Program completions have declined somewhat, falling from a high of 26,760 in 2015 to 19,450 in 2019. Program enrolments across the two ICT training packages remained stable at around 97,000 over the 2015–16 period but in 2019 enrolments have declined to 64,760. The spread of ICT workers was evident, with an estimated 51% of ICT worker employed outside of ICT specific industries. They forecast continued growth to a high of 758,700 by 2023. The 2018 report Australia’s Digital Pulse (from Deloitte Access Economics for the Australian Computer Society) reported Australia’s ICT workforce at 663,100 workers in 2017, up 3.5% from 640,800 in the previous year. Internet Service Providers, Web Search Portals and Data Processing Services increased as a sector of employment in 2019 but declined again in 2020 and is projected to continue up to 2024. This sector has seen relatively stable employment numbers over the period shown in the chart. The other large sector is Telecommunications Services. 2020 has seen the highest employment level with 271,800 and is projected to grow to 287,400 by 2024. This sector has seen strong growth over the past couple of decades. The chart shows that the largest sector by far is Computer System Design and Related Services. Further information on people employed in Information and Communications Technology by occupation can be found in the individual sector pages. People employed in jobs in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) work across all industries, so it is difficult to capture total employment by industry.Īs such, the employment data in the chart should be considered as indicative only. ICT10 – Integrated Telecommunications Training Package.Īll data sources are available at the end of the page.ICT – Information and Communications Technology Training Package.The training packages covering the Information and Communications Technology industry are:
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES INDUSTRY SOFTWARE
Programming, Software and Web Development.Please visit the following pages for data specific to the following Information and Communications Technology sectors: Digital media – this covers design and production of multimedia and games for various platforms.Telecommunications technology – this covers cabling, wireless, switching, transmission, radio frequency, and optical communications media and internet protocol networks.Information technology – this covers all areas related to processing, manipulating and managing information.The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry can be seen as comprising three main areas: