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 132,458
✏️ This salary info is based on 16 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Data Engineer salary lies between USD 123,734 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
- 16
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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 | 6060 jobs Python | 5772 jobs SQL | 5668 jobs Pipelines | 5587 jobs Data pipelines | 4367 jobs ETL | 4160 jobs AWS | 4035 jobs Architecture | 4030 jobs Spark | 3410 jobs Azure | 3169 jobs Security | 3049 jobs Computer Science | 3036 jobs Data quality | 2675 jobs Agile | 2638 jobs Big Data | 2606 jobs Machine Learning | 2400 jobs GCP | 2346 jobs Databricks | 2291 jobs Snowflake | 2280 jobs CI/CD | 2222 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 | 4615 jobs Health care | 2496 jobs Flex hours | 1891 jobs Competitive pay | 1556 jobs Startup environment | 1403 jobs Equity / stock options | 1251 jobs Team events | 1224 jobs Salary bonus | 1219 jobs Insurance | 1086 jobs Flex vacation | 1054 jobs Parental leave | 867 jobs Medical leave | 796 jobs Wellness | 625 jobs 401(k) matching | 511 jobs Transparency | 278 jobs Fitness / gym | 242 jobs Relocation support | 205 jobs Conferences | 183 jobs Gear | 180 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 160 jobsRelated salaries
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