Our Research
Our unique, data-driven research explores the impact of the tech sector, and key issues to address.
Technology as Australia’s Productivity Engine
Technology is playing an increasingly central role in driving Australia’s economic growth and productivity, with new analysis showing the sector’s impact extending well beyond the technology industry itself.
Over the past decade, technology has emerged as the most significant driver of productivity growth in the Australian economy. In 2025, the tech sector contributed an estimated $248.5 billion, or 8.9% of GDP, effectively meeting the national goal of $250 billion by 2030.
Released: 23 March 2026
Updated: 24 March 2026
Research by: Tech Council of Australia, Amazon Web Services, Australian Trade and Investment Commission
Strategic Examination of Research and Development
The strategic examination of Australia’s R&D system will help grow our core science and innovation capability.
Released: March 2026
Australian Tech Leaders Survey 2026
The Australian Tech Leaders Survey is a joint report from the Tech Council of Australia and Datacom exploring tech leaders’ expectations for the year ahead – both for their own organisations and the sector as a whole. We have surveyed some of Australia’s top tech company founders and senior leaders to share their perspectives on the top issues impacting how they work, their priorities, and expectations for 2026. This is the third year we have run this survey, providing valuable insights into the opportunities and challenges expected to dominate this rapidly growing and important part of the economy.
Released: February 2026
Research by: Tech Council of Australia, Datacom
Women in Highly Technical Occupations: The Leaky Pipeline (FULL)
Challenges such as workplace culture and limited female representation are leading to women dropping out of highly technical roles at almost double the rate of men mid-career, a report from the Tech Council of Australia (TCA) has found. The report, Women in Highly Technical Occupations: The Leaky Pipeline, developed in partnership with CBA, also identifies low confidence as a major impediment to young women electing engineering and technology subjects at high school and as they enter university, despite their performance in highly technical subjects being on par with young men.
Released: September 2025
Research by: Tech Council of Australia, Commonwealth Bank
Women in Highly Technical Occupations: The Leaky Pipeline (EXECUTIVE DECK)
Challenges such as workplace culture and limited
female representation are leading to women dropping out of highly technical roles at almost double the rate of men mid-career, a report from the Tech Council of Australia (TCA) has found. The report, Women in Highly Technical Occupations: The Leaky Pipeline, developed in partnership with CBA, also identifies low confidence as a major impediment to young women electing engineering and technology subjects at high school and as they enter university, despite their performance in highly technical subjects being on par with young men.
Released: September 2025
Research by: Tech Council of Australia, Commonwealth Bank
Future Ready: Australians and AI Workplace Tech
To understand how we are experiencing the shift toward AI, the Tech Council of Australia surveyed a nationally representative sample of the Australian workforce. This survey is part of TCA’s role as a trusted voice at the intersection of government, industry, and the public. It provides an evidence base for a more informed national conversation, that is grounded in the real experiences and expectations of Australian workers, as we shape the next phase of our tech-enabled economy.
Released: August 2025
Research by: Tech Council of Australia, Datacom, Salesforce and King River
Australian Tech Leaders Survey 2025
The Australian Tech Leaders Survey is a joint report from the Tech Council of Australia and Datacom exploring tech leaders’ expectations for the year ahead. The findings from this report provide insight into the future of technology for Australia, with tech leaders indicating a positive outlook for tech companies in Australia and real opportunity for growth internationally.
Released: January 2025
Research by: Tech Council of Australia and Datacom
Lifting Tech Investment in Australia
Technology is only becoming more important to being competitive as a business, delivering effective government services and keeping people safe. This is why many countries are consistently increasingly their investment in technology. But Australia isn’t keeping up, and over the next ten years we’re expected to fall further behind. In this report, we look at turning around Australia’s productivity performance through higher tech investment, addressing barriers to lifting R&D, and increasing tech adoption.
Released: November 2024
Research by: Tech Council of Australia and Datacom
Building the Australia-Asia Tech Corridor
This discussion paper, the first in the series, focuses specifically on Australian outbound investment into Asian tech startups. Through detailed analysis of Crunchbase data and targeted stakeholder consultations, this paper provides an overview of Australian investment over the past decade and identifies trends, barriers and opportunities for further investigation.
Released: September 2024
Research by: Tech Council of Australia and Asialink Business.
Meeting the AI Skills Boom
As the development and adoption of AI technologies continues apace, so does demand for workers with relevant skills. We forecast that AI has the potential to create up to 200,000 jobs in Australia by 2030, which will need to be met through a combination of entry-level training, upskilling of existing workers and mid-career retraining.
Released: July 2024
Research by: Tech Council of Australia, Microsoft, LinkedIn and Workday.
Australian Tech Leaders Survey 2024
We asked a group of some of Australia’s top tech leaders to share their perspectives on their priorities and expectations of the year ahead. Their responses provide valuable insight into the key opportunities and challenges projected to dominate this rapidly growing and important part of the economy.
Released: April 2024
Research by: Tech Council of Australia and Datacom
The State of Australia’s Tech Ecosystem
Australia’s tech sector will play a crucial role in addressing the major economic, societal and environmental challenges facing our country. The tech sector, via both tech companies and workers, helps create a more dynamic and competitive economy.
Released: March 2024
Research by: Tech Council of Australia
The Hidden Value
America and Australia have always worked together to achieve a more prosperous and peaceful future, and as this report shows, cooperation in our nations’ technology sectors is increasingly a part of that story.
Released: August 2023
Research by: Tech Council of Australia, Microsoft & LinkedIn
The Geography of Australia’s Digital Industries
Geography matters when it comes to technology industry growth and development. Think Silicon Valley in California, Silicon Fen in Cambridge and Tech Central in Sydney. We identified 96 digital technology industry clusters in Australian cities and regions.
Released: August 2023
Research by: CSIRO & Tech Council of Australia
The Geography of Australia’s Digital Industries: TCA Companion Report
Tech activity and jobs are vital and growing pillar of the Australian economy, with 935,000 Australians working in tech across Australia. This report summarises the findings of the main report, The Geography of Australia’s Digital Industries, published by CSIRO.
Released: August 2023
Research by: Tech Council of Australia
Queensland Tech Jobs Opportunity
Queensland’s technology sector is a crucial driver of the state’s economy, employing over 140,000 tech workers. This figure is expected to grow to 185,000 by 2030, making it three times larger than Queensland’s agricultural industry today.
Released: July 2023
Research by: Tech Council of Australia
Shots on Goal
Over the last 20 years, Australia has built a stronger tech ecosystem that has enabled more startups to flourish. This has produced substantial economic benefits, with successful startups and scaleups becoming a new source of jobs growth, productivity and tech adoption across the economy.
Released: July 2023
Research by: Tech Council of Australia
Australia’s Generative AI Opportunity
While the full economic impact will take years to realise, GAI is already impacting a range of sectors across the economy. This report aims to focus specifically on how GAI could drive value for the Australian economy, and identify the steps needed to seize this opportunity.
Released: July 2023
Research by: Microsoft and Tech Council of Australia
Ensuring Victorian startups have the skills to scale
The Victorian startup ecosystem is a thriving hub of innovation. It is increasingly a driving force in the Victorian economy now employing more than 52,000 Victorians. However, as the sector’s growth accelerates, there is an increasing need to address the skills gap and develop a strong talent pipeline to meet the demands of our rapidly evolving industry.
Released: June 2023
Research by: LaunchVic and Tech Council of Australia
Stepping Up: The ESG impact of the Australian tech sector
With the growing role of tech in the Australian economy comes growing responsibility to ensure we’re having a positive impact on the Australian community and environment. This report covers the meaning of ESG, its top impacts and how the TCA and our members are approaching these impacts.
Released: June 2023
Research by: Tech Council of Australia
Tech Jobs Update 2023
The Tech Council has a shared commitment with the Australian Government to reach 1.2 million tech workers in Australia by 2030. For the first time since making this commitment, we are providing an in-depth update on tech workforce trends.
Released: May 2023
Research by: Tech Council of Australia
Digital Assets in Australia
The report recommends the development of a principles-based regulatory framework for digital assets, such as private stablecoins, central bank digital currencies (CBDC), tokens and cryptocurrencies.
Released: November 2022
Research by: Accenture
Turning Australia into a regional tech hub
This report examines where Australia has a global comparative advantage in the tech sector, where our next wave of tech growth may come from, and how we can continue to attract new companies and investment to Australia.
Released: August 2022
Research by: McKinsey; with data contributed by AirTree and Techbase
Getting to 1.2 million
Our roadmap to create a thriving Australian tech workforce
This report sets out Australia’s tech jobs opportunity, the barriers we face to meet this opportunity, and what industry and government can do to reduce these barriers.
Released: August 2022
Research by: Accenture
Australia’s Tech Jobs Opportunity – Cracking the code to Australia’s best jobs
The past two years have represented a period of unprecedented change. We’ve adapted to living apart and socialising online.
This report defines the tech jobs opportunity, who already works in the sector and the benefits to working in the tech sector.
Released: February 2022
Research by: Collancer and Accenture
Research by: Collancer and Accenture
Roadmap to deliver one million tech jobs
Australia has experienced an unprecedented tech boom in the last ten years, creating around one hundred tech companies valued at over $100 million.
This report details the pathway for Australia to embrace the technology jobs opportunity.
Released: October 2021
Research by: Accenture
Research by: Accenture
The economic contribution of Australia’s tech sector
The technology sector has emerged as Australia’s third biggest industry, after mining and banking.
This report demystifies Australian tech through detailed analysis of jobs, economic and industry data.
Released: August 2021
Research by: Accenture