Working as a software developer in Australia
What official sources say about working as a software developer in Australia: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.
In Australia, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes software developers, earns ≈ 4,662 EUR/month (gross, 2021). Software developer is a regulated profession in Australia. Foreign qualifications go through: Where an ICT occupation requires an ACS migration skills assessment, applicants use the eligible ACS pathway matching their qualification and work experience; General Skills is one pathway and its criteria vary.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 4,662 EUR/month (gross, 2021)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Where an ICT occupation requires an ACS migration skills assessment, applicants use the eligible ACS pathway matching their qualification and work experience; General Skills is one pathway and its criteria vary.
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Australia: ≈ 4,662 EUR/month (gross, 2021), from ILO. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of software developers alone.
Regulation and recognition
Software developer is a regulated profession in Australia.
- Recognition route
- Where an ICT occupation requires an ACS migration skills assessment, applicants use the eligible ACS pathway matching their qualification and work experience; General Skills is one pathway and its criteria vary.
- Recognition authority
- Australian Computer Society (ACS) for migration skills assessment of eligible ICT occupations.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Software developer in Australia: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version abda93c579262724785607161e1ae1b0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/software-developer/australia/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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