Working as a contractor offers more variety, but whether you can make a living depends on your skills, where your located Here are the contract jobs (and ;locations) that are paying well for IT pros right now.
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We combed through Peoplebank’s latest IT&T Salary Survey to identify the contractor roles with the best available rates — those with a potential maximum daily rate of more than $1000. (If you want to know the full-time roles that offered the biggest pay packets, we wrote those up last year.)
For contractor roles, Peoplebank generally quotes day rates, and quotes a range. In some cities, Peoplebank quotes an hourly rate; we’ve multiplied that by eight to get the figures here. These figures don’t include superannuation, bonuses, commissions or fees. (Note also Peoplebank doesn’t do contractor rates for Brisbane.)
Role | Location | Daily rate |
---|---|---|
Applications Architect | Melbourne | $780-$1100 |
Applications Development Manager | Sydney | $900-$1200 |
Applications Development Manager | Canberra | $920-$1040 |
Applications Development Manager | Perth | $800-$1120 |
Applications Development Manager | Adelaide | $600-$1200 |
Change Manager (Organisational) | Melbourne | $800-$1200 |
CIO/IT Director | Sydney | $2000-$2500 |
CIO/IT Director | Melbourne | $1300-$2500 |
CIO/IT Director | Adelaide | $960-$2000 |
Enterprise Architect | Sydney | $900-$1500 |
Enterprise Architect | Melbourne | $900-$1300 |
Enterprise Architect | Canberra | $920-$1200 |
Enterprise Architect | Adelaide | $640-$1040 |
Infrastructure Architect | Melbourne | $800-$1200 |
Infrastructure Architect | Canberra | $880-$1040 |
Infrastructure Architect | Adelaide | $640-$1040 |
IT Consultant (Functional) | Sydney | $800-$1500 |
IT Consultant (Functional) | Canberra | $800-$1120 |
IT Consultant (Functional) | Adelaide | $560-$1040 |
IT Consultant (Technical) | Canberra | $800-$1120 |
IT Consultant (Technical) | Adelaide | $560-$1040 |
IT Manager | Sydney | $1000-$1200 |
J2EE Architect | Melbourne | $900-$1100 |
Oracle Financials Functional | Perth | $720-$1200 |
Oracle Financials Functional | Adelaide | $560-$1080 |
Oracle Financials Technical | Perth | $720-$1200 |
Oracle Financials Technical | Adelaide | $420-$1040 |
Program Manager | Melbourne | $900-$1200 |
Program Manager | Canberra | $800-$1120 |
Program Manager | Perth | $1000-$1240 |
Program Manager | Adelaide | $800-$1120 |
Project Manager | Sydney | $750-$1200 |
Project Manager Organisational Change | Perth | $560-$1040 |
SAP ABAP | Canberra | $920-$1120 |
SAP ABAP | Adelaide | $560-$1040 |
SAP Functional | Sydney | $750-$1200 |
SAP Functional | Canberra | $920-$1280 |
SAP Functional | Adelaide | $520-$1200 |
SAP Management | Sydney | $900-$2500 |
SAP Technical | Sydney | $700-$1200 |
Security Architect | Sydney | $800-$1100 |
Security Architect | Melbourne | $800-$1200 |
Security Architect | Canberra | $800-$1200 |
Solutions Architect | Sydney | $700-$1100 |
Solutions Architect | Melbourne | $800-$1200 |
Solutions Architect | Perth | $800-$1120 |
Solutions Architect | Adelaide | $480-$1040 |
Technology & Infrastructure Manager | Sydney | $900-$1200 |
Technology & Infrastructure Manager | Canberra | $920-$1120 |
Technology & Infrastructure Manager | Perth | $720-$1040 |
Technology & Infrastructure Manager | Adelaide | $700-$1120 |
As you’d expect, rates are higher in Sydney and Melbourne, and notably lower in Adelaide. Bear in mind that for many of these roles, the contract is likely to be fairly lengthy: no-one wants to hire a CIO for a week.
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