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The Australian Computer Society continues to beat the drum on what it claims is the on-going abuse of the 457 Visa system by companies hiring immigrant workers ahead of local ICT graduates or to replace retrenched, older ICT workers.

Offshoring has decimated the local ICT jobs market. Australia now has a large and increasing oversupply of ICT professionals, not a skills shortage as widely touted over recent years, according to a new report.

Technical IT training group Dimension Data Learning Solutions (DDLS) has teamed up with US consulting firm Ouellette & Associates in a strategic partnership to deliver learning and development content in the Australian market.

Salaries for IT professionals in Christchurch are on the rise, according to a New Zealand recruitment agency which says that new data shows that wages in the city have ‘spiked at 10%’ in the past six months.

The trend for employers to hire ICT contractors rather than permanent employees continues, with the latest report on Australia’s jobs market revealing that the ICT sector has the strongest contract employment outlook of all professions.

Online vocational education institute Open Colleges has launched its Certificate 1V in IT which it says is aimed at equipping Australian workers interested in an IT career with the necessary skills to take advantage of the “new wave” of job opportunities in the ICT sector.

MphasiS will tomorrow open its first 'near shore' integrated development and delivery Centre in Australia at the University of Wollongong. The strategic location of the Centre will enable MphasiS to work closely with the University of Wollongong on a range of initiatives including training, recruitment, and research and development in the ICT space.

After a year in the doldrums there are early signals that demand for ICT skills is again on the rise - particularly for business analysts, programme and project managers and test analysts - suggesting that salary increases may also lie ahead.