Women in tech: How skills and talent diversity drive business success

Women in tech: How skills and talent diversity drive business success

Australia’s tech sector faces a critical skills gap, with 100,000 roles projected to go unfilled by 2030. Women—who make up just 30% of the tech workforce—represent the largest untapped talent pool. Reskilling women into technology could deliver a $6.5 billion business benefit and a 31% wage boost for individuals. Over 661,300 women in Australia already have skills closely aligned with tech roles and could transition within six months, helping to meet workforce demand.

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This year's report looks at the growing demand for digital skills and the opportunity to close Australia's technology workforce gap, including:

  • The impact of reskilling women into technology roles, including the financial benefits for businesses and individuals 
  • The barriers preventing businesses from addressing gender diversity in tech
  • The economic and business benefits of improving gender diversity in technology
  • Practical solutions for organisations to build a more sustainable and skilled workforce and what’s needed to drive meaningful change.
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Attracting more women into technology roles would not only improve the diversity of the sector but importantly help to solve Australia’s technology skills crisis. This is good for women, good for business, and good for Australia’s economy more broadly.

Australia’s tech workforce gap is widening—how can businesses bridge it?

Projected shortfall of tech workers in Australia by 2030.

Women make up just 30% of the technology workforce, compared to 44% of the wider professional workforce.

Additional annual benefit businesses could generate by reskilling women into tech roles.

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