Data Engineering Jobs in United Kingdom
There are 5,014 open Data Engineering jobs in United Kingdom on freehire right now. 2,754 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 | £95,000 | 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 43%
- data-engineering 42%
- analytics 40%
- ai 30%
- azure 28%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 1,146 · 23%
- Remote 217 · 4%
- Onsite 25 · 0%
Visa sponsorship offered in 26% of the 224 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 1,364
- Lead 662
- Principal 176
- Staff 111
- C-level 96
- Junior 76
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 415
- 501-1000 employees 210
- 51-200 employees 66
- 11-50 employees 58
- 201-500 employees 12
- 1-10 employees 6
Junior Data Engineer: SQL ETL & Dashboards
Junior Data Engineer building SQL-based ETL pipelines and user-facing dashboards/reports for government digital services used by millions.
Senior Data Engineer — Azure Lakehouse & Analytics
The Senior Data Engineer will build and maintain a modern Azure-based Data Lakehouse to support underwriting analytics and decision-making for a leading insurance organization.
Remote Data Engineer - Azure Data Platform & ETL Expert
The Data Engineer will design and optimize ETL pipelines, data models, and warehousing solutions within the Azure ecosystem to support business decision-making. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure scalable, secure, and governed data infrastructure.
Lead Data Engineer, GCP & Real-Time Platform
Lead the end-to-end ownership of IG Group’s GCP data platform, migrating from legacy AWS/on-prem to cloud-native services (BigQuery + Kafka) while improving data quality and self-service access for cross-functional teams.
Hybrid Data Engineer — ETL/Python & AWS (UK)
Data Engineer on a long-term Enterprise Data Platform & Analytics Programme, designing and building data pipelines with Python, SQL, Spark, and AWS in a hybrid setup in Knutsford, UK.
Senior Data Engineer - Customer Data Platform (Hybrid)
Build and maintain production-grade data pipelines for customer data, enabling Customer 360 initiatives in a modern engineering environment.
Data Engineer - Snowflake & Azure AI Pipelines
Builds scalable data pipelines and cloud-based analytics solutions using Snowflake and Azure AI tools, while promoting engineering best practices in a data platform team.
AWS Data Engineer — Hybrid UK, Pipelines & ETL Expert
This role involves building and maintaining AWS data services, pipelines, and cloud architectures as part of a strategic analytics program. The position requires expertise in Python, SQL, Spark, and infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
Associate, Lead Data Engineer
Lead Data Engineer at Liverpool FC responsible for building and maintaining the club's enterprise data platform and data warehouse using AWS (S3, Lambda, Fargate, Glue, Redshift), SQL, and Python, while providing technical leadership to offshore development teams.
Data Engineer: Microsoft Fabric Platform & Analytics
Data Engineer owning and developing a Microsoft Fabric data platform, building pipelines from MongoDB and APIs using SQL and Spark while driving governance and GDPR compliance.
Data Engineer I: Cloud Pipelines & Insight Dashboards
Data Engineer designing and operating SQL-based ETL pipelines and insight dashboards in a cloud environment to support debt operations analytics.
Lead Data Engineer (MLOps)
Lead Data Engineer (MLOps) at Allianz UK, hands-on writing Python code and shaping architecture to deliver cloud-based Data Science and MLOps products using Azure, Databricks, Kubernetes and dbt, while mentoring a team of Data Engineers.