Data Engineer Salary in Australia during 2025

💰 The median Data Engineer Salary in Australia during 2025 is USD 125,117

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Salary details

The average Data Engineer salary lies between USD 112,156 and USD 138,510 in Australia. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Data Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
Australia
Salary year
2025
Sample size
22
Top 10%
$ 159,800
Top 25%
$ 138,510
Median
$ 125,117
Bottom 25%
$ 112,156
Bottom 10%
$ 101,858

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Data Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Data Engineer job listings are Engineering, Python and SQL. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Engineering | 5414 jobs Python | 5314 jobs SQL | 5241 jobs Pipelines | 4909 jobs ETL | 3817 jobs Data pipelines | 3747 jobs AWS | 3447 jobs Architecture | 3307 jobs Azure | 2882 jobs Spark | 2844 jobs Computer Science | 2837 jobs Security | 2637 jobs Agile | 2340 jobs Big Data | 2324 jobs Data quality | 2290 jobs Machine Learning | 2144 jobs Databricks | 2016 jobs GCP | 1979 jobs Snowflake | 1878 jobs CI/CD | 1746 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Data Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Data Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 4214 jobs Health care | 2267 jobs Flex hours | 1647 jobs Competitive pay | 1293 jobs Startup environment | 1239 jobs Team events | 1128 jobs Equity / stock options | 1100 jobs Insurance | 1027 jobs Salary bonus | 991 jobs Flex vacation | 860 jobs Parental leave | 759 jobs Medical leave | 699 jobs Wellness | 562 jobs 401(k) matching | 485 jobs Fitness / gym | 236 jobs Transparency | 224 jobs Relocation support | 219 jobs Gear | 163 jobs Home office stipend | 157 jobs Conferences | 152 jobs

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