IT Job Salary Rankings & Pay Rates in Australia (2026)

💰 Top Paying Job Titles

Highest-paying roles with active vacancies in Australia.

Rank	Job Title	Median Salary	Live Jobs	Trends	Courses
1	Senior Data Analyst	A$140,146	🌐 460 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
2	Lead Data Manager	A$140,000	🌐 414 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
3	Cyber Security Engineer	A$160,000	🌐 371 globally Browse jobs → 🔥 Hot	View →	Courses →
4	Data Analyst	A$112,320	🌐 567 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
5	Platform Developer	A$135,000	🌐 444 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
6	Data Specialist	A$108,482	🌐 485 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
7	Data Manager	A$185,893	🌐 494 globally Browse jobs → 🔥 Hot	View →	Courses →
8	Lead Platform Engineer	A$200,000	🌐 262 globally Browse jobs → 🔥 Hot	View →	Courses →
9	Business Intelligence Manager	A$190,000	🌐 239 globally Browse jobs → 🔥 Hot	View →	Courses →
10	Senior Data Engineer	A$185,000	🌐 387 globally Browse jobs → 🔥 Hot	View →	Courses →
11	Senior Data Consultant	A$150,000	🌐 269 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
12	Cloud Manager	A$145,000	🌐 260 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
13	AI Analyst	A$140,000	🌐 377 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
14	Lead Data Developer	A$155,909	🌐 313 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
15	Business Intelligence Analyst	A$126,939	🌐 392 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
16	C# Developer	A$120,000	🌐 352 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
17	AI Manager	A$195,000	🌐 330 globally Browse jobs → 🔥 Hot	View →	Courses →
18	Platform Analyst	A$142,841	🌐 286 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
19	Lead Platform Manager	A$140,000	🌐 248 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
20	Cyber Security Analyst	A$130,000	🌐 80 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
21	Platform Manager	A$125,000	🌐 399 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
22	Lead Data Engineer	A$180,000	🌐 434 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
23	Senior Cloud Engineer	A$178,880	🌐 407 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
24	AI Developer	A$150,000	🌐 237 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
25	AI Architect	A$206,640	🌐 828 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
26	Lead Data Analyst	A$136,064	🌐 407 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
27	C# Engineer	A$135,000	🌐 392 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
28	React Developer	A$95,000	🌐 266 globally Browse jobs → Cool	View →	Courses →
29	Platform Engineer	A$234,000	🌐 318 globally Browse jobs → 🔥 Hot	View →	Courses →
30	Java Developer	A$151,250	🌐 474 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
31	Spring Boot Developer	A$150,000	🌐 238 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
32	DevOps Engineer	A$123,750	🌐 461 globally Browse jobs → Cool	View →	Courses →
33	Junior Data Analyst	A$91,986	🌐 464 globally Browse jobs → Cool	View →	Courses →
34	Senior Python Engineer	A$170,000	🌐 457 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
35	Data Consultant	A$135,000	🌐 268 globally Browse jobs → Cool	View →	Courses →
36	Lead Data Architect	A$208,000	🌐 316 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
37	Senior Data Manager	A$185,000	🌐 420 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
38	Senior DevOps Engineer	A$177,500	🌐 434 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
39	AI Engineer	A$155,000	🌐 439 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
40	Senior Platform Manager	A$150,000	🌐 309 globally Browse jobs → Cool	View →	Courses →
41	ETL Manager	A$148,569	🌐 183 globally Browse jobs → Cool	View →	Courses →
42	Java Engineer	A$175,000	🌐 358 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
43	Vue.js Developer	A$155,000	🌐 144 globally Browse jobs → Cool	View →	Courses →
44	Flask Developer	A$150,000	🌐 118 globally Browse jobs → Cool	View →	Courses →
45	AI Specialist	A$130,000	🌐 358 globally Browse jobs → Cool	View →	Courses →
175	Lead C# Engineer	A$270,000	🌐 77 globally Browse jobs → Cool	View →	Courses →
211	Junior Python Developer	A$77,000	🌐 57 globally Browse jobs → Cool	View →	Courses →

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🔥 Most In-Demand Skills

Technologies most frequently required across IT job titles in Australia.

Rank	Skill Name	Job Titles	Live Job Mentions	Action
1	Python	201 roles	935 ads	Learn This
2	AWS	148 roles	505 ads	Learn This
3	SQL	108 roles	398 ads	Learn This
4	Microsoft Azure	95 roles	275 ads	Learn This
5	Java	92 roles	303 ads	Learn This
6	Kubernetes	77 roles	281 ads	Learn This
7	Terraform	51 roles	157 ads	Learn This
8	JavaScript	50 roles	166 ads	Learn This
9	Docker	50 roles	178 ads	Learn This
10	TypeScript	47 roles	165 ads	Learn This
11	C++	37 roles	84 ads	Learn This
12	DevOps	24 roles	105 ads	Learn This
13	Git	21 roles	62 ads	Learn This
14	Google Cloud Platform	19 roles	35 ads	Learn This
15	Artificial Intelligence	15 roles	23 ads	Learn This
16	Node.js	14 roles	40 ads	Learn This
17	Linux	13 roles	40 ads	Learn This
18	PostgreSQL	12 roles	33 ads	Learn This
19	Machine Learning	12 roles	33 ads	Learn This
20	Apache Kafka	11 roles	23 ads	Learn This
21	Microservices	11 roles	38 ads	Learn This
22	Jira	9 roles	34 ads	Learn This
23	Spring Boot	8 roles	28 ads	Learn This
24	network security	8 roles	40 ads	Learn This
25	API	4 roles	7 ads	Learn This
26	Bash	4 roles	11 ads	Learn This
27	MLOps	3 roles	8 ads	Learn This
28	REST APIs	3 roles	3 ads	Learn This
29	ServiceNow	3 roles	9 ads	Learn This
30	Cybersecurity	3 roles	13 ads	Learn This
31	AI/ML	3 roles	3 ads	Learn This
32	NoSQL	3 roles	6 ads	Learn This
33	Agile	3 roles	13 ads	Learn This
34	sql server	3 roles	3 ads	Learn This
35	ospf	3 roles	11 ads	Learn This
36	bgp	3 roles	11 ads	Learn This
37	Rust	3 roles	6 ads	Learn This
38	sd-wan	2 roles	2 ads	Learn This
39	data lineage	2 roles	9 ads	Learn This
40	data analytics	2 roles	6 ads	Learn This
41	identity and access management (iam)	2 roles	9 ads	Learn This
42	Scrum	2 roles	9 ads	Learn This
43	sap s/4hana	2 roles	10 ads	Learn This
44	RAG	2 roles	2 ads	Learn This
45	LLMs	2 roles	2 ads	Learn This
46	lan	2 roles	5 ads	Learn This
47	.NET Core	2 roles	2 ads	Learn This
48	wan	2 roles	5 ads	Learn This

📈 Median Salary History — Highest Paid 5 Roles

Monthly median salary for the top-paying IT roles in Australia.