Data Developer
Support the data-driven culture within NFU Mutual’s pricing and underwriting team
Fantastic career development and training provided to advance your skills
Hybrid vacancy: work 1 day from the office in Stratford-Upon-Avon, and 4 days from home
About the role
Our Underwriting & Pricing (UW&P) function, based at our Head Office in Stratford-Upon-Avon, is critical to the success of the business and is looking to recruit a skilled data professional to drive and support our data-driven culture. In this newly created role, you’ll transform data into valuable insights to guide our strategic conclusions and improve overall performance.
As Data Developer you’ll be involved with the extraction, manipulation, cleaning, and transformation of complex data sets to support in-depth analyses that align with our policies and standards. Quality control is a top priority to ensure that all outputs are accurate, reliable, and ready for strategic use. As a developer, you’ll support and influence managers and colleagues across departments by investigating data and identifying opportunities to mitigate risks, thereby guiding NFU Mutual’s future direction through data-backed recommendations.
Collaborating with different departments, you’ll design and implement data models to provide historical performance analysis and forecast trends. Through clear presentations of your findings and recommendations, you’ll empower departments to make strategic choices to achieve business objectives. Building and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders is vital.
You’ll engage with teams regularly, ensuring effective communication and understanding their needs.
In this role, you’ll continuously refine processes to align with our company policies, contributing to a more streamlined and effective approach to data analytics. To ensure seamless system adoption, you’ll develop and deliver training sessions for users of our Management Information and analytics systems. Your goal will be to keep users up-to-date and effective in utilising the tools available for data-driven decision-making.
This role is based in our Tiddington Head Office, just outside Stratford-Upon-Avon. However, we understand how important a positive work-life balance is, so to help you give your best, we offer great facilities when you want to be in an office environment and support to work up to 80% of your hours from home.
This role is known internally as a Data Analyst.
About you
You’re a proactive data professional with recent UK experience, bringing strong capabilities in Management Information (MI) techniques. You’ll be used to supporting multiple projects simultaneously, managing your time effectively to ensure you can deliver work to a high standard. Your expertise spans data engineering, including data cleansing, manipulation, and warehousing, along with advanced proficiency in handling large data-sets and spreadsheets.
To join the team, you’ll:
Be skilled in SQL and Excel - essential and have knowledge of DevOps and ETL routines (desirable)
Communicate effectively with diverse audiences and excel at stakeholder management
Have an acute understanding of the impact data quality has on the end user and broader organisation.
Analyse situations, identify issues, generate solutions, and select the best course of action; analyse complex problems and make informed, logical decisions.
Though not essential, experience in the financial services or insurance industries would be desirable.
At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees.
We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.
We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.
Benefits and Rewards
When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including:
Salary up to £40,000 dependent on experience
Annual bonus (up to 10% of salary)
Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution
25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme
A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities
Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets
£20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs
Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more
Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insurance
Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year
Mentoring opportunities to help you grow your career
Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme
Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary
Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.
Salary sacrifice employee car scheme - subject to eligibility
Working at NFU Mutual
We’re one of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services organisations, and for over 110 years we’ve put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us, so we’re proud to be recognised as “a great place to work”.
Our Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2026 award was not only awarded with Distinction, but it also marked us as the first UK based company to earn a Gallup Exceptional Workplace award for eleven consecutive years. We’ve also been consistently recognised by Glassdoor. We appeared in the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK list in 2023, 2024 and 2026 — and in 2026, we were the highest ranked insurance business in the UK, highlighting our strong employee experience and the positive feedback our people share on the platform.
Additionally, we were named in the LinkedIn Top Companies 2026 list of “Best midsize employers to grow your career in the UK”, and we’ve been certified as a UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.
We offer a supportive and empowering culture where people are inspired to perform, given opportunities to grow, and recognised and rewarded for their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable—so we’re successful now and in the future.
