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 Daily rate |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $650 | $800 | $1,100 | |
Android Developer Daily rate |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $650 | $800 | $1,100 | |
Automation Tester Daily rate |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $650 | $800 | $1,100 | |
Backend Developer Daily rate |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $650 | $850 | $1,100 | |
C# Developer Daily rate |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $650 | $750 | $1,100 | |
C++ Developer Daily rate |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $650 | $750 | $1,100 | |
Front End Developer Daily rate |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $650 | $900 | $1,100 | |
Full Stack Developer Daily rate |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $650 | $900 | $1,300 | |
iOS Developer Daily rate |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $500 | $850 | $1,100 | |
Java Developer Daily rate |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $600 | $800 | $1,100 | |
JavaScript Developer Daily rate |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $600 | $850 | $1,100 | |
PHP Developer Daily rate |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $600 | $750 | $1,000 | |
Product Designer Daily rate |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $700 | $850 | $1,100 | |
Python Developer Daily rate |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $650 | $850 | $1,100 | |
ReactJs Developer Daily rate |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $650 | $850 | $1,100 | |
Ruby on Rails Developer Daily rate |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $659 | $750 | $1,100 | |
Software Development Manager Daily rate |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $850 | $900 | $1,250 | |
Software Development Team Lead Daily rate |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $850 | $900 | $1,250 | |
Test Analyst Daily rate |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $650 | $750 | $950 | |
Automation Test Engineer Daily rate |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $650 | $800 | $950 | |
Test Manager Daily rate |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $650 | $800 | $1,100 | |
UI Designer Daily rate |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $650 | $800 | $1,000 | |
UX Designer Daily rate |
Development & Testing | Sydney | $650 | $800 | $1,000 | |
Chief Information Officer Daily rate |
Senior Management Roles | Sydney | $1,250 | $1,500 | $2,000 | |
Chief Technological Officer Daily rate |
Senior Management Roles | Sydney | $1,200 | $1,350 | $2,000 | |
Cyber Security Engineer Daily rate |
Infrastructure | Sydney | $700 | $900 | $1,200 | |
Network Security Engineer Daily rate |
Infrastructure | Sydney | $700 | $900 | $1,200 | |
DevOps Engineer Daily rate |
Infrastructure | Sydney | $800 | $950 | $1,200 | |
Cloud Platform Engineer Daily rate |
Infrastructure | Sydney | $850 | $975 | $1,200 | |
Systems Administrator Daily rate |
Infrastructure | Sydney | $550 | $650 | $750 | |
FIrst Line Support / Service Desk Analyst Daily rate |
Infrastructure | Sydney | $350 | $425 | $500 | |
Second Line Support Daily rate |
Infrastructure | Sydney | $400 | $475 | $600 | |
Network Engineer Daily rate |
Infrastructure | Sydney | $575 | $800 | $950 | |
IT Manager / Infrastructure Manager Daily rate |
Infrastructure | Sydney | $850 | $1,000 | $1,150 | |
Cloud Architect Daily rate |
Architecture | Sydney | $700 | $900 | $1,300 | |
Enterprise Architect Daily rate |
Architecture | Sydney | $1,000 | $1,250 | $1,500 | |
Infrastructure Architect Daily rate |
Architecture | Sydney | $800 | $1,000 | $1,200 | |
IT Director Daily rate |
Architecture | Sydney | $1,000 | $1,200 | $1,500 | |
Network Architect Daily rate |
Architecture | Sydney | $750 | $850 | $1,000 | |
Solutions Architect Daily rate |
Architecture | Sydney | $1,000 | $1,100 | $1,200 | |
Big Data Architect Daily rate |
Analytics | Sydney | $850 | $1,000 | $1,300 | |
Data Architect Daily rate |
Analytics | Sydney | $900 | $1,000 | $1,300 | |
Business Intelligence Manager Daily rate |
Analytics | Sydney | $800 | $900 | $1,000 | |
Data Scientist Daily rate |
Analytics | Sydney | $700 | $900 | $1,200 | |
Data Engineer Daily rate |
Analytics | Sydney | $800 | $900 | $1,100 | |
Analytics Manager Daily rate |
Analytics | Sydney | $800 | $900 | $1,000 | |
Campaigns Analyst Daily rate |
Analytics | Sydney | $550 | $700 | $850 | |
Data Governance Specialist Daily rate |
Analytics | Sydney | $650 | $750 | $950 | |
Head of Data Governance Daily rate |
Analytics | Sydney | $1,000 | $1,200 | $1,400 | |
Insight Analyst/Predictive Modeller Daily rate |
Analytics | Sydney | $650 | $750 | $950 | |
Head of Data Science Daily rate |
Analytics | Sydney | $1,000 | $1,200 | $1,400 | |
Head of Analytics Daily rate |
Analytics | Sydney | $1,000 | $1,200 | $1,400 | |
BI Analyst Daily rate |
Analytics | Sydney | $650 | $750 | $950 | |
BI Developer Daily rate |
Analytics | Sydney | $650 | $750 | $950 |
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