Data Engineering Jobs in United Kingdom

There are 5,026 open Data Engineering jobs in United Kingdom on freehire right now. 2,771 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are python, sql and data-pipelines.

Salary

CurrencyPeriod25thMedian75thPostings
GBPyear£65,000£85,000£92,750272
GBPday£500£650£67554
USDyear$78,884$86,767$158,12510

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 218 · 4%
  • Onsite 25 · 0%

Visa sponsorship offered in 26% of the 225 postings that state a position on it.

Seniority

  • Senior 1,367
  • Lead 662
  • Principal 176
  • Staff 111
  • C-level 97
  • Junior 76

Who is hiring

  • 1000+ employees 418
  • 501-1000 employees 210
  • 51-200 employees 66
  • 11-50 employees 58
  • 201-500 employees 11
  • 1-10 employees 6
5,026 jobs
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
last week

Senior Quantexa Data Engineer

HybridUKContractSenior
United Kingdom

Contract Senior Data Engineer building scalable big data pipelines and entity resolution solutions with Quantexa for a data consultancy's client engagements, using Spark, Python/Scala, and cloud platforms.

ai analytics aws azure cloud +17 skills
up to 650 £ / day
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GSK
last week

SPQS Data Steward

UKFull-time Licensed UK sponsor — This employer appears on the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker and related work routes. The licence belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
United Kingdom

The SPQS Data Steward will lead the implementation of data stewardship, ownership, and quality frameworks to support structured product quality submissions (SPQS) within a pharmaceutical manufacturing context. The role involves collaborating across R&D, supply chain, and regulatory functions to establish metadata standards and data governance processes.

agile data-governance data-quality master-data-management sap
83 250 – 138 750 €
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Broster Buchanan
last week

Fabric Data Engineer

UKContract
United Kingdom

Build and optimize a Microsoft Fabric data platform, including pipelines, Lakehouses, Warehouses, and semantic models, while improving automation and DevOps processes.

api automation azure azure-devops ci-cd +11 skills
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CDW Corporation
last week

Senior Data Engineer

HybridUKFull-timeSenior
United Kingdom

Senior Data Engineer leading data engineering on Azure platforms (Data Factory, Databricks, Data Lake), building Kimball-modelled datasets for BI, ML and AI using PySpark, Python, and SQL in a hybrid London role.

ai analytics api azure azure-data-factory +32 skills
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Royal Bank of Canada
last week

Data Engineer

Open 6d UKFull-time Licensed UK sponsor — This employer appears on the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker and related work routes. The licence belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
United Kingdom

The Data Engineer will maintain and evolve the Data Lakehouse platform for Wealth Management Europe using Microsoft Azure, Databricks, and Data Factory. The role involves building and optimizing data pipelines, automating data preparation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to support analytics.

agile analytics azure cloud cpp +26 skills
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Vanguard
last week

Data Engineering Technical Lead

HybridUKFull-timeLead
United Kingdom

Job Title Data Engineering Technical Lead The Role The Data Engineering Technical Lead will play a critical role in shaping and delivering Vanguard Europe's data and analytics capabilities. Working within the Chief…

agentic-ai agile ai analytics aws +26 skills
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Randstad Digital UK
last week

Data Governance Manager

UKContract
United Kingdom

Leads enterprise-wide data governance strategy, ensuring compliance, quality, and trust in data assets by defining policies, stewarding data ownership, and collaborating with business/IT teams to implement frameworks like DAMA-DMBOK.

analytics aws azure cloud data-governance +9 skills
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Coforge
last week

Lead Data Governance SME

UKFull-timeLead
United Kingdom

The Lead Data Governance SME will drive enterprise-wide data governance, quality, and metadata management initiatives on GCP platforms. The role involves defining governance policies, implementing Dataplex and data lineage frameworks, and ensuring regulatory compliance for BigQuery-based environments.

bigquery cloud data-governance data-lineage data-quality +5 skills
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iXceed Solutions
last week

Data Platform lead

UKContractLead Licensed UK sponsor — This employer appears on the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker and related work routes. The licence belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
United Kingdom

The Data Platform Lead will manage and mentor a data streaming engineering team while designing and supporting scalable AWS data platforms. The role requires extensive experience with Kafka, Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform in a banking environment.

automation aws bash ci-cd cloudwatch +15 skills
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EDF
last week

Data Engineer - Remote - London, UK

UKFull-time
United Kingdom

Data Engineer at EDF leading data source onboarding, building data pipelines, and supporting data warehousing on an enterprise data platform using SQL and Snowflake.

ai automation cloud data-engineering data-ingestion +5 skills
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Allscreens Nationwide Ltd
last week

Graduate Trainee– Data Engineer

UKContractIntern
United Kingdom

Graduate trainee data engineer at Wigan Council, supporting data integration, analysis and reporting while completing a Level 5 Data Engineer Apprenticeship and Microsoft Fabric certification.

analytics automation data-engineering microsoft-fabric power-automate +3 skills
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Allscreens Nationwide Ltd
last week

Graduate Data Engineer Trainee — Hybrid, Impactful Analytics

UKIntern
United Kingdom

Graduate trainee in Wigan Council’s Data Integration Team builds analytics pipelines and reports using real data to improve public services while completing a Level 5 Data Engineer Apprenticeship and Microsoft Fabric certification.

microsoft-fabric powerbi
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St. James's Place
last week

Senior Data Engineering Analyst

UKSenior Licensed UK sponsor — This employer appears on the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker and related work routes. The licence belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
United Kingdom

Are you ready to chart your own career path? With our refreshed strategy, we’re building on our rich heritage and transforming our business to be more scalable and efficient, unlocking the capabilities needed for…
DCV Technologies
last week

Hybrid Data Platform & Analytics Engineering Lead

UKContractLead Licensed UK sponsor — This employer appears on the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker and related work routes. The licence belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
United Kingdom

The Engineering Manager will lead the delivery of complex data platform and analytics projects, coordinating between technical teams and business stakeholders. The role requires hands-on expertise in Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, and CI/CD practices.

airflow analytics ci-cd data-engineering dbt +2 skills
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United States Digital Space LLC
last week

Data Platform & Operations Engineering Manager

UK
United Kingdom

Leads a data operations team at Sony Music Entertainment to build, scale, and optimize data platforms while mentoring engineers and aligning technical work with business goals, focusing on full-stack engineering and platform improvements.
United States Digital Space LLC
last week

C++ Software Engineer - Data Platform

UK
United Kingdom

C++ Software Engineer building distributed data platform components—storage engines, query/compute execution, and RPC/networking layers—for a systematic quantitative finance firm.

ai claude-code cpp distributed-systems linux +3 skills
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Irwin Mitchell
last week

Data Platform QA Engineer: Build Reliable Data

UK Licensed UK sponsor — This employer appears on the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker and related work routes. The licence belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
United Kingdom

The Data Platform QA Engineer will test data products and platforms while collaborating with data and analytics engineers to establish quality standards and testing strategies.

analytics data-quality
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Homerun B.V.
last week

Senior Data Platform Engineer

UKSenior
United Kingdom

At Great Yellow we’re looking for a Senior Data Platform Engineer to join our team. About Great Yellow Great Yellow is building the operating system for a regenerative economy. Our mission is to make regenerative…

ai api aws azure cloud +21 skills
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UK National Audit Office
last week

Data Platform Engineer

UKContract
United Kingdom

The Data Platform Engineer will design, build, and maintain scalable data infrastructure and ETL pipelines within the UK National Audit Office's Azure environment. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality data ingestion, storage, and accessibility for organizational insights.

analytics api automation azure ci-cd +23 skills
61 250 – 70 000 £
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Voodoo Park
last week

Senior Data Engineer — Remote, Fabric & Azure Pipelines

UKSenior Licensed UK sponsor — This employer appears on the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker and related work routes. The licence belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
United Kingdom

The Senior Data Engineer will design and deploy data features for a financial services client, focusing on migrating ETL processes from Azure Data Factory to Microsoft Fabric. The role involves enhancing ingestion frameworks and managing data quality across environments using CI/CD practices.

azure azure-data-factory ci-cd data-engineering data-lake +3 skills
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