Software Engineer Salary in Australia
AUD salary ranges from junior to lead engineer — sourced from the SEEK Salary Guide 2025–26 and Glassdoor Australia — with context for Indian IT professionals targeting Australian skilled migration or direct employment.
Software Engineer Salary in Australia 2026 Salary by Experience: India 2026
All figures are approximate annual CTC. Metro premium (Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi NCR) adds 15–30% above ranges shown.
Experience Level
CTC Range
Note
Fresher (0–1 yr)
AUD 70,000 – 80,000
Graduate programmes at Commonwealth Bank, NAB, ANZ, Atlassian; typical for CS/engineering degrees
Junior (1–3 yrs)
AUD 80,000 – 100,000
Startups and scale-ups in Sydney and Melbourne tech corridors; often includes superannuation and WFH flexibility
Mid (3–6 yrs)
AUD 100,000 – 130,000
Core IC band; Atlassian, Canva, WiseTech Global, and the major banks compete in this range
Senior (6–10 yrs)
AUD 130,000 – 165,000
Senior SWE at Atlassian, Canva, Afterpay; tech leads at enterprise and government-adjacent employers
Lead / Principal (10+ yrs)
AUD 165,000 – 220,000+
Staff and principal engineers; total comp with RSUs at Atlassian and Canva can exceed AUD 280,000
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Bengaluru
India's tech capital, highest overall IT pay
Mumbai
Finance + tech hub
Delhi NCR
Gurgaon / Noida corridors
Hyderabad
HITEC City: strong product-company presence
Pune
IT clusters in Hinjawadi & Magarpatta
Chennai
Automotive + IT services mix
Kolkata / Ahmedabad
Closer to national averages
Skills that pay more
Specialisations commanding a salary premium in 2026.
AWS / Azure cloud architecture
+AUD 15,000–25,000
Kubernetes and container orchestration
+AUD 12,000–20,000
React / TypeScript (product engineering)
+AUD 10,000–16,000
Machine learning / data engineering
+AUD 18,000–30,000
Cybersecurity (IRAP, ISO 27001)
+AUD 15,000–22,000
Golang / Rust
+AUD 10,000–18,000
Top Companies Hiring Software Engineer Salary in Australia 2026s in India
CTC ranges sourced from AmbitionBox, Naukri, and Levels.fyi, FY 2025–26.
Company
CTC Range
Note
Atlassian
AUD 130,000 – 240,000
Sydney headquarters; global product teams; among highest tech salaries in the Australian market
Canva
AUD 120,000 – 210,000
Sydney-based; strong equity component for senior roles; fast-growing product engineering team
Commonwealth Bank (CBA Tech)
AUD 100,000 – 160,000
Australia's largest bank; strong investment in digital and cloud transformation; good visa sponsorship record
WiseTech Global
AUD 110,000 – 175,000
Sydney-based logistics software company; strong R&D culture; growing engineering team
Seek (the company)
AUD 105,000 – 165,000
Australia's largest jobs platform; Melbourne-based; cloud-native transformation underway
Data note: Ranges represent total CTC including fixed pay, variable, and stock grants where applicable. Service companies (TCS, Infosys, Wipro) typically offer the lower end; product companies and FAANG/MNCs offer the upper end.
Australia's software engineering job market in 2026
Australia's technology sector is concentrated in Sydney and Melbourne, with Brisbane emerging as a growing tech hub. Sydney leads in fintech and enterprise software; Melbourne has a strong startup and e-commerce cluster; Brisbane attracts government and defence tech work. Remote-first arrangements have made interstate relocations less necessary, though the major employers still concentrate their senior engineering leadership in Sydney.
The largest tech employers by engineering headcount include the major banks (Commonwealth Bank, NAB, ANZ, Westpac) in digital transformation roles, and product-led companies (Atlassian, Canva, WiseTech, Afterpay/Block, REA Group, SEEK) for high-growth engineering careers. Australian government at both federal and state level is also a significant technology employer, often requiring Australian citizenship or permanent residency.
For Indian IT professionals, Australia is an attractive destination because of the skilled migration pathway (Subclass 189, 190, 491 visas) and the ACS (Australian Computer Society) skills assessment for IT roles. Most software engineer roles fall under ANZSCO codes 261313 (software engineer) or 261312 (developer programmer), both on the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL).
How ACS skills assessment affects your career pathway
If you are applying for Australian skilled migration as a software engineer, you will likely need an ACS (Australian Computer Society) skills assessment rather than a job offer. The ACS assessment evaluates your qualifications and work experience against the ANZSCO occupation description for your target code. A positive assessment is a prerequisite for points-based visa subclasses (189, 190, 491).
Your resume plays a direct role in the ACS assessment outcome. Assessors look for duty descriptions that clearly demonstrate ICT-specific work, not general project management or business analysis work. Describe your technical responsibilities in detail: what systems you designed, what code you wrote, what architecture decisions you made. Generic duty statements like 'developed software applications' are insufficient — be specific about languages, frameworks, team size, and business impact.
Once you have a positive ACS assessment and a state nomination, the 190 visa pathway can bring you to Australia in 6–12 months without a prior job offer. You then job-search on your visa. Many Indian software engineers arrive on a 190 visa and begin applying on SEEK within weeks of landing.
Sources: SEEK Salary Guide 2025–26, Glassdoor Australia, LinkedIn Salary Insights Australia.
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