Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Engineer during 2025 is USD 154,660

✏️ This salary info is based on 1979 individual salaries reported during 2025

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The average senior-level / expert Data Engineer salary lies between USD 120,000 and USD 190,000 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 Engineer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
1979
Top 10%
$ 233,800
Top 25%
$ 190,000
Median
$ 154,660
Bottom 25%
$ 120,000
Bottom 10%
$ 90,000

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 Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert 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 | 4257 jobs Python | 4074 jobs SQL | 3966 jobs Pipelines | 3914 jobs Data pipelines | 3094 jobs ETL | 2937 jobs AWS | 2824 jobs Architecture | 2821 jobs Spark | 2398 jobs Azure | 2252 jobs Security | 2148 jobs Computer Science | 2114 jobs Agile | 1875 jobs Big Data | 1864 jobs Data quality | 1862 jobs Machine Learning | 1677 jobs GCP | 1660 jobs Databricks | 1634 jobs Snowflake | 1585 jobs Airflow | 1526 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert 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 | 3296 jobs Health care | 1775 jobs Flex hours | 1365 jobs Competitive pay | 1089 jobs Startup environment | 999 jobs Equity / stock options | 918 jobs Team events | 880 jobs Salary bonus | 869 jobs Insurance | 777 jobs Flex vacation | 759 jobs Parental leave | 615 jobs Medical leave | 566 jobs Wellness | 438 jobs 401(k) matching | 359 jobs Transparency | 194 jobs Fitness / gym | 161 jobs Relocation support | 150 jobs Conferences | 136 jobs Gear | 130 jobs Home office stipend | 122 jobs

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Data Engineer @ $ 88,607 (United Kingdom) - Senior-level / Expert Details
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