Data Engineering Jobs in United Kingdom
There are 4,986 open Data Engineering jobs in United Kingdom on freehire right now. 2,717 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 46%
- sql 46%
- data-pipelines 45%
- cloud 43%
- data-engineering 42%
- analytics 40%
- ai 30%
- azure 28%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 1,147 · 23%
- Remote 221 · 4%
- Onsite 24 · 0%
Visa sponsorship offered in 27% of the 225 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 1,355
- Lead 650
- Principal 182
- Staff 107
- C-level 99
- Junior 72
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 418
- 501-1000 employees 213
- 51-200 employees 66
- 11-50 employees 58
- 201-500 employees 12
- 1-10 employees 6
Senior Data Scientist - Analytics & Data Engineering Leader
Senior Data Scientist builds data pipelines and performs advanced analytics for a global banking client, turning raw data into strategic insights.
Senior Data Engineer – Robotics Data Platform
Senior Data Engineer to design and build a petabyte-scale robotics data platform, owning pipelines and neural training workflows for ML teams.
Staff Data Engineer - Cloud Modernisation & AI Pipelines
Staff Data Engineer builds and scales cloud-native data pipelines using PySpark, AWS Glue, Spark, and Airflow to modernize global data infrastructure in a regulated environment.
GCP Data Engineering Lead — AI & BigQuery | Hybrid
Lead a data engineering team building GCP-based solutions, focusing on BigQuery and cloud architecture while balancing hands-on coding with team coaching and stakeholder collaboration.
Data Engineer – Flexible, Collaborative Data Pipelines & BI
Designs and maintains scalable data pipelines and BI solutions to deliver insights for decision-making at a UK university.
Cloud Data Engineering Lead - Databricks & AI (Hybrid)
Lead cloud-native data engineering on AWS and Databricks, building Spark/Scala pipelines and AI-enabled analytics while mentoring engineers and aligning with enterprise governance.
Cloud Data Engineering Lead for AI-Enabled Platform
Lead a team to build and optimize cloud-native data pipelines on AWS/Databricks, enabling AI-driven analytics and ML for global financial markets.
Head of Data Engineering
Leads a team of data engineers to build and scale Microsoft Fabric and Azure-based data platforms, setting technical standards and aligning data strategy with business goals.
Data Engineering Manager — AI-Ready Platform Leader
Lead a team building the data infrastructure that powers Skyscanner’s AI-first travel platform, ensuring reliable pipelines and real-time data for experiments and traveller experiences.
Senior Data Engineering Lead — Cloud & AI Platform
Leads cloud-native data platform engineering at Sky, designing scalable architectures and mentoring teams to align with data strategy and platform roadmap.
Data Engineer
Data Engineer/Backend Developer building secure data pipelines and APIs for defence and security systems using Spring Boot, Flink, and React.
Data Engineer (AI & Automation)
Builds and maintains data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows to feed AI, automation, and analytics use cases in a modern bank.
Data Engineering Consultant
Data engineering consultant designs, builds, and optimizes data pipelines and analytics solutions using Databricks, PySpark, and Power BI for enterprise clients.
Head of Data Engineering
Lead a team to modernize Allianz UK’s data platforms, migrating legacy systems to cloud-first environments like Databricks and embedding DataOps practices to drive data-driven decision-making across the organization.
Data Engineering Lead
Lead a team of six engineers to build and scale domain datasets (Customer, Commercial, Operations) on BigQuery/GCP, modernizing pipelines and enabling AI-driven analytics for THG’s global ecommerce brands.
Staff Data Engineer for Robotics AI Platform
Lead the data team to build and scale infrastructure for a robotics AI platform, designing pipelines, managing datasets, and enabling ML model evaluation and reliability for pilots and production.
Lead AI Data Engineer
Lead AI Data Engineer builds and optimizes RAG pipelines, fine-tunes LLMs, and designs secure data ingestion systems for a proptech company serving insurance and banking clients.
Senior Data Engineer - Scalable Pipelines & AI
Design and maintain scalable data pipelines for a digital content platform using Apache Airflow, dbt, Python, and cloud tools, ensuring data quality for AI workloads.
Data Engineer: Build Scalable AI-Ready Data Pipelines
Build and maintain scalable data pipelines using Databricks, Snowflake, Airflow, dbt, and Python on AWS to power Moody’s AI-ready digital content platform.