Software Engineer Salary Australia

Software Engineer Salary / Wage

Salary and wage information for software engineers is compiled regularly by analysis of Australian jobs advertised in major publications. Salaries are annual unless otherwise stated.

The Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations Codes (ANZSCO) for software engineers is 261313 and for software testers is 261314.

Job titles and exact tasks vary in this work and examples of some occupation titles are software engineer, software architect, software designer, software testing engineer and telecommunications software engineer.

Business and system analysts and programmers in 2010 earned an average of $1,525 a week in ordinary earnings rising to $1,538 including overtime and worked an average of 37.9 hours a week.*

Software Engineer Salaries / Wages in 2011 – 2012

Job Title Salary / Wage $ Location
Senior .NET Software Engineer 85,000 – 100,000 Sydney
C++ Linux or Windows Software Engineer 70,000 – 85,000 Sydney
Senior Software Test Engineer 80,000 – 85,000 Sydney
Graduate Software Engineer 55,000 Newcastle
Software / Commissioning Engineer 90,000 – 130,000 New South Wales
Software Engineer 60,000 – 75,000 Adelaide
Software Engineer 100 + per hour Melbourne
Software Training Engineer 100,000 + Perth


*Data from Australian Bureau of Statistics