ACS Young Tech Ambassadors
Placing young tech professionals in high schools to build their skills and help inspire the next generation of tech talent.
Technology professionals with the right skills, knowledge and networks are critical to Australia’s future.
Find your career path
Career platforms, programs and courses to propel you on your tech journey.
Schools’ programs
Connecting school students with industry partners to highlight career pathways and endless possibilities in Australia’s tech sector.
Teachers’ resources
Equipping Primary and Secondary school tech teachers with the tools and confidence to deliver the Digital Technologies Curriculum.
Teachers’ professional development
Providing a dedicated program of study for ICT teachers that aligns with the Australian Digital Technologies Curriculum.
Develop your skills and knowledge faster
ACS mentoring program
Supercharge your career with one-of-a-kind experiences from industry leaders. You benefit from personal insights and a willingness to nurture your talent. You build unique knowledge and your professional network to accelerate your career.
Gain exclusive access to internships and graduate jobs
ACS Career Platform
Be among the first to access internships, graduate jobs, and career opportunities from Australia’s leading businesses. Benefit from a wide range of career-seeker’s advice and resources to stand out in Australia’s competitive tech jobs market.
Upskilling built around you
ACS learning and development courses
Enhance your knowledge and supplement your study or career development with practical, hands-on courses in high-demand areas like AI, cybersecurity and data-driven leadership.
Align your skills to industry standards
ACS Diploma of Information Technology
Kickstart your tech career or upgrade your IT skills with the ACS diploma in IT. Perfect for tech students and career changers, our course is also relevant to educators and career consultants wishing to grasp tech’s key concepts.
FAQs – frequently asked questions
Australia’s tech sector is thriving, growing faster than many other sectors and contributing over $167 billion to the economy. Competition for jobs is, therefore, extremely fierce. Most new tech professionals come from reskilling, so continuous learning and gaining new skills and knowledge is vital. Approximately half of Australia’s tech workforce is born overseas, making skilled migration an important pathway into the sector. There are also 1.1 million ‘near tech’ workers, people with synergistic skills and experience able to switch careers. As the professional association for Australia’s tech sector, we are across the areas of growth and the pathways to in-demand jobs.
Australia needs an additional 312,000 professionals by 2030 or risks missing out on disruptive technologies such as AI, Cloud and data analytics. Consequently, skills for roles in the deployment of AI, machine learning and cybersecurity are in high demand.
Roles such as CIO (Chief Information Officer), CTO (Chief Technology Officer), and CSA (Cyber Security Architect) can command salaries well more than $350K. These roles require many years of experience and the ability to maintain skills relevant to technological advances.
Generative AI is changing society faster than any technology before it. Today, every business is a tech business, dependent upon digital transformation to maintain competitiveness, productivity, and growth. Tech professionals who master AI models and frameworks for machine learning and deep learning will be in high demand. So will professionals with an understanding of infrastructure, cloud platforms, and data monitoring. Those who can mitigate bias and navigate the ethics and fairness of AI models will also be sought after.
Technical skills that enable the deployment of AI and machine learning models, cybersecurity, data analytics, and software programming are all in high demand. However, human and interpersonal skills are what Australia’s tech employers prize the most. Communication, problem-solving, and critical thinking are essential for professionals aiming to lead large tech teams and digital transformation projects.