Data Engineering Jobs in United Kingdom
There are 5,008 open Data Engineering jobs in United Kingdom on freehire right now. 2,751 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 1,145 · 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 661
- 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
Azure Data Engineer
This role involves designing and building scalable, automated data pipelines within a modern Azure environment to support data-driven decision-making. You will work in an agile team using tools like Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and Synapse to manage the full data lifecycle.
Data Engineer: Build Robust Data Pipelines & Dashboards
The Data Engineer will design data structures and build robust data systems, including SQL Server databases and ETL workflows using SSIS, to support reporting and machine learning initiatives.
Data Engineer - FinTech Data Pipelines (Newcastle)
The Data Engineer will build and optimize data pipelines and integrate multiple data sources to enhance a central data platform for business insights. The role requires experience with SQL, Python, AWS, and Airflow within a hedge fund environment.
Senior Python Backend Engineer — AI Data Platform (Hybrid)
Builds and maintains the orchestration engine for an AI data platform using Python and AWS, designing scalable workloads and collaborating with customers.
Data Engineer
Data Engineer building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines on Azure/AWS using Python, SQL, Databricks/Snowflake/Redshift, Airflow, and dbt in a hybrid London role.
Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer building BI warehouses, data lakes, and ETL pipelines using big data, streaming, and data visualisation tools on both on-premise and cloud platforms.
Data Governance Consultant
Data Governance & AI Consultant delivering governance policies, quality frameworks, and AI assurance for UK Central Government and Defence programmes, using Microsoft Purview, Azure ML, Databricks, and MLflow in a hybrid Bristol-based role.
Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer building scalable data pipelines and cloud-based data platforms for digital retailer Very, using AWS, Python, SQL, and other languages in a hands-on role.
Data Engineer Azure / Databricks - Remote
Designs and builds scalable data lake architecture on Azure/Databricks, including layered data models, ingestion pipelines, and transformations using Python/PySpark for financial services data processing.
Data Engineering Manager/Microsoft Fabric
Lead and grow a data engineering team while owning the roadmap and delivery of a Microsoft Fabric-based data platform, overseeing data pipelines, governance, and DevOps practices.
Associate Data Engineer
Build and maintain distributed, scalable backend data processing pipelines handling terabytes of satellite and external data daily for a real-time energy flows SaaS platform, using AWS, Kubernetes, Airflow, and Python.
BI Data Engineer
Designs and builds enterprise data platforms, implements reporting strategies, and develops BI solutions using SQL, Azure, Power BI, and Python to support data-driven decision-making.
Data Engineer
Contract Senior Data Engineer onsite in London, building and migrating enterprise data pipelines from Azure Data Factory and ADLS to Microsoft Fabric for a financial-services transformation programme.