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
Staff Data Platform Engineer — PB-scale Data Transfer Hub
Lead the design and scaling of a cloud-based data pipeline to ingest and transfer large volumes of sensor data from partner vehicles using Azure.
AI & Data Governance Engineer - Hybrid (London)
Sets up AI governance frameworks and ensures data quality for financial products in a hybrid London role.
AWS Data Platform Engineer (Ref: 197468)
Build and run an AWS-based data platform for freight/logistics analytics and ML, using IaC and CI/CD to ensure secure, cost-effective data flows from ingestion to serving.
Snowflake Data Platform Engineer — ELT & Analytics
Designs and optimizes Snowflake data pipelines and data models to power analytics and insights for finance, operations, and customer/loyalty programs like Milano.
Reference Data Platform Engineer (Hybrid London)
Build and maintain distributed services that ingest and process market reference data in a Kubernetes-based environment, upgrading legacy Java systems and improving performance and observability.
Senior Data Platform Engineer (Python & Databricks)
Build and maintain a large-scale financial data platform on Databricks, writing Python services and APIs to ingest, transform, and deliver complex financial data for enterprise clients.
Hybrid Data Platform Engineer (Microsoft Fabric)
Designs and builds a modern enterprise data platform using Microsoft Fabric, optimizing cloud-native data pipelines and CI/CD while ensuring security and performance.
Cloud Data Platform Engineer – Analytics & Streaming
Designs and scales cloud-based data platforms for batch and real-time analytics, building pipelines and streaming architectures using AWS/GCP/Azure, Spark, Kafka, and Python.
Lead Data Platform Engineer: AWS & Analytics
Lead the design and build of scalable AWS-based data pipelines for a fitness app, optimizing data usage across teams.
Cloud Data Platform Engineer: Kubernetes & ML
Designs and builds a cloud-native data platform using Kubernetes and Python/Java to power Starling’s banking infrastructure.
Senior Data Platform Engineer - Hybrid London
Builds and scales a hyper-scale data lake for threat analytics using Java and Apache Spark in a hybrid London role.
Head of Data Platform Engineering
Lead a team to build and maintain secure, scalable data pipelines and platforms using ETL/ELT, Snowflake, and cloud tools, ensuring quality, compliance, and cost control for a government-aligned organization.
Data Platform Engineer II — Remote/Hybrid
Build and maintain TripAdvisor’s travel-data infrastructure using Java and Python, creating scalable pipelines across Snowflake, BigQuery, and Hive to serve analytics and product teams.
Data Platform Engineering Manager - Cyber Data Platform
Lead a team to build and manage a cybersecurity data platform using Python, Azure, Spark, and Kubernetes, enabling threat detection, analytics, and GenAI workflows.
Palantir foundry data engineer (IT) in London - LA International Computer Consultants Ltd
Build and maintain data pipelines in Palantir Foundry using Python and SQL to integrate diverse data sources and support analytics.