Australian Education Pathways

ICT Support and Test Engineers

University degree Strong growth · ANZSCO skill level 1 · occupation 2632

ICT Support and Test Engineers develop procedures and strategies to support, create, maintain and manage technical quality assurance processes and guidelines and systems infrastructure, investigate, analyse and resolve system problems and performance issues, and test the behaviour, functionality and integrity of systems.

People employed14,800
Median pay$2,115per week, full-time
Projected growth+14.9%over 5 years (to 2030)
Recent growth+1.4%per year
Median age38
Female share29%

How do you get there?

Highest qualification held by people in this job: 68.6% university · 18.6% vet / tafe · 9.8% school / entry (ABS Census via JSA).

Usually studied as Computing & IT. A selection of providers offering courses in this field (indicative, not ranked):

Course & field-of-education data © Commonwealth of Australia (CRICOS), CC BY 2.5 AU. Matched by field of education — indicative; confirm entry requirements with each provider.

Where these jobs are

NSW 34.4% · VIC 28.4% · QLD 18.1% · WA 7.3% · SA 5.8% · ACT 4% · TAS 1.1% · NT 0.7%

Top industries

Professional, Scientific and Technical Services · Financial and Insurance Services · Public Administration and Safety.

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia — Occupation profiles (Feb 2026) + Employment Projections (May 2025–2035). © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. Figures are national estimates.