Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Engineer in Australia during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Engineer in Australia during 2025 is USD 136,854
✏️ This salary info is based on 20 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Data Engineer salary lies between USD 125,693 and USD 159,800 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
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- Australia
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 20
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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.
Last updated: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 | 8162 jobs Python | 7743 jobs SQL | 7638 jobs Pipelines | 7469 jobs Data pipelines | 5803 jobs ETL | 5543 jobs Architecture | 5465 jobs AWS | 5408 jobs Spark | 4500 jobs Azure | 4246 jobs Security | 4128 jobs Computer Science | 4086 jobs Data quality | 3607 jobs Agile | 3494 jobs Big Data | 3421 jobs Machine Learning | 3226 jobs GCP | 3089 jobs Snowflake | 3083 jobs Databricks | 3045 jobs CI/CD | 3028 jobsTop 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 | 6197 jobs Health care | 3343 jobs Flex hours | 2524 jobs Competitive pay | 2121 jobs Startup environment | 1867 jobs Team events | 1647 jobs Salary bonus | 1639 jobs Equity / stock options | 1627 jobs Insurance | 1419 jobs Flex vacation | 1393 jobs Parental leave | 1170 jobs Medical leave | 1046 jobs Wellness | 836 jobs 401(k) matching | 693 jobs Transparency | 354 jobs Fitness / gym | 293 jobs Relocation support | 252 jobs Conferences | 246 jobs Gear | 234 jobs Home office stipend | 226 jobsRelated salaries
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