Data Engineer Salary in New Zealand during 2025

💰 The median Data Engineer Salary in New Zealand during 2025 is USD 130,000

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The average Data Engineer salary lies between USD 118,401 and USD 143,797 in New Zealand. 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
New Zealand
Salary year
2025
Sample size
10
Top 10%
$ 143,797
Top 25%
$ 143,797
Median
$ 130,000
Bottom 25%
$ 118,401
Bottom 10%
$ 100,000

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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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 | 10663 jobs Python | 10393 jobs SQL | 10236 jobs Pipelines | 9737 jobs ETL | 7477 jobs Data pipelines | 7438 jobs AWS | 6811 jobs Architecture | 6496 jobs Azure | 5603 jobs Computer Science | 5587 jobs Spark | 5489 jobs Security | 5108 jobs Data quality | 4621 jobs Agile | 4404 jobs Big Data | 4391 jobs Machine Learning | 4088 jobs GCP | 3931 jobs Databricks | 3861 jobs Snowflake | 3721 jobs Airflow | 3610 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 | 8080 jobs Health care | 4351 jobs Flex hours | 3202 jobs Competitive pay | 2630 jobs Startup environment | 2491 jobs Team events | 2202 jobs Equity / stock options | 2057 jobs Salary bonus | 1954 jobs Insurance | 1897 jobs Flex vacation | 1738 jobs Parental leave | 1450 jobs Medical leave | 1329 jobs Wellness | 1092 jobs 401(k) matching | 914 jobs Fitness / gym | 454 jobs Transparency | 432 jobs Relocation support | 410 jobs Gear | 316 jobs Conferences | 307 jobs Home office stipend | 281 jobs

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