💰 2026 Salary Aggregation Report

Platform Engineer Salary in Australia

The average salary for a Platform Engineer in Australia is $114,000 / yr. Based on active job data and cloud hiring demand.

Entry Level

$92,000

Average (Mid-Level)

$114,000

Senior / Expert

$136,000+

Live Market Demand in Australia

We are currently tracking 189+ open roles for Platform Engineers hiring right now. The market is incredibly active.

Recently Posted Roles

• Senior Solutions Architect - AI & Platforms SME at Gitlab

• Head of Platform Sales, AUNZ at Stripe

• Staff Platform Engineer / Lead Devops Engineer at Commonwealth Bank of Australia

• Platform Engineer (DevOps) at Vicinity

• Platform Engineer (DevOps) at Vicinity Centres PM Pty Ltd ACN 101 504 045 as trustee of Vicinity Property Management Trust

• Senior DevOps Platform Engineer (GitHub & Azure) at Professional Recruitment Australia

• Data Platform Engineering Manager at Talenza

• AWS Platform Engineer at Randstad

• Site Reliability Platform Engineer at TAL Australia

• Site Reliability Platform Engineer at TAL

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