Data Engineering Jobs in United Kingdom
There are 5,087 open Data Engineering jobs in United Kingdom on freehire right now. 2,755 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 1,173 · 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 671
- 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 - Blockchain Analytics (Hybrid)
Designs and builds scalable data pipelines and analytics platforms to process blockchain datasets, enabling crypto ecosystem insights.
Senior Data Engineer: Fabric & Databricks Lakehouse Lead
Design and build scalable data platforms using Microsoft Fabric and Databricks, owning end-to-end pipelines and mentoring teams on delivery standards.
Principal Data Engineer (14 Month FTC)
Lead the design and operation of secure, scalable data pipelines and platforms that power analytics and decision-making across a government-linked organization.
Principal Data Engineer – Crypto Market Data Platform
Principal Data Engineer builds and scales high-throughput crypto market data services, owning REST/streaming infrastructure and guiding architectural decisions in a 24/7 financial environment.
Principal Data Engineer - Scalable Crypto Infrastructure
Lead the design and scaling of high-throughput crypto market data infrastructure, including REST APIs, WebSocket streaming, and automated data extraction for 26B+ monthly requests.
Contract Data Engineering Manager
Contract role managing data engineering projects for an insurance client, coordinating delivery and stakeholder engagement with hands-on support.
Hybrid Head of Data Engineering & Analytics
DVF Recruitment is seeking a Head of Data for a leading London Market Reinsurer based in Greater London. The ideal candidate will manage a team of 10-20 individuals with strong technical expertise in Analytics and…
Senior Business Intelligence Developer / Senior Data Engineer
Build and optimize a modern cloud-first data ecosystem for a fintech retailer, using Azure, Databricks, and PowerBI to create analytics and reporting solutions that drive operational efficiency and compliance.
Senior Data Engineer I - Scalable Growth
Senior Data Engineer builds and scales high-volume streaming/batch pipelines (Python, Kafka, Trino/Iceberg, dbt, Airflow) to power Wise’s global marketing engine and customer data platform.
Head of Data Engineering — Real-Time Cloud Platform Leader
Lead a team to build and maintain a real-time cloud data platform for a London fintech firm, focusing on cloud technologies and financial data pipelines.
Senior Data Engineer - Onboarding & Reporting (Lakehouse)
Build and maintain scalable data pipelines on a Lakehouse stack, implementing Medallion layers with Kafka, dbt, and Airflow to ensure fast, auditable financial data for reporting and governance.
Junior Data Engineer - Ipswich, Norwich, Cambridge, Chelmsford
Build and maintain data pipelines, SQL queries, and reporting solutions using Microsoft technologies like Azure, SQL Server, and Power BI to support a law firm’s data strategy.
Principal Data Engineer - Active SC required
Principal Data Engineer builds secure, scalable data pipelines and platforms for a defence client’s Secure Digital Platform, using cloud tools like Azure/AWS and Python/Spark.
GCP Data Engineer (Python/BigQuery/Snowflake)
Designs and builds scalable data pipelines on GCP using Python, BigQuery, and Snowflake to modernize customer analytics and reporting systems.
Data Engineer - Snowflake / Portfolio Suitability Programme
Build and maintain Snowflake-based data pipelines and star-schema models for a wealth-management suitability programme, integrating market and time-series data with dbt and Cortex AI.
Data Engineer with Python, Snowflake, dbt, dremio, glue jobs, Apache iceberg, AWS ,sql
Build and maintain data pipelines and analytics systems using Python, Snowflake, dbt, and AWS services for a fintech platform.