Data Engineering Jobs in United Kingdom
There are 5,021 open Data Engineering jobs in United Kingdom on freehire right now. 2,770 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 | £92,750 | 272 |
| 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 43%
- data-engineering 42%
- analytics 40%
- ai 30%
- azure 28%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 1,147 · 23%
- Remote 220 · 4%
- Onsite 24 · 0%
Visa sponsorship offered in 26% of the 224 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 1,369
- Lead 659
- Principal 174
- Staff 111
- C-level 97
- Junior 76
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 415
- 501-1000 employees 210
- 51-200 employees 66
- 11-50 employees 58
- 201-500 employees 11
- 1-10 employees 6
Cloud Data Engineer - London
Design and maintain cloud data pipelines on AWS, build ETL/ELT workflows, and optimize Snowflake data warehouses using PySpark, dbt, and SQL for analytics in regulated industries.
Senior Data Engineer - London
Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and cloud-based data platforms in AWS, Snowflake, and Azure using DevOps practices, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code.
Principal Data Engineer
Principal Data Engineer designs and leads large-scale data platforms on Azure/AWS with Databricks, PySpark, and SQL, ensuring resilience, governance, and alignment with client business goals.
Senior Data Engineer
Design and build AWS serverless pipelines for real-time lottery data ingestion, ETL/ELT workflows, and monitoring, using serverless compute and API integrations.
Senior Data Engineer
Design and build serverless AWS data pipelines for real-time lottery analytics, integrating marketing tech and gaming platforms using Python, Lambda, Kinesis, and DynamoDB.
Principal Data Engineer (GCP)
Lead the design and delivery of a cloud-native data platform on GCP, mentoring engineers and setting standards for scalable, compliant data pipelines and governance.
Business Technology Partner – Enterprise Data Platform
Partner with business leaders to align Barclays’ Enterprise Data Platform with strategic goals, driving cloud and data roadmaps and ensuring value delivery in a large financial-services firm.
Principal Enterprise Data Engineer
Build and maintain the AI coding-agent harness: design guardrails, linters, and feedback loops that turn raw model output into production-grade, maintainable code while enforcing quality automatically.
Senior Data Engineer
Leads a small team of Data Engineers to build and optimize an Azure-based data platform using Fabric, Synapse, and SQL, while mentoring engineers and improving data pipelines and warehouses.