Professional, scientific and technical services skills and workforce snapshot
Workforce overview
Victoria’s second largest employing industry:
- 380,000 people employed
- 10.1% of the Victorian workforce.
Top employing jobs in the industry:
- Accountants
- Software and applications programmers.
Workforce profile
- Predominantly higher‑education qualified workforce (72% versus 41% statewide) with a slightly higher proportion of males
- The computer system design and related services sub-sector employs approximately 30% of the industry’s total workforce
- Higher proportion of the workforce is aged 25 to 49 (67% compared with 57% statewide).
Projections
Victoria’s third highest growing industry:
- 35,900 new workers expected by 2028
- Growing at a rate of 1.6% per year to 2028, higher than the state average
- Employment growth drives over half of new workers expected by 2028.
Top growing jobs in the industry are:
- Software and applications programmers, +3,400 new workers by 2028
- Architects and landscape architects, +1,800 new workers by 2028.
Regional outlook
Regions expecting the highest share of new workers:
- Melbourne: Inner metropolitan Melbourne, +17,600 new workers by 2028
- Regional: Barwon, +1,300 new workers by 2028.
Skills demand
Most of the top growing jobs in the industry are highly skilled:
- Higher skilled jobs in the industry attract higher wages and have higher retention rates.
Most in-demand industry specific skills:
- Software development
- Business solutions.
Skills supply
Popular vocational education and training courses:
- Certificate IV in Building and Construction
- Certificate III in Information Technology.
Popular university study areas:
- Management and commerce
- Information technology.
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