Interim Data Warehouse Modernisation Lead - VC-backed Digital Bank
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£700 / day
Salary
As advertised by the employer
£54,900
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2133 (90% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £54,900, and ZRG is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
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What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2133 IT business analysts, architects and systems designers Most likely code | £38,400 Clears | £43,900 Clears | £49,400 Clears | £54,900 Clears |
3133 Database administrators and web content technicians Also possible | £33,400 Clears | £33,400 Clears | £37,500 Clears | £41,700 Clears |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. A mark is for the top of the advertised pay. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
Data Warehouse Modernisation Lead
UK-based | Predominantly remote with occasional London travel | Contract | Up to £700 per day
We are working with an established, fast-growing, VC-backed digital bank undergoing a significant modernisation of its technology and data infrastructure.
The bank is seeking an experienced Data Warehouse Modernisation Lead to take end-to-end ownership of the design, build and operation of a new enterprise data warehouse on Microsoft Fabric.
This is a senior, hands-on contract role. You will need to be equally comfortable working directly with executive stakeholders, leading a complex programme of change and remaining hands-on with the underlying data architecture, pipelines, modelling and governance.
The opportunity
You will lead the bank’s transition from a fragmented legacy reporting environment to a modern, governed and scalable data platform.
Working as an embedded member of the technology team, you will deliver each business domain from source system through to governed and tested data, an authoritative semantic layer and live business reporting.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Designing, building and operating the Microsoft Fabric data warehouse.
- Establishing its workspaces, capacity management, OneLake structure and bronze, silver and gold layers.
- Designing the core business domain model across customers, accounts, balances and transactions.
- Building Fabric-native ingestion using Data Factory pipelines, Mirroring, Dataflows Gen2 and OneLake Shortcuts.
- Designing bespoke extraction from legacy and on-premise core banking systems.
- Owning the modelling approach across dbt and native Fabric capabilities.
- Building and governing a single authoritative semantic model for Power BI, Excel, AI tools and other approved applications.
The person
We are looking for a seasoned data specialist who combines genuine technical depth with strong leadership and stakeholder-management skills. A hands-on and entrepreneurial mindset is essential.
You should bring:
- Deep, current experience of Microsoft Fabric, including OneLake, Data Factory, Dataflows Gen2, semantic models, Direct Lake and data-layer security.
- Strong SQL and SQL Server expertise, with the ability to own both data pipelines and modelling.
- Experience designing and delivering a modern cloud-based data warehouse.
- The ability to reverse-engineer undocumented legacy reporting systems and data flows.
- Strong knowledge of governance, lineage, data dictionaries, reconciliation and quality testing within a regulated environment.
- The credibility to engage senior executives and influence strategic decisions.
- A hands-on approach, with the willingness and technical ability to remain “on the keyboard”.
- Experience leading programmes and managing organisational change alongside technical delivery.
Previous experience in a challenger bank, neobank, payments business, FX platform, or innovative fintech is required. Exposure to core banking platforms, particularly Temenos T24, would also be valuable.
Additional experience with dbt, Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Fivetran, Airbyte or AI/LLM-integrated data architectures would be beneficial.
Applicants are to be based in the UK and be able to travel to London occasionally.
Day rate: Up to £700 per day.
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with ZRG, so check their own site for the current details.
Where this offer sits in the market
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers (SOC 2133) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~187k in sample- Middle half £45,136–79,976
- Median £60,216
- Going rate £54,900
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £38,400–49,400
This role's pay (£700 / day) isn't directly comparable to the annual national figures above.
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