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
Lead Data Platform Engineer
Lead the design and delivery of Barclays' Enterprise Data Platform, focusing on data lineage and quality to ensure end-to-end visibility of data flows across a complex cloud ecosystem.
Data Engineer [AQ-11990]
Build and maintain scalable data infrastructure for a fintech company driving AI/ML-powered financial solutions.
Embedded Data Engineer: AI-Driven on Azure & Databricks
Builds production data pipelines and AI-driven applications on Azure and Databricks to transform Manchester United FC into a data-led organization.
Senior Data Engineer
Build and scale data pipelines, event streaming, and AI-powered analytics for Just Eat’s retail media platform using BigQuery, dbt, Airflow, and GCP/AWS.
Data Engineer
Builds and maintains Azure-based data pipelines and warehouses, ensuring clean, reliable data flows for analytics and reporting.
Lead Data Engineer
Lead a team building and scaling Azure-based data pipelines and AI-ready data models for a large ecommerce retailer using PySpark, Databricks, and Data Factory.
Data Engineer
Design and maintain scalable data pipelines using Python, Airflow, dbt, Snowflake, and Databricks to power Moody’s digital content platform.
Data Engineer - 2 roles
Design and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines and data models using Microsoft technologies to support analytics and reporting for a university.
Senior Data Engineer: Finance
Build and own finance data models and pipelines in dbt/SQL to power Zilch’s payment platform, ensuring accurate, scalable financial analytics for reporting and decision-making.
Data Engineering Lead – Value & Analytics
Lead the design and maintenance of automated data pipelines and executive dashboards to track portfolio performance and strategic value for a global education-focused organization.
Data Engineer - Security & Intelligence
Build secure, scalable data pipelines and platforms for intelligence workflows, integrating classified sources and enabling analytics/AI in regulated environments.
Data Engineer - Defence
Lead advanced analytics projects, mentor junior engineers, and build predictive models using Python, SQL, and SPSS for UK government clients.
Staff Data Engineer
Design and maintain scalable ETL pipelines and data models in Python/SQL to feed analytics and ML systems for a travel-focused ad-tech platform.