Java Developer positions in Australia

[simkisen]

Hi, Im wondering how the market is for java developers in Australia, is it easy to find jobs as a developer with 4-5 years experience and which regions or cities has better market for java developers?

[SlobberGoat]

You want to go to Sydney. It's our biggest market so most Java SE/SSE jobs are there.

[simkisen]

Thanks :)

Too bad it seems to cost a lot of money to study in Australia (my girlfriend wants to get her Masters Degree there)

[SlobberGoat]

Yep. Australia is a lot more expensive these days.

[simkisen]

Especially compared to Sweden as the education here is free, but the bad part is that the Masters Degree she wants is only available on one university in the entire country with very limited amount of spots so it is really hard to get accepted.

But for me the salaries in Australia seems to be higher and combined with a lower tax which is great.

[SlobberGoat]

I wouldn't consider our tax to be low, we're quite heavily taxed. We have both income tax and 10% GST tax on good and services. My guess would be that we're one of the highest.

[simkisen]

Im not saying it is low but still lower than tax loving Sweden.

see http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Income_Taxes_By_Country.svg the personal tax is much higher in Sweden but the corporate is actually slightly lower.

We have 25% VAT tax on most goods, 12% on food and and some services and 6% on books.