Of the 407,000 IT Professionals in Australia, include occupations such as Network Managers, Data Communications and Systems Analysts. 239,000 are being tertiary qualifiedthey predominantly,
21.4% were born in Asia, 35,000 were born in India and 13,000 were born in Mainland China and Hong Kong. Australia
IT Professionals tend to work in small to medium enterprises, 1-299 employees (62.5%). 37% work for large companies (300+ employees).
80% of IT Professionals are male.
Over half of IT Professionals are aged 25-39. The median age of an IT Professional is 38 years old.
There are 83,000 women classified as IT Professionals in 2008, this is an increase of 6,000 (or 7.7%) compared to 2007.
On average IT Professionals travel 18kms to work, one kilometre more than the average population.
IT Professionals rely upon their car for transport, 92% of them are drivers. Only 5% have company cars (Company, Family Business or Government Department).
They rarely travel by public transport. In the last 3 months, 32% of IT Professionals have travelled on buses, 48% have travelled by train, 18% have travelled by tram, and 5% have travelled by ferry.
85% Reside on the eastern seaboard and in capital cities