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 - Agents Systems
Build real-time data pipelines and feature stores for AI agents that automate Kraken’s internal workflows, using streaming tech like RisingWave or Flink.
Data Engineer (Microsoft Fabric / Azure)
Designs and builds scalable data pipelines and analytics solutions using Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse, and Power BI to deliver business insights.
Senior Commodities Data Engineer — Pipelines & Quality
Design and build automated data pipelines for Tier 1 commodities datasets, improve data quality, and modernize legacy workflows using AI/ML techniques.
Data Engineer
Build and maintain Azure-based ETL/ELT pipelines and data models to deliver reliable, governed data for analytics and reporting at a UK care provider.
Principal AI Data Engineer
Principal AI Data Engineer builds and deploys GenAI, RAG and agentic AI prototypes using Azure AI Foundry, Databricks Mosaic AI and LangChain on Azure cloud.
Data Platform Lead
Lead the technical direction of an enterprise data platform using Microsoft Fabric, maturing architecture, engineering standards, and governance while guiding a small team of data engineers.
Senior Data Engineer - Azure - Fabric - Remote - £90K
Lead a small Azure data engineering team, designing and building modern data solutions with Azure Synapse, Microsoft Fabric, and SQL while mentoring engineers.
Senior Data Engineer - Customer Data Services - CIO Enabling
Build and optimize data pipelines and architectures in GCP, Informatica, and IBM tools to deliver reliable, high-integrity customer and product data across Lloyds Banking Group.
Assistant Director-Data Governance
Lead data governance for ownership, individuals, and sanctions data, defining standards and quality controls to ensure trusted, business-ready data assets across Moody’s analytics products.
Data Engineer-Wealth/Asset Management
Build and optimize cloud data pipelines in Snowflake and DBT to support investment analytics, regulatory reporting, and portfolio decision-making for a wealth/asset management firm.
Backend Data Engineer — Big Data Pipelines, Remote
Builds and maintains scalable backend data pipelines and databases to support a big data analytics platform, using SQL and NoSQL technologies.
Principal Data Engineer
Lead the architecture and strategy for a Google Cloud-based data platform, building scalable data pipelines and mentoring engineers to enable a Data Mesh approach.
Data Engineer
Build and maintain pipelines that ingest, normalize, and deliver real-time and historical market data from centralized and decentralized exchanges using Python, Rust, and AWS.