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.NET Developer Market Demand in Australia

Hiring outlook, remote working rates, and which companies are actively recruiting.

Hiring outlook
Growing

.NET Developer hiring in Australia is strong and growing, anchored by Commonwealth Bank's and Telstra's large Microsoft-stack enterprise estates in Sydney and Melbourne. Accenture and Deloitte are also consistent hirers for client delivery work modernising legacy .NET applications onto Azure. The Temporary Skill Shortage visa has made it easier for employers to bring in senior Azure specialists from the UK, India, and the Philippines when the domestic pipeline of that expertise runs short.

Remote / hybrid
76%

Share of Australia .NET Developer roles advertising remote or hybrid working.

Pay trend
+7.7%

Year-on-year salary movement in Australia. Positive movement signals active market competition.

What's driving .NET Developer demand in Australia

Strongest in: Financial services and enterprise software teams across Sydney and Melbourne, led by employers such as Commonwealth Bank and Telstra

.NET Developer hiring in Australia is strong and growing, anchored by Commonwealth Bank's and Telstra's large Microsoft-stack enterprise estates in Sydney and Melbourne. Accenture and Deloitte are also consistent hirers for client delivery work modernising legacy .NET applications onto Azure. The Temporary Skill Shortage visa has made it easier for employers to bring in senior Azure specialists from the UK, India, and the Philippines when the domestic pipeline of that expertise runs short.

Skills commanding the biggest premium right now

Salary premium over the Australia median for .NET Developers who list these skills.

C# and .NET Core development+14%
ASP.NET Core Web API+13%
Azure cloud services+16%
Microservices and Docker+14%
Entity Framework and SQL Server+10%

Top employers hiring in Australia

Companies with consistent or active .NET Developer hiring in Australia.

Commonwealth BankTelstraAccentureDeloitteWoolworths GroupNABMicrosoft AustraliaOfficeworks

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