Hiring for Technology in Australia.
Major layoffs at Tech firms resulted in skilled candidates flooding the market. Unsurprisingly, companies hiring in the Tech space were cautious about their hiring in 2023 and time-to-hire increased as a result.
With fewer opportunities available and more high-quality Tech talent on the market, job seekers had to apply to more vacancies on average to get an offer when compared to recent years.
The length of recruitment processes remains the number one reason that candidates withdraw from a potential new role. With hiring likely to pick up again in 2024, organisations should ensure they aren’t losing out on the top talent to competitors by:
- Making sure the recruitment process is slick and engaging
- Finding the right balance between offering flexibility and maintaining performance levels
- Offering salaries in line with market benchmarks
Our survey found these top 3 things to successfully attract and hire talent in Technology:
- 1
Flexible working patterns
- 2
High salary offers
- 3
Interesting and exciting projects
In demand roles
- Python Developer
- Java Developer
- JS Developer
- Developer In Test
- Test Automation Engineer
- Cloud Platform Engineer
- SRE
- DevOps Engineer
- Network Engineer (with certifications)
- Cloud Architect
- Security Architect
- GCP Cloud Architect
- Azure Cloud Architect
- Enterprise Architect
- AWS Cloud Architect
Valuable skill sets
- Bash/Shell/Powershell
- Python
- SQL
- Other 4th Gen. Languages
- TDD
- Azure, AWS and GCP
- Infrastructure Design
- Infrastructure as Code expertise
- Infrastructure Monitoring and Logging
- Infrastructure Upgrades and Integration Project Management
- TOGAF
- Functional and Nonfunctional Requirement Elicitation
- Full SDLC Experience
- Solution Selection Expertise
- Enterprise Level Understanding
Up, down or flat? The state of salaries.
With talent no longer being so scarce, the inflation of salaries seen post-COVID has not been evident in 2023. Whilst organisations have a greater choice of candidates available, it is likely that salaries will remain flat through 2024.
of Technology hiring managers said salary offers have been flat in comparison to 2022.
Technology salaries in Australia
| Job Title | Sector | Sub Sector | Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job Title | Sector | Sub Sector | Location | Low | Median | High |
.Net Developer |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $95,000 | $135,000 | $190,000 | |
Android Developer |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $95,000 | $135,000 | $190,000 | |
Automation Tester |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $95,000 | $135,000 | $190,000 | |
Backend Developer |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $95,000 | $135,000 | $190,000 | |
C# Developer |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $95,000 | $135,000 | $190,000 | |
C++ Developer |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $95,000 | $135,000 | $190,000 | |
Front End Developer |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $95,000 | $135,000 | $190,000 | |
Full Stack Developer |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $95,000 | $135,000 | $190,000 | |
iOS Developer |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $95,000 | $135,000 | $190,000 | |
Java Developer |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $95,000 | $135,000 | $190,000 | |
JavaScript Developer |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $95,000 | $135,000 | $190,000 | |
PHP Developer |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $95,000 | $135,000 | $190,000 | |
Product Designer |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $95,000 | $135,000 | $190,000 | |
Python Developer |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $95,000 | $135,000 | $190,000 | |
ReactJs Developer |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $95,000 | $135,000 | $190,000 | |
Ruby on Rails Developer |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $95,000 | $135,000 | $190,000 | |
Software Development Manager |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $160,000 | $180,000 | $200,000 | |
Software Development Team Lead |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $140,000 | $160,000 | $190,000 | |
Technical Team Lead |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $140,000 | $190,000 | ||
Test Analyst |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $90,000 | $120,000 | $150,000 | |
Automation Test Engineer |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $100,000 | $120,000 | $150,000 | |
Test Manager |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $140,000 | $150,000 | $160,000 | |
UI Designer |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $90,000 | $120,000 | $155,000 | |
UX Designer |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $90,000 | $120,000 | $155,000 | |
Chief Information Officer |
Senior Management Roles | Sydney | $200,000 | $220,000 | $330,000 | |
Chief Technological Officer |
Senior Management Roles | Sydney | $190,000 | $200,000 | $330,000 | |
Cyber Security Engineer |
Infrastructure | Sydney | $130,000 | $160,000 | $190,000 | |
Network Security Engineer |
Infrastructure | Sydney | $130,000 | $160,000 | $190,000 | |
DevOps Engineer |
Infrastructure | Sydney | $155,000 | $170,000 | $190,000 | |
Cloud Platform Engineer |
Infrastructure | Sydney | $155,000 | $180,000 | $220,000 | |
Systems Administrator |
Infrastructure | Sydney | $85,000 | $105,000 | $115,000 | |
FIrst Line Support / Service Desk Analyst |
Infrastructure | Sydney | $65,000 | $77,000 | $100,000 | |
Second Line Support |
Infrastructure | Sydney | $75,000 | $85,000 | $110,000 | |
Network Engineer |
Infrastructure | Sydney | $105,000 | $115,000 | $135,000 | |
IT Manager / Infrastructure Manager |
Infrastructure | Sydney | $135,000 | $150,000 | $160,000 | |
Cloud Architect |
Architecture | Sydney | $160,000 | $190,000 | $220,000 | |
Enterprise Architect |
Architecture | Sydney | $170,000 | $200,000 | $250,000 | |
Infrastructure Architect |
Architecture | Sydney | $140,000 | $160,000 | $200,000 | |
IT Director |
Architecture | Sydney | $170,000 | $200,000 | $250,000 | |
Network Architect |
Architecture | Sydney | $120,000 | $140,000 | $160,000 | |
Solutions Architect |
Architecture | Sydney | $140,000 | $160,000 | $210,000 | |
Big Data Architect |
Analytics | Sydney | $900 | $1,100 | $1,300 | |
Data Architect |
Analytics | Sydney | $160,000 | $200,000 | $220,000 | |
Business Intelligence Manager |
Analytics | Sydney | $135,000 | $155,000 | $180,000 | |
Data Scientist |
Analytics | Sydney | $120,000 | $150,000 | $180,000 | |
Data Engineer |
Analytics | Sydney | $110,000 | $150,000 | $180,000 | |
Analytics Manager |
Analytics | Sydney | $140,000 | $160,000 | $180,000 | |
Campaigns Analyst |
Analytics | Sydney | $95,000 | $110,000 | $140,000 | |
Data Governance Specialist |
Analytics | Sydney | $130,000 | $150,000 | $180,000 | |
Head of Data Governance |
Analytics | Sydney | $210,000 | $230,000 | $250,000 | |
Insight Analyst/Predictive Modeller |
Analytics | Sydney | $110,000 | $135,000 | $140,000 | |
Head of Data Science |
Analytics | Sydney | $170,000 | $190,000 | $250,000 | |
Head of Analytics |
Analytics | Sydney | $180,000 | $200,000 | $250,000 | |
BI Analyst |
Analytics | Sydney | $90,000 | $110,000 | $130,000 | |
BI Developer |
Analytics | Sydney | $100,000 | $130,000 | $160,000 |
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