Data Engineering Jobs

Opus Recruitment Solutions · Oxford · £450 – £500 pd

Contract data engineer needed to support an ongoing migration of SQL data from MySQL into GCP and BigQuery for a manufacturing client. The role requires strong scripting (ideally PHP and Python), solid SQL/MySQL skills, and prior experience on migration projects, with an understanding of APIs and Medallion (Bronze/Silver/Gold) architecture. It is fully on-site in Oxfordshire, five days a week, for an initial three months.

Opus Recruitment Solutions · London · £500 – £525 pd

Hands-on contract role migrating a large legacy ETL estate of several thousand Ab Initio batch jobs to a serverless AWS data platform. You'll define migration patterns, convert Ab Initio transformations into scalable PySpark, and deliver production-ready AWS Glue solutions, with heavy Spark performance tuning across S3, Athena and serverless pipelines in a financial services cloud transformation programme.

Circle Recruitment · Leeds · £100,000 – £120,000 pa

Lead a law firm's enterprise, technology and data architecture, owning principles, standards, roadmaps and design governance. Shape technology and data strategy, set guardrails for AI adoption, and lead a team of Solutions Architects, Consultants and Data Architects. Hybrid role with two days a week in the Leeds office.

Circle Recruitment · Birmingham · £100,000 – £120,000 pa

A new senior leadership role owning enterprise and data architecture for a law firm, covering principles, standards, roadmaps and design governance. You will lead solution design for major initiatives, set guardrails for AI and emerging tech, and manage a team of solutions architects, consultants and data architects across cloud and SaaS environments.

HAYS Specialist Recruitment · Birmingham · £47,389 – £63,306 pa

Joins a major data and reporting transformation programme at a higher education establishment, moving legacy reporting to a modern Power BI environment. Leads requirements gathering workshops, translates business needs into technical specifications, and supports data model and semantic model design. Works with data engineers, analysts, IT teams and senior stakeholders, producing process maps, data lineage and documentation and supporting UAT.

HAYS Specialist Recruitment · Newcastle upon Tyne · £60,000 – £85,000 pa

Design, build and support cloud-native integration solutions on Microsoft Azure, connecting critical business systems, data platforms and applications. Day to day involves Azure Logic Apps Standard, Azure Functions, Service Bus, Terraform IaC and API development, plus 2nd/3rd line support, documentation and stakeholder-facing requirements work in an international organisation.

Harnham - Data and Analytics Recruitment · London · £60,000 – £65,000 pa

Lead client-facing analytics engagements, translating business challenges into analytical solutions and presenting insights to technical and non-technical audiences. Work with large complex datasets, developing SQL-based solutions and scalable reporting frameworks, and building dashboards in Tableau, Looker or similar BI platforms. Collaborate with data, engineering and consulting teams while managing project timelines, risks and governance.

Harnham - Data and Analytics Recruitment · London · £150,000 – £165,000 pa

Owns the enterprise data, analytics and AI strategy in a complex global environment, leading a multi-disciplinary function spanning analytics, data science and data engineering. Sets up governance frameworks, drives data-led decision making among senior stakeholders and delivers AI/ML use cases on scalable modern platforms.

Spectrum IT Recruitment · Southampton · £80,000 – £100,000 pa

Hands-on technical leadership role guiding a 10+ developer squad through solution design, system architecture and domain modelling, while still writing production code across the full stack. Work spans Node.js microservices, TypeScript, Vue.js, Redis, SQL Server, Snowflake and AWS with CI/CD and DevSecOps practices, including building proof-of-concepts and supporting live systems.

Randstad Technologies Recruitment · London · £432 – £484 pd

Design and deploy production-grade Generative AI workflows and backend security guardrails for a global financial institution's AI Centre of Excellence. The role blends Python/Java engineering, AWS/Azure cloud pipelines with Airflow, and roughly 20-25% frontend/UI work for guardrail tooling, plus production support and ML evaluation metrics.

Randstad Technologies Recruitment · Dartford · £600 – £650 pd

Lead the data strategy for a major engineering programme, defining enterprise data models, governance and architectural roadmaps that connect product design to shop-floor operations. The role focuses on integrating PLM and MES platforms (Teamcenter, Windchill, SAP PLM, Opcenter, SAP ME/MII) to deliver a unified digital thread across engineering, IT and operational teams.

First Military Recruitment · United Kingdom

Leads the design and implementation of complex data flows, pipelines and integrations to support an enterprise AI buildout, setting data engineering best practices and ensuring data readiness and security. Bridges technical engineering partners and business leads, translating data risks into clear choices for stakeholders. Requires SC clearance and works remotely on a contract until 30/04/2027.

Rise Technical Recruitment · London · £35,000 – £50,000 pa

Hands-on role developing and maintaining software with Python, Go and TypeScript, processing and validating live and historical sports datasets, and supporting AWS cloud infrastructure and production systems. Works closely with experienced engineers on SQL databases, troubleshooting and technical projects within the sports and betting sector.

VIQU IT Recruitment · London · £100,000 – £110,000 pa

Lead large-scale data transformation programmes for an insurance organisation, owning the roadmap from planning through delivery and supporting adoption of an Enterprise Data Platform. Work across business, IT and data teams to define requirements, track value from data and AI initiatives, and manage risks, budgets and governance. Hybrid role with three days per week in a London office.

VIQU IT Recruitment · Solihull · £65,000 – £70,000 pa

Owns the roadmap and lifecycle for certified data products such as datasets, dashboards, semantic models and AI-enabled features, leading a team of Data Analysts and BI Developers. Acts as the bridge between technical delivery and business stakeholders, embedding a federated data-mesh operating model and driving data literacy and adoption across the organisation.