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Australia’s IT Skills Shortage – The War for Talent
Feb 3, 2022 | 12 min
Introduction
The current IT sector in Australia exemplifies the market forces of supply and demand at work.
Through the digitisation of their operations, organisations have been able to maintain their services during the COVID enforced lockdowns.
Demand for IT executives has increased to meet this need.
The loss of skilled migrants in IT due to border closures reduced the pool of available IT talent for hire. One senior IT executive stated, “right now everyone is in an arms race for critical talent.”
ADAPT’s Research and Advisory clients have highlighted the challenges presented by these skills shortages. During the third quarter of 2021, ADAPT conducted a qualitative survey among local IT executives to:
- Assess whether the challenges of attracting and retaining staff are exacerbated by…