Market Insights · Brisbane, Queensland
BLACKROC's FY27 Brisbane Permanent Hiring Report provides permanent salary benchmarks and hiring insights across Brisbane's technology, digital, cyber, data, AI, product and executive markets. It covers the financial year from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027 and is informed by BLACKROC placements, live client briefs, candidate expectations and broader market data.
By Jason Roulston, Managing Director, BLACKROC · Published by BLACKROC Recruitment · Published · Last updated
Brisbane's technology hiring market remains active, but employers have become more selective. Salary growth is concentrated in disciplines where capability remains scarce, particularly cybersecurity, cloud, platform engineering, data and production AI. Generalist and junior salary bands have experienced more limited movement.
One of the clearest FY27 hiring trends is demand for the "architect-builder": a senior professional who can make architecture-level decisions and then personally build, deploy and operate the solution. The strongest profiles can work across data platforms, cloud, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, MLOps, AI systems and production ownership.
Role-by-role salary benchmarks for each discipline are available in the complete report.
The report covers the Australian financial year from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027.
No. All figures are annual base salaries in Australian dollars, excluding superannuation, for permanent roles based in Brisbane.
The ranges are informed by BLACKROC placements, live client briefs and candidate expectations across the previous 12 months, cross-checked against national salary surveys and ABS wage data, and adjusted for expected FY27 conditions.
The strongest upward pressure is across cybersecurity, cloud, platform engineering, data engineering and professionals with genuine production AI or machine-learning delivery experience.
Yes. Users can access the interactive report and download the PDF after entering their details and verifying their email address with a six-digit code.
The report was produced by BLACKROC Recruitment, a Brisbane-based technology, digital, cyber and executive recruitment agency, with a foreword by Managing Director Jason Roulston.
The interactive report, the full role-by-role Brisbane salary tables and the PDF download are released once you verify your email address with a six-digit code. Enter your details below to read the complete FY27 Brisbane Permanent Hiring Report.