Data Engineering Jobs in United Kingdom
There are 5,086 open Data Engineering jobs in United Kingdom on freehire right now. 2,754 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 45%
- cloud 44%
- data-engineering 43%
- analytics 41%
- ai 30%
- azure 29%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 1,172 · 23%
- Remote 231 · 5%
- Onsite 27 · 1%
Visa sponsorship offered in 28% of the 233 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 1,381
- Lead 670
- Principal 185
- Staff 108
- C-level 100
- Junior 75
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 434
- 501-1000 employees 219
- 51-200 employees 67
- 11-50 employees 57
- 201-500 employees 13
- 1-10 employees 6
Senior Data Engineer
Designs, builds, and operates secure data pipelines and Databricks-native infrastructure for a payments intelligence platform.
Lead Data Engineer
Lead a data engineering team to build and deploy scalable data pipelines using Git, IaC, and cloud infrastructure, transforming JSON and other data formats for analytics.
Principal Data Engineer: Lead Data Mesh on GCP
Lead the design and architecture of a scalable, interoperable data mesh on Google Cloud, driving decentralized data ownership and mentoring engineers.
Lead Oracle EPM Data Engineer – Public Sector
Lead a team to design, build, and govern Oracle EPM data pipelines for UK public-sector finance and reporting, ensuring compliance with government standards and enabling data-driven insights.
Lead Software Data Engineer – GraphQL, AWS & GoLang
Lead a team building data pipelines and APIs using GoLang, GraphQL, AWS, and Neo4j to power a next-gen fibre-optic network platform.
GIS Data Engineer (Security-Cleared) in Tewkesbury - Engineering Employment
Builds and maintains secure GIS systems using Esri tools and Python for UK government spatial data workflows.
Senior Real-Time Market Data Engineer
Build and maintain a high-performance real-time market data system handling billions of financial events daily using C/C++, Python, or Java on Linux.
Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform
Build and maintain core data platforms (storage, streaming, caching, indexing) that power large-scale AI models at a leading AI platform company.
Senior Data Engineer - ELT & Analytics Platform (Hybrid)
Build and maintain a cloud-based ELT platform to process large-scale behavioural data, enabling data-driven marketing insights across multiple websites.
Principal Engineer, AI & Data Platform
Principal Engineer to design and lead Bullish’s AI & Data Platform, building semantic layers, knowledge graphs, and conversational analytics for institutional crypto and fintech use cases.
Senior Data & AI Engineer - Lead Global Data Platform
Cathcart Technology is seeking a Senior Data & AI Engineer to join our Glasgow/Hertfordshire hybrid team. You will design and evolve a world-class data platform, leading a small team of data engineers and driving…
Lead Software Data Engineer in London - LinuxRecruit
Lead a team building data pipelines and integrations for a fibre-optic network startup using JavaScript, React, TypeScript, Python, Go, Neo4j, GraphQL, AWS, and Kubernetes.