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Top Occupations for the Global Talent visa

Top Occupations for the Global Talent visa

The Distinguished Talent stream of the Global Talent Initiative Program is a streamlined program aimed to attract highly skilled and talented individuals to Australia. The Department often works with Australian universities, industry bodies, state, and territory government to encourage highly skilled and qualified individuals to migrate to Australia.

To be eligible, the individual must be skilled in one of the seven target sectors and are able to earn a salary that meets the fair work high-income threshold or be a high a performing recent PhD, Masters or Honours graduate.

The target sectors are:

AgTech
Space and Advanced Manufacturing
FinTech
Energy and Mining Technology
MedTech
Cyber Security
Quantum Information, Advanced Digital, Data Science and ICT

Curious about which occupations received the most invitations to apply for this program? The Department recently released data outlining the top occupations which were granted a Distinguished Talent Visa under this stream. The data is for the visa grants between 1 November 2019 until 21 August 2020.

Overall a total of 3081 applications were lodged and 2498 applications were granted.

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The top 5 occupations for the Global Talent visa (Distinguished Talent visa) are:

University Lecturer (ANZSCO 242111)
Chief Information Officer (ANZSCO 135111)
Software Engineer (ANZSCO 261313)
Agricultural Scientist (ANZSCO 234112)
Electrical Engineer (ANZSCO 233311)

Occupation	Lodged	Granted	Refused
University Lecturer (ANZSCO 242111)	255	185	Less than 5
Chief Information Officer (ANZSCO 135111)	119	114
Software Engineer (ANZSCO 261313)	160	103
Agricultural Scientist (ANZSCO 234112)	102	96	Less than 5
Electrical Engineer (ANZSCO 233311)	90	81

Other top occupations which received invitations during this period are mainly Engineers or Scientists. Some of the professions include:

Natural and Physical Science Professionals nec (ANZSCO 234999) – 79 grants
Medical Technicians nec (ANZSCO 311299) – 77 grants
Life Scientist (General) (ANZSCO 234511) – 73 grants
Chemical Engineer (ANZSCO 233111) – 67 grants
ICT Business Analyst (ANZSCO 261111) – 63 grants
Mechanical Engineer (ANZSCO 233512) – 59 grants
ICT Security Specialist (ANZSCO 262112) – 53 grants
Chemist (234211) – 47 grants
Electronics Engineer (233411) – 45 grants
Biomedical Engineer (233913) – 41 grants
Civil Engineer (233211) – 39 grants
Materials Engineer (233112) – 40 grants
Physicist (ANZSCO 234914) – 34 grants
Finance Manager (ANZSCO 132211)– 33 grants

Read more about eligibility and requirements here.

COVID- 19

Due to the COVID-19, the processing time for most visas and EOI have been delayed. Global Talent Officers posted overseas are now working in Australia.