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
Azure Data Engineer & Analytics Specialist – Training
Builds and maintains cloud-based data pipelines and analytics solutions on Microsoft Azure, using SQL and Python to meet client data needs.
Staff Data Engineer — Azure & Databricks Lead
Leads the design and maintenance of scalable data pipelines on Azure and Databricks, guiding technical decisions and best practices for the data platform.
Securitized Products Data Engineer - Financial Modeling
Builds and maintains financial models for securitized products (ABS/CLO) using Python and Unix, collaborating with clients to enhance analytics.
Azure Data Platform Engineer - IaC & DevOps Expert
Build and maintain Azure-based data infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code and DevOps practices to keep Mars’s data ecosystem reliable and high-performing.
Data Engineer - Commodities Quant Trading Infrastructure
Builds and maintains data infrastructure for a European Gas trading desk using Python, AWS, ETL, and Airflow to support systematic trading and market data pipelines.
Biological Structures Data Engineer I/II
Build and maintain data pipelines for protein–ligand structures and affinity data to train AI models, working with .cif/PDB files and integrating public/proprietary sources.
Senior Data Engineer (Investment Operations)
Build and maintain cloud-based data pipelines and reporting systems for a UK investment management firm, ensuring accurate performance and attribution data for institutional pension clients.
Data Engineer - Quant Hedge Fund
Build and maintain data pipelines and systems that feed quantitative trading models at a top hedge fund, working closely with researchers and traders.
Data Engineer SQL Databricks - Fintech
Build and maintain scalable data pipelines and models in Databricks and Azure to feed an investment-management firm’s front-office analytics and operations.
Lead Data Engineer - Audience Measurement
Lead a team to build and modernize serverless, event-driven data pipelines for audience measurement using Python, AWS/GCP, and managed cloud services.
Crypto Data Engineer — Infra & Analytics
Builds and optimizes data pipelines, models, and analytics for a crypto casino platform to drive product decisions and global growth, blending data engineering and data science.
Senior Python Data Engineer — AdTech & Data Platforms
Build and maintain data pipelines and platforms for programmatic advertising, using Python, SQL, Airflow, Kafka, and Snowflake to process and serve campaign data at scale.
Data Engineer - Commodities - Quant Trading
Build research infrastructure and data platforms for a European Gas trading desk using Python, AWS, ETL, and Airflow.
Data Engineer for Generative AI Data Lakes (Hybrid/Remote)
Build and maintain scalable data pipelines and lakes for a generative AI video model, ensuring high-quality annotated datasets for model training and feature development.
Data Platform Engineer II - ETL Pipelines - Remote
Build and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and data models in Snowflake, BigQuery, and Hive using Java and Python to power Tripadvisor’s travel platform.