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• ​Tech workers to enjoy double digit wage growth

  Australians working in technology, infrastructure and corporate governance are most likely to benefit from double digit wage growth this year.

• ​Today's tech skills redundant within a decade

  Almost half of the IT workers responding to a global survey believe that within 10 years their job will be automated, rendering their current skills redundant.

• 53% of IT workers coming from outside tech sector

  A major skills shift is underway across the Australian economy with 53 per cent of our total IT workforce now coming from outside the technology sector, according to new research.
  

• ​Salary the top reason technologists quit jobs

  A good salary was the top reason why IT workers worldwide would change jobs in 2015 and 38 per cent of Australian technologists planned to leave their employer in the next year.
  

• ​Home device security not up to scratch

  Only one in five Australian IT workers feel confident that they can control who has access to information collected by web-connected devices in their homes, compared to 65 per cent of consumers.
  

• IT experience to count towards master’s degree

  IT workers will soon be able to put their professional experience towards a master’s degree qualification in an offering Deakin University claims is a world-first.
  

• IT worker gap to hit 100K by 2020

  Australia is facing a massive skills crisis with a projected gap of more than 100,000 ICT workers over the next five years, according to a new report.
  

• Sydney CIOs commanding highest salaries

  Senior CIOs and IT directors in Sydney continue to command higher salaries than their counterparts in other states, earning $350,000 per annum with Melbourne its nearest rival at $300,000, according to Peoplebank’s quarterly Salary and Employment Index.
  

• Want a salary rise? You might get less than 3 per cent

  Slightly more than half of IT and telecommunications employers in Australia increased staff salaries by less than 3 per cent last year, according to a recruiter.
  

• Employers providing ‘counter offers’ to keep IT workers

  Employers are providing costly and ineffective ‘counter offers’ to retain IT workers in a rebounding market, according to a recruiter.
  

• ICT contract roles on the rise as hourly rates dip

  Recruiters are finding it difficult to snag IT workers for contract roles as the number of days it takes to fill these positions continues to rise across the country.
  

• Soft skills now an essential focus of IT recruitment

  Soft skills are becoming an essential focus of IT recruitment, with customer service and communication skills now weighted quite heavily for low level infrastructure support roles, according to the latest Hays Quarterly Report.

• Attention IT workers: New Zealand wants you

  There’s demand for IT jobs across the ditch and not enough workers to fill them.