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Statistics: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Where is the demand?
7,084 Job Posts found in Australia and New Zealand from August 2018 – August 2019.
- New South Wales (2,360)
- Victoria (1,427)
- New Zealand (1,085)
- Queensland (881)
- Western Australia (740)
- South Australia (309)
- Australian Capital Territory (166)
- Tasmania (60)
- Northern Territory (56)
What jobs are in demand?
7,084 Job Posts found in Australia and New Zealand from August 2018 – August 2019.
- Electrical Engineer (2,519)
- Design Engineer (1,983)
- Telecommunications Engineer (907)
- Field Service Technician (802)
- Product Design Engineer (319)
- Electronics Engineer (263)
- Medical Imaging Technologist (222)
- Field Service Engineer (189)
- Engineering Associate (141)
Level of Education and Experience required
These results are from ‘Burning Glass’ in Australia and New Zealand from August 2018 – August 2019. Example: Job Postings that request a Bachelors Degree, 52.3% of them require 3 – 5 years of experience. 3,845 classified postings.
Note: 46% of records have been excluded because they do not include both a qualification level and experience requirements. As a result, the chart below may not be representative of the full sample.
Bachelor/Honour degrees
1,123 postings.
- 0 – 2 years of experience (16.4%)
- 3 – 5 years of experience (52.3%)
- 6 – 8 years of experience (15.5%)
- 9+ Years of experience (14.7%)
Diplomas and Associates degrees
45 postings.
- 0 – 2 years of experience (31.1%)
- 3 – 5 years of experience (60%)
- 6 – 8 years of experience (8.9%)
- 9+ Years of experience (0%)
Certificates (levels one to four)
85 postings.
- 0 – 2 years of experience (24.7%)
- 3 – 5 years of experience (70.6%)
- 6 – 8 years of experience (2.4%)
- 9+ Years of experience (0%)
What skills do you need?
These results are from ‘Burning Glass’ and are based on the keyword ‘Electrical Engineer, Design Engineer, Telecommunications Engineer, Field service technician, Product Design Engineer, Electronics Engineer, Medical Imaging technologist, Field Service Engineer, Engineering Associate, Biomedical engineer, Computer Engineer, Network Design Engineer, Telecommunications, Product design, Electronic engineers‘ in Australia and New Zealand from August 2018 – August 2019.
4,658 classified postings.
Professional Skills
10 most listed professional skills required
- Communication skills (1,785)
- Planning (731)
- Problem Solving (684)
- Troubleshooting (377)
- Detail-Oriented (374)
- Writing (337)
- Computer Literacy (328)
- Research (314)
- Building Effective Relationships (295)
- Organisation skills (284)
Specialised Skills
10 most listed specialised skills required
- Electrical Engineering (1,790)
- Project Management (755)
- Commissioning (645)
- Engineering Design and Installation (478)
- Electrical Design (474)
- Civil Engineering (469)
- Engineering Design (425)
- AutoCAD (418)
- Technical Support (399)
- Mechanical Engineering (292)
Software Skills
10 most listed software skills required
- AutoCAD (418)
- Microsoft Office (226)
- SCADA (197)
- Microsoft Excel (152)
- Revit (131)
- SolidWorks (112)
- Design software (97)
- Civil 3D (85)
- SAP (79)
- Computer Aided Draughting/Design (CAD) (78)
Who is hiring?
These results are from ‘Burning Glass’ and are based on the keyword ‘Electrical Engineer, Design Engineer, Telecommunications Engineer, Field service technician, Product Design Engineer, Electronics Engineer, Medical Imaging technologist, Field Service Engineer, Engineering Associate, Biomedical engineer, Computer Engineer, Network Design Engineer, Telecommunications, Product design, Electronic engineers‘ in Australia and New Zealand from August 2018 – August 2019. 3,036 classified postings.
Note: 57% of records have been excluded because they do not include an employer. As a result, the chart below may not be representative of the full sample.
New South Wales Government
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Jacobs Associates
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AECOM Technology Corporation
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Salaries
What do the salaries look like?
These results are from ‘Burning Glass’ in Australia and New Zealand from August 2018 – August 2019. 1,305 classified postings.
Note: 82% of records have been excluded because they do not include salary information. As a result, the chart below may not be representative of the full sample. Median Salary is rounded to the nearest thousandth for ease of reference.
- Mean real-time salary = $104K
- Median real-time salary = $96K
- More than $150,000 (152)
- $100,000 – $149,000 (476)
- $75,000 – $99,999 (394)
- $50,000 – $74,999 (251)
- $35,000 – $49,999 (32)
Find your specific career path
Electronics Engineering
- Electronics Engineer
- Product Design Engineer
- Engineering Associate
- Electronics Engineering Technologist
- Electronic Equipment Technician
Computer Network Engineering and Biomedical Engineering
- Network Design Engineer
- Computer Engineer
- Biomedical Engineer
Telecommunications Engineering
- Telecommunications Engineer
- Network Test Engineer
- Project Engineer Telecommunications
- Telecommunications Design Engineer
Electrical Engineering
- Electrical and Instrument Engineer
- Electrical Asset Engineer
- Electrical Design Engineer
- Electrical Services Engineer
- Electrical Systems Engineer
- Electrical and Controls Engineer
- Electrical Engineer – Electrometallurgy
- Electrical Engineer – Oil and Gas
- Electrical Engineer – Mining Services
- Electrical Engineer – Energy
- Senior Electrical Engineer
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