Australia needs 200,000 more jobs to thrive in digital economy.
According to the 2018 edition of the Australian Computer Society (ACS) Digital Pulse report, the country needs a further 100,000 technology jobs on top of the 100,000 roles already forecast in the next five years.
In just the last three years, 63,000 new tech roles were created, with the Australian ICT workforce growing 3.5 per cent from 640,800 workers in 2016, to 663,100 workers in 2017.
In May, a Digital and Technology Collective Digital Skills and Salary report 2018, showed that digital and technology professionals were earning a median salary of $131,500, about 56 per cent more than the Australian median salary of $84,000.
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