June 10, 2025

Australia & APAC Tech & Digital Market & Salary Report 2025

Australia is on the brink of a tech workforce transformation. With over 1 million tech professionals and a forecast to hit 1.3 million by 2030, the country is reshaping what the digital economy looks like—locally and across the region.

But in a market this fast-moving, staying competitive requires more than guesswork.

This report delivers the data-driven insights every hiring leader, HR professional, and tech executive needs to make informed decisions in 2025 and beyond.

What’s Inside the Report?

  • Tech Hiring Trends 2025: Explore which roles are booming across software, AI, cybersecurity, cloud, and data—and why.
  • State of the Market: Learn how Australia’s tech workforce compares globally and where talent shortages are most acute.
  • Remote & Offshore Dynamics: Get real-world insights into hybrid work trends and the rise of borderless teams across Southeast Asia and South Asia.
  • Salary Benchmarks by Role & Country: Transparent compensation data for Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Vietnam, Sri Lanka & the Philippines.
  • Emerging Roles for 2030: Discover the future of hiring—from prompt engineers and DevSecOps specialists to quantum and climate tech professionals.
  • Actionable Recommendations: From reskilling and fast-track hiring to remote collaboration and employer branding—see what top firms are doing right.

Why Download This Report?

Whether you're scaling an engineering team in Sydney, building a data hub in Vietnam, or offshoring cloud roles to Malaysia—this guide arms you with the compensation benchmarks and hiring strategies to make the right move.

With 226,000 tech roles forecasted to go unfilled by 2030 in Australia alone, there's never been a more critical time to understand the evolving tech talent landscape.

Don’t fall behind in one of the world’s most competitive hiring markets. Get the insights that matter. Make decisions that last.

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