Hanover
Data Engineers
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This role is for Data Engineers on a 6-month contract (with potential extension) at £450–£600 per day. Requires strong ETL/ELT skills, experience with AWS or Oracle, and SC eligibility. Remote UK-based with occasional Midlands travel.
🌎 - Country
United Kingdom
💱 - Currency
£ GBP
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💰 - Day rate
600
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🗓️ - Date
May 13, 2026
🕒 - Duration
More than 6 months
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🏝️ - Location
Hybrid
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📄 - Contract
Inside IR35
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🔒 - Security
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
England, United Kingdom
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Agile #SQL (Structured Query Language) #Talend #Data Quality #Scala #Cloud #Oracle #PostgreSQL #"ETL (Extract #Transform #Load)" #Data Pipeline #AWS (Amazon Web Services) #Data Engineering
Role description
Data Engineers — Contract
Multiple roles · Mid-level & Senior · Hybrid (UK)
📌 Rate: £450–£600 per day (Inside IR35, dependent on experience)
📌 Duration: 6-month SOW initially; longer-term programme (2–3 years overall)
📌 Location: Remote (UK-based) — occasional travel to the Midlands (up to 2 days/month)
📌 Clearance: SC eligible required (UK residency)
Hanover are building two data engineering teams to support a large-scale, long-running programme within Central Government.
This role centres around designing and building data pipelines in a modern cloud environment, embedded within multi-disciplinary Agile teams. There are both mid-level, senior and lead positions available, so we're open to a range of experience levels.
What you'll be doing
– Designing, building and maintaining scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines
– Working with structured data sources to support analytics and downstream services
– Collaborating within Agile delivery teams alongside engineers of mixed seniority
– Improving data quality, performance and reliability
– Contributing to knowledge sharing and good engineering practice across teams
What we're looking for
– Strong background as a Data Engineer in complex, delivery-led environments
– Solid ETL/ELT experience — Talend is highly desirable
– Experience with one or more of: AWS, Oracle, PL/SQL, PostgreSQL
– Strong SQL and data modelling fundamentals
– Comfortable working in Agile teams with real delivery pressure
Nice to have
– Central or wider public sector experience
– Exposure to large-scale or regulated data environments
Data Engineers — Contract
Multiple roles · Mid-level & Senior · Hybrid (UK)
📌 Rate: £450–£600 per day (Inside IR35, dependent on experience)
📌 Duration: 6-month SOW initially; longer-term programme (2–3 years overall)
📌 Location: Remote (UK-based) — occasional travel to the Midlands (up to 2 days/month)
📌 Clearance: SC eligible required (UK residency)
Hanover are building two data engineering teams to support a large-scale, long-running programme within Central Government.
This role centres around designing and building data pipelines in a modern cloud environment, embedded within multi-disciplinary Agile teams. There are both mid-level, senior and lead positions available, so we're open to a range of experience levels.
What you'll be doing
– Designing, building and maintaining scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines
– Working with structured data sources to support analytics and downstream services
– Collaborating within Agile delivery teams alongside engineers of mixed seniority
– Improving data quality, performance and reliability
– Contributing to knowledge sharing and good engineering practice across teams
What we're looking for
– Strong background as a Data Engineer in complex, delivery-led environments
– Solid ETL/ELT experience — Talend is highly desirable
– Experience with one or more of: AWS, Oracle, PL/SQL, PostgreSQL
– Strong SQL and data modelling fundamentals
– Comfortable working in Agile teams with real delivery pressure
Nice to have
– Central or wider public sector experience
– Exposure to large-scale or regulated data environments
