Data Engineer Salary in Sydney — $160k Median
Data Engineer roles in Sydney advertise a median salary of $160k (range $110k–$286k) across 106 live listings. See who's hiring and how pay compares by city.
Sydney is the deepest city sample for Data Engineer — 106 advertised salaries, and the widest range of any city×role page here ($110k–$286k). That top end is real: Sydney carries the most senior, highest-paying data engineering roles in the country, including principal and staff-level contractor positions that don't appear at the same rate in other cities. The median, $160k, sits $4k above the national Data Engineer figure ($156k), consistent with Sydney commanding a modest premium for the role.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia leads hiring (60 of 799 matching listings), with Cognizant (34), Hays (31), Westpac Group (31), Deloitte (27) and Mane Consulting (25) close behind — a dense cluster of bank, consultancy and recruiter hiring typical of Sydney's finance-heavy tech market.
Listings grew from 118 in August to 167 in September (+49), the largest month-on-month gain of any city×role combination on this shortlist — Sydney Data Engineer demand is accelerating faster than the national role average (+38 listings).