Data Engineering Jobs

Spectrum IT Recruitment · Southampton · £40,000 – £45,000 pa

Design, develop and maintain data pipelines supporting sports analytics and player tracking, working extensively with Python and SQL. You'll help grow a Databricks environment, integrate event and tracking data, and work closely with Data Scientists while taking technical ownership of data engineering challenges and architecture decisions.

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.

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.

ARC IT Recruitment · London · £40,000 – £48,000 pa

Sits in the IT Business Applications team supporting well-known vendor platforms for a private equity business, handling 1st and 2nd line support, incident resolution and escalations. Runs ITIL incident, problem, change and release management in ServiceNow, working with vendors, developers and an outsourced infrastructure provider. Also involved in an upcoming roadmap covering AI tools and a new data platform.

VIQU IT · Cambridge · £500 – £600 pd

Hands-on technical lead for an established Microsoft Fabric data engineering environment, providing day-to-day direction and oversight of pipelines, Lakehouse solutions and transformations. The focus is on troubleshooting, improving data quality and governance, strengthening development and deployment standards, and reviewing work from internal and offshore engineers. Hybrid role with three days per week onsite in Cambridge.

Clockwork Recruitment Ltd · Henley-on-Thames · £80,000 pa

Oversee application portfolios and lead project delivery for Azure-based data solutions, including Data Factory, Data Lake and Databricks. Work with global teams and external vendors on scalable, secure data integration and analytics within a corporate governance framework, managing budgets and sharing knowledge across distributed teams.

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.

VIQU IT · London · £500 – £1,000 pd

Owns a government programme's data platform end to end, building batch and streaming ETL/ELT pipelines, data models, quality monitoring and governance in an SC-cleared environment. On top of core data engineering, builds production RAG pipelines covering chunking, embeddings, hybrid search, reranking and query-time access control, with evaluation of retrieval quality.

Siamo Recruitment a division of Siamo Group · Cirencester · £35,000 – £36,000 pa

Lead the design, maintenance and optimisation of a college's database infrastructure, building and managing ETL processes, system integrations and data flows while monitoring performance, security and integrity. Work on site within a multi-skilled IT team of 450 staff, supported by the Head of IT and a third-party database consultant, ensuring GDPR and data governance compliance.

Integrity Recruitment Solutions · Birmingham

Lead BI Developer role focused on designing and building data platforms during a major business and IT transformation, with data enhancement as a central focus. The business is transitioning to Microsoft Fabric, working with SQL, Python/PySpark, Data Factory and AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot. The role is expected to grow, requiring managerial and leadership experience to build out additional team members.

Integrity Recruitment Solutions · Birmingham

Lead the design and build of data platforms during a major business and IT transformation, with data enhancement as a central focus. Work hands-on with SQL, Microsoft Fabric, Python/PySpark and Data Factory as the business transitions to Fabric, with exposure to AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot. The role is expected to grow, requiring managerial and leadership experience to build out additional team members.

HAYS Specialist Recruitment · Cardiff · £61,500 – £67,500 pa

Lead the establishment of an enterprise data architecture capability and design a Microsoft Fabric-based common data platform. Define data models, architecture principles, standards, governance and lineage across a complex organisation, working with architects, analysts and senior stakeholders to support reporting, analytics and strategic decision-making.

Opus Recruitment Solutions · Newcastle upon Tyne · £600 pd

A Data Architect role on a New Style Modernisation project, bridging data stakeholders, theme teams and Dataworks to define data structures, processes and systems. Responsibilities include data modelling, MDM, metadata management, data governance and event-based architecture, ensuring data flows meet National Statistics and auditing requirements. Mostly remote with three to four days a month on-site in Newcastle.

Avanti Recruitment · Saint Peters, Australia · £80,000 – £100,000 pa

Take technical ownership of a new AI layer within an established SaaS document-processing platform for the legal sector, working closely with the CTO. Design production AI/ML systems in Python using NLP, LLMs and retrieval approaches, covering architecture, data pipelines, evaluation and monitoring, while remaining hands-on and guiding other engineers.