25 contract data engineer jobs found

Contract Senior Data Engineer - £500 - £600 per day - Outside IR35 - Python/Snowflake/AWS Role: Contract Senior Data Engineer Rate: £500 - £600 per day Determination: Outside IR35 Interview Process: 2x Call Technology: SQL/Python/DBT/AWS/Snowflake/Airflow In office requirement: 1 day per week Duration: 6 months Burns Sheehan have been supporting the build of a new team and we are adding to this with another Contract Senior Data Engineer. As a Contract Senior Data Engineer, you will support on core Data Engineering capabilities as well as modernising the Data stack and supporting a migration. Working alongside their Director of Data & Principal Data Engineer, you will be a key component. If this Contract Data Engineer sounds like you, please apply now for immediate consideration. Contract Senior Data Engineer - £500 - £600 per day - Outside IR35 - Python/Snowflake/AWS

La Fosse is currently recruiting a contract Data Engineer (12 months) on behalf of a global financial services company. They require an experienced Python Data Engineer with extensive experience in building and maintaining Data Lakehouses in Azure. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in both Scala and Python programming, with specific experience building high performance and scalable pipelines in Databricks with Spark. The new data platform will serve a range of end users in the Capital Markets division, so experience across areas such as derivatives, risk, PnL, trade lifecycle, market data are highly desired. Key Responsibilities: Engineer robust, scalable and efficient data pipelines using Spark/PythonDatabricks Demonstrate best practices in the design & development of data pipelines Data modelling on medallion architecture, ensuring schema is intuitive and serves business users analytical and reporting objectives What you'll need: Expert in...

Contract Data Engineer / MLE (Databricks, GCP) Location: London (hybrid) Contract: Outside IR35 Day Rate: Negotiable ~ £600-£700 DW Search are partnering on a high-impact contract opportunity within a fast-paced, data-driven environment supporting portfolio company initiatives for a major asset management firm. This role sits at the intersection of Data Engineering and Machine Learning Engineering, with a strong focus on building and productionising end-to-end ML pipelines. You will be working on real-world applications of neural networks, enabling scalable feature engineering, model training, and inference in production. Key Responsibilities Build and productionise feature engineering pipelines for ML models Develop and manage training and inference workflows at scale Deploy and monitor machine learning models in production environments Collaborate with data scientists and engineering teams to optimise model performance and reliability Contribute...

Job Title: Contract Data Engineer (Banking Experience Required) Location: London (Hybrid) Day Rate: £550–£600 per day (Outside IR35 – subject to assessment) Contract Length: 6 months initial (extensions likely) Overview Chapman Tate are looking for an experienced Contract Data Engineer with a strong background in banking or financial services to support a range of high-priority data initiatives. You will play a key role in delivering scalable data solutions, enabling regulatory reporting, and improving data architecture across the organisation. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and optimise scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes Integrate and transform large volumes of financial data from multiple sources Work closely with stakeholders across technology, risk, and business teams Ensure high standards of data quality, governance, and compliance Contribute to data platform enhancements and cloud migration projects Troubleshoot and...

Contract Data Engineer - Snowflake / DBT / Python / SQL Healthcare/Pharma Industry £550-£600 per day - Outside IR35 London (Hybrid - 2 days onsite) 12 months + extension likely We're supporting a leading organisation building out a modern, cloud-native data platform and looking for multiple Senior Data Engineer with deep Snowflake expertise to join on a long-term contract. What you'll work on Building & optimising scalable Snowflake pipelines Data modelling, quality, lineage & observability Python + dbt engineering in a modern cloud environment Collaborating with architects & product teams Driving best practice across the data platform Tech stack Snowflake, SQL, Python, dbt, AWS (or Azure/GCP), CI/CD, Airflow/Prefect/Dagster, Fivetran/Matillion Ideal profile Strong Snowflake engineering background Comfortable owning end-to-end pipeline delivery Experience in regulated environments (pharma/healthcare a bonus) Clear communicator who can influence...

Contract Data Engineer - Snowflake/DBT/Python/SQL Healthcare/Pharma Industry £550-£600 per day - Outside IR35 London (Hybrid - 2 days onsite) 12 months + extension likely We're supporting a leading organisation building out a modern, cloud-native data platform and looking for multiple Senior Data Engineer with deep Snowflake expertise to join on a long-term contract. What you'll work on Building & optimising scalable Snowflake pipelines Data modelling, quality, lineage & observability Python + dbt engineering in a modern cloud environment Collaborating with architects & product teams Driving best practice across the data platform Tech stack Snowflake, SQL, Python, dbt, AWS (or Azure/GCP), CI/CD, Airflow/Prefect/Dagster, Fivetran/Matillion Ideal profile Strong Snowflake engineering background Comfortable owning end-to-end pipeline delivery Experience in regulated environments (pharma/healthcare a bonus) Clear communicator who can influence...

New Contract Opportunity for a MoD DV Cleared Senior VCF Engineer for an exciting Outside IR35 role with a Defence SME in Somerset Somerset location – full-time on-site Must already hold MoD DV Clearance £625 p/d Outside IR35 Experience needed in VCF, NSX, VMware, Lifecycle Management, Identity Consumption Who Are We? Our client is a leading provider of secure digital solutions, specialising in digital experimentation and fail-safe-fast deployment of cutting-edge technology in highly secure environments, and is focused on accelerating innovation to enhance operational agility in Defence and National Security. With ambitious plans for growth, the organisation is seeking talented, experienced, and motivated individuals to join its journey. Its multidisciplinary team combines expertise in Secure-by-Design, cloud computing, advanced infrastructure, rapid application development, cross-domain systems, high-performance computing, data platforms, and cybersecurity....

Rate: £650 - £750 per day Duration: 6 months (strong likelihood of extension) Location: Remote with occasional London travel IR35: Outside SR2 are partnered with a leading technology consultancy delivering an AI transformation programme for one of the more ambitious fintech scale-ups in the UK market right now. They are scaling fast and need a contract engineer who has been here before, someone who has built and shipped LLM and agentic systems in a fintech or scale-up environment and knows what production really means. You'll have real ownership over technically complex work, shipping production AI into a product that actually matters, with the autonomy to do it properly. What you'll be working on: Designing and deploying LLM-powered applications and agentic workflows RAG pipeline development and optimisation Integrating AI into existing fintech data infrastructure Collaborating with product and data teams to ship at pace Tech stack: Python...

Data Engineer – Contract Outside IR35 | £625/day | 6 months Central London | 1–2 days per week in office We’re working with a global tech business undergoing a major data transformation, and they’re looking for a Data Engineer to lead a large-scale migration to a modern data stack. This Data Engineer role is ideal for someone with strong experience in dbt Cloud and Snowflake, particularly if you’ve migrated legacy pipelines into scalable, cloud-native architectures. As a Data Engineer, you’ll take ownership of moving pipelines from legacy tooling into a modern environment, working closely with both technical and business teams. This Data Engineer position is hands-on and suited to someone who can hit the ground running in a fast-paced setting. End-to-end ownership as a Data Engineer on a migration project Move from legacy tooling to a modern stack High-impact, business-critical work Collaborative, fast-paced environment Tech: Snowflake | dbt Cloud...

Principal Engineer (.NET/AWS) - 12 Month Contract Up to £650/day Outside IR35 Manchester (2 days onsite)/Hybrid We're working with a large UK technology platform undergoing a significant transformation, rebuilding its core systems into a modern, cloud-native architecture. This is a principal-level role at the centre of a full platform re-architecture, offering real ownership and influence across a high-profile programme. The Project Migrating Legacy systems into AWS-based microservices Delivering a next-generation digital platform supporting Real Time operations Using a strangler pattern approach to modernise without disruption Building event-driven systems and Real Time data capabilities The Role You'll operate as a hands-on Principal Engineer , combining technical leadership with delivery: Take ownership of architecture and engineering direction across key services Design and build scalable, cloud-native .NET solutions in AWS Drive...

Job Title: M365 Migration Engineer (ShareGate) Location: Remote (may need some flex in working hours to accommodate some US East Coast overlap) Contract: 3-4 months Start: 2-3 weeks IR35: Outside IR35 Rate: £580-650 a day The Opportunity We're supporting a tenant-to-tenant M365 migration following a recent acquisition, and need an experienced M365 Migration Engineer to lead the data migration piece. This is a fresh project, not a recovery job, working alongside the seller's IT team to migrate data cleanly and efficiently into the new tenant. It's a focused engagement with clear deliverables, ideal for someone who has done this before and can hit the ground running with ShareGate-led migrations. The Role You'll take ownership of the migration activity, ensuring data is moved accurately, securely and with minimal disruption. Key responsibilities include: Delivering tenant-to-tenant migrations using ShareGate Migrating data across SharePoint...

Contract Opportunity: AI Engineer (GenAI) Fully Remote (UK-based) Outside IR35 - £550 - £600 p/d DOE Start Date: 19th May Contract Length: 6 months (Full time) We're looking for a skilled Python engineer to support a 10-week GenAI project. You’ll be working with LLMs, agentic frameworks, and modern backend tools in a remote, collaborative setup. What you'll need: Strong Python engineering background (AI/ML or backend) Experience building with LLMs (LangChain, LlamaIndex, or LangGraph) Familiar with vector databases for embedding/indexing with images, audio, text and video Familiar with different multi-agent system patterns Comfortable with FastAPI or Flask Strong cloud experience (GCP or AWS) Nice to have: GCP experience Background in ML projects Experience working on data-heavy applications Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines If you're available from 19th May and interested in a short-term, high-impact GenAI project. Get in touch if...

Lead Integration Architect 12 Months Contract Outside IR35 £600 to £650 a day 3 days a week in Dartford Kent A global powerhouse in the Infrastructure and Built Environment sector is urgently seeking a visionary Integration Architect to spearhead the connectivity for a multi-million-pound Digital Manufacturing Cloud (DMC) transformation. This isn't a maintenance role. You will own the entire integration architecture, acting as the master orchestrator for a complex ecosystem. You will ensure that high-level ERP and HR systems communicate perfectly with the precision-engineered data flows of PLM, MES, and QMS platforms. As an integration Architect you will have the following responsibilities Define the integration architecture that allows disparate enterprise systems to speak a single, fluent language. Manage APIs, interfaces, and complex data streams to ensure seamless, real-time interoperability. Act as the guardian of architectural integrity across all...

Job Information Date Opened 16/04/2026 Job Type Contract Work Experience 5+ years Industry IT Services Salary 650 Outside IR35 City London Province Greater London Country United Kingdom Postal Code EC2P Job Description About Scrumconnect Scrumconnect is a leading digital transformation consultancy delivering user-centred, innovative solutions across the UK public and private sectors. We specialise in helping organisations design, build, and scale digital services that make a real impact. Our teams work closely with clients to solve complex challenges using modern technologies, agile methodologies, and a strong focus on user needs.   About the role You will act as an independent technical assessor and solution architect, reviewing digital products end-to-end — from codebase to architecture — and producing detailed,...

Full job description Job Information Date Opened 16/04/2026 Job Type Contract Work Experience 5+ years Industry IT Services Salary 650 Outside IR35 City London Province Greater London Country United Kingdom Postal Code EC2P About Scrumconnect Scrumconnect is a leading digital transformation consultancy delivering user-centred, innovative solutions across the UK public and private sectors. We specialise in helping organisations design, build, and scale digital services that make a real impact. Our teams work closely with clients to solve complex challenges using modern technologies, agile methodologies, and a strong focus on user needs.   About the role You will act as an independent technical assessor and solution architect, reviewing digital products end-to-end — from codebase to architecture — and producing...

Databricks. Azure. Cloud Migration. PySpark. Lakehouse. Teradata Modernisation We're building a bench of top-tier Databricks and Cloud Data Engineering contractors for a series of high-impact transformation programmes across multiple UK clients. If you specialise in cloud migration, Databricks engineering, and modern data platform builds , there are several projects kicking off now and over the coming weeks. These are hands-on, delivery-focused roles where you'll be shaping modern data platforms, migrating Legacy estates, and building scalable engineering foundations that actually get used; not just documented. What You'll Be Working On Depending on the project, you'll be involved in: Migrating enterprise data workloads from Teradata and other Legacy systems into Databricks on Azure Designing and building high-performance PySpark pipelines , Delta Lake tables, and medallion architectures Developing scalable ETL/ELT workflows and optimising existing...

Lead Integration Architect 12 Months Contract Outside IR35 £600 to £650 a day 3 days a week in Dartford Kent A global Powerhouse in the Infrastructure and Built Environment sector is urgently seeking a visionary Integration Architect to spearhead the connectivity for a multi-million-pound Digital Manufacturing Cloud (DMC) transformation. This isn't a maintenance role. You will own the entire integration architecture, acting as the master orchestrator for a complex ecosystem. You will ensure that high-level ERP and HR systems communicate perfectly with the precision-engineered data flows of PLM, MES, and QMS platforms. As an integration Architect you will have the following responsibilities Define the integration architecture that allows disparate enterprise systems to speak a single, fluent language. Manage APIs, interfaces, and complex data streams to ensure seamless, Real Time interoperability. Act as the guardian of architectural integrity across all system...

OT Security Engineer - Based in South Wales, Hybrid Working, Paying between £600 to £700 Per Day, Outside IR35, 12 Month Contract, To Start ASAP Your new company You will be working with a leading organisation that is based in South Wales. Your new role We're looking for a hands‑on OT Security Engineer to play a key role in strengthening and evolving operational technology security across complex, business‑critical environments. This contract focuses on designing, implementing and maturing OT security tooling, initially leading the deployment of EDR, ITDR, NDR and ICS monitoring solutions into OT networks, alongside the rollout of hardened security baselines. You'll work closely with SOC, security architecture and incident response teams to integrate solutions into a centralised SIEM/SOC capability and fine-tune detection and response. This is a highly technical, electrofocusing role offering real ownership, autonomy and impact. Key Responsibilities Lead the...

OT Security Engineer - Based in South Wales, Hybrid Working, Paying between £600 to £700 Per Day, Outside IR35, 12 Month Contract, To Start ASAP Your new company You will be working with a leading organisation that is based in South Wales. Your new role We're looking for a hands‑on OT Security Engineer to play a key role in strengthening and evolving operational technology security across complex, business‑critical environments. This contract focuses on designing, implementing and maturing OT security tooling, initially leading the deployment of EDR, ITDR, NDR and ICS monitoring solutions into OT networks, alongside the rollout of hardened security baselines. You'll work closely with SOC, security architecture and incident response teams to integrate solutions into a centralised SIEM/SOC capability and fine-tune detection and response. This is a highly technical, electrofocusing role offering real ownership, autonomy and impact. Key Responsibilities Lead...

OT Security Engineer - Based in South Wales, Hybrid Working, Paying between £600 to £700 Per Day, Outside IR35, 12 Month Contract, To Start ASAP Your new company You will be working with a leading organisation that is based in South Wales. Your new role We're looking for a hands-on OT Security Engineer to play a key role in strengthening and evolving operational technology security across complex, business-critical environments. This contract focuses on designing, implementing and maturing OT security tooling, initially leading the deployment of EDR, ITDR, NDR and ICS monitoring solutions into OT networks, alongside the rollout of hardened security baselines. You'll work closely with SOC, security architecture and incident response teams to integrate solutions into a centralised SIEM/SOC capability and fine-tune detection and response. This is a highly technical, electrofocusing role offering real ownership, autonomy and impact. Key Responsibilities Lead the...