1 to 25 of 152 Contract Data Engineer Jobs in the UK

Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Digital
Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP 60 - 80 Hourly
Senior Data Engineer (Data Modernization) We are looking for a proactive, goal-oriented Senior Data Engineer to build and scale high-performance big data pipelines. This role is ideal for a collaborative problem-solver who excels in distributed environments and values technical excellence through ...

AWS Support Engineer / Data Engineer Telecom Domain

Hiring Organisation
Stackstudio Digital Ltd
Location
Ipswich, Suffolk, East Anglia, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£70,000
Title: AWS Support Engineer/Data Engineer Location: Ipswitch (onsite) Job Type: Permanent Job Summary: AWS Support Engineer/Data Engineer Telecom Domain (JD) Key Skills & Expertise AWS Core Services : S3, Redshift, Glue, Athena, Lake Formation, IAM Data Engineering/ETL: Building … optimizing ETL pipelines Data ingestion, transformation & orchestration using AWS Glue (PySpark/Python) Working with structured/semi-structured telecom datasets (CDRs, network logs, subscriber data) Data Lake Technologies: Expertise in Apache Iceberg table format Schema evolution, partitioning, compaction & metadata management Query performance tuning with Athena & Redshift ...

Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Stackstudio Digital Ltd
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
From £475 to £500 per day
Details Role/Job Title: Data Engineer Work Location: Manchester, UK Mode of Working: Hybrid Office Requirement (Hybrid): Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday The Role Seeking a Data Engineer profile with deep technical expertise and thought leadership, provides advanced data solutions by using software … process, store, and serve data to others. Tests data quality and optimizes data availability. Ensures that data pipelines are scalable, repeatable, and secure. Utilizes a deep dive analytical skillset on a variety of internal and external data. Your Responsibilities Writes ETL (Extract/Transform/Load ...

Data Engineer - 2 days on site - AWS/Python - Inside IR35

Hiring Organisation
Morson Edge
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£475 - 500 per day
This is a fantastic opportunity to work as a Data Engineer on a long term project, for a high profile ecommerce, inside IR35. It's important to note that this Data Engineer position will require 2 days per week in Leeds city centre. The key skills … required for this Data Engineer position are: Python AWS DBT Airflow If you do have the relevant experience for this Data Engineer position, please do apply. ...

Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Bright Purple Resourcing
Location
Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Data Platform Engineer (12-month contract - Outside IR35). - Hybrid from Auchterarder. Bright Purple is working with a well-established organisation undergoing a huge data transformation programme. This is a hands-on Data Platform Engineer role where youll take ownership of a modern, business-critical … data platform and help turn data into confident, everyday decision-making. This opportunity suits someone who enjoys building robust platforms, improving standards, and working closely with stakeholders to deliver data that actually gets used. Role Overview Design, build and operate a scalable enterprise data platform across ...

Contract Geospatial Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Bright Purple Resourcing
Location
Bristol, Avon, South West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Geospatial Data Engineer - Contract Remote UK £420 per day 6 Months Initially with Excellent Chance of Extension Deemed Outside IR35 (pending QDOS assessment) This Contract Geospatial Data role is a fantastic opportunity to work on cutting edge data problems at a leading environmental risk consultancy. … their field with a powerful and highly regarded platform built using the latest technologies. You will be working in a team of software and data engineers supporting data workflow & orchestration, within an AWS environment and must have experience of RASTER data sets. In this role, you will ...

Data Management Engineer

Hiring Organisation
JAM Recruitment Ltd
Location
Preston, Lancashire, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£27.00 - £30.00 per hour
Join a world-renowned aerospace and defence organisation as a Data Management Engineer in Warton - Hybrid min 3 days a week onsite Would you like to join a global aerospace and defence organisation? Do you want to work as part of an organisation protecting people and maintaining maximum … national security? Due to a drive for greater success, this advanced manufacturing business is currently searching for a Data Management Engineer to add to their talented, hardworking team in Glascoed on a 12 month contract. Striving for innovation and creativity you can ensure no two days will ...

Senior Data / Backend Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Digital
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 - £700 per day
Senior Data/Backend Engineer: Shaping the Future of Audio Safety Our client is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join their Centralized Safety Team as they scale their GenAI and recommendation features, they remain safe and enjoyable for millions of global listeners. … seeking a 'T-shaped' engineer-someone with a deep foundation in large-scale data pipelines who is also passionate about operating mission-critical backend services (or vice versa). You will architect 'Tier 0' services that filter and protect content across Who You Are * Expertise: Deep knowledge ...

Data Engineer (KTP Associate Position)

Hiring Organisation
University of Salford
Location
North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£40,000
Opportunity Overview The KTP aims to transform CARA_EPS into a data-driven retrofit company, positioning them the preferred partner for housing associations in their retrofit programs. The project aims to develop an integrated digital asset management (DAM) platform to address issues of unreliable property data and poor … housebuilding procurement practices, which are common within the industry. Key Responsibilities Key responsibilities include enhancing retrofit assessment data transparency and accessibility, forecasting property energy performance, and decision-making in housing stock refurbishment. The platform will enable early verification of property/project specifications and ensure accurate measures. This will ...

Lead QA Data Engineer - 18 month FTC

Hiring Organisation
Evri
Location
United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£65,000
Lead QA Data Engineer – Build Trust at the Heart of Our Data Platform 18 month Fixed Term Contract Ready to shape how data quality is engineered, not just checked? If you're passionate about building trustworthy data at scale, embedding quality into modern data platforms, and leading others to do the same, this is your opportunity to have a genuine, enterprise-wide impact. As our Lead QA Data Engineer, you'll sit at the heart of our data ecosystem - defining how data quality, testing, and assurance are designed into ...

Senior Data Engineer - 18 month Fixed Term Contract

Hiring Organisation
Evri
Location
United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£55,000
Senior Data Engineer – Design the Future of Our Data Platform - 18 month Fixed Term Contract Ready to lead, influence, and build at scale? If you're an experienced Data Engineer who thrives on solving complex problems, shaping architecture, and raising engineering standards, this … role where your impact will be felt across the entire business. As a Senior Data Engineer, you'll design and deliver high-quality, governed data products on our Databricks Lakehouse platform. Blending hands-on engineering with architectural thinking, you'll help define how data is built ...

Data Engineer - 18 month Fixed Term Contract

Hiring Organisation
Evri
Location
United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£45,000
Data Engineer – Build Scalable Data Products That Power the Business 18 month Fixed Term Contract Want to turn raw data into trusted, analytics -ready insight? If you enjoy building robust pipelines, working with modern cloud data platforms, and delivering data products that genuinely enable … better decisions, this is your chance to make a real impact. As a Data Engineer, you'll play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines on our Databricks Lakehouse platform. You'll work closely with analysts, architects, and stakeholders to transform raw data ...

Senior Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Stott & May Professional Search Limited
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£530 - £580 per day
Title: Senior Data Engineer Location: London (Hybrid - minimum 2 days per week in the office) Day Rate: Market rate (Inside IR35) Contract Duration: 6 months Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer to design, develop and maintain scalable data pipelines that ensure … high-quality, reliable data is available for business decision-making. You will work closely with data architects, product teams, analysts and data scientists to deliver robust data solutions that power analytics, reporting and advanced data products across our retail organisation. This role requires strong hands ...

Senior Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Morgan McKinley Group Ltd
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£550 - £650 per day
Senior Data Engineer Our Global client is looking for a Data Engineer to join a strategic programme to modernise their booking system, migrating from legacy platforms to a new platform by the end of 2026. The team is building robust data pipelines from multiple source … systems to support this migration, ensuring high-quality, accessible and secure data for analytics and operational reporting. Key Responsibilities: Build, maintain and optimise scalable, secure and well-governed data pipelines. Develop and maintain data models (Data Vault and Dimensional). Ensure data quality, lineage, governance ...

Senior Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Stackstudio Digital Ltd
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
From £400 to £425 per day
Role Details Role/Job Title: Senior Data Engineer Work Location: London Mode of Working: Hybrid Office Attendance: 2 3 days per week Other Working Conditions: May be required to travel to the Dublin office Experience Overview 6+ years' experience in data engineering or advanced analytics engineering … Proven experience building production pipelines in Databricks Great attention to detail with the ability to create effective documentation and process diagrams for data assets Solid understanding of data modelling, performance tuning, and cost optimisation The Role We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build ...

Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Digital
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£60 - £80 per hour
Senior Data Engineer (Data Modernization) We are looking for a proactive, goal-oriented Senior Data Engineer to build and scale high-performance big data pipelines. This role is ideal for a collaborative problem-solver who excels in distributed environments and values technical excellence through …/CD and Agile. The Essentials Pipeline Tech: 5+ years of experience with Kafka, Spark, Hadoop, and DBT . Modern Modeling: Expert skills in Data Vault and Dimensional modeling. Cloud & DevOps: Strong AWS experience with a focus on CI/CD and writing secure code. Data Governance: Proven ...

Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Digital
Location
United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£60 - £80 per hour
Senior Data Engineer (Data Modernization) We are looking for a proactive, goal-oriented Senior Data Engineer to build and scale high-performance big data pipelines. This role is ideal for a collaborative problem-solver who excels in distributed environments and values technical excellence through …/CD and Agile. The Essentials Pipeline Tech: 5+ years of experience with Kafka, Spark, Hadoop, and DBT . Modern Modeling: Expert skills in Data Vault Mandatory and Dimensional modeling. Cloud & DevOps: Strong AWS experience with a focus on CI/CD and writing secure code. Data Governance ...

Data Engineer - AWS

Hiring Organisation
Coventry Building Society
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£50,000
About the role Working in our Data and Analytics Delivery department, the Data Engineer will join the group on a 12-month fixed term contract to focus on the migration and integration of data into our new ecosystem. The Data Engineer will be designing … developing and testing quality data engineering solutions and will look to challenge and improve our processes, tools and approach. The person in post will undertake review and assurance activity, providing other team members with guidance on design, build and test activity. Adhering to standard driven code development, the Data ...

Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Parkinson Lee
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£400 - 450 per day
Level Data Engineer Leeds | Contract £400 - £450/day | Inside IR35 Are you ready to take your Data Engineering skills to the next level? Elevation Recruitment Group are working with a forward-thinking tech company in Leeds, who is looking for a Data Engineer … SLOs Key Skills & Experience: Hands-on Kafka experience (producers/consumers, schema registry) Knowledge of OpenShift/Kubernetes telemetry (Otel, Prometheus) Experience sending data into Splunk Strong Python skills for data processing and validation Curious, collaborative, and eager to tackle complex observability challenges If you're a Data ...

Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
TXP
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 - £501 per day
Google Cloud Data Engineer - Flexible Location (London, Bristol, or Manchester) Locations: London, Bristol, or Manchester Hybrid £500 inside IR35 6 months contract About the Role We're looking for a Google Cloud Data Engineer to joint our Public Sector client and play a key part … shaping modern, scalable data infrastructure. In this role, you'll review existing environments, enhance data engineering standards, and build robust pipelines using cutting-edge Google Cloud technologies. You'll work closely with delivery and product teams in an agile environment, helping deliver reliable, well-governed data solutions ...

Data Migration Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Outsource
Location
Rochester, Kent, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£68,484
Data Migration Engineer Contract: 12 months Based: Rochester - ME1 2XX Hourly Rate: £31.31 paye OR £42.11 Umbrella Inside Ir35 Onsite: 2 – 3 days per week Overview BAE are undertaking a significant ERP transformation to Oracle Cloud — and data is at the heart of that journey. They … looking for a Data Migration Engineer to design, develop, and execute high-quality data migration solutions that ensure accuracy, integrity, and compliance throughout the transformation process. If you thrive on solving complex data challenges and want to play a key role in a large-scale digital ...

Data Platform Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Outsource
Location
Preston, Lancashire, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Data Platform Engineer Location: Warton, full time on site (occasional travel to Reading HQ) Duration : 12 months Hourly Rate: £50 PAYE or £67.47 Umbrella Working Arrangements: Full time on site (occasional travel to Reading HQ) What You'll Be Doing As a Data Platform Engineer , your … responsibilities will include: Designing, developing, and maintaining robust, secure, and scalable data pipelines using Apache NiFi and related technologies. Troubleshooting, optimising, and maintaining NiFi flows — addressing performance, error handling, and throughput challenges. Integrating NiFi with cloud platforms, SQL/NoSQL databases, APIs , and third-party systems. Ensuring data ...

Data Migration Engineer

Hiring Organisation
JAM Recruitment Ltd
Location
Rochester, Kent, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£41.00 - £42.11 per hour
Join a world-renowned aerospace and defence organisation as a Data Migration Engineer in Rochester full time onsite Would you like to join a global aerospace and defence organisation? Do you want to work as part of an organisation protecting people and maintaining maximum national security … drive for greater success, this advanced manufacturing business is currently searching for a Data Migration Engineer to add to their talented, hardworking team in Rochester on a 12 month contract. Striving for innovation and creativity you can ensure no two days will be the same. Rate: £42.11 ...

Data Engineer Lead (Openshift)

Hiring Organisation
Infoplus Technologies UK Ltd
Location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
From £450 to £480 per day
Responsibilities: Design, implement, and maintain data pipelines to ingest and process OpenShift telemetry (metrics, logs, traces) at scale. Stream OpenShift telemetry via Kafka (producers, topics, schemas) and build resilient consumer services for transformation and enrichment. Engineer data models and routing for multi-tenant observability; ensure lineage, quality … proactive insights). Implement schema management (Avro/Protobuf), governance, and versioning for telemetry events. Build automated validation, replay, and backfill mechanisms for data reliability and recovery. Instrument services with OpenTelemetry; standardize tracing, metrics, and structured logging across platforms. Use LLMs to enhance observability capabilities (e.g., query assistance, anomaly ...

Senior Data Classification Engineer

Hiring Organisation
WWT EMEA UK LIMITED
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
consistently recognized as a top employer by Fortune and Glassdoor for 14 years in a row. World Wide Technology is looking for a Senior Data Classification Engineer. This role is part of WWTs Strategic Resourcing services and is a contract role . The candidate will be supporting … partners. The partner will provide full compensation and benefit information prior to employment with the partner. This is a contract Role & Outside IR35 Senior Data Classification Engineer Contract Duration : 6 months Contract Location: Remote, United Kingdom Overview Seeking a hands-on Data Governance Specialist to support ...