According to the latest salary and employment index from ICT recruiter Peoplebank there was steady growth in ICT demand in the three months from August to October, with the strongest demand for professionals with cloud and digital skills, and some pockets of demand for infrastructure skills as organisations expand their overall capacity.
Peoplebank CEO Peter Acheson says that while ICT industry growth is out-performing the broader economy, demand is shifting rapidly away from traditional IT roles towards digital, cloud and newly-emerging roles.
Acheson also notes the beginning of a trend for organisations, especially in Victoria and South Australia, to convert contract roles into permanent positions, “recognising the importance of owning their IP in technology”.
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"While the ICT industry is in the box seat - in terms of being an industry that's increasingly at the centre of corporate planning - it's clear that the sector is in a state of flux,” Acheson says.
“Many organisations are re-structuring their IT departments, making some roles becoming redundant and creating new roles that reflect the new drivers of growth, especially the priority of leveraging digital technologies that help improve the customer experience."
Acheson says that overall demand is also being driven by new projects in the banking sector, which is the traditional driver of ICT skills demand. “The sector - especially in NSW - is hungriest for Project Managers (PMs) and Business Analysts (BAs) with payments, infrastructure projects and digital/mobile domain experience as well as for PMs with Agile skills.
NSW has had the strongest growth in demand, with incremental improvements in August - October building on the State's strong May-July period, which saw 20% growth.
Peoplebank Salary Survey (for permanent roles) - Summer 2014
Row 1 - October 2014, Row 2 - Jan 2014, Row 3 - March 2013
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Position |
Sydney |
ACT |
Melbourne |
Brisbane |
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Perth |
Adelaide |
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Senior Business Analyst |
$120,000 $120,000 $120,000 |
$110,000 $120,000 $115,000 |
$130,000 $130,000 $130,000 |
$120,000 $120,000 $120,000
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$130,000 $130,000 $130,000 |
$120,000 $120,000 $120,000
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Senior J2EE Architect |
$150,000 $150,000 $150,000 |
$120,000 $150,000 $150,000 |
$150,000 $150,000 $150,000 |
$145,000 $135,000 $128,500
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$140,000 n/a |
$120,000 $120,000 $120,000
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Senior Oracle Financials – Functional |
$140,000 $140,000 $140,000 |
$125,000 $100,000 $100,000 |
$130,000 $130,000 $130,000 |
$120,000 $120,000 $120,000 |
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$120,000 $120,000 $120,000 |
$130,000 $130,000 $130,000
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Senior SAP – Functional |
$130,000 $130,000 $130,000 |
$130,000 $150,000 $150,000 |
$140,000 $140,000 $140,000 |
$130,000 $130,000 $130,000 |
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$140,000 $140,000 $140,000 |
$150,000 $150,000 $150,000+
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Senior CIO/IT Director |
$350,000 $350,000 $350,000 |
$205,000 $205,000 $205,000 |
$300,000 $300,000 $300,000 |
$190,000 $190,000 $190,000
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$250,000 $250,000 $250,000 |
$240,000 $240,000 $250,000+
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Senior IT Manager |
$180,000 $180,000 $180,000 |
$180,000 $120,000 $120,000 |
$150,000 $150,000 $150,000 |
$110,000 $110,000 $110,000
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$170,000 $170,000 $170,000 |
$150,000 $150,000 $150,000
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