Backend Engineer Jobs in United Kingdom.
The United Kingdom is one of Europe's biggest and most diverse job markets, anchored by London and strong regional economies in Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, and beyond. Hiring spans finance, healthcare, technology, manufacturing, and the public sector. Browse jobs across the United Kingdom from companies hiring nationwide.
Back-end engineers build the APIs, databases and services that power applications behind the scenes. Explore back-end engineer jobs from companies hiring worldwide.
Total jobs
183
positions indexed
New today
11
last 24 hours
Companies
93
actively hiring
Worldwide remote
3
from anywhere
How many Backend Engineer jobs in United Kingdom are there right now?
There are 183 open Backend Engineer jobs in United Kingdom on JobsRadar right now, from 93 companies hiring directly. 34 of them disclose pay, with a median of $135,200 a year and most offers between $118,841 and $176,800. 11 were added in the last 24 hours; the board was last refreshed on October 19, 2026 at 20:27 UTC.
Backend Engineer salary range in United Kingdom
$118.8k
25th
$135.2k
Median
$176.8k
75th
$68.4k
$242.4k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th
Full range $66.1k – $400k · outliers off-axis
Based on 34 disclosed live listings
Updated Oct 19, 2026 from live listings
Software Engineer-II Backend
Socure
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Senior Backend Engineer
9fin
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Backend Engineer
9fin
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Backend Engineer
Kpler
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1h ago
Senior Backend Engineer, AI Engineering: Chat
GitLab
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3h ago
Software Engineer, Backend
Adaptyv
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4h ago
Software Engineer - Backend
Helsing
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6h ago
Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)
Invisible Technologies
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7h ago
Backend Engineer (Ruby), Create: Change Record
GitLab
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11h ago
Senior Backend Engineer (m/f/d) - Copyright
ICE
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12h ago
Backend Engineer, AI (Agent Systems)
Bjak
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13h ago
Software Engineer, Backend
Normal Computing Corporation
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1d ago
Product Engineer (Backend)
Granola
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3d ago
Principal Engineer, Mobile Platform & Backend Systems
AlphaSense
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3d ago
API Engineer
Builders at Gigs
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3d ago
Senior/Lead Backend Engineer
Fuse Energy
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3d ago
Backend Engineer, Create: Repository Management
GitLab
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4d ago
Senior Backend Engineer, Deployment Environments
GitLab
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4d ago
Staff Backend Engineer, Developer Experience
GitLab
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4d ago
Backend Engineer (Ruby), AI Engineering: Agent Foundations
GitLab
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4d ago
Senior Backend Engineer, Core DevOps: Container Registry
GitLab
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4d ago
Senior Backend Engineer (Go), Tenant Scale: Gitaly
GitLab
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4d ago
Senior Backend Engineer, Core DevOps
GitLab
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4d ago
Senior Backend Engineer, Database Excellence (Ruby)
GitLab
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4d ago
Backend Engineer (Python),AI Engineering: Agent Foundations
GitLab
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4d ago
Frequently asked questions
- How many Backend Engineer jobs in United Kingdom are open right now?
- 183 Backend Engineer jobs in United Kingdom are open across 93 companies, as of October 19, 2026.
- What do Backend Engineer jobs in United Kingdom pay?
- Across the 34 Backend Engineer jobs in United Kingdom that disclose pay, the median is $135,200 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $118,841 and $176,800.
- Are any Backend Engineer jobs in United Kingdom remote?
- 3 of these Backend Engineer jobs in United Kingdom (1.6%) are open to candidates anywhere in the world.
- Which companies are hiring Backend Engineer jobs in United Kingdom?
- Socure, 9fin, Kpler, GitLab and Adaptyv are among the 93 companies currently hiring Backend Engineer jobs in United Kingdom.
- How current are these listings?
- Every listing comes straight from the employer’s own careers system and is re-checked three times a day. This page was last updated on October 19, 2026 at 20:27 UTC.