2026 Salary Explorer

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Submit your current salary to unlock live 2026 benchmarks across 350+ IT and digital roles in Australia. Permanent, contract, and freelance rates all in one place.

350+ roles across 12 disciplines Permanent, daily & hourly rates Australia-wide data
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State / Territory

Data is benchmarked to VIC (Melbourne) as the national baseline. State modifiers apply.

Historical market movement

See How Salaries Have Moved

Explore published Australian salary-guide benchmarks over time. Each point retains its source, role definition and market; where comparable data does not exist, the gap is shown rather than estimated.

Market intelligence · permanent base salaries

Salary Drift Explorer

Published salary movement by role and market. Gaps mean no directly comparable published data was available for that role and market.

Observed movement

+14.8%

4 verified observations

Typical published salaryPublished salary rangeExcludes superannuation

Latest typical benchmark

$140K

Published range

$130K–$170K

Market

Sydney, NSW

Coverage

Verified series

About the Data

How We Build the Benchmark

Market Research

Benchmarks are built from extensive market research covering real placements and live market offers across Australia. Data reflects mid-market benchmarks.

Candidate Submissions

Anonymised salary submissions from professionals like you continuously enrich the dataset, keeping benchmarks current and representative.

Methodology

Contract daily rates use the corrected market formula: Annual × 1.12 ÷ 220 actual working days × 1.25 market loading. Hourly = Daily ÷ 8 hours. All figures exclude superannuation.

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