A slideshow presentation in PowerPoint format on current indicators of supply and demand in the Australian ICT labour market can be viewed by clicking the link below. Users who would like to read the notes to the slides should choose the 'Save' option and open the copy saved to their local drive. Alternatively, a copy can be requested from the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) by e-mailing Bob Bunnett. The labour force data in this presentation are current as at August 2008.
ICT labour market PowerPoint presentation
There are nine 'key' (ASCO Unit group) occupations in the ICT sector (although there are other occupations which include elements of ICT related skills and tasks). The following table shows the number employed and the share of employment for each of these key ICT occupations in May 2008.
ASCO Code |
Occupation |
Employed '000 |
Share of ICT employment (%) |
2231 |
Computing Professionals |
166.9 |
44.7 |
3294 |
Computing Support Technicians |
46.3 |
12.4 |
1224 |
IT Managers |
41.7 |
11.2 |
4315 |
Electronic Tradespersons |
37.7 |
10.1 |
2125 |
Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
35.3 |
9.5 |
4316 |
Communications Tradespersons |
22.0 |
5.9 |
3124 |
Electronic Engineering Associate Professionals |
11.1 |
3.0 |
3123 |
Electrical Engineering Associate Professionals |
10.0 |
2.7 |
4314 |
Electronic Instrument Tradespersons |
2.2 |
0.6 |
|
Total employment in ICT occupations |
373.2 |
100 |
Source: DEEWR Trend Data based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – May 2008
Computing Professionals and IT Managers - together comprise 'ICT Professionals'. In May 2008 there were 176 200 Computing Professionals and 42 600 IT Managers, or 218 800 ICT Professionals. (Source: ABS Labour Force Survey, May 2008; DEEWR trend data). The following shows key labour market statistics for the 'Computing Professionals' group.
- DEEWR State and Territory Skill Shortages List
- DEEWR State/Territory ICT Assessment Reports
As part of its six monthly assessment of the ICT labour market, DEEWR staff around Australia produce written reports on local ICT skills supply and demand. Click here for the 2008 State/Territory reports: - Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL)
- Fourteen ICT specialisations are currently included on the MODL: CISSP; C++/C#/C; Data Warehousing; Java; J2EE; Linux; .Net technologies; Network Security; Oracle; PeopleSoft; SAP; SIEBEL; Solaris and Unix.
The former Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA)
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