The digital workforce now constitutes half of Australian workers.
In 2021, there were approximately 6.6 million digital expert and digitally enabled workers in Australia, accounting for 50% of the country's labour force. This is predicted to increase to 53% by 2026.
The Digital Skills Organisation identified three types of digital workers:
🚀 Digital Expert Workers
These professionals possess specific digital skills as their central functional skills, including ICT network and support professionals, business and systems analysts, and programmers.
🔧 Digitally Enabled Workers
This diverse group relies on digital skills to enhance their functional skills. Occupations include engineering professionals, legal professionals, sales and marketing, clerical and office support workers, and machine operators.
💡 Digitally Informed Workers
Possess sufficient digital literacy and enterprise skills but have no significant requirement for specific digital skills. Occupations include real estate agents, midwifery and nursing professionals, and plumbers.
Key Stat:
📊 Australia’s supply of skilled workers will fall short by 130,000 digital expert and 242,000 digitally enabled workers by 2026.
Future ready?
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