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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 184 189
Rank change year-on-year +101 +5 +27
Permanent jobs citing Data Pipeline 462 269 341
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.94% 1.81% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.41% 1.89% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 312 150 265
10th Percentile £45,100 £54,875 £47,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £97,500 £96,188 £100,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £115,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £69,447
% change year-on-year - +0.80% -0.79%

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 13,563 14,234 19,291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 86.34% 95.58% 91.86%
Number of salaries quoted 8,777 7,826 15,556
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £39,085
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,001 £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 £115,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 19 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 19 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 +60 110 £83,500 +15.17% 61
West London +7 18 £47,000 -23.27% 9
South London +48 11 £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 70 (15.15%) Apache Airflow
2 67 (14.50%) Apache Spark
3 36 (7.79%) 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%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.43%) nginx
8 1 (0.22%) SAS
8 1 (0.22%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.22%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.22%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.65%) Markit EDM
3 2 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.22%) Actimize
4 1 (0.22%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.22%) Endur
4 1 (0.22%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.22%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 225 (48.70%) Azure
2 168 (36.36%) AWS
3 120 (25.97%) Power Platform
4 95 (20.56%) GCP
5 78 (16.88%) Azure Data Factory
6 75 (16.23%) dbt
7 66 (14.29%) Snowflake
8 47 (10.17%) Azure DevOps
9 44 (9.52%) Serverless
10 38 (8.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 37 (8.01%) Amazon S3
12 36 (7.79%) GitHub
13 32 (6.93%) AWS Lambda
14 25 (5.41%) Fivetran
14 25 (5.41%) Power Automate
15 23 (4.98%) Amazon Kinesis
16 17 (3.68%) AWS Step Functions
16 17 (3.68%) Azure Monitor
16 17 (3.68%) SaaS
17 16 (3.46%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.30%) Broadband
1 6 (1.30%) TCP/IP
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%) 4G
5 1 (0.22%) 5G
5 1 (0.22%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (27.49%) Data Warehouse
2 119 (25.76%) Power BI
3 87 (18.83%) SQL Server
4 73 (15.80%) Data Lake
5 57 (12.34%) Metadata
6 54 (11.69%) Tableau
7 38 (8.23%) Amazon Redshift
8 36 (7.79%) Azure SQL Database
9 35 (7.58%) Big Data
10 29 (6.28%) Relational Database
11 28 (6.06%) PostgreSQL
12 27 (5.84%) BigQuery
13 25 (5.41%) Hadoop
14 23 (4.98%) NoSQL
15 22 (4.76%) Looker
16 21 (4.55%) Delta Lake
17 20 (4.33%) Amazon Athena
18 19 (4.11%) MySQL
19 16 (3.46%) Apache Iceberg
19 16 (3.46%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 59 (12.77%) Git
2 22 (4.76%) MLflow
3 11 (2.38%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.16%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.73%) JIRA
6 6 (1.30%) GitLab
7 4 (0.87%) ER Studio
7 4 (0.87%) ERwin
7 4 (0.87%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.43%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.43%) Deequ
8 2 (0.43%) Jaeger
8 2 (0.43%) Postman
8 2 (0.43%) Selenium
8 2 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.22%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.22%) IBM UrbanCode
9 1 (0.22%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.22%) Zephyr
General
1 190 (41.13%) Finance
2 175 (37.88%) Social Skills
3 103 (22.29%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 32 (6.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 28 (6.06%) Law
7 27 (5.84%) Banking
8 26 (5.63%) Marketing
9 22 (4.76%) Manufacturing
10 16 (3.46%) Retail
11 11 (2.38%) Advertising
11 11 (2.38%) Electronics
11 11 (2.38%) Telecoms
12 10 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (2.16%) Financial Institution
13 9 (1.95%) Front Office
14 8 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.52%) French Language
15 7 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.87%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 203 (43.94%) Data Engineer
2 99 (21.43%) Senior
3 59 (12.77%) Senior Data Engineer
4 47 (10.17%) Lead
5 41 (8.87%) Analyst
6 40 (8.66%) Developer
7 28 (6.06%) Lead Data Engineer
8 27 (5.84%) Architect
9 23 (4.98%) AWS Data Engineer
9 23 (4.98%) AWS Engineer
10 21 (4.55%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 19 (4.11%) Data Analyst
11 19 (4.11%) Data Architect
11 19 (4.11%) Software Engineer
12 16 (3.46%) Azure Engineer
13 15 (3.25%) Azure Data Engineer
13 15 (3.25%) Python Engineer
14 14 (3.03%) Automation Engineer
14 14 (3.03%) Consultant
15 12 (2.60%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (13.42%) Kafka
2 39 (8.44%) PySpark
3 32 (6.93%) PyTorch
4 28 (6.06%) TensorFlow
5 24 (5.19%) Pandas
6 21 (4.55%) scikit-learn
7 20 (4.33%) REST
8 19 (4.11%) pytest
9 18 (3.90%) FastAPI
10 17 (3.68%) React
10 17 (3.68%) RESTful
11 16 (3.46%) .NET
11 16 (3.46%) Flask
11 16 (3.46%) OAuth
12 14 (3.03%) Django
12 14 (3.03%) NumPy
13 13 (2.81%) Web Services
14 12 (2.60%) Node.js
14 12 (2.60%) OpenAPI
14 12 (2.60%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.93%) Distributed Systems
2 29 (6.28%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.98%) Management Information System
4 22 (4.76%) Product Ownership
5 20 (4.33%) Data Structures
6 18 (3.90%) Algorithms
6 18 (3.90%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (3.46%) Low-Code
8 14 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (2.81%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (2.38%) Reinsurance
11 9 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (1.73%) Hedge funds
13 7 (1.52%) e-Learning
14 6 (1.30%) Data Centre
15 5 (1.08%) Distributed Architecture
15 5 (1.08%) Fixed Income
16 4 (0.87%) Derivative
16 4 (0.87%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.03%) Linux
2 9 (1.95%) Windows
3 6 (1.30%) 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
2 244 (52.81%) Analytics
3 227 (49.13%) ETL
4 201 (43.51%) Data Modelling
5 191 (41.34%) CI/CD
6 150 (32.47%) Business Intelligence
7 149 (32.25%) AI
8 136 (29.44%) Data Governance
9 128 (27.71%) Problem-Solving
10 127 (27.49%) DevOps
11 109 (23.59%) Data Science
12 106 (22.94%) Machine Learning
13 98 (21.21%) Agile
14 80 (17.32%) Decision-Making
15 71 (15.37%) Continuous Improvement
16 65 (14.07%) Visualisation
17 60 (12.99%) Data Integration
17 60 (12.99%) Data Management
18 59 (12.77%) Data Architecture
19 57 (12.34%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 301 (65.15%) Python
2 285 (61.69%) SQL
3 49 (10.61%) Java
4 39 (8.44%) C#
5 37 (8.01%) Scala
6 26 (5.63%) TypeScript
7 24 (5.19%) C++
8 17 (3.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 15 (3.25%) T-SQL
10 14 (3.03%) Bash
10 14 (3.03%) R
11 8 (1.73%) JavaScript
11 8 (1.73%) PowerShell
12 6 (1.30%) PHP
13 5 (1.08%) C
14 4 (0.87%) Go
14 4 (0.87%) Rust
15 3 (0.65%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.43%) Julia
16 2 (0.43%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 85 (18.40%) Degree
2 44 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 40 (8.66%) Security Cleared
4 35 (7.58%) SC Cleared
5 22 (4.76%) Master's Degree
6 21 (4.55%) DV Cleared
7 16 (3.46%) AWS Certification
7 16 (3.46%) Azure Certification
7 16 (3.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (2.16%) CISSP
8 10 (2.16%) MCSE
8 10 (2.16%) OCP
8 10 (2.16%) Oracle Certification
9 6 (1.30%) SnowPro
10 5 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.08%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.43%) Numerate Degree
14 1 (0.22%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (32.03%) Data Quality
2 26 (5.63%) GDPR
3 14 (3.03%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.16%) QA
5 3 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.43%) IFRS
6 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.22%) MiFID
7 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 65 (14.07%) Docker
2 7 (1.52%) HDFS
3 6 (1.30%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.43%) NFS
5 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 63 (13.64%) Kubernetes
2 61 (13.20%) Terraform
3 24 (5.19%) Grafana
4 14 (3.03%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.73%) Ansible
6 7 (1.52%) Kibana
7 4 (0.87%) Argo
7 4 (0.87%) Control-M
8 3 (0.65%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.22%) Ambari
9 1 (0.22%) Puppet
9 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 98 (21.21%) Databricks
2 71 (15.37%) Microsoft
3 28 (6.06%) Oracle
4 26 (5.63%) Palantir
5 22 (4.76%) Google
6 18 (3.90%) Informatica
7 16 (3.46%) Foundry
8 15 (3.25%) SAP
9 14 (3.03%) OpenAI
10 13 (2.81%) Talend
11 12 (2.60%) Automation Anywhere
11 12 (2.60%) Dell
11 12 (2.60%) UiPath
12 7 (1.52%) Adobe
13 6 (1.30%) NVIDIA
14 5 (1.08%) Cisco
14 5 (1.08%) IBM
14 5 (1.08%) Red Hat
15 4 (0.87%) Alteryx
15 4 (0.87%) Salesforce