Data Engineering Jobs in United Kingdom
There are 5,088 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 | 54 |
| 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 1,379
- Lead 671
- Principal 185
- Staff 109
- C-level 100
- 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
Data Governance Consultant
Data Governance Consultant improves how a financial services company manages and trusts its data through metadata, lineage, and quality best practices, collaborating with business and tech teams.
Databricks Data Engineer
Builds and maintains Databricks-based data ingestion pipelines in Azure, connecting SQL databases, APIs, and Azure services using Python, dbt, and Medallion Architecture.
Manager, Data Engineering
Agency: Omd Job Function: Data and Analytics Job Subfunction: Data Engineering Job Description: This role sits within our Omnicom Media Data and Technology team. In this role, you will contribute to our config-driven…
Head of Data Engineering
Lead a team to architect and deliver a Microsoft Fabric-based data platform, integrating enterprise systems like Salesforce and Workday while enforcing security and governance standards.
Head of Data Engineering - Microsoft Fabric - Contract
Leads a team building Microsoft Fabric-based data pipelines and OneLake storage, setting the engineering roadmap and overseeing platform operations for an enterprise data stack.
Senior Data Engineer - Data Science Platform
Senior Data Engineer builds and maintains scalable data pipelines and platform components in Python/Scala with Spark, PySpark, and Azure services to power ASOS’s ecommerce analytics and machine-learning systems.
Data Engineer
Builds and maintains data pipelines, dbt models, and SQL queries to extract insights for business decisions, ensuring data quality and clear communication of findings to non-technical teams.
Software Engineer - Data, Lakehouse and AI Data Platform Engineer - Analyst/Associate - London
Build and maintain Goldman Sachs’ Lakehouse and AI data platform, designing pipelines, datasets, and tooling to power analytics and AI use cases using Python, SQL, Spark, and Snowflake.
Contract Data Engineer - NLP, LLM
Contract role building and optimizing data pipelines for NLP and LLM applications, integrating with cloud platforms and ML infrastructure.
Technical Lead - Data Engineer
Lead a team building scalable data platforms and analytics tools for Transport for London, using Python, T-SQL, Databricks, and Azure services to enable self-serve insights and improve transport decisions.
Principal Data Engineer (GCP)
Lead the design and delivery of a cloud-native data platform on GCP, mentoring engineers and setting best practices for scalable, compliant data pipelines and governance.
Software Engineer - Analytics & Data Engineering
Builds large-scale data pipelines and real-time streaming systems for Apple’s services (App Store, iCloud, Music, TV+, Arcade) using Java/Scala, Flink, Kafka, and Iceberg.