Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Developer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Developer during 2025 is USD 133,819

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Data Developer salary lies between USD 94,400 and USD 190,137 globally. 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 Developer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 198,300
Top 25%
$ 190,137
Median
$ 133,819
Bottom 25%
$ 94,400
Bottom 10%
$ 86,000

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 Senior-level / Expert Data Developer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Data Developer job listings are Python, SQL and Pipelines. 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:

Python | 63 jobs SQL | 60 jobs Pipelines | 43 jobs Spark | 42 jobs Engineering | 42 jobs Big Data | 41 jobs Architecture | 39 jobs ETL | 33 jobs AWS | 33 jobs Testing | 30 jobs Azure | 30 jobs Agile | 30 jobs Hadoop | 28 jobs Security | 27 jobs Data pipelines | 27 jobs Scala | 25 jobs Kafka | 20 jobs Java | 20 jobs NoSQL | 19 jobs Databricks | 19 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Data Developer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Data Developer job listings are Career development, Health care and Fitness / gym. 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 | 50 jobs Health care | 28 jobs Fitness / gym | 25 jobs Flex hours | 10 jobs Competitive pay | 8 jobs Flex vacation | 7 jobs Wellness | 6 jobs Team events | 6 jobs Parental leave | 4 jobs Startup environment | 3 jobs 401(k) matching | 2 jobs Transparency | 2 jobs Medical leave | 2 jobs Insurance | 2 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs Salary bonus | 1 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 1 jobs Fertility benefits | 1 jobs

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