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
Investment Data Engineer
The Investment Data Engineer will maintain and enhance a critical data platform for an investment risk team. The role requires expertise in Snowflake, Apache Airflow, DBT, and Python to manage investment data feeds and complex enterprise data workflows.
Data Engineer
Role Title: Data Engineer (Talend) Clearance: SC Eligible (Must be able to pass BPSS) Location: Remote (Telford every 3 weeks) Kit collection - London, Manchester or Telford Contract Tenure: 6 Months We are seeking…
Software Engineering Manager - Data Platform
Leads a global data platform team to build and scale enterprise-grade services for Addepar’s AI-driven financial data platform, focusing on lakehouse architecture, cloud infrastructure, and AI integration.
Principal Data Engineer
Principal Data Engineer responsible for designing and implementing a cloud-native AWS data platform for a major UK organization, building scalable serverless data pipelines and infrastructure as code while applying AWS Well-Architected principles.
DATA Engineering Manager
Leads a team of Data Engineers/Analysts, owns the data engineering roadmap and platform, with 60/40 split between leadership and hands-on work using Azure, SQL, Python, and data warehousing.
Senior Data Engineer (ERP)
Design scalable data models and maintain dbt transformations for enterprise analytics across Finance and Supply Chain. Use SQL and ERP platforms to enable business-critical reporting in a hybrid environment.
Lead Data Engineer
Hands-on leadership role designing and optimizing Microsoft Fabric data pipelines and SQL models to modernize architecture (Bronze to Gold) and mentor engineers.
Data Engineer
Data Engineer (SQL Server / SSIS) – 3 Month Initial Contract – Remote / Cardiff VIQU have partnered with an NHS organisation to recruit a hands-on Data Engineer to support critical data integration and ETL workloads…
Campus Data Engineer (Intern)
Builds and maintains data pipelines and infrastructure for a high-frequency trading firm, using Python on Linux and Agile methods.
Data Engineer (Snowflake) - Outside IR35
Builds and maintains a Snowflake-based data lakehouse, designing ETL/ELT pipelines, dbt models, and governance frameworks to unify trading, CRM, finance, and risk data for operational and regulatory reporting across a fintech firm.
Principal Data Engineer
Principal Data Engineer (AWS) - Contract, Outside IR35 £650 per day | Outside IR35 | 3-Month Contract (13 weeks) | Remote UK - very occasional travel to Leeds Brio Digital is working with a major UK organisation…
Data Engineer - Lead / Senior / Mid
Data Engineers (Lead/Senior/Mid) needed for a CRM migration programme, building and modernizing a data platform from the ground up using Snowflake, dbt, Python, AWS, and PowerBI, with primarily remote work and occasional London travel.
SC Cleared Data Engineer - Hybrid, Cloud Pipelines
Pearson Carter seeks a hybrid contract Data Engineer to design and build secure data pipelines using cloud technologies, SQL, and Python in an Agile team.
Senior Cloud Data Platform Engineer (AWS/Databricks)
Designs and operates a cloud data platform on AWS/Databricks, ensuring scalability, security, and production readiness while collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet business needs.
Data Engineer
Designs and builds scalable data pipelines and Lakehouse architectures on Databricks, focusing on Spark, Delta Lake, and Medallion principles to support analytics, ML, and AI workloads for enterprise clients.