Tech Talk – Local Trends in IT

The pace of change, together with development of new and emerging technologies has never been so great, nor more disruptive. This presents exciting opportunities for Australia to deliver new sources of growth, and with the government’s innovation agenda the trend for technical and digital investment by business is set to continue. 

The IT job market in Australia is stabilising and ready for a promising quarter through to year end. IT recruitment activity continues to be buoyant with companies and enterprises prioritising their investment decisions in uplifting technology platforms and systems for innovation, continuous improvement and customer experience. This has seen increased demand for senior IT leaders (architects and engineers) in heading up strategic initiatives, alongside skilled open source technical specialists and Java developers with a hunger for automation and continuous integration. Companies are also increasingly seeking ‘technology agnostic’ talent with technical aptitude and operational knowledge.

It is a great time for technical professionals and job seekers with the demand for technical talent expected to further intensify. The opportunity to get involved in high trend and innovative technologies is real. Longer term employment projections for technical services remain strong and technology professionals are projected to be significant contributors to national employment growth through to 2020.