tekFinder
ContactSend a brief

Data & Business Intelligence salaries, 2026

8 to 15% salary growth across the discipline

The strongest growth sector in the guide. Modern data stack experience with Snowflake, Databricks and dbt carries a 10 to 15% premium. Production deployment beats research background. Junior analytics is the one soft spot, as AI starts to bite at entry level.

18 titles, base salary

AUD per year, before super. The bar shows each range on the same scale as the whole guide ($70k to $450k). The day rate is the guide's own formula, annual × 1.35 ÷ 220, on the midpoint. Treat it as a floor, not a market rate.

Title and rangeMinimum day rate
Head of Data / Head of AI$221k–$350k
$1,760/day
Chief Data Officer$205k–$307k
$1,570/day
Solutions Architect (Data)$204k–$260k
$1,420/day
AI/ML Manager$200k–$230k
$1,320/day
Data Lead$174k–$248k
$1,290/day
Senior ML Engineer$173k–$244k
$1,280/day
Senior Data Engineer$175k–$215k
$1,200/day
Senior Data Scientist$172k–$221k
$1,210/day
Data Architect$160k–$220k
$1,170/day
Business Intelligence Manager$151k–$219k
$1,140/day
Senior Data Analyst$150k–$170k
$980/day
Machine Learning Engineer$144k–$191k
$1,030/day
Business Intelligence Developer$140k–$170k
$950/day
AI Engineer$130k–$210k
$1,040/day
Insights Manager$130k–$189k
$980/day
Data Scientist$120k–$163k
$870/day
Data Engineer$110k–$187k
$910/day
Data Analyst$90k–$148k
$730/day

Where do you sit?

Stays in your browser.
Published range
–
Midpoint
–
Pay growth across the area
–
Minimum contract day rate mid × 1.35 ÷ 220
–

Add your base salary to see where you sit against the range.

Live Data & Business Intelligence roles

Data Platform EngineerNewUp to $120k packageBasilData Engineer (AWS Kinesis & Databricks)NewUp to $140k packageBasilForward Deployed Engineer - Databricks$130k–$200k packageBasilSnowflake EngineersMatched to levelBasilSnowflake ArchitectUp to ~$220k packageBasil

All live Data and BI roles

Brief us on a Data & Business Intelligence roleRegister with us

Likely desk for this area

Figures as tekFinder publishes them (2026 Salary Guide and Market Report), read 23 October 2026.