Data Engineer Salary in Australia during 2025

💰 The median Data Engineer Salary in Australia during 2025 is USD 125,551

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Salary details

The average Data Engineer salary lies between USD 111,613 and USD 138,637 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
56
Top 10%
$ 159,800
Top 25%
$ 138,637
Median
$ 125,551
Bottom 25%
$ 111,613
Bottom 10%
$ 98,330

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 | 14016 jobs Python | 13619 jobs SQL | 13502 jobs Pipelines | 12801 jobs ETL | 9837 jobs Data pipelines | 9733 jobs AWS | 8874 jobs Architecture | 8658 jobs Azure | 7368 jobs Computer Science | 7336 jobs Spark | 7098 jobs Security | 6773 jobs Data quality | 6106 jobs Agile | 5752 jobs Big Data | 5659 jobs Machine Learning | 5356 jobs Databricks | 5095 jobs GCP | 5029 jobs Snowflake | 4922 jobs CI/CD | 4826 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 | 10579 jobs Health care | 5679 jobs Flex hours | 4195 jobs Competitive pay | 3493 jobs Startup environment | 3274 jobs Team events | 2902 jobs Equity / stock options | 2643 jobs Salary bonus | 2576 jobs Insurance | 2434 jobs Flex vacation | 2264 jobs Parental leave | 1926 jobs Medical leave | 1710 jobs Wellness | 1426 jobs 401(k) matching | 1210 jobs Transparency | 572 jobs Fitness / gym | 559 jobs Relocation support | 502 jobs Gear | 415 jobs Conferences | 385 jobs Home office stipend | 383 jobs

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