The eleventh edition of our Defence Industry Insights will be published in the coming weeks. Launching at Avalon Airshow 2025, and online soon afterwards, this blog provides a preview of the much-anticipated document.
While challenges persist, opportunities are emerging as the sector adapts to government policies, major Defence programs, and shifting capability priorities. So, what are the major Defence acquisition and sustainment projects going on across our states?
The Project Appendix can be found here.
The projects listed in the above graph are the projects driving hiring in defence industry organisations across the country.
Software engineers, naval architects, ILS and specialist technicians are in high demand and have experienced salary increases.
The demand for project management and support skills has softened, with these skills seeing salary stagnation. This is especially the case in the above-the-line subsector, where hiring among Professional Service Providers has been impacted by the government-wide push to reduce the number of consultants being used.
Defence Industry Insights - 11th Edition includes more salary insight and analysis, workforce survey, contracting snapshot and workforce commentary and observations. Pre-order your copy of Defence Industry Insights to be the first in the know.
