Australia and New Zealand Software Development | Talent Pool Report
- 1. Talent Pool Report
Software Development
Australia and New Zealand
Q1 2014
By The Numbers
171,420 LinkedIn members
24,685 recent grads have
joined the workforce
21% of software
development professionals
are manager or above
1 in 6 changed jobs in the
past 12 months
Software development
professionals in Sydney
Area are 2.5x more likely to
be contacted by a recruiter
than those in Auckland
Overview & Methodology
A world of insights can be gathered from
LinkedIn’s 259 million members - the
world’s largest professional network.
Talent pools are defined by member
skillset, based on the skills and keywords
on a member profile. Skillsets group
similar and related skills that are critical
to a certain profession or industry.
Within each skillset LinkedIn Recruiter
activity and member characteristics are
used to determine supply and demand
for talent. A higher demand index
means that the average professional in a
region is interacting with recruiters more
frequently than peers in other regions.
Data about job consideration comes
from our semiannual talent drivers
survey of over 100,000 members.
Where should you look for talent?
What skills and keywords should you look for?
HIGH-DEMAND
HIDDENGEMS
SATURATED
# of LinkedIn Members
DemandIndex
MoreDemand
2,000 5,000 10,000 20,000 50,0001,000
Australia - Other
Brisbane Area (AU)
Sydney Area (AU)
Melbourne Area (AU)
New Zealand - All
Perth Area (AU)
Adelaide Area (AU)
Wellington & Wairarapa (NZ)
Waikato (NZ)
Canberra Area (AU)
New South
Wales (AU)
Queensland (AU)
LessDemand
Canterbury &
West Coast (NZ)
Auckland (NZ)
Newcastle Area (AU)
Requirements Analysis
Agile Methodologies
HTML
SDLC
XML
JavaScript
Business Analysis
Software Development
Java
C#
SQL
CSS
- 2. Software Development
What do software development
professionals look for in a job?
What schools do recent graduates
come from?
Most popular LinkedIn groups
Swinburne University of
Technology (AU)
Rmit University (AU)
University of Technology,
Sydney (AU)
University of New South
Wales (AU)
Monash University (AU)
University of Sydney (AU)
Queensland University of
Technology (AU)
University of Auckland (NZ)
Australian It Industry
.Net Developers
Australian Computer Society (Acs)
Aussie It Jobs
Software Testing & Quality Assurance (Qa) @Standqa
Which industries employ software development professionals?
How can you connect with software development professionals?
1. Leverage your Employees’ Networks
The #1 activity on LinkedIn is viewing other members profiles. You can connect with priority talent whenever they visit an
employee’s profile page using Work With Us ads.
2. Engage in Conversation through Status Updates
Updates to your followers can be targeted (i.e. by function, by geography) to send relevant, timely updates to your priority talent
pools. You can reach beyond your follower base using Sponsored Updates.
3. Tell a Relevant Talent Brand Story
Share why your company is unique and use LinkedIn’s talent driver data to better understand what this talent pool cares most
about. Premium career pages allow for segment-specific targeting to ensure priority talent sees the content most relevant to them.
4. Measure and Track your Progress
Talk to your LinkedIn rep to measure the strength of your Talent Brand with this talent pool and to learn how you stack up against
your competition.
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Software Development
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