Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Data Engineer in Australia during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Data Engineer in Australia during 2025 is USD 119,687

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The average mid-level / intermediate Data Engineer salary lies between USD 99,285 and USD 130,000 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
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
Australia
Salary year
2025
Sample size
36
Top 10%
$ 140,806
Top 25%
$ 130,000
Median
$ 119,687
Bottom 25%
$ 99,285
Bottom 10%
$ 91,658

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 Mid-level / Intermediate Data Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Data Engineer job listings are Engineering, SQL and Python. 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 | 3633 jobs SQL | 3580 jobs Python | 3499 jobs Pipelines | 3358 jobs ETL | 2712 jobs Data pipelines | 2588 jobs AWS | 2206 jobs Computer Science | 2059 jobs Architecture | 2014 jobs Azure | 1886 jobs Security | 1780 jobs Data quality | 1658 jobs Spark | 1554 jobs Agile | 1377 jobs Big Data | 1327 jobs Machine Learning | 1319 jobs Databricks | 1294 jobs Snowflake | 1178 jobs Airflow | 1174 jobs GCP | 1162 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate Data Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate 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 | 2695 jobs Health care | 1522 jobs Flex hours | 1030 jobs Startup environment | 877 jobs Competitive pay | 874 jobs Team events | 799 jobs Insurance | 665 jobs Equity / stock options | 625 jobs Salary bonus | 586 jobs Flex vacation | 571 jobs Parental leave | 518 jobs Medical leave | 443 jobs Wellness | 382 jobs 401(k) matching | 374 jobs Relocation support | 162 jobs Fitness / gym | 159 jobs Transparency | 136 jobs Gear | 118 jobs Home office stipend | 102 jobs Conferences | 96 jobs

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