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	Cyber Security Engineer	A$160,000	🌐 508 globally Browse jobs → 🔥 Hot	View →	Courses →
2	Lead Data Manager	A$130,000	🌐 437 globally Browse jobs → 🔥 Hot	View →	Courses →
3	Business Intelligence Manager	A$105,171	🌐 309 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
4	Platform Developer	A$135,000	🌐 448 globally Browse jobs → 🔥 Hot	View →	Courses →
5	Senior Data Engineer	A$170,000	🌐 423 globally Browse jobs → 🔥 Hot	View →	Courses →
6	C# Developer	A$170,000	🌐 372 globally Browse jobs → 🔥 Hot	View →	Courses →
7	Senior Data Analyst	A$136,064	🌐 416 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
8	Data Manager	A$124,530	🌐 453 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
9	Data Specialist	A$122,410	🌐 489 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
10	Data Analyst	A$115,471	🌐 465 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
11	Cloud Manager	A$136,064	🌐 358 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
12	Lead Platform Engineer	A$205,000	🌐 253 globally Browse jobs → 🔥 Hot	View →	Courses →
13	AI Analyst	A$150,000	🌐 405 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
14	Lead AI Engineer	A$210,000	🌐 448 globally Browse jobs → 🔥 Hot	View →	Courses →
15	Lead Data Engineer	A$195,000	🌐 384 globally Browse jobs → 🔥 Hot	View →	Courses →
16	.NET Developer	A$177,500	🌐 423 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
17	DevOps Architect	A$160,978	🌐 342 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
18	Platform Analyst	A$140,000	🌐 371 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
19	Go Engineer	A$110,000	🌐 436 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
20	AI Manager	A$195,000	🌐 304 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
21	C# Engineer	A$180,000	🌐 378 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
22	Lead Platform Manager	A$150,000	🌐 235 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
23	Platform Manager	A$125,000	🌐 394 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
24	AI Developer	A$119,647	🌐 281 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
25	Spring Boot Developer	A$90,000	🌐 332 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
26	ETL Manager	A$279,500	🌐 372 globally Browse jobs → 🔥 Hot	View →	Courses →
27	Lead AI Developer	A$225,000	🌐 268 globally Browse jobs → 🔥 Hot	View →	Courses →
28	Senior Cloud Engineer	A$221,000	🌐 321 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
29	Lead Data Analyst	A$150,000	🌐 361 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
30	Senior Data Consultant	A$150,000	🌐 273 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
31	Senior C# Engineer	A$150,000	🌐 326 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
32	React Developer	A$120,000	🌐 261 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
33	Business Intelligence Analyst	A$114,899	🌐 448 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
34	Senior AI Engineer	A$234,000	🌐 424 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
35	Azure Engineer	A$188,370	🌐 509 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
36	Lead Data Consultant	A$180,000	🌐 351 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
37	Python Developer	A$160,000	🌐 284 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
38	DevOps Developer	A$135,000	🌐 208 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
39	AI Architect	A$167,500	🌐 342 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
40	ETL Developer	A$157,500	🌐 312 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
41	Senior Platform Engineer	A$150,000	🌐 395 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
42	Cyber Security Analyst	A$136,064	🌐 285 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
43	Lead Data Developer	A$120,000	🌐 372 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
44	Java Developer	A$119,600	🌐 879 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
45	Node.js Developer	A$115,000	🌐 255 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
46	Senior Data Architect	A$200,000	🌐 300 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
47	Lead AI Manager	A$175,000	🌐 387 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
48	Senior Machine Learning Engineer	A$170,000	🌐 299 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
49	Cloud Analyst	A$160,000	🌐 303 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
50	Senior Platform Developer	A$152,500	🌐 284 globally Browse jobs → Warm	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	180 roles	795 ads	Learn This
2	AWS	142 roles	470 ads	Learn This
3	SQL	102 roles	357 ads	Learn This
4	Microsoft Azure	91 roles	252 ads	Learn This
5	Java	88 roles	278 ads	Learn This
6	Kubernetes	70 roles	235 ads	Learn This
7	JavaScript	47 roles	147 ads	Learn This
8	Docker	46 roles	153 ads	Learn This
9	TypeScript	45 roles	153 ads	Learn This
10	Terraform	45 roles	121 ads	Learn This
11	C++	35 roles	71 ads	Learn This
12	Git	21 roles	62 ads	Learn This
13	DevOps	21 roles	86 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	PostgreSQL	12 roles	33 ads	Learn This
18	Linux	12 roles	33 ads	Learn This
19	Machine Learning	11 roles	26 ads	Learn This
20	Apache Kafka	11 roles	23 ads	Learn This
21	Microservices	10 roles	32 ads	Learn This
22	Jira	8 roles	29 ads	Learn This
23	Spring Boot	7 roles	22 ads	Learn This
24	network security	6 roles	30 ads	Learn This
25	Bash	4 roles	11 ads	Learn This
26	API	4 roles	7 ads	Learn This
27	bgp	3 roles	11 ads	Learn This
28	Agile	3 roles	13 ads	Learn This
29	NoSQL	3 roles	6 ads	Learn This
30	AI/ML	3 roles	3 ads	Learn This
31	REST APIs	3 roles	3 ads	Learn This
32	MLOps	3 roles	8 ads	Learn This
33	Rust	3 roles	6 ads	Learn This
34	ServiceNow	3 roles	9 ads	Learn This
35	sql server	3 roles	3 ads	Learn This
36	ospf	3 roles	11 ads	Learn This
37	.NET Core	2 roles	2 ads	Learn This
38	sd-wan	2 roles	2 ads	Learn This
39	LLMs	2 roles	2 ads	Learn This
40	data analytics	2 roles	6 ads	Learn This
41	Scrum	2 roles	9 ads	Learn This
42	sap s/4hana	2 roles	10 ads	Learn This
43	lan	2 roles	5 ads	Learn This
44	wan	2 roles	5 ads	Learn This
45	RAG	2 roles	2 ads	Learn This
46	Cybersecurity	2 roles	8 ads	Learn This

📈 Median Salary History — Highest Paid 5 Roles

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