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Data Engineer (MS Fabric) / Remote with travel to Yorkshire or London / £45,000 - £55,000Are you a Data Engineer with solid SQL skills and experience building tabular models? Want to join a business investing in its cloud journey, where you'll help modernise data platforms and influence core business reporting?This is a great opportunity to enhance your technical capability while...
Data EngineerWe’re looking for a Data Engineer to join our fast-moving, hands-on data engineering team. This isn’t a traditional pipelines-for-analysts role - you’ll be building data systems and products that directly power real-time applications, internal tooling, and commercial projects across the business.Entrepreneurial and autonomous - we prototype fast, ship often, and embrace hands-on problem-solving; maturing projects as they become foundational...
Data Engineer Location: Uxbridge (Hybrid – 2 days onsite)Salary: Up to £60,000 + Bonus + BenefitsType: Permanent | Mid-Senior LevelAre you a technically strong Data Engineer with a passion for bridging the gap between global data functions and commercial strategy? This is your opportunity to join one of the world’s fastest-growing consumer brands, playing a key role in developing the...
DATA ENGINEER / MANCHESTER / HYBRID / £60,000 - £67,000 PLUS BENEFITSWEX Europe Services Ltd are the owner of the Esso Card Fuel Card Portfolio, and with offices across Europe and the US are one of the Europe’s largest providers of fuel cards.As a Data Engineer at WEX, you’ll be responsible for building and maintaining the bridge between our data...
Data Engineer - DaresburyRole DescriptionAs a Data Engineer will be a core member of the wider technical team, responsible for designing, building, and optimising the pipelines that turn raw network, commercial, and operational data into trustworthy, analytics-ready assets. Working closely with Data Analysts, Network Engineering, and Digital teams, you will own our data platform, ensuring data is accurate, timely, and...
Data Engineer // 1 Day/Week Onsite Worcestershire // Initial 3 Months // Up to £400/day Outside IR35REED Technology are working with a client who are seeking a contract Data Engineer to join their dynamic Data Engineering team. You'll play a key role in designing and implementing complex data flows that power analytics and business intelligence (BI) systems across their growing...
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Data is the new oil—and data engineers are the pipeline builders. In 2026, UK companies aren’t just collecting data—they’re streaming it, transforming it in real-time, and deploying it into AI and BI tools for instant decision-making. But all of this depends on one thing: highly skilled data engineers with a mastery of modern tools and frameworks. Welcome to the Data Engineering Jobs Skills Radar 2026—your annual guide to the languages, platforms, and tools that are defining the future of data engineering jobs in the UK. Whether you're building data lakes, deploying pipelines, or scaling real-time analytics, this guide will keep your skills up to date with what employers really want.
As UK organisations continue to scale their data capabilities, the role of the data engineer has become one of the most vital in the digital economy. From designing pipelines and managing infrastructure to enabling machine learning models, data engineers are the backbone of every data-driven organisation. But while demand is high, the most rewarding roles are often never posted publicly. In this article, we’ll show you how to discover hidden data engineering jobs in the UK by strategically engaging with professional bodies like the BCS, IET, TechUK, and UK data communities. By joining specialist groups, attending CPD events, and using member directories, you can unlock a wave of unseen job leads—and connect with hiring managers long before roles are advertised.
Redundancy can be unexpected and unsettling, especially in a field as technically demanding as data engineering. But the good news is: your skills are still in high demand. The UK continues to see strong growth in data infrastructure, cloud analytics, machine learning pipelines, and data governance roles. Whether you're a big data engineer, ETL specialist, cloud data platform expert, or someone working in real-time streaming and pipelines, there are new opportunities to rebuild and rebrand your career. This guide is designed to help UK-based data engineers bounce back after a redundancy, with a step-by-step roadmap to relaunch into a stronger, better-aligned role.
Why last year’s pay survey misleads data engineers today Ask any Data Engineer elbow‑deep in late‑arriving CDC streams, an Analytics Engineer stockpiling dbt models, or a DataOps Lead juggling Airflow failures: “Am I earning what I deserve?” The answer changes monthly. New GPU‑hungry AI workloads spike storage costs, lakehouse toolchains displace legacy marts, & suddenly real‑time streaming isn’t “nice to have” but the lion’s share of your backlog. Each shift nudges salary bands. A PDF salary guide printed in 2024 under‑reports pay the moment Databricks announces another acquisition or HMRC mandates digital provenance. To provide an up‑to‑date benchmark, DataEngineeringJobs.co.uk distilled a transparent, three‑factor formula. Plug in your discipline, UK region, & seniority; out pops a realistic 2025 salary. No stale averages, no guesswork. This article unpacks the formula, details the forces pushing data‑engineering pay upward, & offers five practical actions to lift your value in the next ninety days.
As the demand for data engineers grows, so do the expectations. It’s not enough to build robust pipelines or optimise ETL jobs—UK employers now look for candidates who can also communicate clearly with stakeholders, especially those without technical backgrounds. Whether you're applying for a data engineering role in finance, healthcare, retail, or tech, your ability to explain complex systems in plain English is becoming one of the most valued soft skills in interviews and in the workplace. This guide will help you master public speaking for data engineering roles: from structuring your presentation and designing effective visuals, to simplifying terminology, storytelling and confidently answering stakeholder questions.
Bookmark this guide—refreshed every quarter—so you always know who’s really expanding their data engineering teams. Driven by the UK’s Digital Economy Strategy, the AI & GenAI boom, cheaper cloud storage and a squeeze on legacy batch pipelines, data engineering hiring is in overdrive for 2025. Employers from hyperscale tech firms to NHS trusts want lake‑house architects, streaming‑platform specialists, ETL developers, MLOps pipeline gurus, analytics engineers & FinOps‑savvy cost guardians—right now. Below you’ll find 50 organisations that posted UK‑based data engineering vacancies or announced head‑count growth in the last eight weeks. They’re grouped into five easy‑scan categories. For each company you’ll see its main UK hub, an example live or recent vacancy, and a quick reason it’s worth your time. Search any employer on DataEngineeringJobs.co.uk to view current ads, or set a free alert so fresh openings land straight in your inbox.
