Data Engineering Jobs in United Kingdom
There are 5,087 open Data Engineering jobs in United Kingdom on freehire right now. 2,755 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 47%
- sql 46%
- data-pipelines 45%
- cloud 44%
- data-engineering 43%
- analytics 41%
- ai 30%
- azure 29%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 1,173 · 23%
- Remote 231 · 5%
- Onsite 27 · 1%
Visa sponsorship offered in 28% of the 233 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 1,381
- Lead 671
- Principal 185
- Staff 108
- C-level 100
- Junior 75
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 434
- 501-1000 employees 219
- 51-200 employees 67
- 11-50 employees 57
- 201-500 employees 13
- 1-10 employees 6
Senior AWS Data Engineer — Data Products & Governance FTC
As a Senior AWS Data Engineer on a 12-month contract, you will design, build, and govern data products for analytics and AI teams, managing data quality, compliance, and lineage.
Data Engineer: Greenfield Data Platform (Hybrid, Manchester)
Designs and optimizes scalable data pipelines and platforms using modern tools like Microsoft Fabric and Delta Lake to enable company-wide analytics and reporting, with significant autonomy in a greenfield data transformation project.
Data Engineer (SC Cleared)
Works as a Forward Deployed Data Engineer on client-embedded projects, designing data pipelines, workflows, and decision-support tools using Python, SQL, TypeScript, ETL, and applied AI/ML for government and enterprise clients.
SC Cleared Data Engineer
A Data Engineer role focused on building and maintaining data pipelines and applications using proprietary software, collaborating with data scientists and engineers, with core technology including Python.
Senior Data Engineer
Build and optimize Snowflake-based data platforms, develop Python/SQL pipelines, and enable AI use cases with Snowflake Cortex while mentoring junior engineers.
Data Engineer - Financial Services
Design, develop, and support modern data platforms and pipelines using Azure and the Microsoft data ecosystem, with opportunities to work with Microsoft Fabric for a financial services firm.
Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer responsible for building and maintaining SQL data pipelines and data warehouses, primarily using SQL and Python with Microsoft SQL Server technologies, to support financial reporting and analytics.
Senior Data Engineer
Design and build scalable, real-time data pipelines on GCP, integrating diverse sources and ensuring high performance and data quality for analytical use cases.
Data Engineer
Implement and deploy Azure Data Factory pipelines and ETL processes. Collaborate with SRE and consultants to ensure reliable data integrations using SQL and REST APIs.
Data Engineer
Design and build scalable data pipelines and data models for a business intelligence environment, working with modern cloud technologies and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver insights.
Data Engineer
A Data Engineer role supporting a clinical screening and diagnostics project, focusing on building ingestion and transformation pipelines, data cleansing, and shaping data models using SQL, Python, and modern data tools like Spark or Azure Data Factory.
Data Engineer
Data Engineer building and optimising data pipelines and ETL workflows within the Palantir Foundry platform for Defence & Security programmes, using Python and TypeScript.
Data Engineer
Data Engineer designing, building, and maintaining secure data platforms/pipelines for operational intelligence; uses Python, Java/Scala, SQL, Apache Spark, Hadoop, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD.
Data Engineer
Build and maintain scalable data pipelines and real-time streaming systems to power analytics and ML for a fast-growing entertainment company.
Data Engineer
Build and maintain the company’s data warehouse and ETL pipelines, then deliver analytics and reports to guide retail strategy using SQL, Python, and BI tools.
Lead Data Engineer - Start-Up / Scale-up experience required
Lead Data Engineer (Permanent, London on-site 4 Days) - Sponsorship is not available for this role A high-growth AI software company is looking for a Lead Data Engineer to own and scale the data foundations behind an…
Director of Data Engineering
Principal Software Engineer at JPMorganChase building and scaling a global KYC and risk data platform, leading AI-driven engineering practices and agentic systems in a regulated financial environment.
Senior Data Platform Engineer
Own and evolve a modern data platform (Snowflake, dbt, Dagster, AWS CDK) powering bookings, marketing attribution, and business metrics for a remote-first adventure travel scale-up.
Systems Engineer - Data Engineering
Design, develop, deploy, and maintain data pipelines, data warehouses, and DataOps infrastructure using big data tools (Spark, Airflow, Hive) and programming languages (Java, Python, SQL) for an aerospace, defence, and security company.