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 Engineer: AI-Ready Pipelines & Data Warehouse
Design and maintain AI-ready data pipelines and warehouses, ensuring integrity and accessibility for ESL FACEIT Group’s gaming ecosystem using SQL, Python, and cloud tools.
Head of Data Engineering
Lead a data engineering team to build and scale a modern cloud-based data platform for analytics and AI in a fast-growing fintech.
Data Engineering Lead
Lead the design and delivery of a scalable data platform, set standards for data architecture and modeling, and mentor engineers while driving technical decisions.
Senior Data Engineer: Scalable Pipelines & AI-Driven
Designs and maintains scalable data pipelines for a digital content platform using Databricks, Snowflake, Airflow, dbt, and Python on AWS.
Senior Consultant (Data Engineering)
Senior Consultant designs and delivers modern data platforms using Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, and Power BI, leading client engagements to turn data into business insights.
Principal AI Data Engineer
Principal AI Data Engineer builds and deploys GenAI/AgenticAI systems on Azure and Databricks, focusing on RAG, AI agents, and scalable workflows.
Senior Data Engineer
Build and own a modern cloud data platform using Microsoft Fabric and Snowflake, designing scalable pipelines and semantic models to power analytics and reporting for a manufacturer undergoing digital transformation.
Manufacturing Data Engineer
Build and maintain data pipelines and BOMs in PLM/ERP systems to connect engineering design, product lifecycle, and manufacturing operations in an industrial equipment company.
Copy of Data Engineer
Design and build scalable AWS data pipelines (ETL, data lakes, warehouses) using Python, Spark, and AWS services like Glue, RedShift, and Kinesis to process large datasets for clients across multiple sectors.
Staff Data Engineer (Exclusive)
Build and own large-scale distributed data pipelines using Airflow/Dagster, Spark, dbt, Kafka, and AWS to power global retail analytics and decision-making.
Lead Data Engineer
Lead a team to design and build scalable data pipelines and AI-ready infrastructure for an AI startup, focusing on real-time processing, vector search, and ML data workflows.
Operational / Data Engineer - SC cleared
Build and maintain data pipelines and ETL workflows using SAS, Pentaho, Talend, and Denodo to automate risk assessment for HMRC tax registrations.
Data Engineer - 6 Month FTC
Build and maintain data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, and a central data lake to support reporting and analytics for a London-based organisation undergoing data transformation.
Junior Data Engineer
Build and maintain cloud-based data pipelines using Azure technologies to integrate and transform business data for reporting and decision-making.
Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer builds and maintains cloud-based data pipelines, warehouses, and BI reports using Snowflake, dbt, and Power BI to deliver trusted data for business decisions.
Lead Data Engineer
Lead a cloud data platform team, designing scalable pipelines and warehouses in AWS, setting engineering standards, and mentoring engineers to deliver high-performance data solutions.
Senior Data Engineer (Snowflake)
Designs and builds Snowflake-based data pipelines and dimensional models for a UK wealth manager’s suitability and regulatory reporting initiative, using dbt and modern engineering practices.
Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer builds and maintains scalable data pipelines for analytics in a travel industry SaaS platform, using SQL, Snowflake, and Python.