IT job market: Melbourne or Brisbane?
Aug 9th 2011, 6:55 pm
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IT job market: Melbourne or Brisbane?
Folks,
i need your feedback, which part of australia has many IT job market brisbane or melbourne?
i need your feedback, which part of australia has many IT job market brisbane or melbourne?
Aug 9th 2011, 10:21 pm
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Re: IT job market: Melbourne or Brisbane?
Originally Posted by ngsome1981
Folks,
i need your feedback, which part of australia has many IT job market brisbane or melbourne?
i need your feedback, which part of australia has many IT job market brisbane or melbourne?
Brisbane market would be about 10 - 20% the number of IT jobs of Melbourne market, and normally lower salaries too. There are IT jobs in Brisbane, but if you want the best opportunity of getting your first IT job in Australia, head for Melbourne or Sydney.
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Aug 9th 2011, 10:25 pm
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Re: IT job market: Melbourne or Brisbane?
Originally Posted by ngsome1981
Folks,
i need your feedback, which part of australia has many IT job market brisbane or melbourne?
i need your feedback, which part of australia has many IT job market brisbane or melbourne?
Aug 10th 2011, 4:49 am
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Re: IT job market: Melbourne or Brisbane?
Definitely Melbourne. My DH works in IT here in Brisbane but there aren't a huge amount of IT jobs to be had.
Aug 10th 2011, 11:41 am
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Re: IT job market: Melbourne or Brisbane?
Originally Posted by ngsome1981
Folks,
i need your feedback, which part of australia has many IT job market brisbane or melbourne?
i need your feedback, which part of australia has many IT job market brisbane or melbourne?
Aug 10th 2011, 1:13 pm
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Re: IT job market: Melbourne or Brisbane?
I am a technical writer in the IT industry and I am leaving Sydney for Brisbane.
However, if you are aiming for most jobs go Melbourne...though Sydney probably has th emost.
However, if you are aiming for most jobs go Melbourne...though Sydney probably has th emost.
Aug 10th 2011, 1:19 pm
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Re: IT job market: Melbourne or Brisbane?
just to add a bit of rigour to my answer 
Very rough comparison from March this year using a methodology I made up on the spot:
Population from wikipedia:
Sydney: 4,504,469
Melbourne: 4,000,000
Brisbane: 2,004,262
Perth: 1,658,992
An example searching for ".net" in seek:
Sydney: 1013 (4446 people per .net mention)
Brisbane: 251 (7985 people per .net mention)
Melbourne: 469 (8528 people per .net mention)
Perth: 89 (18640 people per .net mention)
An example searching for "java" in seek:
Sydney: 2054 (2193 people per java mention)
Melbourne: 974 (4106 people per java mention)
Brisbane: 439 (4565 people per java mention)
Perth: 190 (8731 people per java mention)
So per head of population in two mainstream areas Sydney is well in front, Melbourne and Brisbane seem in the same ball park, Perth way behind. I'll have to give my new scale a name...I can only imagine the suggestions
Very rough comparison from March this year using a methodology I made up on the spot:
Population from wikipedia:
Sydney: 4,504,469
Melbourne: 4,000,000
Brisbane: 2,004,262
Perth: 1,658,992
An example searching for ".net" in seek:
Sydney: 1013 (4446 people per .net mention)
Brisbane: 251 (7985 people per .net mention)
Melbourne: 469 (8528 people per .net mention)
Perth: 89 (18640 people per .net mention)
An example searching for "java" in seek:
Sydney: 2054 (2193 people per java mention)
Melbourne: 974 (4106 people per java mention)
Brisbane: 439 (4565 people per java mention)
Perth: 190 (8731 people per java mention)
So per head of population in two mainstream areas Sydney is well in front, Melbourne and Brisbane seem in the same ball park, Perth way behind. I'll have to give my new scale a name...I can only imagine the suggestions
Last edited by fish.01; Aug 10th 2011 at 1:30 pm.
Aug 10th 2011, 1:23 pm
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Re: IT job market: Melbourne or Brisbane?
excellentI knew Sydney had the most jobs!
Originally Posted by fish.01
just to add a bit of rigour to the debate
Very rough comparison using a methodology I made up on the spot in March this year:
Population from wikipedia:
Sydney: 4,504,469
Melbourne: 4,000,000
Brisbane: 2,004,262
Perth: 1,658,992
An example searching for ".net" in seek:
Sydney: 1013 (4446 people per .net mention)
Brisbane: 251 (7985 people per .net mention)
Melbourne: 469 (8528 people per .net mention)
Perth: 89 (18640 people per .net mention)
An example searching for "java" in seek:
Sydney: 2054 (2193 people per java mention)
Melbourne: 974 (4106 people per java mention)
Brisbane: 439 (4565 people per java mention)
Perth: 190 (8731 people per java mention)
So per head of population Sydney is well in front, Melbourne and Brisbane seem in the same ball park, Perth way behind. I'll have to give my new scale a name
Very rough comparison using a methodology I made up on the spot in March this year:
Population from wikipedia:
Sydney: 4,504,469
Melbourne: 4,000,000
Brisbane: 2,004,262
Perth: 1,658,992
An example searching for ".net" in seek:
Sydney: 1013 (4446 people per .net mention)
Brisbane: 251 (7985 people per .net mention)
Melbourne: 469 (8528 people per .net mention)
Perth: 89 (18640 people per .net mention)
An example searching for "java" in seek:
Sydney: 2054 (2193 people per java mention)
Melbourne: 974 (4106 people per java mention)
Brisbane: 439 (4565 people per java mention)
Perth: 190 (8731 people per java mention)
So per head of population Sydney is well in front, Melbourne and Brisbane seem in the same ball park, Perth way behind. I'll have to give my new scale a name
Aug 10th 2011, 1:24 pm
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Re: IT job market: Melbourne or Brisbane?
Oooo and OP, another thing to consider might be lifestyle or type of City.
I have never been to Melbourne but from what I have heard from family and friends who have been to all 3, they are all very different!
I have never been to Melbourne but from what I have heard from family and friends who have been to all 3, they are all very different!
Aug 10th 2011, 2:18 pm
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Re: IT job market: Melbourne or Brisbane?
Originally Posted by fish.01
just to add a bit of rigour to my answer
Very rough comparison from March this year using a methodology I made up on the spot:
Population from wikipedia:
Sydney: 4,504,469
Melbourne: 4,000,000
Brisbane: 2,004,262
Perth: 1,658,992
An example searching for ".net" in seek:
Sydney: 1013 (4446 people per .net mention)
Brisbane: 251 (7985 people per .net mention)
Melbourne: 469 (8528 people per .net mention)
Perth: 89 (18640 people per .net mention)
An example searching for "java" in seek:
Sydney: 2054 (2193 people per java mention)
Melbourne: 974 (4106 people per java mention)
Brisbane: 439 (4565 people per java mention)
Perth: 190 (8731 people per java mention)
So per head of population in two mainstream areas Sydney is well in front, Melbourne and Brisbane seem in the same ball park, Perth way behind. I'll have to give my new scale a name...I can only imagine the suggestions
Very rough comparison from March this year using a methodology I made up on the spot:
Population from wikipedia:
Sydney: 4,504,469
Melbourne: 4,000,000
Brisbane: 2,004,262
Perth: 1,658,992
An example searching for ".net" in seek:
Sydney: 1013 (4446 people per .net mention)
Brisbane: 251 (7985 people per .net mention)
Melbourne: 469 (8528 people per .net mention)
Perth: 89 (18640 people per .net mention)
An example searching for "java" in seek:
Sydney: 2054 (2193 people per java mention)
Melbourne: 974 (4106 people per java mention)
Brisbane: 439 (4565 people per java mention)
Perth: 190 (8731 people per java mention)
So per head of population in two mainstream areas Sydney is well in front, Melbourne and Brisbane seem in the same ball park, Perth way behind. I'll have to give my new scale a name...I can only imagine the suggestions
Is there any official document about population distribution by occupation in Australian cities?
Aug 10th 2011, 2:32 pm
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Re: IT job market: Melbourne or Brisbane?
Pity the specialist Fortran 77 coder
Aug 10th 2011, 11:22 pm
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Re: IT job market: Melbourne or Brisbane?
Originally Posted by DeadVim
Pity the specialist Fortran 77 coder
Last edited by fish.01; Aug 10th 2011 at 11:25 pm.
Aug 11th 2011, 1:26 am
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Re: IT job market: Melbourne or Brisbane?
Originally Posted by fish.01
Specialists should definately go to Sydney or Melbourne
Aug 11th 2011, 11:54 am
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Re: IT job market: Melbourne or Brisbane?
Originally Posted by DeadVim
I can do wonders with punched cards, maybe Hobart is the go.
Aug 11th 2011, 1:53 pm
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Re: IT job market: Melbourne or Brisbane?
Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack
Mate, your card is marked..
On a sort of related note I am now offically retiring from trying to give technical IT advice on BE. I'll stick to knob gags from now on.
If the ungrateful cnuts can't be bothered to acknowledge me then **** 'em.
Apologies for grumpiness, I'm going back to Test Match Special and happiness
