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Ask HN: How's the IT job market in Australia?

2 points| vaib | 10 years ago | reply

Hi, So, me and my wife have this Permanent Residency Visa invite from Australia. But before saying "yes" to it (and giving them loads of money as visa fee!) I just wanted to reach out to the tech community here to know how easy or difficult it is as a Software Engineer in Australia? Maybe someone who recently moved there will be able to answer or maybe folks from Australia can better answer my query. We are in India right now.

Thanking in anticipation!

8 comments

[+] joshschreuder|10 years ago|reply

I just changed jobs in Melbourne about a month and a half ago and had no trouble.

The only thing you need to be careful of is your starting salary, as the cost of living in Australia will probably be considerably higher than you're used to.

[+] jarvizx|10 years ago|reply

I have the same question, but as you can have a Permanent Residency Visa invite from Australia? We are in Colombia and the process is very complicated.

[+] vaib|10 years ago|reply

Well, I don't think its complicated. I just took an IELTS exam, got my education and experience assessed by ACS and then made an EoI (Expression of Interest) application and got 60 points (which is the minimum one should have) and then after 2 months I had the invite.

[+] borplk|10 years ago|reply

In Sydney and Melbourne at least you'll have no problem finding decent jobs.

[+] vaib|10 years ago|reply

Yes,I heard that as well from a few others. Seems like Melbourne has more of IT industry than Sydney? So, umm, I am not sure if this is a good question to ask but what's the inflation rate in Australia and what would you say is the average salary for a software developer with about 5 years of Indian experience? I can find the numbers from sites but better to talk to someone regarding this.