% 92.03%
Number of salaries quoted 8,257 7,976 15,320
10th Percentile £36,750 £43,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year - +2.74% -2.67%
75th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.84% +6.09% -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 30 January 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 30 January 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 +53 105 £83,500 +11.33% 66
West London +14 17 £47,000 -24.80% 9
South London +45 10 £48,975 -20.04% 8
East London - 3 £32,838 - 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 67 (14.63%) Apache Spark
2 62 (13.54%) Apache Airflow
3 34 (7.42%) Apache
4 13 (2.84%) Palantir Foundry
5 11 (2.40%) Appian
6 5 (1.09%) Confluence
7 3 (0.66%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.44%) IIS
8 2 (0.44%) nginx
9 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.22%) SAS
9 1 (0.22%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.22%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.22%) Notion
Business Applications
1 7 (1.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.44%) Markit EDM
2 2 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.44%) 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 (50.22%) Azure
2 177 (38.65%) AWS
3 123 (26.86%) Power Platform
4 97 (21.18%) GCP
5 76 (16.59%) Azure Data Factory
6 65 (14.19%) Snowflake
7 58 (12.66%) dbt
8 46 (10.04%) Azure DevOps
9 45 (9.83%) Serverless
10 43 (9.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 38 (8.30%) Amazon S3
12 36 (7.86%) GitHub
13 32 (6.99%) AWS Lambda
14 26 (5.68%) Fivetran
15 25 (5.46%) Amazon Kinesis
16 22 (4.80%) Power Automate
17 18 (3.93%) AWS Step Functions
17 18 (3.93%) Azure Monitor
18 17 (3.71%) Amazon EMR
19 16 (3.49%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.31%) TCP/IP
2 4 (0.87%) Kerberos
3 3 (0.66%) Broadband
3 3 (0.66%) Firewall
3 3 (0.66%) VLAN
4 2 (0.44%) BGP
4 2 (0.44%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (0.44%) MQTT
4 2 (0.44%) OSPF
4 2 (0.44%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.44%) RTMP
4 2 (0.44%) VPN
4 2 (0.44%) WAN
4 2 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.44%) Wireless
5 1 (0.22%) FIX Connectivity
5 1 (0.22%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (27.51%) Data Warehouse
2 121 (26.42%) Power BI
3 85 (18.56%) SQL Server
4 73 (15.94%) Data Lake
5 60 (13.10%) Metadata
6 54 (11.79%) Tableau
7 45 (9.83%) Big Data
8 44 (9.61%) Amazon Redshift
9 34 (7.42%) Azure SQL Database
10 33 (7.21%) Hadoop
11 29 (6.33%) PostgreSQL
12 27 (5.90%) Looker
12 27 (5.90%) NoSQL
12 27 (5.90%) Relational Database
13 25 (5.46%) BigQuery
14 22 (4.80%) Amazon Athena
14 22 (4.80%) Delta Lake
15 21 (4.59%) MySQL
16 18 (3.93%) MongoDB
17 15 (3.28%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 58 (12.66%) Git
2 21 (4.59%) MLflow
3 14 (3.06%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.40%) JIRA
5 8 (1.75%) Visual Studio
6 6 (1.31%) 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 (0.66%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (0.66%) Charles Proxy
8 3 (0.66%) Fiddler
8 3 (0.66%) Maven
8 3 (0.66%) TestNG
8 3 (0.66%) WebDriver
8 3 (0.66%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.44%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.44%) Jaeger
General
1 197 (43.01%) Finance
2 172 (37.55%) Social Skills
3 98 (21.40%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (7.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 33 (7.21%) Law
5 33 (7.21%) Marketing
5 33 (7.21%) Public Sector
6 27 (5.90%) Manufacturing
7 25 (5.46%) Banking
8 17 (3.71%) Retail
9 15 (3.28%) Electronics
10 13 (2.84%) Financial Institution
11 12 (2.62%) Advertising
11 12 (2.62%) Telecoms
12 9 (1.97%) French Language
12 9 (1.97%) Front Office
12 9 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.87%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 193 (42.14%) Data Engineer
2 94 (20.52%) Senior
3 53 (11.57%) Senior Data Engineer
4 47 (10.26%) Lead
5 42 (9.17%) Analyst
6 37 (8.08%) Developer
7 26 (5.68%) Lead Data Engineer
8 25 (5.46%) Architect
9 21 (4.59%) AWS Data Engineer
9 21 (4.59%) AWS Engineer
10 20 (4.37%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 20 (4.37%) Software Engineer
11 19 (4.15%) Azure Engineer
11 19 (4.15%) Data Architect
12 18 (3.93%) Data Analyst
13 17 (3.71%) Azure Data Engineer
14 15 (3.28%) Consultant
15 13 (2.84%) Automation Engineer
16 12 (2.62%) Principal Engineer
17 11 (2.40%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (12.88%) Kafka
2 39 (8.52%) PySpark
3 34 (7.42%) PyTorch
4 30 (6.55%) TensorFlow
5 24 (5.24%) Pandas
6 21 (4.59%) scikit-learn
7 19 (4.15%) REST
8 18 (3.93%) pytest
9 16 (3.49%) FastAPI
9 16 (3.49%) RESTful
10 15 (3.28%) .NET
10 15 (3.28%) OAuth
10 15 (3.28%) React
11 14 (3.06%) Django
11 14 (3.06%) Flask
12 13 (2.84%) NumPy
12 13 (2.84%) Web Services
13 12 (2.62%) Node.js
14 11 (2.40%) JWT
14 11 (2.40%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 37 (8.08%) Distributed Systems
2 32 (6.99%) Cloud Native
3 31 (6.77%) Product Ownership
4 28 (6.11%) Management Information System
5 17 (3.71%) Algorithms
5 17 (3.71%) Data Structures
5 17 (3.71%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (3.06%) Low-Code
8 13 (2.84%) Hybrid Cloud
9 10 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
9 10 (2.18%) e-Learning
10 9 (1.97%) Data Centre
10 9 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.75%) Hedge funds
11 8 (1.75%) Reinsurance
12 7 (1.53%) FMCG
13 5 (1.09%) Distributed Architecture
13 5 (1.09%) Fixed Income
13 5 (1.09%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.84%) Linux
2 9 (1.97%) Windows
3 8 (1.75%) Unix
4 2 (0.44%) 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
1 243 (53.06%) Analytics
1 243 (53.06%) Data Engineering
2 224 (48.91%) ETL
3 200 (43.67%) Data Modelling
4 192 (41.92%) CI/CD
5 157 (34.28%) Business Intelligence
6 147 (32.10%) AI
7 139 (30.35%) Data Governance
8 130 (28.38%) DevOps
9 128 (27.95%) Problem-Solving
10 117 (25.55%) Machine Learning
11 105 (22.93%) Data Science
12 99 (21.62%) Agile
13 94 (20.52%) Decision-Making
14 70 (15.28%) Continuous Improvement
15 63 (13.76%) Stakeholder Management
16 62 (13.54%) Data Integration
17 61 (13.32%) Data Management
18 59 (12.88%) Data Architecture
19 57 (12.45%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 293 (63.97%) Python
2 274 (59.83%) SQL
3 48 (10.48%) Java
4 40 (8.73%) Scala
5 36 (7.86%) C#
6 23 (5.02%) TypeScript
7 19 (4.15%) C++
8 18 (3.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 17 (3.71%) T-SQL
10 14 (3.06%) Bash
10 14 (3.06%) R
11 8 (1.75%) PowerShell
12 7 (1.53%) JavaScript
13 6 (1.31%) PHP
14 4 (0.87%) C
14 4 (0.87%) Go
14 4 (0.87%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.87%) Rust
15 2 (0.44%) Bicep
15 2 (0.44%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 86 (18.78%) Degree
2 45 (9.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 40 (8.73%) Security Cleared
4 34 (7.42%) SC Cleared
5 25 (5.46%) Master's Degree
6 23 (5.02%) DV Cleared
7 16 (3.49%) AWS Certification
7 16 (3.49%) Azure Certification
7 16 (3.49%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (2.18%) CISSP
8 10 (2.18%) MCSE
8 10 (2.18%) OCP
8 10 (2.18%) Oracle Certification
9 7 (1.53%) SnowPro
10 4 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.87%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.44%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (33.62%) Data Quality
2 28 (6.11%) GDPR
3 17 (3.71%) QA
4 15 (3.28%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.44%) IFRS
7 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.22%) MiFID
7 1 (0.22%) NCSC
7 1 (0.22%) NIST
7 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 58 (12.66%) Docker
2 8 (1.75%) HDFS
3 6 (1.31%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.44%) NFS
5 1 (0.22%) Firmware
5 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 57 (12.45%) Kubernetes
2 52 (11.35%) Terraform
3 21 (4.59%) Grafana
4 11 (2.40%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.75%) Ansible
6 7 (1.53%) Kibana
7 5 (1.09%) Kubeflow
8 4 (0.87%) Argo
9 3 (0.66%) Control-M
10 1 (0.22%) Ambari
10 1 (0.22%) Puppet
10 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 106 (23.14%) Databricks
2 70 (15.28%) Microsoft
3 30 (6.55%) Oracle
4 25 (5.46%) Palantir
5 22 (4.80%) Google
6 20 (4.37%) SAP
7 19 (4.15%) Informatica
8 16 (3.49%) Foundry
9 15 (3.28%) Dell
9 15 (3.28%) Talend
10 13 (2.84%) OpenAI
11 11 (2.40%) Automation Anywhere
11 11 (2.40%) UiPath
12 9 (1.97%) Adobe
12 9 (1.97%) NVIDIA
13 5 (1.09%) Cisco
13 5 (1.09%) IBM
14 4 (0.87%) Alteryx
14 4 (0.87%) Red Hat
14 4 (0.87%) Salesforce