The digital skills gap shows that few Australians are ready for the jobs of tomorrow
If Australia can address the digital skills gap, it will turbocharge the economy, helping businesses in the Technology, Media and Communications industry alone grow by $10 billion by 2025.
- During COVID-19, jobs with programming skills, mathematics, technology design and data analysis were among the fastest growing.
- Employees themselves identify web app and software development, data science, data analysis and coding/programming as some of the most in demand skills in the economy.
- Overall, 87% of jobs in Australia require digital literacy skills.
- Already, 50,600 Australians reported lacking necessary skills or education as their main difficulty in finding work.