Data Engineering Jobs in United Kingdom
There are 5,082 open Data Engineering jobs in United Kingdom on freehire right now. 2,729 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are python, sql and data-pipelines.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBP | year | £65,000 | £85,000 | £92,000 | 273 |
| GBP | day | £500 | £650 | £675 | 52 |
| USD | year | $78,884 | $86,767 | $158,125 | 10 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- python 47%
- sql 46%
- data-pipelines 46%
- cloud 44%
- data-engineering 43%
- analytics 41%
- ai 31%
- azure 29%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 1,190 · 23%
- Remote 231 · 5%
- Onsite 27 · 1%
Visa sponsorship offered in 29% of the 231 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 1,376
- Lead 672
- Principal 185
- Staff 109
- C-level 99
- Junior 75
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 433
- 501-1000 employees 218
- 51-200 employees 66
- 11-50 employees 57
- 201-500 employees 13
- 1-10 employees 6
Senior Data Platform Engineer (Fixed Term Contract)
Build and run a secure, cloud-native data platform on AWS to power analytics and AI for a logistics software company.
Senior Lead AI/ML & Data Platform Engineer
Lead AI/ML and data platform engineering at J.P. Morgan, designing scalable systems and guiding teams to deliver responsible, high-quality AI solutions.
Lead Data Platform Engineer -12 Month Secondment
Lead a team building and maintaining data pipelines, data lakes, and cloud infrastructure using AWS, Spark, and DevOps tools for a fintech credit services division.
Senior Data Platform Engineer - C++ & Distributed Systems
Builds and scales a distributed C++ data platform (YTsaurus) handling petabytes across hundreds of servers, designing core storage/compute features and improving APIs and tooling.
Azure Data Platform Engineer — Contract (SC/Hybrid)
Build and maintain a Microsoft Azure data platform using Databricks, Fabric, ADF, ADLS, Azure SQL and Power BI, with occasional Terraform and MuleSoft work.
Lead Data Platform Engineer (Scale & Architecture)
Design and build scalable data platforms, mentor engineers, and set engineering standards for a high-growth software environment.
Azure Data Platform Engineer (Contract, Hybrid)
Builds and maintains a secure Microsoft Azure data platform using Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Data Lake, Azure SQL, and Power BI for analytics and reporting.
SC‑Cleared AWS Data Platform Engineer
Build and maintain secure AWS-based data platforms for a government client, ensuring compliance and optimizing cloud solutions in a SC-cleared environment.
AWS Data Platform Engineer (SECURITY-CLEARED)
Build and maintain secure AWS-based data platforms for UK public-sector programmes using Terraform, Spark, Airflow, and CI/CD pipelines.
Senior Engineering Manager - Data Platform Software engineering London
Lead a team building scalable data and AI platforms at a global fintech company, enabling teams to leverage data and AI efficiently while ensuring reliability and compliance.
Python Engineer - Data Platform (Remote & Flexible)
Build and maintain data platforms in Python to power analytics, forecasting, and customer insights for AI-driven products.
Lead Data Platform Engineer — Cloud Data Lake (Hybrid – Notts)
Lead a team building scalable cloud data lakes and pipelines using Spark, Hadoop, AWS Glue, S3, and Lake Formation with DevOps practices in Terraform, CI/CD, Jenkins, and Harness.
Lead Data Platform Engineer - Lakehouse & Spark (Remote)
Lead the design and build of a large-scale data platform using Spark, PySpark, SparkSQL and Microsoft Fabric, plus data governance and API integrations.
AWS Data Platform Engineer – Cloud Data & ML Infra (Hybrid)
Design and operate an AWS-based data platform for freight/logistics, building secure, cost-efficient pipelines and infrastructure using IaC and ML tooling.