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 Engineer
Designs and maintains ETL pipelines using Talend, Oracle RDS databases, and CI/CD for a government data exploitation program.
Data Platform Engineering Manager
Lead a team of data platform engineers to build and scale real-time streaming systems, AI-driven automation, and cloud-native data infrastructure for a fintech company.
Data Engineer
Designs and maintains ETL pipelines using Talend, Oracle RDS databases, and CI/CD to support large-scale data exploitation programs.
Data Engineer
Builds and maintains data pipelines and analytics infrastructure using Python, Snowflake, dbt, and AWS to ensure reliable data flow and performance.
Senior Lead Software Data Engineer – Corporate Know Your Customer
Lead engineering for a secure, scalable KYC and risk data platform, designing AI/ML systems and agentic workflows in Python/PySpark on AWS/Azure/GCP.
Mid-Level Data Engineer (Microsoft Fabric)
Builds data pipelines and AI models in Microsoft Fabric to power a cognitive care platform that predicts risks and improves outcomes for care providers.