ACS highlights Qld ICT jobs growth
More than 10,000 new tech jobs will be created in Queensland over the next five years.
That’s according to the 2018 ACS Australia’s Digital Pulse report, which has just been released in Brisbane.
The report highlights ICT jobs growth over the next five years, with an annualised growth rate of 1.7%.
“The demand for digital skills in our economy is exploding,” said ACS President Yohan Ramasundara.
“The growth of artificial intelligence, automation and the Internet of Things is driving significant disruption across all industries, and highly trained ICT professionals are in more demand than ever before.
“If we want to be competitive in the world economy, we need to invigorate the education and training sectors to increase Australia’s ICT talent pool.”
ACS Queensland Branch Chair Mike Driver highlighted the work of the Queensland Government in supporting the sector.
“It comes as no surprise that Queensland is on the cusp of a digital boom. We have seen in recent years a concerted effort by government to collaborate with the industry and academic sectors to help build a thriving start-up and digital ecosystem.
“We are predicting a 3.0% annual growth in ICT management and operations which will account for almost half of the 10,000 projected jobs. Many of these will be filled out of the start-up sector as we see young tech leaders scale their businesses into operations that will power technology exports.”
The report also investigates Australia’s international competitiveness in ICT, finding that Australia is in the middle of the pack without any movement over the last five years.
ACS Australia’s Digital Pulse 2018 investigates the digital policy environment in Australia and looks at the potential levers to encourage businesses to invest in new technologies, innovation and skills development. It reveals how we can accelerate digitally led economic growth and improve Australia’s overall international ICT competitiveness.
The full report can be downloaded at https://www.acs.org.au/content/dam/acs/acs-publications/aadp2018.pdf.
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