Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Engineer in Germany during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Engineer in Germany during 2025 is USD 88,421
✏️ 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 76,842 and USD 94,736 in Germany. 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
- Germany
- 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.
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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 | 6991 jobs Python | 6650 jobs SQL | 6546 jobs Pipelines | 6398 jobs Data pipelines | 4971 jobs ETL | 4780 jobs Architecture | 4664 jobs AWS | 4647 jobs Spark | 3887 jobs Azure | 3649 jobs Computer Science | 3519 jobs Security | 3516 jobs Data quality | 3084 jobs Agile | 3038 jobs Big Data | 2980 jobs Machine Learning | 2749 jobs GCP | 2694 jobs Snowflake | 2638 jobs Databricks | 2609 jobs CI/CD | 2579 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 | 5315 jobs Health care | 2858 jobs Flex hours | 2177 jobs Competitive pay | 1784 jobs Startup environment | 1615 jobs Equity / stock options | 1424 jobs Team events | 1411 jobs Salary bonus | 1388 jobs Insurance | 1234 jobs Flex vacation | 1203 jobs Parental leave | 1030 jobs Medical leave | 915 jobs Wellness | 716 jobs 401(k) matching | 594 jobs Transparency | 303 jobs Fitness / gym | 264 jobs Relocation support | 231 jobs Conferences | 213 jobs Gear | 208 jobs Home office stipend | 193 jobsRelated salaries
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