'09 a goldmine for business analysts, hangover for the rest

20.02.2009
The financial crisis has sowed jobs for business analysts across Australia, but stomped out growth in other IT sectors, according to recruitment experts.

However, telecommunication giants and the big banks have created jobs, experts say, through a swath of lucrative core system and network upgrades.

Brisbane government departments have also opened new hires for IT staff, according to the from recruitment consultancy Robert Walters, following an "influx" of implementation projects in the first half of 2008.

The report claimed 2008 was a bitter-sweet year for contractors who were made "available and affordable" from a slowing economy and were recruited by the public sector in the latter half of the year.

Business analysts focused on testing, and collating and documenting business requirements will be snapped-up by companies in Queensland, Victoria, and Western Australia this year, the report states, while system administrators and network engineers will continue to be in demand.

IT professionals will have a tougher time in Melbourne, according to the report, as falling demand for IT professionals from 2007 is set to continue into 2009.