Data Analyst (Developer)

Fixed Term Appointment to 31st March 2026
Salary: £34,000 plus £8,000 market supplement

Legislation.gov.uk is a vital resource that has transformed public access to legislation in the UK and has put the statute book into the hands of millions of people who need to read, quote or cite legislation.

The National Archives, in its capacity as the King’s Printer of Acts of Parliament, the King’s Printer for Scotland and the Government Printer for Northern Ireland, has statutory obligations to register, publish, and make available in print, legislation produced by the UK and Scottish Parliaments, the Welsh Senedd, the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the Governments of the four nations. These statutory obligations are managed by the Legislation Services team at The National Archives. We are responsible for legislation.gov.uk, the official home of enacted and revised UK legislation and the only comprehensive free-to-use source of updated UK legislation.

Open data is at the heart of our legislation services. The legislation data we curate and create is a valuable public asset, comprising document data in XML, graph-based data in RDF, and website usage data. The National Archives holds an increasing volume of rich metadata about legislation, including amendment and application data, bibliographic information as well as exhaust data from our publishing processes and website operations.

Job description
The team is committed to improving and developing this service, particularly our data offering. We are looking for a data developer to join the Legislation Services Team and grow their data skills. Your focus will be on improving the underlying legislation data, enhancing it and creating new datasets from the text of the legislation. You will also investigate how the legislation data can be organised and delivered in such a way that increases the accuracy of re-use and the ability of AI to consume the data in a meaningful way. You will be contributing to a service used by a wide range of users, including data re-users, who derive insights from legislation. These include academics and researchers, and those developing innovative products, services and applications in Law Tech.
Person specification
This role would suit someone who is motivated to make important public records accessible, enjoys working in the open in a multidisciplinary agile team, and is keen to make legislation available as data, driving innovation in reuse.

You should be familiar with XML and RDF and be keen to understand the internal makeup of the legislation documents and our schemas. You should be proficient in at least one modern programming language; familiarity with cloud computing and experience of using AI and prompt engineering to process data to extract content would also be an advantage. You will have a passion for learning and developing your skills and will thrive in an environment which values and supports continuous learning.

This is a full time post. However, requests for part-time working, flexible working and job share will be considered, taking into account at all times the operational needs of the Department.

A combination of onsite and home working is available and applicants should be able to regularly travel to our Kew site for a minimum of 60% of their work time.

SC-level Security Clearance or willingness to obtain SC clearance is mandatory for this role and requires that you have lived in the UK for the last 3 years. Please do not apply if you have not lived in the UK for the last 3 years as your application will be rejected.

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Museum Website: https://nationalarchives.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/Kew/Data-Analyst--Developer-_JR200567-1