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
DevOps Data Engineer
Build and automate GCP data pipelines and infrastructure for Morrisons, using Terraform, Python, and Jenkins to deliver reliable, secure data to Looker and AI tools.
Data Engineer Level I
Data Engineer Level I at DWP Digital working on the Debt Solutions team, responsible for SQL-based data transformation, ETL pipeline development, and building user-facing dashboards and reports using leading-edge technology.
Senior Research Data Engineer
Build and maintain data pipelines and tooling that fuel Canva’s multimodal AI agent research, from collection and curation to scalable training and evaluation loops.
Data Governance Analyst – Smart Retail Ordering (SRO)
Implement data governance practices, manage data quality and MDM, and support data lineage for the Smart Retail Ordering program within a global retail environment.
Data Engineer
Builds and maintains ETL pipelines in Talend for large-scale data projects, works with Oracle RDS databases, and improves CI/CD pipelines while mentoring junior engineers.
Data Engineer
This contract role involves leading a migration of a live, client-facing analytics platform from Snowflake to Microsoft Fabric. The engineer will be responsible for scoping and executing the migration process in a hybrid environment.
Lead Data Engineer (MLOps)
Lead a team to build and deploy scalable MLOps pipelines and cloud-based data products using Python, Azure, and Kubernetes, ensuring robust CI/CD and governance for Allianz’s fintech operations.
Data Engineer
Designs and maintains ETL pipelines using Talend, Oracle RDS, and CI/CD to support large-scale data exploitation.
Platform Data Engineer - Cardiff
Builds scalable data pipelines, telemetry systems, and analytics platforms for game infrastructure, focusing on data quality, observability, and stakeholder collaboration.
Data Engineer Lead/Senior/Mid
This role involves designing and developing scalable data warehouse and ELT solutions using Snowflake, dbt, Python, and AWS. The engineer will drive modern DataOps practices and support a major CRM migration program within a cross-functional team.
Data Platform Lead
Leads the design and operation of a cloud-native data platform on AWS, focusing on Lakehouse and modern data warehouse architectures to enable scalable data ingestion and analytics.
Data Engineer (Snowflake)
Data Engineer role focusing on Snowflake data engineering (ingestion, modeling, optimization) and Python development for pipelines, automation, and integration.