46 contract data engineer jobs found

Contract Data Engineer (Microsoft fabric) - Azure Data Factory - £500 outside IR35 - 100% remote Exalto consulting are currently recruiting for a contract Data Engineer this is to work on an outside IR35 contract basis, 100% remote, initially 3 months paying £500 per day  Key skills for the role:  Microsoft Fabric Azure Data factory python programming ETL/ELT powerBI Azure DevOps  CI/CD pipelines Azure Databricks  If you have the above experince and are looking for a new contract role, please send your CV for immediate consideration as our client are looking to hire ASAP  Contract Data Engineer (Microsoft fabric) - Azure Data Factory - £500 outside IR35 - 100% remote

Join a tech-driven financial services business as a GCP Data Engineer and help turn complex data into valuable business insights. Salary: £550 per day GCP Data Engineer - Financial Services - Outside IR35 - Hybrid We're looking for an experienced GCP Data Engineer to join a tech-driven financial services business on an initial 3-month contract basis (extension likely, Outside IR35). You'll join a small, high-performing data team responsible for ingesting and processing large volumes of customer data, allowing the business to draw actionable business insights. Reporting into the Head of Data, you'll bring strong commercial experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), alongside expertise in DBT for data transformation, data modelling, and building robust ETL/ELT pipelines. This is a highly technical engineering role where you'll play a key part in designing, developing, and optimising scalable data solutions. Location: Remote first, 1 day per week in South West London or...

GCP Data Engineer - Financial Services - Outside IR35 - Hybrid We're looking for a an experienced GCP Data Engineer to join a tech driven financial services business on an initial 3 month contract basis (extension likely, Outside IR35). You'll join a small, high-performing data team responsible for ingesting and processing large volumes of customer data allowing the business to draw actionable business insights. Reporting into the Head of Data, you'll bring strong commercial experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), alongside expertise in DBT for data transformation, data modelling, and building robust ETL/ELT pipelines. This is a highly technical engineering role where you'll play a key part in designing, developing, and optimising scalable data solutions. Location: Remote first, 1 day per week in South West London or 4 days per month Key requirements: Strong commercial experience as a Data Engineer with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Proven expertise using DBT as a...

Contract Outside IR35 Senior Data Engineer- Energy Trading - London Up to £600 per day *Only candidates with Power / Gas / LNG / Oil / Ags / Metals commercial experience will be considered* Global Energy Trading company is embarking on a new Digitalisation Program, to transform how data is managed and utilised within the Energy business. The ambition is to deliver next generation of big data infrastructure, develop a range of data-driven, highly automated data pipelines to facilitate and enhance the trading business, as well as optimisation of physical assets. Working together with the Data Team, you will be developing the next generation of Data Infrastructure. Working with data pipelines, data management, and data analysis to help automate and optimise business. The role will require versatility as the individual will be required to work on Python related projects in addition. The role Develop, construct, test and maintain data pipelines...

Contract Outside IR35 Senior Data Engineer/Python/C# Developer - Energy Trading - London Up to £600 per day *Only candidates with Power/Gas/LNG/Oil/Ags/Metals commercial experience will be considered* Global Energy Trading company is embarking on a new Digitalisation Program, to transform how data is managed and utilised within the Energy business. The ambition is to deliver next generation of big data infrastructure, develop a range of data-driven, highly automated data pipelines to facilitate and enhance the trading business, as well as optimisation of physical assets. Working together with the Data Team, you will be developing the next generation of Data Infrastructure. Working with data pipelines, data management, and data analysis to help automate and optimise business. The role will require versatility as the individual will be required to work on Python and/or C# related projects in addition. The role Develop, construct, test and maintain data pipelines...

Senior Data Engineer - Outside IR35 - Contract (Insurance Client) About the role Softwire is seeking an experienced Data Engineer with a strong knowledge of Python (including PySpark) and SQL, and a good understanding of software engineering best practices (including SDLC, CI/CD, automated testing, DevOps) to join an established small team working on delivering a data & analytics platform in Microsoft Fabric for a speciality insurance provider. This is a senior, hands-on role that will require owning and delivering workstreams independently while supporting a junior team member. Key Responsibilities Building new ingestion pipelines in Microsoft Fabric using Python (PySpark) notebooks Modelling data for consumption in Power BI through a dimensional gold warehouse layer and a semantic model Improving platform performance Working across cross-functional areas such as logging, monitoring (with Azure Log Analytics and Fabric) and data governance (within...

Snowflake Data Engineer - 5 Months - Outside IR35 A leading tech company requires a data engineer for an initial 5-month contract. The position is hybrid, outside IR35, and will likely extend long-term due to the amount of work they have in the pipeline. The Role: You will be part of a rapidly growing data team helping to deliver their leading data platform, which is being used to drive key decision-making in renewable energy and its use around the world-tech for good, you could say! They are looking for a data engineer with demonstrable experience with Snowflake building complex systems to ingest and process large volumes of data. The main tools you will be using day to day are: ** Snowflake ** Python ** SQL ** DBT You: Our customer is looking for someone well-versed in the above tools/technologies. They also need someone who understands the principles of Data Engineering and is willing to roll up their sleeves, as this project is critical for them. As a Senior member...

Snowflake Data Engineer - 5 Months - Outside IR35 A leading tech company requires a data engineer for an initial 5-month contract. The position is hybrid, outside IR35, and will likely extend long-term due to the amount of work they have in the pipeline. The Role: You will be part of a rapidly growing data team helping to deliver their leading data platform, which is being used to drive key decision-making in renewable energy and its use around the world-tech for good, you could say! They are looking for a data engineer with demonstrable experience with Snowflake building complex systems to ingest and process large volumes of data. The main tools you will be using day to day are: ** Snowflake ** Python ** SQL ** DBT You: Our customer is looking for someone well-versed in the above tools/technologies. They also need someone who understands the principles of Data Engineering and is willing to roll up their sleeves, as this project is critical for them. As a Senior...

Snowflake Data Engineer - 5 Months - Outside IR35 A leading tech company requires a data engineer for an initial 5-month contract. The position is hybrid, outside IR35, and will likely extend long-term due to the amount of work they have in the pipeline. The Role: You will be part of a rapidly growing data team helping to deliver their leading data platform, which is being used to drive key decision-making in renewable energy and its use around the world-tech for good, you could say! They are looking for a data engineer with demonstrable experience with Snowflake building complex systems to ingest and process large volumes of data. The main tools you will be using day to day are: * Snowflake * Python * SQL * DBT You: Our customer is looking for someone well-versed in the above tools/technologies. They also need someone who understands the principles of Data Engineering and is willing to roll up their sleeves, as this project is critical for them. As a Senior member...

Contract Data Engineer - Specialty Insurance Contract Length: 6 Months Location: Hybrid / London Rate: £475 - £500 per day IR35 Status: Outside IR35 Start Date: ASAP An experienced Data Engineer is required to take ownership of the build of a data pipeline to consolidate bordereaux reporting data into a standardised, reporting-ready structure. This is a hands-on delivery role sitting within the BI team, where you will act as the sole Data Engineer on the project, responsible for end-to-end pipeline development, design, and delivery. You will be building scalable Azure Databricks-based data pipelines, working independently to define and implement robust, production-ready solutions that support reporting and downstream analytics. Key Responsibilities Take ownership of the end-to-end build of a scalable ETL pipeline in Azure Databricks to ingest and consolidate bordereaux reporting data Design and implement data ingestion processes leveraging existing email-based...

Contract Data Engineer - Specialty Insurance Contract Length: 6 months Location: Hybrid/London Rate: £475 - £500 per day IR35 Status: Outside IR35 Start Date: ASAP An experienced Data Engineer is required to take ownership of the build of a data pipeline to consolidate bordereaux reporting data into a standardised, reporting-ready structure. This is a hands-on delivery role sitting within the BI team, where you will act as the sole Data Engineer on the project, responsible for end-to-end pipeline development, design, and delivery. You will be building scalable Azure Databricks-based data pipelines, working independently to define and implement robust, production-ready solutions that support reporting and downstream analytics. Key Responsibilities Take ownership of the end-to-end build of a scalable ETL pipeline in Azure Databricks to ingest and consolidate bordereaux reporting data Design and implement data ingestion processes leveraging existing email-based...

Data Engineer/Analyst London, Soho - 2 days a week onsite £450pd - £500pd, Outside IR35 3-month contract, potential for extension Our client, a renowned global advertising and creative agency, is looking for a Data specialist to join them on a contract basis Founded in the 80s, they now have offices in New York, Singapore and Shanghai and have worked with major names such as Audi, Google and Heinz They need someone who can utilise Power BI to deliver dashboards, but also has strong data engineering capabilities to manage and develop the underlying Datawarehouse We are looking for: Essential: SQL, Azure & Power BI Data environment: Azure-based Nice to have: Fabric Industry nice to have: media/advertising experience (or agency environment understanding) would be an advantage Interested to hear more? I would be more than happy to discuss the role in more detail

Lead Data Engineer (Azure Synapse | Synapse Notebooks | Azure DevOps) Contract 6-month initial term, with strong likelihood of extension Up to c £500 per day Outside IR35 Remote or hybrid (West London office if preferred) We are looking for an experienced Lead Data Engineer to play a key role in the development of a modern Azure data platform, with a strong focus on Azure Synapse, Synapse notebooks and engineering best practice . This is a hands-on technical leadership role for someone who enjoys owning solutions from requirements through to deployment, working closely with business stakeholders and delivering robust, production-grade data platforms. You will be responsible for: Designing and developing scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and reusable data products Building and maintaining Azure Synapse solutions, with particular emphasis on Synapse notebooks, Serverless SQL and Synapse pipelines...

This role is delivered within secure environments. Candidates must be eligible for UK SC and DV clearance and hold UK citizenship. Opening: Join the Mission At ByDesign Secure, we believe that world-class security shouldn't be an afterthought—it should be the foundation. We are an independent, outputs-based consultancy dedicated to solving the most complex data assurance challenges in the UK public sector. Currently, we working on a landmark transformation of a cross-government secure IT system. This is an exciting opportunity to help architect a private cloud environment from the ground up and modernize the end-user services that power national decision-making. We don't believe in ʺbilling by the hourʺ or rigid hierarchies; we are a lean, expert team focused on delivering high-impact technical outcomes. If you are a self-starter who thrives on autonomy and wants to see your engineering or architectural decisions shape the future of sovereign security, we want to talk to you....

Full job description Join a tech-driven financial services business as a GCP Data Engineer and help turn complex data into valuable business insights. Salary:  £550 per day GCP Data Engineer - Financial Services - Outside IR35 - Hybrid We're looking for an experienced GCP Data Engineer to join a tech-driven financial services business on an initial 3-month contract basis (extension likely, Outside IR35). You'll join a small, high-performing data team responsible for ingesting and processing large volumes of customer data, allowing the business to draw actionable business insights. Reporting into the Head of Data, you'll bring strong commercial experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), alongside expertise in DBT for data transformation, data modelling, and building robust ETL/ELT pipelines. This is a highly technical engineering role where you'll play a key part in designing, developing, and optimising scalable data solutions. Location:...

Senior Azure Data Engineer 6 months Outside IR35 Remote (UK based applicants only) Contract Senior Azure Data Engineer required help my client move their data warehouse from on-premise SQL Server into Azure. This is a hands-on technical role focused entirely on migrating data safely, cleaning it up, and making sure our reports keep working smoothly. Senior Azure Data Engineer Responsibilities: Move data from Legacy SQL Server environments into the Azure cloud. Build data pipelines to extract, load, and clean data efficiently. Write and fix code, specifically high-performance SQL and T-SQL stored procedures. Schedule and automate jobs using SSIS, SQL Agent, and Azure Data Factory. Manage code versions properly using Git and GitHub. Check data quality so that final reporting models work perfectly in Tableau and Power BI. Skills Required: Excellent SQL and T-SQL writing skills. Solid experience with both Azure and SQL Server. Experience building ETL/ELT...

F abric Data Engineer Contract Length: 6 months Rate: £500 per day - Outside IR35 Location: Fully Remote (UK-based) Interviews calls late this/early next week. Start Date: Late July 2026 We are seeking an experienced Fabric Data Engineer for a 6-month contract split into two core delivery phases. You will own the data schema design, migration strategy, and pipeline transformations to shift our data infrastructure into Microsoft Fabric. Key Deliverables Phase 1: Data Modeling * Objective: Turn Purchase Order data into a consumable model in the Gold layer for business consumption. * Collaboration: Partner with the internal Product Owner and liaise directly with the vendor. * Tasks: Analyze the existing staged and cleansed Silver layer data, design a new schema, and transform pipelines to align with business requirements. Phase 2: Legacy Azure SQL Migration & Ingestion * Objective: Enable our offshore BI team to migrate completely away from a Legacy Azure...

Data Engineer £60 0-700/day outside IR35 3-month initial contract Remote working - ideally once a month onsite Working with a leading financial services client who are looking for a Data Engineering Consultant. Looking for someone who can act independently and can own end-to-end complex data products - work with stakeholders to understand requirements, engineer and deliver products. Data Engineering Consultant, key responsibilities: Take ownership of end-to-end of complex data products Work cross-functionally with non-technical stakeholders to understand data requirements Expert knowledge of SQL to query, analysis and model data Experience with Snowflake Using DBT for data transforms and modelling Data ingestion using Python Build foundations for business functions to be able to access the correct data and insights Experience working in large development teams Reasonable Adjustments: Respect and equality are core values to us. We are...

AI Engineer - LLM & Agentic Systems London - Hybrid. Circa £550 – £650 per day (negotiable DOE) Contract (Outside IR35) Agentic AI / Machine Learning. Company: Our client is a globally established B2B information and professional services business, operating across multiple high-value industry sectors. They have established data science and machine learning engineering teams already delivering in production, and are now expanding their AI capability significantly across the global organisation. This is a role for people who ship. If you've built LLM-powered systems and agentic workflows that are live in production - not demos, not prototypes - and you want to do that at genuine scale, this is worth applying for. What you'll be working on as an AI Engineer - LLM & Agentic Systems: Designing and building AI agents and agentic workflows - combining LLMs, RAG, reasoning, memory and tool orchestration to solve real, complex business...

Our AI-native and digital transformation consultancy client require a Senior Data Engineer to join them on the 13th July 2026 to support their AWS Lakehouse migration project with their Gambling and Sports Betting client in Warrington, Cheshire. Contract Details: Title: Senior Data Engineer (AWS / Python / SQL). Determination: Outside IR35. Base: Hybrid - Warrington in Cheshire 3 days per week. Day Rate: £550 per day. Start Date: Monday 13th July 2026. Duration: 3 months to start but project will last longer so extension 'highly likely'. Technical Experience required: AWS data platform stack: S3, Glue, Lake Formation, Redshift. Lakehouse patterns and architecture. Python and SQL — strong proficiency. Experience in regulated or high-volume data environments. Betting and iGaming industry experience highly desirable. Responsibilities: Building and fixing data pipelines, resolving technical debt, and getting the platform...