Employers look to address skills shortage

Candidates with experience working within outsourcing companies will remain in demand, the report said, as so then as skilled Windows and Windows Server engineers.

Employers as well require business analysts who are capable of managing projects, though there are very few on the market, according to Hays.

"Intermediate business analysts with three to six years of experience, in particular, are becoming rarer," the group said in a statement.

The large public sector network projects

Demand continues to grow for Cisco-certified network engineers thanks to the large public sector network projects, just as the NSW government's data centre reform program.

"As per last quarter, there is a noticeable lack of candidates involved in networking, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), MPLS and firewall," Hays said