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Aug 06, 2026
up to 6 Months
Contract Data Engineer/Developer at Synergize Consulting Ltd, United Kingdom, 3 Months, to £560 per day Outside IR35
£460 - £560 per day
Outside Spy United Kingdom
Remote working U.K *SC and NPPV3 clearance essential* Outside IR35 *Please do NOT apply if you do not hold SC/NPPV3 clearance, these are non negotiables* We're looking for a Data Engineer/Developer to join a specialist team delivering innovative data solutions within the law enforcement and digital investigations space. This role centres on transforming complex investigative and forensic datasets into structured intelligence, developing automated data processing workflows, and supporting the integration of policing data standards into modern analytical platforms. You'll work with large volumes of digital evidence and intelligence data, designing robust transformation pipelines and automation that enable investigators and analysts to derive value from complex information quickly and accurately. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a background in digital forensics, eDiscovery, law enforcement data, or data engineering who enjoys solving complex...
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Jul 29, 2026
Duration not stated
Contract Data Engineer - SC Cleared at Fruition Group, Multiple Locations, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy United Kingdom
Contract Data Engineer Duration - 6 months Outside IR35 - Competitive Market Rate Fully Remote British Citizenship and SC clearance is required Fruition Group are representing a boutique technology consultancy who are specialist at delivering cutting edge solutions for public and private sector clients. They're known as the 'Knights in Shining Armour'. Join a high-impact government programme using AI, machine learning and computer vision to solve real-world national challenges. You'll build scalable data pipelines and ML infrastructure alongside a specialist consultancy renowned for delivering mission-critical solutions, working with modern technologies in a secure, cutting-edge environment Key Skills required: - PyTorch - TensorFlow - SciKit - Airflow or Prefect - ML flow (really nice to have) - Python - SQL - Data Modelling This role will require an active SC Clearance and British Citizenship is required due to the secure nature of the project. We...
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Jul 29, 2026
Duration not stated
Contract Data Engineer - SC Cleared at Fruition Group, United Kingdom, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy United Kingdom
Contract Data Engineer Duration - 6 months Outside IR35 - Competitive Market Rate Fully Remote British Citizenship and SC clearance is required Fruition Group are representing a boutique technology consultancy who are specialist at delivering cutting edge solutions for public and private sector clients click apply for full job details
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Jul 29, 2026
Duration not stated
Contract Data Engineer - SC Cleared at Fruition Group, London, to £550 per day
£450 - £550 per day
Outside Spy London, UK
Contract Data Engineer Duration - 6 months Outside IR35 - Competitive Market Rate Fully Remote British Citizenship and SC clearance is required Fruition Group are representing a boutique technology consultancy who are specialist at delivering cutting edge solutions for public and private sector clients. They're known as the "Knights in Shining Armour". Join a high-impact government programme using AI, machine learning and computer vision to solve real-world national challenges. You'll build scalable data pipelines and ML infrastructure alongside a specialist consultancy renowned for delivering mission-critical solutions, working with modern technologies in a secure, cutting-edge environment Key Skills required: - PyTorch - TensorFlow - SciKit - Airflow or Prefect - ML flow (really nice to have) - Python - SQL - Data Modelling This role will require an active SC Clearance and British Citizenship is required due to the secure nature of the project. We are...
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Aug 05, 2026
Duration not stated
Senior Data Engineer at Synergize Consulting, United Kingdom, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy United Kingdom
Contract Data Engineer / Developer Remote working U.K (Some travel maybe needed to sites in the U.K **SC and NPPV3 clearance essential** Outside IR35 **Please do NOT apply if you do not hold SC/NPPV3 clearance, these are non negotiables** We are seeking an experienced SC/NPPV3 cleared Data Engineer / Developer on a short term initial contract to support the delivery of innovative data solutions within a secure policing environment. This is an opportunity to work on projects that transform and integrate complex intelligence and forensic datasets, helping to improve operational capabilities through automation and modern data engineering practices. Essential Skills & Experience Experience within UK policing, law enforcement, government or national security environments. Understanding of digital forensic data handling and processing. Experience developing IES-to-SCREENING conversion solutions. Knowledge of SCREENING artefacts or policing...
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Aug 07, 2026
Duration not stated
IC Data Engineer at Xcede, London, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy London, UK
Senior Data Engineer (Contract) Outside IR35 Location: London (Hybrid 2 days per week on-site, mandatory ) Contract: Initial 6 months with strong likelihood of extension IR35: Outside IR35 We're working with an established, data-driven business looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join a small, high-impact data team click apply for full job details
Outside Spy
Aug 06, 2026
Duration not stated
Databricks Data Engineer (Contract) at Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment, London, £500-£550 per day
£500 - £550 per day
Outside Spy London, UK
Azure | Databricks | SQL | Outside IR35 | Hybrid THE COMPANY We 're partnering with a global mining organisation that is investing heavily in the evolution of its enterprise data platform. Following significant growth and a wider transformation programme, they 're looking to bring in an experienced Senior Data Engineer to strengthen the technical capability of the team and support the delivery of several high-profile data initiatives. This is a business that places real value on engineering best practice and is looking for someone who can provide immediate technical expertise, influence engineering standards through delivery and help solve complex data engineering challenges across the organisation. THE ROLE This is a hands-on Senior Data Engineering contract where you 'll operate as a senior individual contributor within a highly collaborative team. Rather than leading people, you 'll lead technically, owning complex engineering problems, partnering with...
Outside Spy
Aug 05, 2026
Duration not stated
Senior Full-Stack Engineer (AI, Data, Manufacturing) — Contract to Perm at DATABILITY 360 INSIGHT LTD, Nottingham, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Senior Full-Stack Engineer (AI, Data, Manufacturing) — Contract to Perm Fully Remote (UK) · Outside IR35 · Long-term role About Us We're a UK consultancy with 10 years of experience building software for manufacturers. We turn fragmented systems, reports and data into AI-ready context that helps businesses make better decisions. We do this through bespoke client work and through ViewOps , the AI platform we're building from a decade of operational know-how. We're a small, hungry team hiring our next core engineer. The role starts as a contract and is intended to convert to permanent, with long-term upside as we grow the team that takes ViewOps to the next level. What makes this different If you prefer practical engineering over corporate process, this role will suit you well. We build systems that solve genuine operational problems, and the work has immediate impact across live manufacturing environments. Fully remote, minimal admin, minimal meetings. We...
Outside Spy
Aug 04, 2026
Duration not stated
Data Center Onsite Engineer (Outside IR35 Contract) at Prolynk, Denton M34 6NB, £300 - £400 a day
£300 - £400 per day
Outside Spy Stockport Rd, Denton, Manchester M34 6NB, UK
Overview We are looking for an experienced Data Center Onsite Engineer to join a long-term contract engagement. This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer with strong infrastructure and data centre experience who enjoys working in critical environments and providing hands-on technical support. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the stable and efficient operation of data centre infrastructure, maintaining high availability, and supporting operational excellence across power, cooling, networking, and hardware systems. Key Responsibilities Manage and maintain physical data centre infrastructure, including power, cooling, racks, and cabling. Monitor environmental and operational conditions to ensure maximum uptime. Configure and maintain monitoring, automation, and alerting solutions. Detect, investigate, and escalate operational incidents and events. Support identity and access management integrations and enforce...
Outside Spy
Aug 04, 2026
Duration not stated
IC Data Engineer at Xcede, Multiple Locations, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy United Kingdom
Senior Data Engineer (Contract) – Outside IR35 Location: London (Hybrid – 2 days per week on-site, mandatory ) Contract: Initial 6 months with strong likelihood of extension IR35: Outside IR35 We're working with an established, data-driven business looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join a small, high-impact data team. This is an opportunity for a hands-on technical specialist to take ownership of a critical data platform, improving existing infrastructure while building scalable foundations for the future. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex data engineering challenges, has strong opinions on best practice, and is comfortable working independently while partnering closely with business stakeholders. What you'll be doing Design, build and optimise end-to-end data pipelines into Google BigQuery Integrate data from CRM and digital marketing platforms, including HubSpot, Google Ads, Meta Ads, Microsoft Ads and LinkedIn Ads Improve the...
Outside Spy
Aug 03, 2026
Duration not stated
Data Engineer - South West England - 6 months - £500pd Outside IR35 - Local Authority at Allen Lane Ltd., London, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy London, UK
Data Engineer - South West England - 6 months - £500pd Outside IR35 - Local Authority - A major public sector organisation in the South West of England is seeking an experienced Data Engineer to lead the design, build and operation of enterprise data platforms, data pipelines and analytical data products. Working within a modern Digital, Data & Technology function, you will be responsible for engineering scalable, secure and reliable data solutions that enable trusted reporting, analytics and operational decision-making. You will work alongside architects, analysts, service teams and stakeholders to deliver robust data platforms whilst driving engineering standards, automation and continuous improvement across the organisation's data estate. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a significant data transformation programme and help shape the future of the organisation's data engineering capability. - Key Responsibilities: Data Platform & Pipeline...
Outside Spy
Jul 31, 2026
Duration not stated
Analytics Engineer / Data Modeller at Fruition Group, Leeds, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy Leeds, UK
Job Title: Analytics Engineer / Data Modeller Contract: Outside IR35 Duration: 3 months with strong chance of extension Location: Leeds, 2x per week Our client is looking for an experienced Analytics Engineer / Data Modeller to join their data team and design/build high-performing semantic models that will underpin Power BI and Microsoft Fabric reporting. Working with data held in Amazon Redshift, you'll create a logical, business-friendly data layer that enables accurate, scalable analytics across a complex organisation. This is not a dashboard development role. They're looking for someone with deep SQL and data modelling expertise who can turn complex data into clean, performant semantic models. Responsibilities Design, build and optimise semantic models that support Power BI and Microsoft Fabric reporting. Develop robust SQL-based data models that transform complex datasets into clear, business-friendly structures. Improve the performance, scalability and...
Outside Spy
Jul 31, 2026
Duration not stated
Data Engineer - Snowflake / 3NF at Sanderson Recruitment, Multiple Locations, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy United Kingdom
Data Engineer - Snowflake / 3NF Rate - £550 - £600 per day - Outside IR35 Location - London, once a month onsite Duration - Initial 6 Month Contract - Extensions Expected The Opportunity: We're supporting a major UK household brand within its loyalty and rewards division as it continues to invest heavily in its data platform and wider data strategy. As part of this growth, they are looking to engage experienced Data Engineers to help design, build and enhance cloud based data solutions using AWS, Snowflake and DBT. Working alongside senior technical leadership, you'll play a key role in developing scalable data products, improving platform capability and delivering high quality data solutions that support critical business outcomes. This is an excellent opportunity to join a long term programme within a mature engineering environment where data is a strategic priority. Key Responsibilities: Develop, maintain and optimise data pipelines and data products within...
Outside Spy
Jul 31, 2026
Duration not stated
Analytics Engineer/Data Modeller at Fruition Group, Leeds, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy Leeds, UK
Job Title: Analytics Engineer/Data Modeller Contract: Outside IR35 Duration: 3 months with strong chance of extension Location: Leeds, 2x per week Our client is looking for an experienced Analytics Engineer/Data Modeller to join their data team and design/build high-performing semantic models that will underpin Power BI and Microsoft Fabric reporting. Working with data held in Amazon Redshift, you'll create a logical, business-friendly data layer that enables accurate, scalable analytics across a complex organisation. This is not a dashboard development role. They're looking for someone with deep SQL and data modelling expertise who can turn complex data into clean, performant semantic models. Responsibilities Design, build and optimise semantic models that support Power BI and Microsoft Fabric reporting. Develop robust SQL-based data models that transform complex datasets into clear, business-friendly structures. Improve the performance, scalability and...
Outside Spy
Jul 29, 2026
Duration not stated
Data Engineer at Oliver James, London, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy London, England, United Kingdom
Data Engineer - Data Migration Programme | London (Hybrid) | Contract - up to £500/d (outside IR35) Are you a Data Engineer with hands-on experience delivering enterprise data migration solutions? Our client - a fast-scaling European digital infrastructure provider with 100+ sites across the continent - is looking for a Data Engineer to join a major transformation programme consolidating multiple operational systems into a single target platform. You'll be at the centre of the migration workstream: building the pipelines, transformation logic, and validation frameworks that move data from legacy systems into the new target operating platform - working closely with the Data Workstream Lead, business SMEs, and application teams. What you'll be doing: Designing and building ETL/ingestion pipelines using Microsoft Fabric (Data Factory, Pipelines, Lakehouse, Notebooks) or equivalent Azure tooling Implementing source-to-target mappings and transformation logic for the...
Outside Spy
Jul 29, 2026
Duration not stated
Senior Data Quality Engineer (Outside IR35) at Sanderson Recruitment, Multiple Locations, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy United Kingdom
Senior Data Quality Engineer £500-525 per day Outside IR35 Initial contract to December 2026 Hybrid (London) Leading Financial Services business is looking to bring in a Senior Data Quality Engineer to join its Finance Data & Reporting Product Team. This is a hands-on contract focused on data quality, testing, reconciliation and automation across a modern cloud data platform. Working across the full data lifecycle, you will validate finance data from source systems through to Snowflake, dbt and Power BI, while enhancing an existing data quality framework and driving improvements in test automation and quality engineering practices. Key Responsibilities Design and execute end-to-end data quality, validation and reconciliation testing. Validate data across source systems, Snowflake, dbt transformations and Power BI reporting. Enhance and extend the existing dbt Core testing framework. Build automated data quality, regression and reconciliation checks....
Outside Spy
Jul 29, 2026
6 Months or more
Data Engineer at Gerrard White, Tunbridge Wells, 6 Months, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy Tunbridge Wells, UK
Data Engineer Contract Outside IR35 We require an experienced Data Engineer to play a critical role in the successful delivery of an AI Product Delivery programme which will fundamentally reshape how customers interact with a leading insurance company. To measure, optimise, and demonstrate the impact of this transformation, we need robust data engineering capability to enable the development of management information and operational dashboards. These reporting solutions will provide clear visibility of programme performance, customer outcomes, operational efficiency, and value realisation, ensuring stakeholders can effectively monitor progress and make data-driven decisions. Proven experience within a similar role is required ideally within the insurance or financial services sector. Required skills Databricks Data Engineering Desirable Experience Looker instance BigQuery Understanding of Google CES Data for - CX Insights CCaaS Dialogflow CX/Conversational...
Outside Spy
Jul 28, 2026
Duration not stated
Data Engineer at IO Associates, Guildford, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy Guildford, UK
We are scaling a major data transformation programme and hiring multiple Data Engineers at both senior and mid-level. The team is building a modern Azure-based data platform and needs contractors who can deliver high-quality, production-ready engineering at pace. Project Overview You will work across Databricks, Azure and Genie to build pipelines, optimise workflows and contribute to a best-practice engineering environment. The programme moves quickly, and you will have autonomy to deliver meaningful impact from day one. Responsibilities Designing and building Databricks pipelines for batch and streaming workloads Implementing medallion architecture using Delta Lake Engineering solutions across Azure Data Lake, ADF, Functions, DevOps and Key Vault Orchestrating workflows using Genie Writing clean, testable, production-ready code Working closely with product and data teams to deliver efficiently Senior Data Engineer Requirements Deep...
Outside Spy
Jul 28, 2026
6 Months or more
Data Engineer - AI Data Platform - Contract - Remote at We Are Orbis Group Ltd, London, 12 Months, £600 per day
£600 per day
Outside Spy Remote (London, United Kingdom)
Data Engineer - AI Data Platform - Outside IR35 - Remote The Data Engineer will be responsible for building the core data infrastructure underpinning next-generation AI products, integrating enterprise and third-party data sources, and developing scalable data services to support AI-driven applications. Data Engineer - AI Data Platform - Key Skills: - Proven experience building scalable enterprise data platforms and data infrastructure. - Must have strong understanding of AI/LLM data architectures and enabling AI agents to retrieve and prioritise enterprise data. - Investment Management background preferred - Strong Azure experience, including Azure Service Bus and cloud-native data services. - Experience developing MCP registries, connectors, and data integration frameworks. - Strong experience integrating third-party data providers (eg S&P or similar external data sources). - Experience designing universal data layers to support AI, analytics, and enterprise data...
Outside Spy
Aug 06, 2026
Duration not stated
Lead Data Engineer at Experis, Multiple Locations, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy United Kingdom
Lead Data Engineer Key Points Location: London Or Reading, Hybrid Duration: 12 months Rate: Competitive Day Rate, Outside IR35 Overview This is an opportunity to join a leading organisation undertaking a major cloud transformation and data modernisation programme, delivering enterprise-scale data solutions across a complex technology landscape. As a Lead Data Engineer, you will provide technical leadership across the design, development, automation, and optimisation of cloud-based data platforms, ensuring secure, scalable, and high-performing solutions are delivered to support business and operational objectives. Working closely with architects, stakeholders, analysts, and engineering teams, you will drive best practice across data engineering, infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and cloud technologies while mentoring and leading other engineers within the delivery team. Key Responsibilities Lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale data engineering...
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